Why don't more organizations use a lock-down tool such as DeepFreeze (http://www.faronics.com/)? With DeepFreeze on a machine, you simply reboot and the malware is gone. There is the capability in DeepFreeze to allow "thawed space" so if you need to keep anything around between reboots you can put it there (or use a network drive). Windows allows you to remap directories, so "My Documents" and other necessary folders can be mapped to the thaw space. When you are dealing with large institutions (education, government, etc...), the time saved cleaning or rebuilding machines will more than offset the licensing costs. You can even automate the process to have a machine thaw itself, install updates, and refreeze itself overnight. Machines can also be rebooted (or thawed) remotely. It's a very useful program to have.
I would say that anybody trying to "trick" the system by spoofing movie file names (or music to bait the RIAA) would be opening themselves up for a trademark infringement claim by these organizations. So you trade a claim of copyright infringement with a claim of trademark infringement. I wouldn't recommend trying it.
I have quite a number of TV-series DVD box sets that I have purchased over the last few years. Each box set contains 3-6 DVDs. Cost-wise they range from a minimum of $50 up to $100 to purchase. Let's assume that 1 disc gets scratched beyond repair and I need to replace. What are my options? Buy the whole box set again (assuming it is still in print) for the retail cost or take a chance on buying the set second hand. I have no options to purchase the single disc at pro-rated cost. That's why I want to be able to back up my DVDs. $100 for 6 DVDs is a pretty good deal. $100 for only 1 DVD (plus 5 that I don't need) is not.
*Rant on*
Well, let's see...could it be...
fireflyfans.net? Not obvious enough for ya?
Oh wait, that was sarcasm wasn't it? hmmm... Trying to suggest that there are no firefly fans?
I guess Universal's making that $50M Firefly movie for no one?
Don't try to lay the cancellation on the lack of fans. I think we've proved that we are many through the DVD set sales. A combination of Friday nights, no promotion, and airing the pilot as the final episode was why the viewership suffered.
*Rant off*
5. Open book tests for the most part. Seriously, how are you supposed to actually gauge what has been learned if for the most part, you can just go look up the correct answer?
I can agree with part of what you are saying here, but not all open-book tests are necessarily bad. I run my tests with a bit of open and closed book strategies. It really depends on what you are trying to evaluate. To test the student for their understanding of a topic(in their own words), I'll ask a series of closed book, open-ended questions. If I want them to develop a new (complete) program based on material previously covered in class, I take a open book approach. Over the last 3 years of doing this in Java courses, I have noticed an approximate 10 percent discrepancy between the results from both strategies for a majority of students.
Oh yeah, I never use either test strategy to evaluate simple recall. Too many people get through simply by memorizing. I always try to have students demonstrate how much they have actually learned. This means applying to new situations. I have failed students that have simply passed in "old" work that we covered in class because they could not apply it. Now who wants to enroll...?
In a nutshell, new levies on mp3 players but no additional levies on blank audio tapes, recordable CDs and MiniDiscs, blank DVDs, removable memory cards and micro hard drives.
The reason given is: "The evidence available at this time does not clearly demonstrate that these recording media are ordinarily used by individuals for the purpose of copying music."
Serenity, Part 1
Serenity, Part 2
The Train Job
Bushwhacked
Shindig
Safe
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Jaynestown
Out of Gas
Ariel
War Stories
Heart of Gold
Objects in Space
Trash
The Message
Actually, if you consider the pilot as 2 episodes "Serenity, Part 1" and "Serenity, Part 2", there are 15 episodes in total. Fox aired 12. The final 3 episodes aired elsewhere.
Trading is just going to move underground. If you have a smaller trading group with enough suppliers of content, there is no need to share with everybody in the world. A virtual, private P2P will be tough to track down. This is not really a bad thing. It will cut down on the trading of files by most people since suppliers are hard to find. It will go back to trading between friends which has been around for decades now but now it will be digital sharing rather than analog.
When Gross saw the thumbnail pictures, he consulted with Perry, who reported the incident to their supervisor, Margaret Perley, another Collegis employee on site at the school, according to the complaint. In a meeting on or about June 13, the suit continues, Perley told Perry and Gross that she had contacted New York City's district attorney's office about the incident.
Looks like the proper chain of command to me. Also, looks to me like Collegis is trying to make an example out of the whistle-blowers so clients will not be afraid to continue dealing with them out of fear that they will be ratted out if something objectionable, or illegal, is found.
I think that there is one large distinction here. In the case of Microsoft and other vendors, people are buying the software. If you are BUYING a product, you SHOULD expect that the vendor is subject to a degree of liability. If you are using a product that you have not "bought", such as OSS, you should NOT expect a degree of liability on the developer. Sure this may stifle the acceptance of OSS, but I hope that lawmakers keep this in mind. On the other hand, I believe that if you have paid for a modification to that software then that is a different story.
The TV industry IS starting to realize that fans are wanting to keep archival (good quality) copies of shows. DVD box sets of full seasons (for certain shows) are being regularly released. I was absolutely amazed when 24 was released in a reasonably-priced box set just 6 months after the season ended. These sure beat much of what can be downloaded off the net. Just think of the bandwidth (and time) savings. A box-set priced around $60CDN equates to about $3 per episode. IMHO, these are well worth getting. I just wish there were more series being released and that releases keep up with the current seasons.
I absolutely agree with you on this point. This is my fourth year teaching programming (C, C++, Java, Visual Basic) and while I have not yet had students asking permission to publish their assignments on the web, this thread started me thinking about how I would respond to such a question.
It is a wonderful feeling, as an instructor, to see students taking pride in their efforts and wanting to display their new knowledge to the world, but simply publishing their assignment code has a couple of detrimental effects:
(a) Students do not realize how much time and effort goes into greating a "good" question bank that really supports development of the skills they will require to move to the next level. To require a professor to continually abandon previously used questions may result in future students getting a substandard set. Instructors likely DO NOT have the available time to invest in continually developing new sets. Please do not automatically equate this with laziness (although in some cases, it may be).
(b) The integrity of the course is destroyed if students are readily provided with access to the answers to assignments and/or tests. If the integrity of a course is continually compromised, how much faith do you believe employers will have in your skills, even if you are the hardest worker in the class?
If you want to publish code you can be proud of,
BE ORIGINAL.
Use those assignments, constructively, as a base to develop applications which are a level beyond the concepts covered in the course. Show others that you are capable of independent learning. Now THAT's what will impress someone.
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Why don't more organizations use a lock-down tool such as DeepFreeze (http://www.faronics.com/)? With DeepFreeze on a machine, you simply reboot and the malware is gone. There is the capability in DeepFreeze to allow "thawed space" so if you need to keep anything around between reboots you can put it there (or use a network drive). Windows allows you to remap directories, so "My Documents" and other necessary folders can be mapped to the thaw space. When you are dealing with large institutions (education, government, etc...), the time saved cleaning or rebuilding machines will more than offset the licensing costs. You can even automate the process to have a machine thaw itself, install updates, and refreeze itself overnight. Machines can also be rebooted (or thawed) remotely. It's a very useful program to have.
I would say that anybody trying to "trick" the system by spoofing movie file names (or music to bait the RIAA) would be opening themselves up for a trademark infringement claim by these organizations. So you trade a claim of copyright infringement with a claim of trademark infringement. I wouldn't recommend trying it.
I have quite a number of TV-series DVD box sets that I have purchased over the last few years. Each box set contains 3-6 DVDs. Cost-wise they range from a minimum of $50 up to $100 to purchase. Let's assume that 1 disc gets scratched beyond repair and I need to replace. What are my options? Buy the whole box set again (assuming it is still in print) for the retail cost or take a chance on buying the set second hand. I have no options to purchase the single disc at pro-rated cost. That's why I want to be able to back up my DVDs. $100 for 6 DVDs is a pretty good deal. $100 for only 1 DVD (plus 5 that I don't need) is not.
*Rant on*
Well, let's see...could it be... fireflyfans.net? Not obvious enough for ya?
Oh wait, that was sarcasm wasn't it? hmmm... Trying to suggest that there are no firefly fans? I guess Universal's making that $50M Firefly movie for no one?
Don't try to lay the cancellation on the lack of fans. I think we've proved that we are many through the DVD set sales. A combination of Friday nights, no promotion, and airing the pilot as the final episode was why the viewership suffered.
*Rant off*
Oh yeah, I never use either test strategy to evaluate simple recall. Too many people get through simply by memorizing. I always try to have students demonstrate how much they have actually learned. This means applying to new situations. I have failed students that have simply passed in "old" work that we covered in class because they could not apply it. Now who wants to enroll...?
That the hacker is represented by a man named "Hecker"? Only in America...
In a nutshell, new levies on mp3 players but no additional levies on blank audio tapes, recordable CDs and MiniDiscs, blank DVDs, removable memory cards and micro hard drives.
The reason given is: "The evidence available at this time does not clearly demonstrate that these recording media are ordinarily used by individuals for the purpose of copying music."
For once, sanity prevails.
Source: CBC website
Serenity, Part 1
Serenity, Part 2
The Train Job
Bushwhacked
Shindig
Safe
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Jaynestown
Out of Gas
Ariel
War Stories
Heart of Gold
Objects in Space
Trash
The Message
Actually, if you consider the pilot as 2 episodes "Serenity, Part 1" and "Serenity, Part 2", there are 15 episodes in total. Fox aired 12. The final 3 episodes aired elsewhere.
Trading is just going to move underground. If you have a smaller trading group with enough suppliers of content, there is no need to share with everybody in the world. A virtual, private P2P will be tough to track down. This is not really a bad thing. It will cut down on the trading of files by most people since suppliers are hard to find. It will go back to trading between friends which has been around for decades now but now it will be digital sharing rather than analog.
Looks like the proper chain of command to me. Also, looks to me like Collegis is trying to make an example out of the whistle-blowers so clients will not be afraid to continue dealing with them out of fear that they will be ratted out if something objectionable, or illegal, is found.
I think that there is one large distinction here. In the case of Microsoft and other vendors, people are buying the software. If you are BUYING a product, you SHOULD expect that the vendor is subject to a degree of liability. If you are using a product that you have not "bought", such as OSS, you should NOT expect a degree of liability on the developer. Sure this may stifle the acceptance of OSS, but I hope that lawmakers keep this in mind. On the other hand, I believe that if you have paid for a modification to that software then that is a different story.
The TV industry IS starting to realize that fans are wanting to keep archival (good quality) copies of shows. DVD box sets of full seasons (for certain shows) are being regularly released. I was absolutely amazed when 24 was released in a reasonably-priced box set just 6 months after the season ended. These sure beat much of what can be downloaded off the net. Just think of the bandwidth (and time) savings. A box-set priced around $60CDN equates to about $3 per episode. IMHO, these are well worth getting. I just wish there were more series being released and that releases keep up with the current seasons.
It is a wonderful feeling, as an instructor, to see students taking pride in their efforts and wanting to display their new knowledge to the world, but simply publishing their assignment code has a couple of detrimental effects:
(a) Students do not realize how much time and effort goes into greating a "good" question bank that really supports development of the skills they will require to move to the next level. To require a professor to continually abandon previously used questions may result in future students getting a substandard set. Instructors likely DO NOT have the available time to invest in continually developing new sets. Please do not automatically equate this with laziness (although in some cases, it may be).
(b) The integrity of the course is destroyed if students are readily provided with access to the answers to assignments and/or tests. If the integrity of a course is continually compromised, how much faith do you believe employers will have in your skills, even if you are the hardest worker in the class?
If you want to publish code you can be proud of,
- BE ORIGINAL.
Use those assignments, constructively, as a base to develop applications which are a level beyond the concepts covered in the course. Show others that you are capable of independent learning. Now THAT's what will impress someone.