From: ekb2@po.CWRU.Edu (Ethan K. Butterfield)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: why someone from faraway is running CALTECH IRC???
Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:27:46 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ekb2@po.CWRU.Edu (Ethan K. Butterfield)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ogpaik@ugcs.caltech.edu (Paris_Lover) says:

>Hi, my name is Oon-Gil Paik. I am from Caltech and have been enjoying
>the IRC world for couple of years. Today, I want to ask opinion
>from you about what should be done with a server here at CALTECH.
>
>Currently , our server is run by some outsider from boston. The person
>is now controlling the IRC server logging in to our machine far away
>from the east coast and not letting any one else from CALTECH even
>become an op.

First of all, I don't see why this is a huge problem with you. Is this
person qualified to run an IRC server? If she is, so what? The school
hired her to work there. If she isn't, then maybe you have a legitimate
complaint. Then again, there are LOTS of IRCops that don't have a clue
about the system...

> She is always busy with her other work not being so caring
>to caltech people who ask questions or ask for an op status. To my
>surprise, she gave a person from some neighborhood university have
>an op from THIS CALTECH SERVER!!!  Currently, no one from  caltech has
>any authority over the server what so ever.
>
Uh, pardon me, but are you talking about channel ops, or IRCops? If
she's restricting chops, then there is a problem (at least in my sight).
if she's restricting IRCops, then I'd give here a pat on the back for
ignoring your requests for one. Go look up HulkHogan or Trillian, and
ask them why they won't give you an IRCop. The students shouldn't have
authority over the server, anyways. Only the people running it have that
power. Otherwise, you'd have huge amounts of bootleg IRCops running
around.

>She is not associated with  caltech -she was  not from caltech undergrad  
>-ate nor caltech graduate and the reason why she is currently holding
>the server authority is very vague in current situation. 
>
>Before I have really serious talk with our sys manager about the fact
>that it is the highe time for a caltech person who is current at caltech
>to run his/her school's server -NOT BY SOME STRANGER.
>, I would like to ask you on alt.irc for opinion.
>
>I am not asking a help from you not because the person in boston has
>been ignorant not only people of caltech IRC participants but also
>to many people from other parts and I actually witnessed them complaing
>about the  person-   the way she is know to those is somehow of dictatorship
>image.
>
>Wbut because  I believe caltech is now ready to run our server on our
>own.  
>

Have any of you heard of, or complained about this sysadmin? This is new
to me. It seems to me that you're just looking for an IRCop to push
around. I may be wrong, but this is what it looks like. If she's
qualified, you don't have an argument. I suggest you live with it.



-- 
Ethan K. Butterfield, Pope of the Holy Discordian Church of Anarcho-
Metaphysics, Order of the Salmon Reich.    Hail Eris!!!
"I tell you: One must still have Chaos in order to give birth
 to a dancing star!"  -Nietzsche
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