TUESDAY, MARCH 12. 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 5A
INTERNET
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The committee discussed topics including how to improve the network, the billing for bandwidth and the communication between administrators and students. No final decisions were made. The participants will continue to meet as an informal committee.
Autumn Ayers, Wichita senior, submitted to the committee the idea of having more input on the rates of Internet access.
"If you had student input from different residence halls about the rates that would help," she said.
Students also said the different halls should be represented on the committee.
"If nothingelse it would keep us informed of what's going on," said Aaron Weigel, Brookville sophomore.
Weigel said if student members of the committee relayed information to the residents where they lived it would be more effective than hearing it from the ResNet leaders.
This meeting was a follow-up to a meeting held last month by John Louis, director of Networking and Telecommunication Services, to calm tension resulting from an NTS service change.
Last November, the University decided to start limiting the use of certain applications that students use to download movies and music, Louis said.
Movie files and music files are much larger than text files such as e-mail messages and Web pages. As they travel down the University computer network, they take up much more
"I admit to being one of the people who uses a lot of bandwidth, and I
think it's fair to charge people more who use more."
Henry Epp
Buhler sophomore
Bandwidth is the amount of capacity a network has to transmit files. Louis said there was not enough bandwidth to allow students to download at the rate they were downloading. When all available bandwidth is being used, all activity on the network is slowed down.
bandwidth.
The University made the decision to stop the download programs, so that the network would move more quickly for students using it for academic purposes.
Not enough money was available to buy enough bandwidth to keep up with student demand.
Bill Klein, assistant director of NTS, and Anna Hines, associate director of NTS, also attended for the administration. They addressed a proposal by Jacob Bateson, Linwood sophomore
Bateson said an application called Gnutella could help solve the bandwidth problems at the University of Kansas.
"I want ResNet to support the use of this application," Bateson said. "This would help the University save bandwidth."
Bateson said Gnutella doesn't run on a central server, but it scanned the IP's, or computer
"This way you can get a song or movie from another person, and not have to use up Internet bandwidth," he said.
addresses, of people on a network to get the file from that person.
Klein said programs similar to Gnutella had been around for years, and they wouldn't necessarily solve anything.
"It's just a new feature of Morpheus," he said.
Klein also said ResNet would have to talk to Vice Chancellor for Information Services Marju Goodyear before approving the program.
"It's still using music and movies that are copyrighted," Klein said. "This is a legal issue as well."
Hines asked the students what they thought about the idea of usage-based charging.
Hines said that in this system, users would be charged depending on how much bandwidth they used.
The students said they supported this idea.
"I admit to being one of the people who uses a lot of bandwidth, and I think it's fair to charge people more who use more," said Henry Epp, Buhler sophomore.
In an effort to alleviate some of the congestion on the Internet, ResNet purchased more bandwidth in the past two weeks.
"We're paying a premium for this bandwidth," Klein said. "We bought it to get through this busy time of the semester."
Students said they were glad ResNet wanted their input.
"I appreciate the fact that you want to hear our ideas," Ayers said.
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story was edited by Angela Cox.
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Joseph Fonseca, Lawrence freshman, said he didn't agree with the concepts of cybersex.
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"I think it is inappropriate and could be damaging," Fonseca said. "It misconstrues what sex should really be."
CYBERSEX
Dailey said even with the recent popularity, especially among men, he didn't think cybersex would replace the real thing.
"I think any obsessive behavior that functions to keep people out of normal, healthy social interactions is trouble," he said. "This kind of behavior isn't going to develop just by having a computer."
Whether it is masturbating to magazines or images on the 'Net, there will always be a strong need for people to have person-to-person interactions," Dailey said. "It will be those people with a lack of personal skills who will be absorbed in it because cybersex won't influence the human desire to be in touch with one another."
Dailey said he didn't think obsessive cybersex behavior would develop by having a computer on the desk.
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Viewing Internet porn sites and pictures while stimulating yourself.
TYPES OF CYBERSEX
Engaging in sex chat rooms, which allows talking through each step of the sexual experience to another sex seeker
Using cybersex tools, such as the Virtual Sex Machine, to allow a cyber partner to control your stimulation.
Reading explicit sexual stories and encounters, which allows the imagination to run wild.
Using a Web cam to see the other person live, which allows showing instead of just telling.
Source: Cybersex and the Investigator www.pimall.com
WARNING SIGNS OF A COMPULSIVE CYBERSEX USER
Gets up in the middle of the night to use computer.
Spends too much time on computer but is vague about what he/she is doing
- Gets up in the middle of the night to use computer?
- Suddenly buys passcode folder software so only he/she
- Attempts to hide computer screen from friends when they enter the computer room.
Has a sudden withdrawal from friends and social life.
Sex life has changed drastically.
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