You mean the new reactors on the drawing board. I assure you, if you remove the water from many currently running US reactors, the reaction WILL accellerate. Three mile island ring a bell?
As we've already discussed in this thread, a school can get a tremendous discount on buying software. Having the student buy their own copy is dumb. Buying it from Best Buy is extremely stupid. You can easily get Office 2004 for under $100 retail, and if you are buying it for a school you can get it for ~$50 easily. You can work out a deal with MS for even less if you are talking large numbers. Similar massive discounts can be had for the other software you mentioned. Just buy in bulk for the school, or get a concurrent key license for the school.
Support isn't that much of an issue if your students all use one of a limited number of models. You simply have the IT folks make ghost images. If anyone screws up their machine, they bring it in (or boot off a network image) and you can re-image it in a few minutes. Students are responsible for keeping their own backups. Many schools even offer backup services online.
And I never said get rid of the computer labs for folks that need them. I was arguing against the claim that loading school required software on your "personal" laptop was such an onerous thing. It's similar to requiring books that you also 'own'. My first post was just saying you should allow those who have their own to access the apps off the key-server. That will lighten the crowd in the computer labs.
But from the article's description, RazorBack2 does seem to be host to all sorts of unsavory content.
It indexes over 170 million files. 170 million. Of course there are likely to be some nasty ones in that large of a cache, but what percentage of the makeup do you think the 'nasty' ones were? Pretty insignificant I bet.
Really? You must be buying desktop machines and using them for servers? Most manufacturers have that must-buy-a-windows-license deal for desktops, but not for servers. Even look at Dell's lowest end servers like the ~$1200 Poweredge 850. You can buy it with or without Windows, or with Redhat or Novell installed. No windows license required.
Yes, but VMWare server works better for the purpose. (Plus it's free) It has more features for cranking up and running servers with no intervetion than workstation has. Multiple-snapshots in Workstation is nice though.
So? When I was in college I was 'forced' to buy a bunch of textbooks. They were my property, but the University mandated I used a particular set of books that the professors had chosen to teach from. It's really no different. You might claim a laptop is a lot bigger purchase than some books, but my books were all expensive and I needed a new set every semester. A few semesters worth easily added up to a midrange laptop.
You don't need to have the high-end software run only by lab computers. Get a license for a number of concurrent users of it and use a key-server to dole out keys to students anywhere on the lan (or VPN'd into it). You can get those types of licenses a heck of a lot cheaper than each of your students can buy them, and it still allows the students the flexability of using it on their own machines without going to 'the computer lab' to do their work.
If he has access to the directories where those files are stored, why would that raise any eyebrows? Where I work, people are expected to be accessing the files they have permission for. The only raised eyebrows would come from accessing files they don't have permisssion to get to. If he shouldn't be downloading those files for any reason, he shouldn't have access to them in the first place.
Right. Effective even if it doesn't land them in jail. Because the police are never going to go looking for the person who tried to frame their cowoker by putting kiddie porn on their network share... Right. They are going to keep looking, and if you are that sloppy, they are going to catch you. Then you get to go to fuck-me-in-the-ass federal lockup, where all the other inmates just loooooooove child molesters. Then you'll get your just reward for trying to set someone up with something so bad.
Where did I say that conservatives don't get to say things on TV??? Please point it out. What I was mocking was the cowards assertion that fox actually also gave any air time to a more liberal view. Ahh, but just label anyone who isn't for a such slanted news station a commie. Yeah, that'll prove your point.
Worst case scenario, you can hire a developer IF you have the funds to do it. Often times buying something off the shelf is much more cost effective then paying someone to develop/maintain it yourself.
You mean there MAY be a new fork. A lot of the 'following' for just about any particular OSS app you care to mention, are folks who don't have the capability of coding it themselves. Or even if they do have the skill, don't have the time or interest to maintain it themselves. Even though there may be a lot of folks using/dependent on the app, there is no guarantee if the original maintainers go away, another group will take over the job.
It's why in a democratic republic you NEVER, NEVER, ASSIGN POWERS TO GOVERNMENT OUT OF EXPEDIENCY, no matter how much you believe in the 'cause'.
And so you want in office republicans, whose leader just threw out the constitution so that he can take away people's rights, imprison them with no charges or trial, and spy on the communications of the rest of the citizens? Sorry, the republican "Morality Squad" is a million times worse than that of the democrats.
The point is, they are appointed by the president. He's far more likely to pick someone who calls himself a democrat, but has more republican leanings, than the other way around. More than one politician has switched teams before, and lots of others lean towards the other parties.
It's kinda sad. PC Magazine has been sliding downhill forever, but now this... it deserves to be put on the newstands next to 'Star' magazine with it's photshopped images of bigfoot and a martian baby.
It doesn't matter if you are poor or not. The question is if you use Windows or not. If you don't use windows you might have an arguement (although some word documents import ok into free into Star/Open Office), but if you do use windows, Microsoft makes a word reader available for free. And if you are using Mac... well, you arn't. You said you are poor.
Remember, if you ever see me walking down the street, stop, and then kick a nearby kitten, I'm just trying to get people to talk about animal cruelty. I'm not actually a willing participant...
1)It was the grandparent who suggested USB keys. I didn't suggest using them or other external storage. I suggested those were useless if the authorities wanted to get it.
2) if your going to say you can think of several ways around them, then say what they are, otherwise your post is just hot air.
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You mean the new reactors on the drawing board. I assure you, if you remove the water from many currently running US reactors, the reaction WILL accellerate. Three mile island ring a bell?
I'm sure all the folks who live around Chernobyl will be glad to hear that that stuff is all imaginary. That's quites some insight you have.
Support isn't that much of an issue if your students all use one of a limited number of models. You simply have the IT folks make ghost images. If anyone screws up their machine, they bring it in (or boot off a network image) and you can re-image it in a few minutes. Students are responsible for keeping their own backups. Many schools even offer backup services online.
And I never said get rid of the computer labs for folks that need them. I was arguing against the claim that loading school required software on your "personal" laptop was such an onerous thing. It's similar to requiring books that you also 'own'. My first post was just saying you should allow those who have their own to access the apps off the key-server. That will lighten the crowd in the computer labs.
It indexes over 170 million files. 170 million. Of course there are likely to be some nasty ones in that large of a cache, but what percentage of the makeup do you think the 'nasty' ones were? Pretty insignificant I bet.
Really? You must be buying desktop machines and using them for servers? Most manufacturers have that must-buy-a-windows-license deal for desktops, but not for servers. Even look at Dell's lowest end servers like the ~$1200 Poweredge 850. You can buy it with or without Windows, or with Redhat or Novell installed. No windows license required.
Yes, but VMWare server works better for the purpose. (Plus it's free) It has more features for cranking up and running servers with no intervetion than workstation has. Multiple-snapshots in Workstation is nice though.
You could assume it. But you'd be wrong.
So? When I was in college I was 'forced' to buy a bunch of textbooks. They were my property, but the University mandated I used a particular set of books that the professors had chosen to teach from. It's really no different. You might claim a laptop is a lot bigger purchase than some books, but my books were all expensive and I needed a new set every semester. A few semesters worth easily added up to a midrange laptop.
You don't need to have the high-end software run only by lab computers. Get a license for a number of concurrent users of it and use a key-server to dole out keys to students anywhere on the lan (or VPN'd into it). You can get those types of licenses a heck of a lot cheaper than each of your students can buy them, and it still allows the students the flexability of using it on their own machines without going to 'the computer lab' to do their work.
Because ScuttleMonkey thinks crystals, pyramid power, and Intelligent Design, are more valid science than the laws of thermodynamics.
If he has access to the directories where those files are stored, why would that raise any eyebrows? Where I work, people are expected to be accessing the files they have permission for. The only raised eyebrows would come from accessing files they don't have permisssion to get to. If he shouldn't be downloading those files for any reason, he shouldn't have access to them in the first place.
Right. Effective even if it doesn't land them in jail. Because the police are never going to go looking for the person who tried to frame their cowoker by putting kiddie porn on their network share... Right. They are going to keep looking, and if you are that sloppy, they are going to catch you. Then you get to go to fuck-me-in-the-ass federal lockup, where all the other inmates just loooooooove child molesters. Then you'll get your just reward for trying to set someone up with something so bad.
Where did I say that conservatives don't get to say things on TV??? Please point it out. What I was mocking was the cowards assertion that fox actually also gave any air time to a more liberal view. Ahh, but just label anyone who isn't for a such slanted news station a commie. Yeah, that'll prove your point.
At least Fox News, for all the bashing it takes, dares to present both sides of an issue.
Now THAT folks, is comedy.
Worst case scenario, you can hire a developer IF you have the funds to do it. Often times buying something off the shelf is much more cost effective then paying someone to develop/maintain it yourself.
You mean there MAY be a new fork. A lot of the 'following' for just about any particular OSS app you care to mention, are folks who don't have the capability of coding it themselves. Or even if they do have the skill, don't have the time or interest to maintain it themselves. Even though there may be a lot of folks using/dependent on the app, there is no guarantee if the original maintainers go away, another group will take over the job.
And so you want in office republicans, whose leader just threw out the constitution so that he can take away people's rights, imprison them with no charges or trial, and spy on the communications of the rest of the citizens? Sorry, the republican "Morality Squad" is a million times worse than that of the democrats.
The point is, they are appointed by the president. He's far more likely to pick someone who calls himself a democrat, but has more republican leanings, than the other way around. More than one politician has switched teams before, and lots of others lean towards the other parties.
It's kinda sad. PC Magazine has been sliding downhill forever, but now this... it deserves to be put on the newstands next to 'Star' magazine with it's photshopped images of bigfoot and a martian baby.
It doesn't matter if you are poor or not. The question is if you use Windows or not. If you don't use windows you might have an arguement (although some word documents import ok into free into Star/Open Office), but if you do use windows, Microsoft makes a word reader available for free. And if you are using Mac... well, you arn't. You said you are poor.
Remember, if you ever see me walking down the street, stop, and then kick a nearby kitten, I'm just trying to get people to talk about animal cruelty. I'm not actually a willing participant...
2) if your going to say you can think of several ways around them, then say what they are, otherwise your post is just hot air.
Yep. To learn that kids are going to have to play hockey.
If the authorites can come in and seize your computer, they can seize you, search you, and take your USB key.
Someone gimme a (ig)nobel prize, quick! ;)