I was in my office across the street from the WTC when it went boom. I had exited the PATH station there about 20 minutes earlier. Changed my whole perspective on "giving up my rights" during security checks in public areas.
You assume that the software will be used the way that GDB says it should be used. I read that Katz does not. I don't think that his fears are unfounded.
For one thing, how many schools are going to spend the money on the software and the training? How many schools will defer the "decisions" that GDB refers to completely to the software?
When the hype says it's "a method for evaluating students who make threats," what do they mean by threat? Can the combination of being a Doom player, Anthrax fan and losing your temper in Social Studies class lead to a recommendation for therapy?
Katz may be assuming the worst, but I don't think the answer is to assume the best. This sort of tool will be abused by bureaucrats that are just as paranoid as Katz.
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So where is it, dumbass? At least the
guy you're calling an idiot had the
brains to post a link.
Do you know when he said it? Where?
How about this?
And the word invent doesn't even appear in there.
In context, what he meant seems pretty clear. (although he was still stretching the truth.)
1. Don't go to the Aiport.
2. Don't park there either.
3. Shop at Wal-Mart.
Problems solved.
I was in my office across the street from the WTC
when it went boom. I had exited the PATH station
there about 20 minutes earlier. Changed my whole
perspective on "giving up my rights" during
security checks in public areas.
You assume that the software will be used the way that GDB says it should be used. I read that Katz does not. I don't think that his fears are unfounded.
For one thing, how many schools are going to spend the money on the software and the training? How many schools will defer the "decisions" that GDB refers to completely to the software?
When the hype says it's "a method for evaluating students who make threats," what do they mean by threat? Can the combination of being a Doom player, Anthrax fan and losing your temper in Social Studies class lead to a recommendation for therapy?
Katz may be assuming the worst, but I don't think the answer is to assume the best. This sort of tool will be abused by bureaucrats that are just as paranoid as Katz.
Remote administration? Is he connecting via
an ISP that permits inbound telnet? Will
he have a static IP?
What do you plan on administering? Are you
going to telnet in and vi his bookmarks file?
Don't they already own MonSanto? That one shot seed wreaks of M$ product design.....
Hostess Cup Cakes are made from farm products? You mean that crap occurs naturally?
What the hell am I going to eat now?
MS sez: "WindowsNT Workstation 4.0 is more reliable than Windows 95"
Yeah, execution by lethal injection is more pleasant than by hanging.
You go first.