Did you break the law today ??

Submitted by sclausnitzer on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:03am.

According to this article ( http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html ) any IT Pro who "repairs" a PC in Texas without a Private Investigators license will be doing just that.

This leads to other serious questions for our Texas brethren:
- Will this apply to in-house repairs?
- Will your school pay for such licensing?
- Will you throw away every computer at it's first BSOD for the next three years?
- Will this allow PC techies to carry guns?

With penalties up to $4,000, 1 year in jail, and civil liability up to $10,000 for both the tech and the customer, it looks like Texas may soon be forced into "outsourcing" computer repairs.

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Scott A. Clausnitzer
Director of I.T. Services
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
1422 W. Peachtree St NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
P: 404-872-3593 x104
F: 404-873-3802
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research/writing software
Submitted by Stuart Sierra on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 1:15pm.

Hello Bill,
I haven't used these extensively myself, but here are some
possibilities from the open-source software world:

http://zotero.org/ -Firefox add-on for saving & citing on-line references
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ -Non-linear outlining tool
http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/ -Bibliographic database

And many more:
http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/students/50_awesome_open_source_resources_for_online_writers.htm

Best luck,

Stuart Sierra
Program on Law & Technology, Columbia Law School

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:26 PM, William Andersen wrote:
> Friends:
>
> As I begin a book-length research project, I was wondering about current
> research/outlining/writing programs. Is there a preferred model at your
> school? Or do most rely on more mechanical ways of noting, keeping track of
> and reorganizing research material in aid of a written end-product?
>
> Bill
> ========================
> William R. Andersen
> Judson Falknor Professor of Law Emeritus
> University of Washington School of Law

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