Posted to Monash Weekly on 23/5/2009 at 11:12 PM
Commenting on “Council to fund new PCs for libraries”
The missing information about the library usage in the report is that many students use the computers for fighting/shooting games after school hours. At weekend, some local and overseas students use the online chat incorporating webcam facilities as video phone, chatting with friends. Both usages require large amount Internet resource, and can slow down the overall performance of the internet service. It is debatable whether the former usage can be classified as educational, but the latter should not be permitted as it is analogous to using the phone in the library by library goers – a service which is not available either for free or chargeable.