Then we tried getting "tougher". We tried to take the cell phone away from the student until the end of the school day. That lasted about 2 weeks, until we were told we couldn't do that any longer because a parent decided to get a jazzy lawyer and sue the district. They, apparently, were convinced that we were endangering their student by taking away their ability to call for help in an emergency. Rather than fight it out in court (and risk losing, as these things tend to go), the county settled and changed the policy. Now, supposedly, the plan is to confiscate the battery, but let the student keep the phone. Of course, students now carry spare batteries, so it doesn't matter.
Rather than take the battery from the phone, would it not be a better idea to take the SIM?
If you take the battery and they have a spare, you achieve nothing. If they don't, then the phone is useless in an emergency.
If you take the SIM, the phone can still be used for emergency calls, but is otherwise severely limited in functionality.
The only problem with that solution is that, at least in my experience, it's not so much booting the PC that takes the time, but logging on.
When I switch on my work PC, it gets to the login prompt in under a minute. However, once I've entered my username/password, it's about 15 minutes before it's usable.
Unless you have the machines log on automatically, having them power up before you arrive won't make any practical difference.
You are complaining about the fraudulent activities of Best Buy, whilst your sig contains deliberately misleading links.
I know this isn't in the same league as lying to customers, but it's still a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
When you've completed the puzzle, congratulate yourself excitedly, then get hit with sudden depression at the realization of your lack of social life and the fact you could have been getting exercise outside or perhaps plowing a member of the opposite sex rather than following a clicky game on some fantasy author's site and playing a game of hangman to get a book title that was already announced on your daily nerd news site. You poor sod.
Oh the irony! How much exercise did you get, and how many members of the opposite sex did you "plow" whilst reading this article and its comments, then taking the time to post a reply?
Ok, maybe I didn't quite make my point clearly enough. The poster I was replying to stated:
I doubt the minute radioactivity in the kit would have been more dangerous than, say, a dental X-ray.
The poster seemed to think that the radiation levels were comparable (I have no idea if they are), and that dental X-rays are safe. My point was that if you have an X-ray once every few years, then you have nothing to worry about. But for the same reason that the dentist will not risk daily exposure, you don't want your kids playing with this stuff on a daily basis if the radiation is in the same league.
If dental x-rays are so safe, then why do they give you a lead sheet to put over you balls, and why won't the dentist be in the same room as the machine whilst it runs? Also, would you give the radioactive part of a smoke alarm to a child to play with?
Karaoke singers are usually sadistic, not masochistic. I really can't see them wanting to perform their rendition whilst standing on on top of a rotatating screen. Just imagine the mess when they start to feel nautious!!
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Even Highlander II?
Then we tried getting "tougher". We tried to take the cell phone away from the student until the end of the school day. That lasted about 2 weeks, until we were told we couldn't do that any longer because a parent decided to get a jazzy lawyer and sue the district. They, apparently, were convinced that we were endangering their student by taking away their ability to call for help in an emergency. Rather than fight it out in court (and risk losing, as these things tend to go), the county settled and changed the policy. Now, supposedly, the plan is to confiscate the battery, but let the student keep the phone. Of course, students now carry spare batteries, so it doesn't matter.
Rather than take the battery from the phone, would it not be a better idea to take the SIM?
If you take the battery and they have a spare, you achieve nothing. If they don't, then the phone is useless in an emergency.
If you take the SIM, the phone can still be used for emergency calls, but is otherwise severely limited in functionality.
The only problem with that solution is that, at least in my experience, it's not so much booting the PC that takes the time, but logging on.
When I switch on my work PC, it gets to the login prompt in under a minute. However, once I've entered my username/password, it's about 15 minutes before it's usable.
Unless you have the machines log on automatically, having them power up before you arrive won't make any practical difference.
The game wasn't called Duke Nukem Forever was it?
Easter dinosaur eggs?
I won't go into details in case of spoilers, but that's based on Lost, season 2.
Only on Slashdot could the GP get modded insightful, and the parent modded funny.
You are complaining about the fraudulent activities of Best Buy, whilst your sig contains deliberately misleading links. I know this isn't in the same league as lying to customers, but it's still a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
If dental x-rays are so safe, then why do they give you a lead sheet to put over you balls, and why won't the dentist be in the same room as the machine whilst it runs? Also, would you give the radioactive part of a smoke alarm to a child to play with?
Karaoke singers are usually sadistic, not masochistic. I really can't see them wanting to perform their rendition whilst standing on on top of a rotatating screen. Just imagine the mess when they start to feel nautious!!