What is the "right" to discipline? We give schools the PRIVILEGE to discipline. That PRIVILEGE does not outweigh a person's RIGHT to free speech. How about the Right to due process? Seems the schools have no problem violating that, either.
If the individual members of the school board had a problem with something a student did outside of the school's jurisdiction (whether this particular case or any other you care to name), they should have handled it through the police or the courts just like any other private citizen. Otherwise, they can STFU and DIAF.
Speakeasy is awesome....when you can get it. The only thing I've been able to get from them in the 8 years at this location is IDSL. I had to go with SBC to get anything faster.
If it's anything like AT&T's current offerings, you'll pay $49/month just for the ability to tether, but you'll have to pay $5/month per website, plus $5/month (per "channel") to stream internet radio, plus $5/month for video, plus $5/month for 200 e-mails. It's unlimited alright. The only limitation is how deep your pocket is.
Shhh.. you're not supposed to make "Friends" references on/. (unless it's to say how lame the show was.) Someone might ask you to turn in your Geek card.
You and I both have SlashID's in the low five digits. We can pretty much get away with anything without losing geek cred.
The problem with pricing books at $9.99 is the stickiness of the price tag. What is meant by this is consumer' perception of value. Although you can achieve large sales volume at price "below $10", if you ever try to raise the price by even a tiny amount, say $1, consumers *feel* like the markup was much higher than it really is, and sales subsequently drop off heavily.
You sound like a marketing major. They seem to be the only ones who believe that garbage. I don't know anyone who is fooled by pricing at 9.99 and being told "under $10". Just call it $10.
I had this image in my head of them finding it in the first collision and then shutting down this hugely expensive experiment as redundant now that the HB was found.
Most young adults I know(which is a lot, I'm one of them) don't have health insurance because low wage employers don't provide it.
There's no such thing as free. SOMEONE is paying for it.
My employer provides health insurance and I have to pay a significant premium for it. I've just learned that my premiums are going to jump over 200% percent next year to pay for your health insurance due to the new legislation that just passed. I can barely afford it now. Forget about next year. Hope you enjoy your "free" insurance.
Not to mention the question of what qualifies as "personal electronics". A computerized E6B? A handheld GPS? How about a laptop with your Jeppesen FBO maps? It's a dumb thing to regulate.
teach all the workers about security. disable autorun on all machines. dont let them run as admins. use noscript and adblock and foxit (or similar). update windows and AV regularly...
Education is a red herring. It doesn't work. Non-technical people know how to turn their computer on and do their day's work, and that's about it. If you change a single menu item they are completely lost, even a day after formal training. Constant remedial training costs more and is more time consuming than recovering from an outbreak.
Many (poorly written) enterprise applications won't run properly without admin rights to the PC, so restricting admin access is often not possible. Keeping Windows up-to-date is a must, but AV is almost useless these days as the primary attack vector is via spyware, not viruses. There is no good on-access anti-spyware software out there. Even the "best" is only about 80% effective, which is as good as useless.
They appear brighter when you look at them, but the light doesn't carry nearly as far. I have NEVER seen an LED flashlight that can shine as far as a Maglight. Plus I just like the feel of a steel maglight with 6 D-Cell batteries.
Go try the Rayovacs I mentioned a couple of posts up. You can set trees on fire from 100 yards with those things!
I tried Mag LED lights, but I couldn't find one that was as bright as even the cheapest off-brand out there. They used to be among the best, but I think they've stagnated in their development and now they're trying to play catch-up. The Rayovac Energizer Sportsman Extreme series is my new favorite. The 4W, 3-C cell light is $18 at Meijer and pumps out 150 lumens. Even their mini lights put out 55 lumens. There isn't a Maglight out there that comes even close.
You know, if your students aren't paying attention in the class, maybe the problem is your inability to engage them in an interesting lecture. In other words, maybe YOU'RE the problem. Maybe you need to get down out of your ivory tower and learn how to teach.
These kinds of questions are stupid: "I need to do XYZ for a project, how do I do XYZ?", where XYZ is one or more of complicated, ridiculous, vague, nonsensical, etc. Try telling us what your project is, and then we might be able to suggest a useful solution, possibly not involving XYZ at all, or involving a very particular/practical version of XYZ.
Except he doesn't want your alternate solution. He wants the solution he requested. If you don't know of a way to do it, then move on.
They won't like this one bit and go to great lengths to disallow or prevent it from working.
Most US carriers already officially disallow tethering preferring instead that you subscribe with an additional device (like an Aircard or a MiFi), and charge you a healthy premium for the privilege. In some cases you can fly under the radar, like with a jailbroken iPhone on AT&T.
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What is the "right" to discipline? We give schools the PRIVILEGE to discipline. That PRIVILEGE does not outweigh a person's RIGHT to free speech. How about the Right to due process? Seems the schools have no problem violating that, either.
If the individual members of the school board had a problem with something a student did outside of the school's jurisdiction (whether this particular case or any other you care to name), they should have handled it through the police or the courts just like any other private citizen. Otherwise, they can STFU and DIAF.
Who hasn't heard of speakeasy.net?
Speakeasy is awesome....when you can get it. The only thing I've been able to get from them in the 8 years at this location is IDSL. I had to go with SBC to get anything faster.
Because, unlimited data isn't really unlimited.
If it's anything like AT&T's current offerings, you'll pay $49/month just for the ability to tether, but you'll have to pay $5/month per website, plus $5/month (per "channel") to stream internet radio, plus $5/month for video, plus $5/month for 200 e-mails. It's unlimited alright. The only limitation is how deep your pocket is.
People will still use Comic Sans.
Kids these days. Sigh.
I know, right?
Shhh.. you're not supposed to make "Friends" references on /. (unless it's to say how lame the show was.) Someone might ask you to turn in your Geek card.
You and I both have SlashID's in the low five digits. We can pretty much get away with anything without losing geek cred.
They can farm-grow total awareness now? /got nuthin'
they'd never try this in Saudi Arabia. They'd end up executed for sorcery.
Since it was a UFO prank, wouldn't the charge be saucery?
Or we could have reasonable gun control laws.
Guns are already illegal within the Chicago city limits. Guess those "reasonable gun control laws" aren't quite working out like you'd hoped, huh?
I don't even have an iPhone and I'm tempted to buy it just to support their effort!
The problem with pricing books at $9.99 is the stickiness of the price tag. What is meant by this is consumer' perception of value. Although you can achieve large sales volume at price "below $10", if you ever try to raise the price by even a tiny amount, say $1, consumers *feel* like the markup was much higher than it really is, and sales subsequently drop off heavily.
You sound like a marketing major. They seem to be the only ones who believe that garbage. I don't know anyone who is fooled by pricing at 9.99 and being told "under $10". Just call it $10.
How about now?
I had this image in my head of them finding it in the first collision and then shutting down this hugely expensive experiment as redundant now that the HB was found.
Just out of curiosity, where did you learn that?
From my employer and my insurance provider.
Most young adults I know(which is a lot, I'm one of them) don't have health insurance because low wage employers don't provide it.
There's no such thing as free. SOMEONE is paying for it.
My employer provides health insurance and I have to pay a significant premium for it. I've just learned that my premiums are going to jump over 200% percent next year to pay for your health insurance due to the new legislation that just passed. I can barely afford it now. Forget about next year. Hope you enjoy your "free" insurance.
Not to mention the question of what qualifies as "personal electronics". A computerized E6B? A handheld GPS? How about a laptop with your Jeppesen FBO maps? It's a dumb thing to regulate.
teach all the workers about security. disable autorun on all machines. dont let them run as admins. use noscript and adblock and foxit (or similar). update windows and AV regularly...
Education is a red herring. It doesn't work. Non-technical people know how to turn their computer on and do their day's work, and that's about it. If you change a single menu item they are completely lost, even a day after formal training. Constant remedial training costs more and is more time consuming than recovering from an outbreak.
Many (poorly written) enterprise applications won't run properly without admin rights to the PC, so restricting admin access is often not possible. Keeping Windows up-to-date is a must, but AV is almost useless these days as the primary attack vector is via spyware, not viruses. There is no good on-access anti-spyware software out there. Even the "best" is only about 80% effective, which is as good as useless.
Don't forget the price of convenience, changing a bulb can be incredibly annoying when they're in an awkward location or housing.
That's why I never step it up to Red Alert.
They appear brighter when you look at them, but the light doesn't carry nearly as far. I have NEVER seen an LED flashlight that can shine as far as a Maglight. Plus I just like the feel of a steel maglight with 6 D-Cell batteries.
Go try the Rayovacs I mentioned a couple of posts up. You can set trees on fire from 100 yards with those things!
I tried Mag LED lights, but I couldn't find one that was as bright as even the cheapest off-brand out there. They used to be among the best, but I think they've stagnated in their development and now they're trying to play catch-up. The Rayovac Energizer Sportsman Extreme series is my new favorite. The 4W, 3-C cell light is $18 at Meijer and pumps out 150 lumens. Even their mini lights put out 55 lumens. There isn't a Maglight out there that comes even close.
You know, if your students aren't paying attention in the class, maybe the problem is your inability to engage them in an interesting lecture. In other words, maybe YOU'RE the problem. Maybe you need to get down out of your ivory tower and learn how to teach.
These kinds of questions are stupid: "I need to do XYZ for a project, how do I do XYZ?", where XYZ is one or more of complicated, ridiculous, vague, nonsensical, etc. Try telling us what your project is, and then we might be able to suggest a useful solution, possibly not involving XYZ at all, or involving a very particular/practical version of XYZ.
Except he doesn't want your alternate solution. He wants the solution he requested. If you don't know of a way to do it, then move on.
What's wrong with the word "used"? Are you all car dealers now?
They won't like this one bit and go to great lengths to disallow or prevent it from working.
Most US carriers already officially disallow tethering preferring instead that you subscribe with an additional device (like an Aircard or a MiFi), and charge you a healthy premium for the privilege. In some cases you can fly under the radar, like with a jailbroken iPhone on AT&T.
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
Looks like we just found one, so I'd say yes!
Dammit. Now I have to change my sig.