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peering post
by Nancy Paterson 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

hello all, not sure how or even if its ok to reply but here goes, Bram, you missed ENRON (the largest failure in corp history) its not clear to what extent their engaging in bandwidth trading contributed to their demise but it really is not relevant - ENRON was a significant corp failure. They created the first bandwidth trade. > UNTANGLING THE NET - > Bandwidth brokerage, arbitrage and the > creation of a commodity market in packet-based bandwidth led to > financial failures partly as a result of failing to consider the > basic interconnectedness or the internet. >Both of these propositions might need a bit more thought. >Regarding the first proposition: it's a bit hard to know what you mean by >bandwidth brokerage, arbitrage, and commodity market -- they're each >descriptors for very broad classes of phenomena. If you mean that there >were lots of buyers and sellers and that competition was based mostly on >price then sure, that happened. >But -- and especially in the domain of "packet-based bandwidth", by which >it sounds like you intend "Internet bandwidth" more specifically -- if you >mean that there were well-organised institutional or organisational >mechanisms like bandwidth trading floors for commodities trading in the >form of third-party transactions by people who neither produce nor consume >Internet bandwidth, then this might need some more digging. Band-X (that >piece is now part of Arbinet) and Invisible Hand Networks represent two >pieces of that puzzle. But they hardly represent a very significant part >of any Internet bandwidth market. transit IS peering - just for fee > Internet peering agreements provide international networks the > ability to function. >I don't know. Peering has been really important, and is still kind of >important. But surely most bilateral BGP relationships are ones of >transit, not peering -- particularly at the international level. >Quantifying the extent to which this is so would be a valuable >contribution, I think. >I suspect that that has much more to do with financial failures, than an >inability to understand the Internet's interconnectedness. Fred >Goldstein's and Daniel Reingold's books are two really nice accounts of >that story. I understand Om Malik's is, too, but I have not read it and >can't say. In any case, there are quite a few. > This research proposes to examine peering agreements over x# > of years and to look at the potential for the development of > transparency in peering agreements. >Don't get me wrong, though! This is one of a number of important areas to >look at. I question whether it is the most significant or even an >extremely significant cost driver, relative to others, in the >international context in which you want to operate -- I suspect that other >cost drivers, most of them related to state-sponsored chokeholds, tend to >be both more determinative, and highly connected, to this issue. But >there is lots to be said and lots being said on this topic, with a number >of interesting approaches in recent years to try and bring transparency to >this domain. Thanks for the book references I'm not looking at anti-trust but at transparency in peering agreements - and how this may be able to happen >Apart from the well-known efforts in the context of antitrust actions in >the U.S. and in Europe and, of course, the EuISPA/APEC/ITU meme, see >particularly actions at the federal level in Australia. In the Canadian >context, the CRTC's Telecom Monitoring reports have addressed this issue >to a very limited extent, particularly in years past (the first 3 issues), >but some very important efforts in BC (BCNET's Transit Exchange model) and >Alberta (via SuperNet) speak directly to this issue, and probably due in a >domestic context -- as do multiple U.S. efforts at the state level, I >suspect -- something similar to what I understand the World Bank has been >trying to put together around the EASSy project. Nancy Paterson

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Re: [Air-l] turnitin issue [and privacy+security of students]
by Miraj Khaled 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

great! i guess portraying me as a 'conspiracy theorist' would trivialize the issue i am speaking for. actually, if you are attending the AOIR conference this fall, you can ask my instructors that question. i know life is full of risk. it is very convenient to say that atop the "ivory towers'. i am sure people would be happy to risk going on a rendition flight to cuba/poland than taking a course on cyberlaw & copyright. i rest my case. miraj --- air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: Message: 2 Date: 09 Mar 2007 15:26:06 -0600 From: burkx006(a)umn.edu Subject: Re: [Air-l] turnitin issue [and privacy+security of students] To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org On Mar 9 2007, Miraj Khaled wrote: > >well, are we sure it is only 'hash' of the papers? No. But, then, we aren't certain that your instructors aren't secretly working for the CIA, either. Life is full of risks. You have to prioritize. DLB -- Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ********************************** voice: 612-626-8726 fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006(a)umn.edu ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html

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what is the turnitin copyright claim?
by Philip N Howard 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

At UW, we've been advised that undergraduates control the copyright on anything they produce through coursework, but that the university controls the copyright on anything that graduate students produce through coursework. I don't know who uses turnitin here, but it is probably reasonable to offer an opt-out option to undergraduates. Since there are a growing number of exaggerated copyright claims, I looked for Turnitin's copyright policy. This was all I found http://www.turnitin.com/static/usage.html http://www.turnitin.com/static/pdf/datasheet_ip.pdf It seems like a media relations pamphlet, but I did not see that they were claiming exclusive copyright over the materials that undergraduates upload. In fact they are claiming the opposite, a "non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, world-wide, irrevocable license to reproduce, transmit, display, disclose, and otherwise use your Communications on the Site or elsewhere for our business purposes." So this comes back to the ethics...I don't think we should force students to give up their exclusive copyright. I also agree with Dan, we don't know until it's litigated. Phil Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington

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one good idea one dubious one, and one possibly better one
by Barry Wellman 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

1. Good idea: Use a one-time only code to protect student identity. Weaker form: using existing student number, which surveillance forces would require a subpoena to get. 2. Dubious idea: House it all at each university. Except around my university are "editing services' which i believe bring in papers from elsewhere (not all published) as "aids". I don't think the within-university model would handle this. 3. Better idea: House the centralized service in a country that doesn't honor US Homeland Security (or other countries') subpoenas. Perhaps the EU with its data privacy regs, except judging by their complicity in US "rendition", there may be a gap between what EU countries say and what they do. Historical note: When a friend did abortion(ist) research in the 1960s, and it was illegal in US, she stored her names/addresses in Canada. What was old can become new again! Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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Call for Papers: Conference (SLCC07) Track: *Business in Second Life*
by Marc Fetscherin 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Hi, please read the following, I hope you are interested in submitting a paper to this exciting opportunity! If you have any questions, please let me know.... CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Second Life Community Convention (SLCC07) August 24-26, 2007, Chicago, USA Track: *Business in Second Life* http://slcc2007.wordpress.com/ SCOPE The emergence of virtual worlds and the Web 3.D changes to way of doing business. Web 3.D is the synonym for internet based virtual worlds, where people can create own 3D *virtual* personalities. One of the most famous of these virtual worlds is Second Life. It is undergoing an evolution similar to that of the Internet in the mid ninetieth and it might impact profoundly the way people cooperate, communicate and collaborate and conduct business. The recent entering of companies such as Toyota, American Apparel, Nissan, or Adidas on Second Life is a first indication for the upcoming role of this platform for the next generation of conducting business online. The conference provides a forum for industry, academia, and government to present their latest findings in virtual worlds like Second Life and the underlying technology to support those applications. Therefore, we invite contributions (research paper, working paper, work-in progress) from a broad spectrum of disciplines including economics, management, business, marketing, finance, information systems, and computer sciences. TRACK TOPICS The track focuses on but is not limited to the following topics: - Product Testing in SL - Image, Branding, Advertising in SL - Marketing in Second Life - Selling, Cross-Selling Real and SL - Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademarks in Second Life - Business Planning for Non-profits in SL - Promotion, Fundraising Tool and SL - Customer Integration and SL - Technology & Business, Strategy in SL - Financial Systems, Investments, Currency Exchange in SL - Emerging Media Presence in SL - Fashion Industry in Second Life - The Future of Second Life and Beyond - Second Life as a Web 3.0 Technology IMPORTANT DATES Submission Papers: June 1, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2007 Final Paper Submission: August 1, 2007 SUBMISSION PROCEDURES Submissions should describe original research work not submitted or published elsewhere. The author responsible for correspondence, including the author*s name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address has to be identified. One of the authors of each paper must register and present the paper at the conference. Submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed and evaluated on significance, originality, quality, and exposition. They should clearly establish the research contribution, methodology, finding its relevance to Second Life. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the Conference Proceeding. Best papers will be published either in a book or in a Journal. There will also be *Best Paper Awards*. In order to have your proposal considered, please submit it no later than 1st June to mfetscherin(a)rollins.edu using the following guidelines. - Follow the *Guide for Authors* from the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (www.csulb.edu/journals/jecr/s_g.htm) - You need to submit the file as a Microsoft Word-Format file - Your email should use the subject line "SLCC Business Track" LOGISTICS & TRAVEL INFORMATION We will release registration details and hotel rooming information in the coming weeks. We can share that the cost of registration will be in the range of about USD 200 and will include breakfast snacks and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday as well as some awesome musical performances and conference materials. The event is being held at the Hilton Chicago and the hotel rates with our block is $159 per night before tax. THE ROOM BLOCK IS NOT SET UP YET SO PLEASE DO NOT CALL TO BOOK A ROOM AT THIS RATE YET! We are all very excited about SLCC 2007 and will get you all details as soon as we have them (for updated information, http://slcc2007.wordpress.com) COMMITTEE Marc Fetscherin, Rollins College, USA; Christoph Lattemann, University of Potsdam, Germany; Guide Lang, University of Bern, Switzerland; Peter Lokke, CEO Crucial Armitage Inc., (Crucial Creations (SL)), New York, USA. FURTHER INFORMATION More Information and details at the conference website on http://slcc2007.wordpress.com or http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/ General inquiries and request about the track: *Business in Second Life* should be sent to guido.lang(a)iwi.unibe.ch

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Re: [Air-l] what is the turnitin copyright claim?
by William Bain 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

I was recently advised by an online publication that copyright is immediately generated on production of a work. According to my informant, doing the legal paperwork, etc. to secure a copyright is simply to prevent misunderstandings (to say the least) at some later date when someone else might use your work. I don't know how this applies to talks or presentations given at conferences, but it seems like an interesting though maybe complicated point. But this is my lay understanding and there seems to be pretty good evidence for its being true, since many physical publications at least note whether they or their authors keep copyright on publication. Best regards, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.

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Call for Participation for WiAOC 2007: CONNECT, a free global online conference for teachers and education professionals, May 18-20
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

from ifets Begin forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:07:45 -0800 > From: Dafne <dygonza(a)YAHOO.COM> > Subject: Call for Participation for WiAOC 2007: CONNECT, a free > global online conference for teachers and education professionals, > May 18-20 > > Call for Participation for WiaOC 2007 > CONNECT: a free synchronous and asynchronous online > conference for teachers and education professionals > May 18–20, 2007 > > Webheads in Action, a world-wide cross-cultural online > community of > several hundred ESL/EFL educators and other > professionals, invites > your participation in CONNECT: Conversations on > Networking, > Education, Communities, and Technology, a unique > conference to be > held entirely online May 18–20, 2007. > > The conference is called a convergence because it is > intended to be a fair or festival in which many > communities of colleagues converge to celebrate with > us by presenting their work in a wide variety of > formats (See: http://wiaoc2007.pbwiki.com/about_CfP) > > Participation is free and open to all who are > interested. > > Keynote speakers include Stephen Downes, George > Siemens, Etienne > Wenger, Barbara Ganley, Teemu Leinonen, and Leigh > Blackall. > > More information is available at > http://wiaoc2007.pbwiki.com > > Proposals for presentations at WiAOC 2007 will be > accepted through April 7, 2007. > > Looking forward to your participation, > > Dafne Gonzalez > On behalf of the WiAOC organizing team Jeremy Hunsinger () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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turnitin musings
by Dr.Cameron Adams 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

To begin, I have never used turnitin, but have been tempted to. Why is that the case? The problem is not that more students are plagiarising (though it seems like it to me), but instead what the nature of the student body is. My recent experience is in the UK so it may vary for you, but I suspect not as much as one might think. Two things are going on that will suffice as setting to my argument: the government wants something like 50% of the population to go to university and, higher education is being degraded to a disappointing level. Let me contextualise the latter. In my university I have had to take a "teaching" course to satisfy a requirement. In this we are told of the (apparently) government policy of teaching our students "transferable skills" (basic reading, writing, etc.) at the expense of our subjects. The idea is that physics students and anthropology students leave the university with the same stuff. The degree is to differentiate between job candidates in service type work (bank management and the like). The effect of these two things is that I have a rather large number of students who do not know why they are here. Only two of my students have any interest in the topic of their course of study (their major is anthropology, but they hope to get some unknown "job" in the future--this is half way through their degree). One of my students claims to have literally pulled the topic out of a hat! Basically we have a lot of unmotivated students. Far more than traditional methods of cheater detection can handle. I have to mark so much that I do not have the time to carefully assess changes in style, etc. The apparent lack of drive makes it seem less critical to do original work. After all, as my students put it, they are not planning to be anthropologists. (actually, when I assess work a common whinge is "you act like you think we will become anthropologists"). The high numbers and low ownership of their education coupled with easy ways to cheat, again, trumps our now outmoded means of cheater detection. In this context we have lost the arms race. Thinking about it, its not so much a question of using technology to keep up. Given fewer essays with more time to mark them, I could still catch all but the most sophisticated of plagiarism. It takes more time to assess some of these essays than it took the student to write them. All of us are overworked and I think that this is the main problem. Besides, I think if we rely too much on tech, we could begin to lose our critical faculties that allow us to notice clues to plagiarised material. That said I have a couple of thoughts that may or may not be legit: Couldn't student privacy could be protected by using a one time code at submission instead of their name? Another small note is that creatively recreating assignments is easier earlier in one's career than later. If it were not we'd be artists instead ;0). Cheers, Cameron Adams

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Re: [Air-l] turnitin issue [and privacy+security of students]
by Bram Dov Abramson 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

It's hard not to wonder whether alternatives to Turnitin are in the offing. First, you'd think that comparing a given text to all the publicly-available Web content, journal articles, books, and other things they're already indexing would be exactly the sort of thing Google, say, would be good at. Second, it sounds like some of the opposition to Turnitin has to do with perceived risks arising from the jurisdiction in which it is based and operates. When that happened with cryptographic work, some of the U.S. efforts migrated north to Canada and elsewhere. A competitor based outside the U.S. might have a real Third, surely delaminated open-source tools which separated the querying and comparing to the hashing, would provide more options. If universities which submit papers to Turnitin also had access to good tools with strong respect for privacy, for instance, it would not be too difficult for them to automate the hashing or whatever of the materials they were also submitting to Turnitin. By gradually building up their own archives, they'd be building a resource which would decrease their dependence on single efforts like Turnitin -- and could create interfaces to enable privacy-compliant plagiarism queries without giving up control of the contents or of the ethical standards by which those archives were governed. cheers Bram

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Re: [Air-l] turnitin issue
by Marj Kibby 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

In my first year cultural studies course I give students a turnitin report of a paper I wrote for the purpose that has a range of citation errors and a number of correctly cited quotes. In small groups they go through the report, decide which 'matches' are ok, and which are citation errors that need to be fixed. They add references, quotation marks, paraphrase, etc as required. We discuss what the various groups have done, and they are encouraged to go through their own reports before final submission of the papers. Turnitin is set up to allow submission for a week or two before the due date, and for students to see their own reports immediately. I think where Turnitin is solely used as a detection tool, there is a tendency to look just at the percentage of matching text - but I haven't found that particularly useful. I think you need to examine every instance of matching text to see just why and how it matches. Marj Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture Faculty of Education and Arts The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604 >>> James Whyte <whyte.james(a)yahoo.com> 03/10/07 3:34 AM >>> In that vein, I am not sure that I understand Marjorie's claim that Turnitin is useful for teaching referencing, since no one outside the company knows the matching algorithm -- the criteria for text comparison are unknown, so it is hard for me to see what the students would learn. Perhaps she could say more about that.

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