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8th Grader Suspended for Using 'net send' Command
HRH King Lerxst writes: "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has an article detailing how a middle school student was suspended for three days for 'hacking.' His hack? Sending a popup message to the other computers in the school...from within the shcool." The 8th grader in question used the "net send" command to send a single word message ("Hey!") to the 80 machines tied to his school's network. How this can be construed as "hacking", I leave up to you.
I could understand the suspension if he sent "fuck you" to everybody on the LAN. Since he didn't, we obviously have to look at the incompetent network administrator. He was probably hired under the "reforms" made by Bush there as governor. Why didn't this "qualified expert" that he thinks he is not disable the command line or the run button if he knows so much about security on LANs? Besides, I'd like to know what happens to kids there who do something really serious, like fighting or being late to class or something. Sounds like a bunch of incomptents hired by the chief incompetent (Dubya) when he was there.
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oh they live in texas. no wonder!
Why is it some Nebraskan's job to help pay for a school district in Vermont?
Not every "problem" in the world needs a top-down "solution". Schools districts are local entities, and should be controlled and financed locally.
Show me in the Constitution where the federal gubmint has any authority over education.
Maybe American public schools are broke, but private schools are doing fine, and most of the time on far less money per student than the public schools get. As with most other areas, privately-funded organizations have an incentive to spend money wisely and efficiently.
Constitutionally Correct