Exactly WHY are these student's issued laptops anyway? These are teenagers. They do stupid crap like this. And because the school system chose the WRONG technology to put into their hands overseen by incompetants, little Johnny's life is over, they basicly put a loaded gun in their hands. 99% of H.S. education requires ZERO use of typical general purpose computers and frankly the fact that theadministation is idiotic is harming these kids.
I can't wait till one parent gets a clever lawyer and nails the school to the wall. Hey you can sue everyone involved with the gun used in a crime even if you ignore the criminal so why the hell not. H.S. kids do not need the internet, period.
What's the point of protecting "popular" (and what the hell does that mean anyway) music for such a lengthy period of time? Why protect something for so long that its basically irrevelant to 99% of the population? In 100 years, who'll care about the Beatles or whoever, or even know anything of them but a footnote in a history text.
Un-fucking-believable, this better not come to the US.
How about getting together with a shop and get them to pay you to create a stable, locked-down, damn-near-bullet-proof software load/setup that people can buy (with a new pc or as a rebuild option) that would seriously lessen if not eliminate their need for (a) having to get someone to clean up virus/spyware or (b) having to be aggrivated with any other form of support.
Seriously, why can't they make a PC that simply friggin WORKS! Zero hassles. Zero support.
I really hate anal Slashdotters that launch a huge drawn out argument over little insignificant symantecs. Stealing vs. infringement, who gives a fuck! This is one big reason why nerds are socially ostracized; they sit and argue nit picky little things like this that nobody else gives a shit about.
Except maybe the courts, lawyers, politicians, corporate leaders etc.
The original poster should also point out that you should check each profile on the system or use something like AdAwareSE which handles all users at once. Spysweeper should do the same in the next release.
"Prevention. Regular maintanence. A computer is no different than any other appliance. Deal with it."
Is it now? I have never had to do any regular maintenance on any appliance I have ever owned, nor have they ever needed it. The simply work.
Either a PC isn't an appliance or it is a poorly made one. There is no real excuse for people having to deal with spyware issues. Even if the OS is flawed, why don't the PC makers do something to make the situation easier to manage?
Might want to add a complete virus scan (AntiVir, AVG) to that, from a bootable cd, BartPE for example. I can almost guarantee trojans and ADS stuff that Norton/McAfee etc miss.
Well let's see, given that probably half of the people that read this site have adblock or some sort of advertising blocking system installed on their machines, Slashdot is losing revenue.
It costs money to run a site like this and big money at that. If everyone who came here had adblock installed and never saw the ads, then advertisers wouldn't advertise on the site and eventually the site would be taken down because they couldn't afford to keep it up.
Of course you people could give a shit. Everyone thinks that the internet should be free and everything should just be given to us. Well time to wake up.
And the advertisers would know we don't see their ads exactly how? I mean, I never click on them anyway.
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Speeding?
Jaywalking?
How do you rate?
And stop giving the to FRICKIN STUDENTS!
"Social engineering" implies a cleaver ruse, not merely shoulder-surfing or getting a peek at a notebook.
Um, most legislatures are mostly comprised of lawyers. Just sayin...
Interesting, but I'd say more like a rental car, so just remember to pay for the extra insurance and total the bastard.
That would explain a few things....
Spiffy, but I was hoping for something more toward the size of an old flip-phone.
Oh god just shutupshutupshutup!
Exactly WHY are these student's issued laptops anyway? These are teenagers. They do stupid crap like this. And because the school system chose the WRONG technology to put into their hands overseen by incompetants, little Johnny's life is over, they basicly put a loaded gun in their hands. 99% of H.S. education requires ZERO use of typical general purpose computers and frankly the fact that theadministation is idiotic is harming these kids.
I can't wait till one parent gets a clever lawyer and nails the school to the wall. Hey you can sue everyone involved with the gun used in a crime even if you ignore the criminal so why the hell not. H.S. kids do not need the internet, period.
And while you're at it, just for kicks, put a rotary dial on that thing. Seriously, I'd buy it.
...which one improves your typing speed and accuracy?
...after he admitted to voluntarily using MS Works.
What's the point of protecting "popular" (and what the hell does that mean anyway) music for such a lengthy period of time? Why protect something for so long that its basically irrevelant to 99% of the population? In 100 years, who'll care about the Beatles or whoever, or even know anything of them but a footnote in a history text.
Un-fucking-believable, this better not come to the US.
Not just cash, but paperwork like transaction records etc. Why were those tapes sent UPS?
so we won't be able to actually make a living breathing dinosaur but we all know what would happen if we did!
That would be the screaming and the running? Right?
How about getting together with a shop and get them to pay you to create a stable, locked-down, damn-near-bullet-proof software load/setup that people can buy (with a new pc or as a rebuild option) that would seriously lessen if not eliminate their need for (a) having to get someone to clean up virus/spyware or (b) having to be aggrivated with any other form of support.
Seriously, why can't they make a PC that simply friggin WORKS! Zero hassles. Zero support.
I really hate anal Slashdotters that launch a huge drawn out argument over little insignificant symantecs. Stealing vs. infringement, who gives a fuck! This is one big reason why nerds are socially ostracized; they sit and argue nit picky little things like this that nobody else gives a shit about.
Except maybe the courts, lawyers, politicians, corporate leaders etc.
Given than I consider maintenance something you do to make certain something keeps working:
Used 'headcleaner' cassette in VCR?
Rarely, but I'll give you that one, also cassette player cleaner
(Re)Tuned channels in TV?
You mean pushing a few buttons on the remote to auto-tune? This is more like initial setup than maintenance.
Set the clock on VCR/TV after power outage?
Again, initial setup, not really maintenance (they won't stop working if I don't care what time the clock says)
Changed batteries in any autonomous appliance?
I'll give you that, but most of mine are cordless rechargables, and I have a dog to herd the truly autonomous ones.
Synced PDA to computer?
Isn't that normal use, and usually automated?
Cleaned the grease out of oven?
Self-cleaning.
Washed the keyboard?
The PC keyboard? I don't compute covered in mud.
Replaced shell of phone?
I don't even know what that means, I've had the same phone for ages and it just works.
Removed crumbs from a toaster?
Conceded, but the tray makes that trivial (toaster oven), this is also more in the area of "cleaning"
Melt ice from freezer?
Auto defrosting.
Changed any lightbulbs?
Lightbulbs are appliances? That would be equipment replacement, not really maintenance.
Ah yes thumbdrives rock my world.
The original poster should also point out that you should check each profile on the system or use something like AdAwareSE which handles all users at once. Spysweeper should do the same in the next release.
"Prevention. Regular maintanence. A computer is no different than any other appliance. Deal with it."
Is it now? I have never had to do any regular maintenance on any appliance I have ever owned, nor have they ever needed it. The simply work.
Either a PC isn't an appliance or it is a poorly made one. There is no real excuse for people having to deal with spyware issues. Even if the OS is flawed, why don't the PC makers do something to make the situation easier to manage?
Might want to add a complete virus scan (AntiVir, AVG) to that, from a bootable cd, BartPE for example. I can almost guarantee trojans and ADS stuff that Norton/McAfee etc miss.
3 words:
Teen. Age. Daughter.
Surprised the machine is that easy to clean.
Since Windows XP has a built in encryption feature (EFS) wouldn't it follow by this logic that use of Windows XP qualifies as criminal intent?
Idiotic.
no Judicial Review????
Since when can Congress create laws that are beyond the review of the courts? I thought that was the whole point of having a judicial system?
You honestly can't think that your fellow students are above selling one another ou do you?
Well let's see, given that probably half of the people that read this site have adblock or some sort of advertising blocking system installed on their machines, Slashdot is losing revenue.
It costs money to run a site like this and big money at that. If everyone who came here had adblock installed and never saw the ads, then advertisers wouldn't advertise on the site and eventually the site would be taken down because they couldn't afford to keep it up.
Of course you people could give a shit. Everyone thinks that the internet should be free and everything should just be given to us. Well time to wake up.
And the advertisers would know we don't see their ads exactly how? I mean, I never click on them anyway.