Baylor College of Medicine offers an example. Researchers there are working on an image management system that will let specialists in Houston consult electronically with patients' hometown doctors, giving them instant access to the scans and tests performed in Houston. We need to be sure that the students are cognizant of the respon sibilities they have,'' said Stan Barber, director of networking. In both cases, Internet emerges as a key battleground of free speech and social responsibility. People are encouraged to experiment,'' allowed Rice University's Guy Almes, who has become a national figure as primary director of Internet operations in Texas.
Some users find such material offensive.
Someone is paying for the computers that this filth is stored in. Someone is paying for the phone time so that this trash can piggyback in with the useful communications,'' said Rick Miller, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. There was over 1.27 megabytes of article dumps from alt.sex.bond age,'' recalled Miller, whose private mail from the Chronicle also was answered by a UWM consultant who had intercepted the letter. It's an open network,'' said William Bard, director of Internet operations for the University of Texas system. It can link a researcher with a supercomputer nearly anywhere in the world.