As a person who works in a ceartin department store that has a bulseye as it's logo, I've noticed that there are basicly two types of people who buy these games. You have your "Just Turned 22 and need to feel rebelious" type and your "Just turned 14 and need a new game" type.
Both of these groups are accompanied by a female of some sort. In the Rebel case it's usually a wife or a girlfriend who is shoping with the guy. In the 14 case it's the child's mom who is actually purchasing the game and does not know what the game is actually about.
Personally I am glad when my register beeps at me to let me know "Must be >21 to purchace" when I scan one of these games. The person who accompanies the perchasee is startles and asks "Why does it say that?" In this case I read off the ESRB rating and the endorsements (Sex,Drugs,Violence, etc.) Sometimes the purchaser(The acompnier) will buy the game after I explain why it's a restricted purchasing. Other times they just say "Mabe we'll come back later"
Two years ago when they opened the current High School the (IT) plan was to deliver all applications to the desktop through the implementation of powerful servers. This prevented the students from saving to the C:\. At about midterm the "non saving C drive" had been cracked so many times that the restrictions were laughable.
Last year they took off the entire deliver applications to the desktop approach in favor of a piece of hardware that allows for the deletion of temporary files (any new file) created since the last reboot. This has been probably one of the best ways to ensure stability of the computers.
The network procedures are some of the most easily defeated. We use a URL blocker for web requests. This solves most problems, however several other ways exist to get around the "fire wall". There are the annomylizer proxy services, and translator pages. In addition to this the network administrators have not blocked P2P specific port trafic on the LAN because they are unsure about what other traffic happens on the same port. The school's network is wonderful for using a P2P service, connecting to a MUD, warez-ing, and many other shady actions.
As a informed student I laugh at the AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). The idea that they can track down my few requests through the thousands apon thousands of requests others make daily is extremely unlikely. In addition the enforcement of the AUP only happens when there has been a serious breach of security.
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Both of these groups are accompanied by a female of some sort. In the Rebel case it's usually a wife or a girlfriend who is shoping with the guy. In the 14 case it's the child's mom who is actually purchasing the game and does not know what the game is actually about.
Personally I am glad when my register beeps at me to let me know "Must be >21 to purchace" when I scan one of these games. The person who accompanies the perchasee is startles and asks "Why does it say that?" In this case I read off the ESRB rating and the endorsements (Sex,Drugs,Violence, etc.) Sometimes the purchaser(The acompnier) will buy the game after I explain why it's a restricted purchasing. Other times they just say "Mabe we'll come back later"
Two years ago when they opened the current High School the (IT) plan was to deliver all applications to the desktop through the implementation of powerful servers. This prevented the students from saving to the C:\. At about midterm the "non saving C drive" had been cracked so many times that the restrictions were laughable. Last year they took off the entire deliver applications to the desktop approach in favor of a piece of hardware that allows for the deletion of temporary files (any new file) created since the last reboot. This has been probably one of the best ways to ensure stability of the computers. The network procedures are some of the most easily defeated. We use a URL blocker for web requests. This solves most problems, however several other ways exist to get around the "fire wall". There are the annomylizer proxy services, and translator pages. In addition to this the network administrators have not blocked P2P specific port trafic on the LAN because they are unsure about what other traffic happens on the same port. The school's network is wonderful for using a P2P service, connecting to a MUD, warez-ing, and many other shady actions. As a informed student I laugh at the AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). The idea that they can track down my few requests through the thousands apon thousands of requests others make daily is extremely unlikely. In addition the enforcement of the AUP only happens when there has been a serious breach of security.