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MS Seeks Patent For Repossessing School Computers

Posted by kdawson on from the what-were-they-thinking dept.

theodp writes "Microsoft has applied for a patent for 'securely providing advertising subsidized computer usage.' The application describes how face-recognition webcams and CAPTCHAs can be used in schools to ensure that computer users are paying attention to ads, and the recourse of 'disabling or even repossessing the computer' if they are not."

8 of 299 comments (clear)

  1. Ja? by TinBromide · · Score: 5, Funny

    you vill look at ze ads und you vill vant to punch out ze celebrity? ja?

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    1. Re:Ja? by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please master, I'm trying to hit the monkey as fast as I can!

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  2. In Soviet classrooms... by TapeCutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...ads watch you.

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  3. Try the Pavlov method by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wire up the chair and every time they look away give them a shock.

  4. Go 'way by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny
    We're having fun here. Go away! Shoo! Shoo!

    Besides, the article is so stupid it should be modded off topic.

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  5. Great.. by LilGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just burned all my mod points on my last slashdot visit on stupid stories. Figures something good is posted right afterward.

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  6. Obligatory Simpsons quote by Garabito · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skinner: We can buy =real= periodic tables instead of these promotional ones from Oscar Meyer.
    Krabappel: Who can tell me the atomic weight of bolognium?
    Martin: Ooh ... delicious?
    Krabappel: Correct. I would also accept snacktacular.

  7. I always thought ... by manastungare · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always thought Windows machines were already possessed by the Devil.