Assuming students have no Constitutional
rights, privacy, or due process is ludicrous. The reality is that every student has these rights, just most
willfully waive them to save time. Being a resident of California, where this particular event occurred, I
can promise you that this student did not suffer any of these problems, unless he verbally agreed ahead
of time.
I wish it were that simple. The Supreme Court has rolled back student freedoms considerably since the Tinker decision (which said freedoms don't stop at the schoolhouse door). Most notable is the Hazelwood decision (1989) which limits the freedom of the student press.
There's a pretty good (albeit old) discussion of Hazelwood at:
Some states (and I believe CA is one) have laws which affirm student freedoms. However, and I think unfortunately, the SC is moving in the other direction.
I've got to stress that the headline and snippet chosen here is NOT an accurate summary of my article. As I say time and time again in the article, I have NO problem with the general trend of computers becoming easy to use. My problem is that this ease is sometimes portrayed as the only way to do it, in a variety of different contexts, and by a variety of different agents. "Is it easy?" can become the only question asked, and that compresses the possibilities of computing for a lot of perfectly capable folks.
More on this very complex problem later... got a lot to do today. Thanks to everyone who has commented so far -- many of the points made are quite salient. I hoped to start an academic discourse about ease stuff; a Slashdot discourse is great as well.
2) The Chronicle didn't advocate losing telnet or ssh at all (in fact, SSH wasn't even mentioned in the article). The Chronicle reported on a conference where Simson Garfinkel advocated ditching protocols which use unsecured passwords.
I know both these things because I actually read the article, btw.
There's nothing wrong with making users switch to ssh, scp, ssl-imap, etc. Implementation of switched networks and campus-wide security scans are also useful.
If the original posters weren't contacted in some way, how credible are their posts? How credible is the book? And if, as I fear, some of the stories submitted were fake, how is that going to help "the geek cause" (pardon the generalization)...
I agree--they aren't running a very high-quality operation. I signed up a month and a half ago, and still haven't been billed. SSH has been slow, almost unusable. None of the POP accounts I've requested three times have been set up. As soon as they get back online so I can get the hell out, I'm gone. Anyone got recommendations?
You have NO idea what I do with my time. You don't know what I do after I finish reading Slashdot. Or before. You are absolutely ignorant of the ways I DO things based upon what I read here and elsewhere.
I do NOT forget what I read, and I DO make decisions which have political and economic impact based at least in part on what I read on this site.
I imagine I am not the only Slashdot reader who fails to match your stereotypical profile (as those professing boycott in this thread clearly indicate).
I'm resorting to ignoring any and all comments from the posters at this point (Especially Roblimo and michael, hemos at least apologized)
I think it would be better if you kept reading the comments, and kept pointing out problems such as these. That sort of tacit approval (or at least lack of disapproval) doesn't fix the problem. Roblimo and others set too powerful an example for this sort of thing to be ignored.
At this point Christiansen seems more a part of the problem than anything else. Doesn't he have some work to do? Tom, if you've got lots of free time to use bashing the FSF, let us know -- I'm sure lots of Slashdotters could give you some actually meaningful projects to work on.
You speak rightly. The act is as important as the substance.
I tried not doing the usual get-the-coffee-right-after-I-get-up a few days ago. Didn't get the legendary headaches, but I was an absolute dumbass. Forgot keys, wrote some REALLY bad code, and was generally useless. The experiment lasted until noon.
And what could be better than that smell right after you pour the water onto the grounds in the press?
Time for a fresh cup.
Actual use of same in paralyzed people?
on
Bionic Rats
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From the end of this snippet:
Recently, scientists have reported that paralyzed people can learn to use their brain waves to control the movement of a cursor on a computer screen. The brain activity was picked up by electrodes that had been implanted or placed on the scalp.
By moving the cursor, the paralyzed people were able to communicate.
Anybody know anything more about this? URLs appreciated...
I filled out the survey and the first time I submitted got an error. The next submission made it through, however. Keep trying, kids, or come back later. bradley dilger@nwe.ufl.edu
If the stuff is going to get whacked on, why not let it get whacked on? I think the fact that you CAN test with a high load says a lot about Slash -- and about Rob's Perl cahones.:)
Slashdot Mirror
Heck, the ancient Greeks warned about the damage to memory that writing would cause. See Plato's Seventh Letter or Phaedrus for starters.
Or, check out Walter Ong or Marshall McLuhan for a more coherent take on the way forms of media affect each other.
Memory is overrated anyway. :)
cbd.
I wish it were that simple. The Supreme Court has rolled back student freedoms considerably since the Tinker decision (which said freedoms don't stop at the schoolhouse door). Most notable is the Hazelwood decision (1989) which limits the freedom of the student press.
There's a pretty good (albeit old) discussion of Hazelwood at:
Some states (and I believe CA is one) have laws which affirm student freedoms. However, and I think unfortunately, the SC is moving in the other direction.
best,
cbd.
Here's two questions:
thanks. cbd.
This is an interesting way to start a Sunday. :)
I've got to stress that the headline and snippet chosen here is NOT an accurate summary of my article. As I say time and time again in the article, I have NO problem with the general trend of computers becoming easy to use. My problem is that this ease is sometimes portrayed as the only way to do it, in a variety of different contexts, and by a variety of different agents. "Is it easy?" can become the only question asked, and that compresses the possibilities of computing for a lot of perfectly capable folks.
More on this very complex problem later... got a lot to do today. Thanks to everyone who has commented so far -- many of the points made are quite salient. I hoped to start an academic discourse about ease stuff; a Slashdot discourse is great as well.
best,
Bradley
1) s/Center/Chronicle/g
2) The Chronicle didn't advocate losing telnet or ssh at all (in fact, SSH wasn't even mentioned in the article). The Chronicle reported on a conference where Simson Garfinkel advocated ditching protocols which use unsecured passwords.
I know both these things because I actually read the article, btw.
There's nothing wrong with making users switch to ssh, scp, ssl-imap, etc. Implementation of switched networks and campus-wide security scans are also useful.
cbd.
If the original posters weren't contacted in some way, how credible are their posts? How credible is the book? And if, as I fear, some of the stories submitted were fake, how is that going to help "the geek cause" (pardon the generalization)...
Wonder if it it'll work on Mac clones like my Umax S900. According to this (related) page
http://www.suse.com/ppc/beta_en-2.html
it seems like as long as the box is PCI, it's cool. Hope so...
http://www.waveamerica.com/misc/privacy .htm
That'll get those naughty bits past the censors :)
cbd.
I agree--they aren't running a very high-quality operation. I signed up a month and a half ago, and still haven't been billed. SSH has been slow, almost unusable. None of the POP accounts I've requested three times have been set up. As soon as they get back online so I can get the hell out, I'm gone. Anyone got recommendations?
bradley
I don't know if these facts are correct, but I'd have to agree that Ebay is a helluva lot better way to use the Internet to buy stuff than Amazon.
Can someone explain why this would be flamebait? Seriously...
Huh? Who is this 'we' you speak of?
You have NO idea what I do with my time. You don't know what I do after I finish reading Slashdot. Or before. You are absolutely ignorant of the ways I DO things based upon what I read here and elsewhere.
I do NOT forget what I read, and I DO make decisions which have political and economic impact based at least in part on what I read on this site.
I imagine I am not the only Slashdot reader who fails to match your stereotypical profile (as those professing boycott in this thread clearly indicate).
bradley
You're right, the headline is inaccurate. But...
I think it would be better if you kept reading the comments, and kept pointing out problems such as these. That sort of tacit approval (or at least lack of disapproval) doesn't fix the problem. Roblimo and others set too powerful an example for this sort of thing to be ignored.
I wonder what kind of OS Windows would be? Certainly not "basic." Yi!
bradley
Who's the dumbass? Both the comments you referred to were posted BEFORE Hemos let us know he was insured. Flamebait stinks. bradley
Hemos, I hope you're insured and backed up. Let us slashdotters know if there's anything we can do to help you out.
bradley
Language changes, my friend. Good thing, too, otherwise your 'AFAIK' wouldn't mean a thing to anyone.
Correct usage isn't determined by some textbook, it's determined by usage. You're fighting a losing battle. Why bother?
--bradley
# don't read it.
Uh... how can I tell I don't like it until I've read it? And after that, should I be silent about what I've read, unless I agree?
I didn't think that was the point of all this discussion. Maybe I'm wrong; if so, I apologize for my insolence.
cbd.
sheesh,
cbd.
http://www.futurepowerusa.com/i mages/epower_big.jpg
I tried not doing the usual get-the-coffee-right-after-I-get-up a few days ago. Didn't get the legendary headaches, but I was an absolute dumbass. Forgot keys, wrote some REALLY bad code, and was generally useless. The experiment lasted until noon.
And what could be better than that smell right after you pour the water onto the grounds in the press?
Time for a fresh cup.
From the end of this snippet:
Anybody know anything more about this? URLs appreciated...
bradley
I filled out the survey and the first time I submitted got an error. The next submission made it through, however. Keep trying, kids, or come back later. bradley dilger@nwe.ufl.edu
If the stuff is going to get whacked on, why not let it get whacked on? I think the fact that you CAN test with a high load says a lot about Slash -- and about Rob's Perl cahones. :)
Why? Because people want to buy it. So what? The price of Microsoft stock indicates one thing: the price of Microsoft stock. That's all.
Example one: Amazon.com, whose market cap is billions, and whose profit is miniscule.
Example two: Dell recently released an earnings report with double-digit growth, and their stock FELL.
I could go on, but why?