I was one of the 45,000. And although I agree that CIT is one of the most incompetent IT staffs I have ever come into contact with, keep in mind that CIT's actions do not necessarily reflect the knowledge of the general student body. I know plenty of freshmen who know more about computers than the CIT staff. It's frustrating when you call the IT department and then YOU have to explain to THEM how to fix the problem you're having with your internet connection.

So for all of you bashing Cornell: going to Cornell won't mean that you learn less about computers and security because of the IT staff being dumb. Knowledge of IT staff does not equal quality of classes when the selection process for hiring those staff members is as bad as it is. On top of that, most of the people who should be IT staff don't want to be. And at any school you'll have problems with the administration or the staff being incompetent in some way, that's just how it works.

There was a book I read once about firefighting. It, too, involved seek-and-destroy-style robots. Mechanical hounds with hypodermic needles filled with a powerful local sedative, if I remember correctly. And the authorities had lots of fun filming the hunt for a man who wanted nothing more than to read a few books. They even killed an innocent bystander when they lost him and didn't want to admit their loss on public television. Fahrenheit 451, remember that one?