I don't think it's the bundling that got some managers in trouble - it's that the corp. ads didn't mention the bundling - so now some asshat could file a silly lawsuit. A sensible person realizes that getting the "hot" new system at list without any strings is - unusual. Just as a sensible person knows not to step on the very top "step" of a step ladder.
I used to work at a place that sold VG stuff - we got no employee discount on systems - because at list we were already selling them AT cost. So we almost always "bundled" a new system so we could at least make the money off the accesories/games in the bundle. I think the idea was that they would in that way have reserved a short-supply item only for those people who were willing to buy more than the bare system from us.
BTW - ever try to buy the "bare" version of a really "hot" auto? GM/Ford/etc. make it either very hard or impossible - if they're already guarantied to sell every [X] that they can get their hands on - the dealers know they're not gonna lose any sales by bundling in some add-ons.
Last I heard neither the local Police NOR his college acted as if they believed him - in fact he was threatening to sue both parties!
Since you seem to believe him yourself, tell me - if you were apparently being stalked by someone on a deserted country road at 6-7AM would YOU think the thing to do would be to pull over, get out of your car, and go meet the nice men getting out of their cars with crowbars?
Sorry, I've seen too many recent cases of activist "victims" who really weren't to buy sight-unseen a story like this where there are no witnesses, no physical evidence of how he got the injuries, no crime scene available, and no sense in his own reported actions. I suspect he DID get ass-kicked by some rednecks - but because he cut them off or something stupid like that - not because he likes to make fun of religous beliefs.
if the school is concerned about the content of lectures, they can monitor them in person easily enough
Which is part of the problem - the school is NOT concerned....
Wanting recordings of the lectures smacks of a desire to rip what could be construed as controversial statements out of context. These quotes could then be circulated in talking points and the like to shore up the case against these 'ideological' professors.
And you're 180' off there. The stated reason for recording THE ENTIRE LECTURE is to AVOID any "out of context" issues. Having the preceeding 5-minutes on tape means a student can't get convincingly huffy over an OOC sentence. And it means a professor that says something stupid - like the 9/11 victems were all "little Eichmans" who got what they deserve - can't later convincingly claim the students heard something other than what he meant to say. Because we can consult the tape.
And finally, a "McCarthyite Witch Hunt" would involve people being unfairly accused of believing and/or acting on beliefs that they don't actually hold. Or of performing acts which they actually did not. Neither of those definitions would apply here.
If a professor wants to vote Green Party or whatever, fine. If he wants to mention (in passing) his personal beliefs in class, well, still OK. If he wants to spend valuable class-time proselytizing though - not so fine. I wouldn't want to spend three hours a week (at $200 a credit-hour) having to listen to a Jesus-Freak expand on HIS personal beliefs when I'm supposed to be learning about Romance Literature or History of the Roman Empire - why the H should I have to listen to a Liberal-Freak (or Con-Freak) either? And that only addresses the issue of lecturers who always go off-topic on you - there's still the issue of the lecturers who not only see everything thru the same color lense, but insist that their students slavishly follow suite as well to get a passing grade.........
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I don't think it's the bundling that got some managers in trouble - it's that the corp. ads didn't mention the bundling - so now some asshat could file a silly lawsuit. A sensible person realizes that getting the "hot" new system at list without any strings is - unusual. Just as a sensible person knows not to step on the very top "step" of a step ladder. I used to work at a place that sold VG stuff - we got no employee discount on systems - because at list we were already selling them AT cost. So we almost always "bundled" a new system so we could at least make the money off the accesories/games in the bundle. I think the idea was that they would in that way have reserved a short-supply item only for those people who were willing to buy more than the bare system from us. BTW - ever try to buy the "bare" version of a really "hot" auto? GM/Ford/etc. make it either very hard or impossible - if they're already guarantied to sell every [X] that they can get their hands on - the dealers know they're not gonna lose any sales by bundling in some add-ons.
Do you have a more recent posting for this case?
Last I heard neither the local Police NOR his college acted as if they believed him - in fact he was threatening to sue both parties!
Since you seem to believe him yourself, tell me - if you were apparently being stalked by someone on a deserted country road at 6-7AM would YOU think the thing to do would be to pull over, get out of your car, and go meet the nice men getting out of their cars with crowbars?
Sorry, I've seen too many recent cases of activist "victims" who really weren't to buy sight-unseen a story like this where there are no witnesses, no physical evidence of how he got the injuries, no crime scene available, and no sense in his own reported actions. I suspect he DID get ass-kicked by some rednecks - but because he cut them off or something stupid like that - not because he likes to make fun of religous beliefs.
if the school is concerned about the content of lectures, they can monitor them in person easily enough
Which is part of the problem - the school is NOT concerned....
Wanting recordings of the lectures smacks of a desire to rip what could be construed as controversial statements out of context. These quotes could then be circulated in talking points and the like to shore up the case against these 'ideological' professors.
And you're 180' off there. The stated reason for recording THE ENTIRE LECTURE is to AVOID any "out of context" issues. Having the preceeding 5-minutes on tape means a student can't get convincingly huffy over an OOC sentence. And it means a professor that says something stupid - like the 9/11 victems were all "little Eichmans" who got what they deserve - can't later convincingly claim the students heard something other than what he meant to say. Because we can consult the tape.
And finally, a "McCarthyite Witch Hunt" would involve people being unfairly accused of believing and/or acting on beliefs that they don't actually hold. Or of performing acts which they actually did not. Neither of those definitions would apply here.
If a professor wants to vote Green Party or whatever, fine. If he wants to mention (in passing) his personal beliefs in class, well, still OK. If he wants to spend valuable class-time proselytizing though - not so fine. I wouldn't want to spend three hours a week (at $200 a credit-hour) having to listen to a Jesus-Freak expand on HIS personal beliefs when I'm supposed to be learning about Romance Literature or History of the Roman Empire - why the H should I have to listen to a Liberal-Freak (or Con-Freak) either? And that only addresses the issue of lecturers who always go off-topic on you - there's still the issue of the lecturers who not only see everything thru the same color lense, but insist that their students slavishly follow suite as well to get a passing grade.........