Do you honestly think the school is giving away laptops out of the good of their heart? Sorry, the students are getting these because they will be required to do work on them. That may seem like it's no big deal to you but as an 11th grader with a really stupid/crazy IT admin, we can't even get to Google Images here (or any search engine other than google for that matter). In google, the safesearch is turned all the way up, and still I'de say a good 90% of what we can even see on the search list is blocked by a company called lightspeed. This renders all of the school computers basically useless and nobody wants to even attempt doing their schoolwork on them anymore. I don't have a problem with this so I just don't use the computers because I'm lucky enough to have a high-speed connection at my home. We live in an area with no broadband and pretty much the only fast connection most people can access is at that school. It's really shameful that they let a Christian extremist set up our filter. She has even stated in an email she sent to every teacher in the school that her #1 priority wasn't the students, it was keeping the network safe she was threatening to take away teacher computer privileges for letting kids use flash drives to move their work between computers. To add insult to injury, we have several networked hard drives that the students are no longer able to use because she says it's a "security risk". The teachers have no way around the filters and we can't even use the run command on these things (I use run to open word, paint, etc,. so I don't have to click around). In case I haven't got the point across these computers are WORTHLESS. If they were to give us laptops with the same ridiculous policies, not only would I remove them, I would teach everyone I know how to do the same and tell them to teach everyone they know.
I've also noticed my latency TRIPLE based on pinging Google (from 30ms average to 100ms average). I've been checking my equipment for malfunctions for days and have been unable to find any. I use a small ISP that is not involved with Sprint or Cognet, I hope the FCC gets involved in this.
I would show more respect for shoes if you told me that you'd hack off my foot for not wearing them.
What kind of joke is this? This isn't "education" this is a corporation trying to force schools to threaten their students for them.
I don't know what kind of ill-informed world you happen to live in but, I hate to inform you that there is a holiday called Christmas. It commonly involves well-meaning family members getting you something you don't want/need but they think you will enjoy. Do you honestly think I would be bashing Microsoft if I willingly bought all of that junk? Do you honestly think Microsoft is good?
Also, Windows XP is a great operating system for a huge variety of things, I personally use it allot (mostly for gaming) but, it is incredibly unsecure. I would dare say it's by far the most unsecure OS around today(Don't get me started on Vista).
I would also like to say I really liked my Zune, when they went on sale for $100 dollars it was a steal and I purchased it myself. Unfortunately it broke, as did the one my friend got from Christmas that year. I go on to say while it was a decent MP3 player(once you got it all working) EVERYTHING about the software was a gigantic pain in the ass.
You simply cannot trust a product from Microsoft not to screw up. I seriously doubt any of us Windows users haven't had to reformat at least once (of the Windows users here anyway). I bought a Zune and it was dead in a month. On top of that me and 3 friends got x-box 360's one way or another and 2 of them got the 3 RRODs(I honestly don't use my 360 much, this computer completely blows it away as far as gaming, it can boot 3 different OS's, it allows me to network myself without paying a forced subscription fee, AND it doesn't get hot enough to warp its own motherboard. Beat that Microsoft.)
I have with me a bucket full of microscopic logos which I have copywritten, I am going to throw these logos on you and from here on out every picture with you in it is mine.
So what? People like me have been saying the same thing for a long time. Schools are too ignorant to listen to nonsense like that though, after all an UPgrade is an improvement right?
Pong advanced? Have you lost your mind?! We might actually be able to sell that!
We are Microsoft are pleased to offer you Pong classic alpha edition! There are promises of the bug where the ball goes through the "paddles" being fixed next version, look to purchase it on 1/10/08!
Maybe its because their customers are tired of being treated like criminals? It's not piracy that causing them to lose customers it's just their own arrogance in continuing to fight piracy in a way thats inconvenient to their customers. Also the fact they haven't released a record worth listening to in months might have something to do with it.
You guys forget that this small company already holds the patents on this keyboard. How would you feel if you owned the small company that held the patent on this keyboard and a large company patents a slightly different version of your coolest project and says they deserve the patent because they can mass produce it for cheaper? Thats like me telling a little girl who owns a lemonade stand and a delicious patented lemonade recipe that I was going to steal her recipe, mass distribute a version (for cheaper) with a little more sugar, then run her out of business and perhaps void her patent completely. She does deserve it after all, she didn't patent every possible alternative recipe to her delicious lemonade.
I for one think apples monopoly is getting a little out of hand at this point.
Politicians do constantly whore themselves out for votes by hitting controversial topics. They don't really care how much of an arrogant ass they make out of themselves as long as they get the vote from the "common man" (A.K.A. Idiots who shouldn't even be able to vote). They basically get broadcasted on television screaming "WE NEED TO PULL TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ (personal fave)" or in this case "WE NEED TO MAKE SIMPLE SCRIPTS ILLEGAL TO SM1T3 T3h H4xx0R5". All this just leads to a completely uninformed and misdirected rambling aimed at winning a few cheap votes.
If a politician claims they understand computers to a point where they are qualified to make core aspects of them illegal, laugh in their faces. I don't even understand enough about computers and networks to a point where I feel I am qualified to make those ridiculous statements (And my experience involving computers and networks is sizable).
Personally I don't even bother with politicians or voting anymore. It's not because I'm lazy it's just because there isn't a single one of them worth voting for. I've seen more worthy candidates on small forums.
Who here actually thinks that a person who distributes a "hacker tool" isn't going to be behind about 7 proxys when he hosts it. All this leads down to is a circle of lawyers screaming "Who in the hell do I sue?!"
Some people find the best opportunity in a job that involves IT. Unfortunately the side effect of getting one of these jobs is people snooping around your online profiles.
You should simply use an alias and never reveal that alias to an employer. I realize that it's a good opportunity to increase your chances of employment by allowing an employer to take a look at your online work but, its simply absolutely none of their business. If you are really desperate for the extra bang on your resume I suggest immediately afterwards you change to a different alias and notify all of your friends that you need to change in order to protect your anonymity from your employer (Via private means of course).
For anyone who pays attention to what the RIAA and MPAA do it's easy to see their tactic. They make these absurd legal claims which are outrageous to anyone who has any idea as to how a computer works, then they exploit the fact that most of the legal system is badly computer illiterate. They constantly "brief" the judges when the defending party has no opportunity to do that themselves. Then on top of all of that they purposely attack people who can't afford to defend themselves legally, maximizing their chances of winning and creating fear amongst their consumers. Occasionally they screw up and one of their victims manages to hire a half-decent lawyer, they are then subject to a humiliating defeat in the court room.
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if they try to subpoena slashdot to try and get my IP address just for writing this.
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Do you honestly think the school is giving away laptops out of the good of their heart? Sorry, the students are getting these because they will be required to do work on them. That may seem like it's no big deal to you but as an 11th grader with a really stupid/crazy IT admin, we can't even get to Google Images here (or any search engine other than google for that matter). In google, the safesearch is turned all the way up, and still I'de say a good 90% of what we can even see on the search list is blocked by a company called lightspeed. This renders all of the school computers basically useless and nobody wants to even attempt doing their schoolwork on them anymore. I don't have a problem with this so I just don't use the computers because I'm lucky enough to have a high-speed connection at my home. We live in an area with no broadband and pretty much the only fast connection most people can access is at that school. It's really shameful that they let a Christian extremist set up our filter. She has even stated in an email she sent to every teacher in the school that her #1 priority wasn't the students, it was keeping the network safe she was threatening to take away teacher computer privileges for letting kids use flash drives to move their work between computers. To add insult to injury, we have several networked hard drives that the students are no longer able to use because she says it's a "security risk". The teachers have no way around the filters and we can't even use the run command on these things (I use run to open word, paint, etc,. so I don't have to click around). In case I haven't got the point across these computers are WORTHLESS. If they were to give us laptops with the same ridiculous policies, not only would I remove them, I would teach everyone I know how to do the same and tell them to teach everyone they know.
I've also noticed my latency TRIPLE based on pinging Google (from 30ms average to 100ms average). I've been checking my equipment for malfunctions for days and have been unable to find any. I use a small ISP that is not involved with Sprint or Cognet, I hope the FCC gets involved in this.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that almost every computer average Joe has ever seen had windows on it.
I would show more respect for shoes if you told me that you'd hack off my foot for not wearing them. What kind of joke is this? This isn't "education" this is a corporation trying to force schools to threaten their students for them.
You're obviously a neocon loving propaganda addled fear loving monster.
This is like saying my submarine sinks twice as slowly as it did last year but, it also moves slower and the torpedoes don't work.
I don't know what kind of ill-informed world you happen to live in but, I hate to inform you that there is a holiday called Christmas. It commonly involves well-meaning family members getting you something you don't want/need but they think you will enjoy. Do you honestly think I would be bashing Microsoft if I willingly bought all of that junk? Do you honestly think Microsoft is good?
Also, Windows XP is a great operating system for a huge variety of things, I personally use it allot (mostly for gaming) but, it is incredibly unsecure. I would dare say it's by far the most unsecure OS around today(Don't get me started on Vista).
I would also like to say I really liked my Zune, when they went on sale for $100 dollars it was a steal and I purchased it myself. Unfortunately it broke, as did the one my friend got from Christmas that year. I go on to say while it was a decent MP3 player(once you got it all working) EVERYTHING about the software was a gigantic pain in the ass.
You simply cannot trust a product from Microsoft not to screw up. I seriously doubt any of us Windows users haven't had to reformat at least once (of the Windows users here anyway). I bought a Zune and it was dead in a month. On top of that me and 3 friends got x-box 360's one way or another and 2 of them got the 3 RRODs(I honestly don't use my 360 much, this computer completely blows it away as far as gaming, it can boot 3 different OS's, it allows me to network myself without paying a forced subscription fee, AND it doesn't get hot enough to warp its own motherboard. Beat that Microsoft.)
I have with me a bucket full of microscopic logos which I have copywritten, I am going to throw these logos on you and from here on out every picture with you in it is mine.
Today we take over the thermostats, tomorrow we take over the world!
So what? People like me have been saying the same thing for a long time. Schools are too ignorant to listen to nonsense like that though, after all an UPgrade is an improvement right?
Is it bad that I own 6 out of 10 of these keyboards and am looking for the other 4 to complete my collection?
To the mod who gave this a 0, you have no sense of humor and/or an inability to read the title of this article.
In other news Microsoft execs declare Vista not dead yet!
Pong advanced? Have you lost your mind?! We might actually be able to sell that!
We are Microsoft are pleased to offer you Pong classic alpha edition! There are promises of the bug where the ball goes through the "paddles" being fixed next version, look to purchase it on 1/10/08!
Maybe its because their customers are tired of being treated like criminals? It's not piracy that causing them to lose customers it's just their own arrogance in continuing to fight piracy in a way thats inconvenient to their customers. Also the fact they haven't released a record worth listening to in months might have something to do with it.
You guys forget that this small company already holds the patents on this keyboard. How would you feel if you owned the small company that held the patent on this keyboard and a large company patents a slightly different version of your coolest project and says they deserve the patent because they can mass produce it for cheaper? Thats like me telling a little girl who owns a lemonade stand and a delicious patented lemonade recipe that I was going to steal her recipe, mass distribute a version (for cheaper) with a little more sugar, then run her out of business and perhaps void her patent completely. She does deserve it after all, she didn't patent every possible alternative recipe to her delicious lemonade.
I for one think apples monopoly is getting a little out of hand at this point.
Politicians do constantly whore themselves out for votes by hitting controversial topics. They don't really care how much of an arrogant ass they make out of themselves as long as they get the vote from the "common man" (A.K.A. Idiots who shouldn't even be able to vote). They basically get broadcasted on television screaming "WE NEED TO PULL TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ (personal fave)" or in this case "WE NEED TO MAKE SIMPLE SCRIPTS ILLEGAL TO SM1T3 T3h H4xx0R5". All this just leads to a completely uninformed and misdirected rambling aimed at winning a few cheap votes.
If a politician claims they understand computers to a point where they are qualified to make core aspects of them illegal, laugh in their faces. I don't even understand enough about computers and networks to a point where I feel I am qualified to make those ridiculous statements (And my experience involving computers and networks is sizable).
Personally I don't even bother with politicians or voting anymore. It's not because I'm lazy it's just because there isn't a single one of them worth voting for. I've seen more worthy candidates on small forums.
Who here actually thinks that a person who distributes a "hacker tool" isn't going to be behind about 7 proxys when he hosts it. All this leads down to is a circle of lawyers screaming "Who in the hell do I sue?!"
Fantastic! Now all an illegal alien will need to cross the border is an old television antenna coupled with a 9 volt battery!
Some people find the best opportunity in a job that involves IT. Unfortunately the side effect of getting one of these jobs is people snooping around your online profiles.
You should simply use an alias and never reveal that alias to an employer. I realize that it's a good opportunity to increase your chances of employment by allowing an employer to take a look at your online work but, its simply absolutely none of their business. If you are really desperate for the extra bang on your resume I suggest immediately afterwards you change to a different alias and notify all of your friends that you need to change in order to protect your anonymity from your employer (Via private means of course).
"so paradoxically, the RIAA might be shooting itself in the foot here." Somehow or another the bullet will wind up in the foot of a consumer.
For anyone who pays attention to what the RIAA and MPAA do it's easy to see their tactic. They make these absurd legal claims which are outrageous to anyone who has any idea as to how a computer works, then they exploit the fact that most of the legal system is badly computer illiterate. They constantly "brief" the judges when the defending party has no opportunity to do that themselves. Then on top of all of that they purposely attack people who can't afford to defend themselves legally, maximizing their chances of winning and creating fear amongst their consumers. Occasionally they screw up and one of their victims manages to hire a half-decent lawyer, they are then subject to a humiliating defeat in the court room.
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if they try to subpoena slashdot to try and get my IP address just for writing this.
Don't worry! I have a way to stop this!! I'll simply copyright limestone.