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>From: cjl1@quads.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott)
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Subject: Re: M. Zeleny
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Date: 30 Apr 92 16:21:18 GMT
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In article <1992Apr30.152813.15544@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes:
>In article <NIKOLAY.92Apr29231018@husc10.harvard.edu> nikolay@husc10.harvard.edu (Philip Nikolayev) writes:
>>
>>In article mumble, kuhn@zariski.harvard.edu (Robert M. Kuhn) writes:
>>>  
>>> There are computer resources available to all undergraduates at Harvard,
>>> and these continue to be available to Mr. Zeleny.  The mathematics
>>> department, on the other hand, has separate computing resources,
>>> consisting of a small number of Sun workstations, for research purposes.
>>> These are made available to members of the department including
>>> undergraduate mathematics majors doing research under the direction
>>> of a faculty member.  Mr. Zeleny no longer qualifies for such an account.
>>
>>This is another false statement. All seniors at the Harvard 
>>maths department have such accounts.
>>
>Perhaps if Mr. Zeleny spent more time on his long-suffering thesis and
>less time spewing vitriol on the net, he would be in a better position
>to justify his use of the math department's resources.
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>Mark Shanks
>Principal Engineer, 777 Displays
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	Your point about Mr. Zelney's neglect of his studies is a good one,
if in fact he has been delinquent with his thesis. (Something that either
you or I would have a hard time knowing, seeing as how we are far away from
the Math department at Harvard.)

	While it is true that Net access is a privilege, and not a right,
I find it disturbing that you feel he has to "justify" his postings for
some reason. If you don't like someone's postings, you are quite free to
ignore them. Indeed, I would encourage you to do so.

	On another note, I would like to express my best wishes to Mr.
Zelney. While I did not agree with his views, and often found him to be
rude and insensitive, I appreciated the honesty and the thoughtfulness he
put into his posts. Good luck, Misha.

						-Cal
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