You can buy a commercial IDE cheap and get the same funcitonallity on Linux. I found a copy of Metrowerks CodeWarrior for linux in my university book store for $50. I suppose there is a volume discount for school systems too. This was reviewed on/. previously. So no, you don't have to type gcc $whatever every time.
His only crime is not reporting what he found to somebody who cares. It's great to have the ability to port scan and probe whatever. Giggling about it on irc helps no one, and preserves the separation between "hackers," who know how to do this, and "stupid," who do not. Hell, might as well be "hackers" and "everybody else." You want the courts / Agent Scully / George W / aunt Mary to fear you? Go ahead and laugh. It's more productive for the community to instill trust from the general public, and report it to the company, police, whoever.
I like the crime scene analogies you guys have. Who walks up to the neighbor's house, sees a large hole where the door and TV were, and doesn't call the police and the neighbor on vacation? You're not doing anything wrong, are you?
Why is it that automated porn filtering in schools is such an issue? If we really do get publicly accessable computers in every school, someone will have to watch over them anyway. Somebody has to be on hand to help little Joey send email, or keep him from stomping the keyboard and running off with the:cuecat. Until you can automate protecting the computers from the kids, you shure as hell don't need to automate protecting the kids from the computers. The presence of a responsable adult is enough to keep kids in line.
As for at home? Go get yourself NetNanny or whatever you want. Your computer, your perogative. You can even talk to your kids and maybe they won't want elephantmonkeycybersex.
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You can buy a commercial IDE cheap and get the same funcitonallity on Linux. I found a copy of Metrowerks CodeWarrior for linux in my university book store for $50. I suppose there is a volume discount for school systems too. This was reviewed on /. previously. So no, you don't have to type gcc $whatever every time.
I like the crime scene analogies you guys have. Who walks up to the neighbor's house, sees a large hole where the door and TV were, and doesn't call the police and the neighbor on vacation? You're not doing anything wrong, are you?
As for at home? Go get yourself NetNanny or whatever you want. Your computer, your perogative. You can even talk to your kids and maybe they won't want elephantmonkeycybersex.