It can go both ways. The Lords fought for years against the ban on fox-hunting with dogs, even though the overwhelming majority of the population supported the ban. Eventully the commons resorted to an obscure technicality that let them force it through regardless.
Unique logins are a requirement for accountability. When you find someone's collection of porn or something dodgy in the filter logs, there needs to be some way to determine who must be punished to appease the angry mob of parents. At the school I wok at, we make sure there is no writeable shared area for students, and emails from one student to another are blocked - there is no way for them to transfer data to each other short of using USB stick, otherwise they'd fill it with games.
On two occasions I've had to diagnose a student's video import problems using a program called 'GSpot' - but the students were at least past the snickering age. I also remember an linux daemon called yiffd. I don't recall what it does, but something entirely unrelated to the name. Some people just think it's a funny joke. It never occures to them that someone is going to have to explain to the boss why the web filter logs show them searching for 'gspot analyser.'
But those are *universities.* Schools don't teach computer science, certainly not here. They teach word processing, or how to make a website (badly) in dreamweaver.
I've encounted issues with ageing thermal paste, but it seems to be specific to old RM One desktops. I assume RM used a brand of paste particually susceptable to ageing. It's an annoyance, but easily fixed.
I've heard different versions, but apparently tne newest free VS (You can still use an older edition) removes the ability to produce non-metro apps. It's an effort by Microsoft to push developers towards the new interface-formerly-known-as-metro style and APIs.
I work at a school. In my two years working there I have seen the following: Over one hundred keyboard and mice destroyed (we kept a tally sheet) - in a single term. A switch defenestrated. A power cable severed with scissors, while the power was on. A power cable with a staple stapled through it. Drive bay covers removed, so the computers could be used as litter-bins Holes kicked in walls A door wrenched off it's hinges. Door soft-close mechanisms pulled down in such a way that the door jams when half-opened. The opening-bar from a fire exit torn off. Several computers rigged to explode by switching the voltage select from 230 to 110 volts. Smashed glass screens. Wall-mounted amplifier smashed.
Modulating a high-capacity communications signal onto a high-power laser is a tricky thing. It can be done, but the equipment is bulky and unreliable. Radio communications are an established and very well-tested technology. Atmospheric scattering would also seriously hinder the use of ground-based laser communications.
Political motivations. Plenty of hackers around the world would love to make the US government look incompetent - destroying a very expensive scientific mission like Curiosity, especially one for which there is such a high level of public awareness, would achieve that aim. No need to even hack it with precision (Amusing as it would be if the next image returned was Goatse), just fill the firmware with garbage and brick it.
Not that serious a limitation. The governements of many countries already store a detailed description of all of internet traffic for a period of years. A few of them even admit to doing so.
The Aero UI was one of several things people complained about in Vista. I was one of those doing the complaining. My main complaint wasn't that it didn't work, but that it was wasting precious memory, processor cycles and battery life on pretty graphics that didn't make the computer or user any more productive.
" I'm actually surprised that they didn't completely erradicate the ability to access a command-line interface, too, that would have completed it's descent into complete idiocy."
I was refering to the previous commenter who dismissed the 9mm as ineffective: "This is backed up by evidence because loughner only had a 9mm, which did very little damage." I'm just arguing that at close range (where the bullet loses little energy to air resistance) the damage potential of small arms depends almost entirely on the shooter's ability to aim it. You can substitute the weapon of your choice: Anything with more kinetic energy than a BB gun is going to hurt if it hits you in the face.
That isn't made to defend against high-explosive projectiles, which is what you'd likely find on a kamikaze drone. It's designed to pre-detonate shaped charge warheads, as used by light anti-tank weapons - they only function correctly if detonated upon impact with the tank armor. A drone need no shaped charge trick: With it's greater payload capacity, sheer mass of explosive will do.
I imagine the amount of damage depends largely on where it hits, and thus upon the skill of the shooter. Even a 9mm is going to be quite effective in the hands of someone who has enough practice to hit a head-sized target.
No. You can still use that method easily enough. But it means memory overheads (Even doing nothing but running a VM, Windows will still eat at least a gig), and no low-level hardware access.
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It can go both ways. The Lords fought for years against the ban on fox-hunting with dogs, even though the overwhelming majority of the population supported the ban. Eventully the commons resorted to an obscure technicality that let them force it through regardless.
Secondary school. Our schools are not like your schools, so I'm not sure what that corresponds to in your system.
Unique logins are a requirement for accountability. When you find someone's collection of porn or something dodgy in the filter logs, there needs to be some way to determine who must be punished to appease the angry mob of parents. At the school I wok at, we make sure there is no writeable shared area for students, and emails from one student to another are blocked - there is no way for them to transfer data to each other short of using USB stick, otherwise they'd fill it with games.
You've never worked in a school. I have. I've seen students cut the cable with scissors. Even the best keyboard will be destroyed.
On two occasions I've had to diagnose a student's video import problems using a program called 'GSpot' - but the students were at least past the snickering age. I also remember an linux daemon called yiffd. I don't recall what it does, but something entirely unrelated to the name. Some people just think it's a funny joke. It never occures to them that someone is going to have to explain to the boss why the web filter logs show them searching for 'gspot analyser.'
But those are *universities.* Schools don't teach computer science, certainly not here. They teach word processing, or how to make a website (badly) in dreamweaver.
I've encounted issues with ageing thermal paste, but it seems to be specific to old RM One desktops. I assume RM used a brand of paste particually susceptable to ageing. It's an annoyance, but easily fixed.
If this is a school lab, there must be a censor-proxy in there somewhere. It'd seem easy enough to run a bit of ad-blocking on that too.
I had a few graphics driver issues on my mac pro, but that's AMDs fault. They didn't properly test their drivers in a three-display setup.
I've heard different versions, but apparently tne newest free VS (You can still use an older edition) removes the ability to produce non-metro apps. It's an effort by Microsoft to push developers towards the new interface-formerly-known-as-metro style and APIs.
I work at a school. In my two years working there I have seen the following:
Over one hundred keyboard and mice destroyed (we kept a tally sheet) - in a single term.
A switch defenestrated.
A power cable severed with scissors, while the power was on.
A power cable with a staple stapled through it.
Drive bay covers removed, so the computers could be used as litter-bins
Holes kicked in walls
A door wrenched off it's hinges.
Door soft-close mechanisms pulled down in such a way that the door jams when half-opened.
The opening-bar from a fire exit torn off.
Several computers rigged to explode by switching the voltage select from 230 to 110 volts.
Smashed glass screens.
Wall-mounted amplifier smashed.
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Propaganda. To undermine confidence in US industry. Simple national pride advanced by making a traditional enemy look stupid.
Modulating a high-capacity communications signal onto a high-power laser is a tricky thing. It can be done, but the equipment is bulky and unreliable. Radio communications are an established and very well-tested technology. Atmospheric scattering would also seriously hinder the use of ground-based laser communications.
Political motivations. Plenty of hackers around the world would love to make the US government look incompetent - destroying a very expensive scientific mission like Curiosity, especially one for which there is such a high level of public awareness, would achieve that aim. No need to even hack it with precision (Amusing as it would be if the next image returned was Goatse), just fill the firmware with garbage and brick it.
Not that serious a limitation. The governements of many countries already store a detailed description of all of internet traffic for a period of years. A few of them even admit to doing so.
The Aero UI was one of several things people complained about in Vista. I was one of those doing the complaining. My main complaint wasn't that it didn't work, but that it was wasting precious memory, processor cycles and battery life on pretty graphics that didn't make the computer or user any more productive.
Only interacts on *one* click. A touch-optimised interface doesn't even give you a right mouse button!
Maybe that's why Apple was such a success. They'd barely admitted the possibility of a right-mouse-button, and already sought a way to be rid of it.
" I'm actually surprised that they didn't completely erradicate the ability to access a command-line interface, too, that would have completed it's descent into complete idiocy."
Wait for Windows 9.
I was refering to the previous commenter who dismissed the 9mm as ineffective: "This is backed up by evidence because loughner only had a 9mm, which did very little damage." I'm just arguing that at close range (where the bullet loses little energy to air resistance) the damage potential of small arms depends almost entirely on the shooter's ability to aim it. You can substitute the weapon of your choice: Anything with more kinetic energy than a BB gun is going to hurt if it hits you in the face.
That isn't made to defend against high-explosive projectiles, which is what you'd likely find on a kamikaze drone. It's designed to pre-detonate shaped charge warheads, as used by light anti-tank weapons - they only function correctly if detonated upon impact with the tank armor. A drone need no shaped charge trick: With it's greater payload capacity, sheer mass of explosive will do.
And deaths in road accidents come to a little under one 9/11 each month.
I imagine the amount of damage depends largely on where it hits, and thus upon the skill of the shooter. Even a 9mm is going to be quite effective in the hands of someone who has enough practice to hit a head-sized target.
But I *do* want the highest resolution possible.
No. You can still use that method easily enough. But it means memory overheads (Even doing nothing but running a VM, Windows will still eat at least a gig), and no low-level hardware access.