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Keeping a PC Personal At School?
Berto Kraus writes "As one of the most tech-oriented students in my art-oriented institution, I'm usually the one with the laptop. This causes frequent requests from other students to read mail, check some site, or connect it to the projector to display a file from their Flash drive. For the sake of my privacy, the health of my laptop, and my own peace of mind, I'm reluctant. But telling my compatriots to go to our building supervisor and ask him for a desktop-on-a-cart, as they should do, is considered rude and unfriendly. Now, I could dual-boot Ubuntu, or carry around a Linux-on-a-stick. Or I could embed the computer in my skull. For many reasons, none of these solutions is ideal. So I'm asking you, insightful and funny Slashdotters, what would you do to keep your PC personal at school?"
I am guessing using goatse as your wallpaper will cut down on the requests.
What could possibly hurt the security of the American people more than giving our own government the ability to hide its
...and just say "You can try." and smile. :-)
Take off every 'ZIG' !!
and give them a nice carebear hug everytime they borrow it.
Virtual Machines suggest themselves. Do everything school-related in a VM and reset it from time to time. Also, in my experience, art-oriented institutions are choked full of hot chicks, so stop complaining and try to see this as an opportunity. Computer malware is not the only think that you can interchange with a dumb coed, you know.
Rome taught me patience and assiduous application to detail. Virtues which temper the boldness of great, general views.
Switch to a VT and tell them that only paying customers can use X.
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
Open up a bunch of porn sites, and then hand it over to them, but warn them that the keys might be a bit sticky.
go to our building supervisor and ask him for a desktop-on-a-cart
Who needs laptops when they have desktops on a cart! When I was young all we had were mainframes on a horse. We had to go down to the stables every time we wanted to check our email. Kids these days...
Seriously though, wtf. Tell them to get their own laptop and teach your art school about laptops too. Tell them they are kind of like desktops on carts but a lot more convenient.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
Remember, this is an _art_ school...
He's at an art school. More appropriate advice is likely "Ask for sexual favors from both."
So you're basically saying that you're at a school full of girls that you don't know how to say "no" to but you're afraid that they might accidentally open up your pron folder?
Is that about right?
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
Better yet. Set up your screen saver with a short delay to show porn.
Then when the porn shows up during their presentation blame them.
They will NEVER ask to use your computer again.
So a gay porn screen saver with a short delay would be great... The wanna be macho guys would leave it alone and the girls would "trust" you :-D
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.