Yes, students AND parents do abuse using their cell phones in various ways and if that is during work/school - I'm for confiscation until after work/school along with a write up or warning. And yes, the parents will need to notify the school but some parents may feel the need to tell their child about the emergency before the school.
As for sensitive information on your cell phone, you shouldn't have to worry about any personal information that they may come across as long as it doesn't have to do with the issue at hand it'll probably be ignored. If it's not ignored and the school officials decide to use your personal information such as bank account info, SSN, passwords, etc in a malicious way than you would have a lawsuit in your hands as well as some extra money afterwards;).
And what about emergencies? I understand the fact that students shouldn't be talking on their phones during the middle of class but if I were in school and I saw a parent calling then the first thing I would think is that there is an emergency because most parents wouldn't just call whenever they want to - thats just ridiculous. So anyway, if I were to receive a phone call like that - I would step into the hallway and take the call. Sure walking out of the class may disturb the class for a few seconds but so is someone walking into the class to hand the teacher a note telling you to go to the office to receive a call.
As for the article, I agree that if the school has reason to believe you have stolen something or are in posession of some sort of contraband that they have a right to search your cell phone. If the student is smart enough he'll erase any data that would prove him or her guilty of whatever they're accusing them for. And after thinking about it, I bet the school officials would have to use a student aide to go through the phone. God knows it'd take them a few days just to figure out how to go through the phone's recent calls and recent text messages.
BTW - does anyone store sensitive data on their cell phone... I hope not.
What about the people in that area code? It would seem more real to them as they think to themselves "Wow, they gave me a localized number for PayPal."
But I do see your point about the long distance number for other users. Personally, I would never contact anyone that asks me for account information - isn't that common sense these days?
Well, thank you for your input Anonymous Coward, I don't see you putting money towards research/progress/innovation. Excuse me for feeling that some people deserve a chance to live and who knows... maybe someone that is starving to death right now has a lot of innovation and ideas but they can't make them be heard with a dry tongue and empty stomach now can they?
I'm all for research and progress in technology but I just don't see why someone would bitch about $37 billion going towards a good effort. Like I said one could argue new technology and humanity are equal. There is no way that new technology should ever out-weigh humanitarian efforts though. How can you actually accuse Warren of doing something wrong here?
You sir, are the fucktard and I hope you enjoy fucking your blowup doll (I'm sure thats it, you just want a better doll and wish that $37 billion would go to the sex doll industry). Maybe next time Anonymous Coward.
Do you honestly believe financing projects for new technology is better than financing projects for humanity? One may argue they're equally important but new technology will never out-weigh humanity.
Besides, it is his money and who really cares what he does with it... I believe this is the most noble thing he could have done - whether it be the Gates Foundation or any other foundation.
Awesome. I remember reading those back in middle school but I must admit - I did cheat sometimes by finding the ending I wanted and going backwards O_o.
Well, first of all make sure you've restarted Firefox to complete the installation of the plugin. I'm guessing you've already done this.
In order to use it just right click on "Next" and go to Anti-Pagination => All. This will flatten all of the pages into one. Because there are 29 pages, it's going to take a while to load but it saves you the trouble of click through all of the links.
Of course you can limit them and do a slideshow... just play around with it - maybe on an article with less pages though to save you the load time;).
Ok, lets settle this once and for-all. I do believe piracy is wrong but I'm not sure how piracy affects the economy. Claims like these are certainly a cry out to pass more strict laws in punishing those who do pirate software and the like. But are these actions necessary?
I'm just not too sure. Piracy is illegal and it should stay that way (duh) but do we need to pass more strict laws and are these statistics showing everything? Are these statistics based strictly off of pirating software or is open source software considered?
Did I ever say I was using that software? I was just using an example. And I wasn't saying the software companies owe you their software - just that if its available to download the "brand name" software... they're going to do it and who can blaim them? Sure it's illegal but hey... every man for himself because its a dog eat dog world out there.
There's open source tools out there to do anything a small company needs.
I suppose that is a good point, but that won't yield successful company in most cases and once again in most cases they will download pirated software in order to yield competitive results. All in all its up to the company - open source has come a long way and that is usually the way to go but when it comes to programs to create things such as 3D models you're pretty limited.
Of course it means they didn't have enough money to start a business in the first place but if one can create a business in order to pay for software licenses than they could expand.
As for the rent statement, I'm not sure if you're talking about rent for a business or rent for living needs. They are very different from one another - if they couldn't afford rent for their business they would probably work from home. If they couldn't afford rent for living purposes than its obvious that they are in no position to start a company and if you look at it from a musician's perspective.. many bands start by traveling in a beater van from venue to venue playing their music until or if something great happens (ie: Greenday and many other bands...).
People steal software because they can get away with it, not because they are struggling. Do those struggling businesses use stolen chairs and desks too?
In most situations I'm sure you're wrong. Yes they download it because they can but most small companies are struggling especially in the USA (I'm not sure where you're from - looks to be the UK). Right now our economy isn't doin the best and I'm actually employed at a small company. I'm sure our software isn't pirated but we don't do too bad as far as business goes and we don't require too many programs in the first place. We mostly use open source programs but I'm getting a little off topic here.
My point is some companies HAVE to pirate software to do business. Sure they might buy legit copies after they end up making money but from the beginning most companies just can't afford to go out and buy several licenses of software that goes anywhere from $50-$10,000. You're comment about stealing chairs and desks is a bit moronic as well. If those struggling companies were forced to purchase licensed copies of said software than I'm sure they wouldn't have desks or chairs because they couldn't afford them. And if they could get some desks and chairs they'd probably look to a used furniture store or the like.
It's kind of hard to find 10 used licenses of any program on eBay.
Only the strong survive - I don't mean to troll but if people are too stupid to NOT accept obvious viruses and spyware than so be it. Hopefully they'll either learn from their mistakes or just stop using their computer all together.
On the other hand I guess this brings in more business for PC technicians.
The TV programs in the UK must be pretty bad if they actually get ratings on that channel. I mean... other than the "nosey neighbor" - who is really going to sit there for an hour or more and watch people walking down the street? And how does advertising work? Will people walk by with a sign on their back for Nike and Pepsi? Maybe put a Pepsi machine in one of the camera shots?
Anyway, my #1 question is what's the target audience? 50+ years old, single, unemployed people with nothing better to do in their lives than try to catch someone doing something "bad". I'm getting bored just thinking about how boring this would be.
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I, for one, welcome our new QOQ overlords.
2 reasons.
1. You have no reason to believe I've stole anything or have possession of drugs.
2. You have no authoritive position or juristiction over me.
Yes, students AND parents do abuse using their cell phones in various ways and if that is during work/school - I'm for confiscation until after work/school along with a write up or warning. And yes, the parents will need to notify the school but some parents may feel the need to tell their child about the emergency before the school.
;).
As for sensitive information on your cell phone, you shouldn't have to worry about any personal information that they may come across as long as it doesn't have to do with the issue at hand it'll probably be ignored. If it's not ignored and the school officials decide to use your personal information such as bank account info, SSN, passwords, etc in a malicious way than you would have a lawsuit in your hands as well as some extra money afterwards
And what about emergencies? I understand the fact that students shouldn't be talking on their phones during the middle of class but if I were in school and I saw a parent calling then the first thing I would think is that there is an emergency because most parents wouldn't just call whenever they want to - thats just ridiculous. So anyway, if I were to receive a phone call like that - I would step into the hallway and take the call. Sure walking out of the class may disturb the class for a few seconds but so is someone walking into the class to hand the teacher a note telling you to go to the office to receive a call.
As for the article, I agree that if the school has reason to believe you have stolen something or are in posession of some sort of contraband that they have a right to search your cell phone. If the student is smart enough he'll erase any data that would prove him or her guilty of whatever they're accusing them for. And after thinking about it, I bet the school officials would have to use a student aide to go through the phone. God knows it'd take them a few days just to figure out how to go through the phone's recent calls and recent text messages.
BTW - does anyone store sensitive data on their cell phone... I hope not.
What about the people in that area code? It would seem more real to them as they think to themselves "Wow, they gave me a localized number for PayPal."
But I do see your point about the long distance number for other users. Personally, I would never contact anyone that asks me for account information - isn't that common sense these days?
Well, thank you for your input Anonymous Coward, I don't see you putting money towards research/progress/innovation. Excuse me for feeling that some people deserve a chance to live and who knows... maybe someone that is starving to death right now has a lot of innovation and ideas but they can't make them be heard with a dry tongue and empty stomach now can they?
I'm all for research and progress in technology but I just don't see why someone would bitch about $37 billion going towards a good effort. Like I said one could argue new technology and humanity are equal. There is no way that new technology should ever out-weigh humanitarian efforts though. How can you actually accuse Warren of doing something wrong here?
You sir, are the fucktard and I hope you enjoy fucking your blowup doll (I'm sure thats it, you just want a better doll and wish that $37 billion would go to the sex doll industry). Maybe next time Anonymous Coward.
You are truely a moron.
Do you honestly believe financing projects for new technology is better than financing projects for humanity? One may argue they're equally important but new technology will never out-weigh humanity.
Besides, it is his money and who really cares what he does with it... I believe this is the most noble thing he could have done - whether it be the Gates Foundation or any other foundation.
Better yet, ride a Flybar.
My very thoughts exactly.
I can't wait for the time when one of them malfunctions and crashes into a group of school children. I mean it is LA - it WILL happen.
I thought this was common knowledge.
No, the question is:
Is the dark matter quotient half full or half empty?
Awesome. I remember reading those back in middle school but I must admit - I did cheat sometimes by finding the ending I wanted and going backwards O_o.
Well, first of all make sure you've restarted Firefox to complete the installation of the plugin. I'm guessing you've already done this.
;).
In order to use it just right click on "Next" and go to Anti-Pagination => All. This will flatten all of the pages into one. Because there are 29 pages, it's going to take a while to load but it saves you the trouble of click through all of the links.
Of course you can limit them and do a slideshow... just play around with it - maybe on an article with less pages though to save you the load time
I hope this helped you out.
It worked for me.
29 Pages?!?
An article like this calls for Anti-Pagination!
Ok, lets settle this once and for-all. I do believe piracy is wrong but I'm not sure how piracy affects the economy. Claims like these are certainly a cry out to pass more strict laws in punishing those who do pirate software and the like. But are these actions necessary?
I'm just not too sure. Piracy is illegal and it should stay that way (duh) but do we need to pass more strict laws and are these statistics showing everything? Are these statistics based strictly off of pirating software or is open source software considered?
Did I ever say I was using that software? I was just using an example. And I wasn't saying the software companies owe you their software - just that if its available to download the "brand name" software... they're going to do it and who can blaim them? Sure it's illegal but hey... every man for himself because its a dog eat dog world out there.
Of course it means they didn't have enough money to start a business in the first place but if one can create a business in order to pay for software licenses than they could expand.
As for the rent statement, I'm not sure if you're talking about rent for a business or rent for living needs. They are very different from one another - if they couldn't afford rent for their business they would probably work from home. If they couldn't afford rent for living purposes than its obvious that they are in no position to start a company and if you look at it from a musician's perspective.. many bands start by traveling in a beater van from venue to venue playing their music until or if something great happens (ie: Greenday and many other bands...).
My point is some companies HAVE to pirate software to do business. Sure they might buy legit copies after they end up making money but from the beginning most companies just can't afford to go out and buy several licenses of software that goes anywhere from $50-$10,000. You're comment about stealing chairs and desks is a bit moronic as well. If those struggling companies were forced to purchase licensed copies of said software than I'm sure they wouldn't have desks or chairs because they couldn't afford them. And if they could get some desks and chairs they'd probably look to a used furniture store or the like.
It's kind of hard to find 10 used licenses of any program on eBay.
Only the strong survive - I don't mean to troll but if people are too stupid to NOT accept obvious viruses and spyware than so be it. Hopefully they'll either learn from their mistakes or just stop using their computer all together.
On the other hand I guess this brings in more business for PC technicians.
Must... destroy.... MS...
*falls over*
The TV programs in the UK must be pretty bad if they actually get ratings on that channel. I mean... other than the "nosey neighbor" - who is really going to sit there for an hour or more and watch people walking down the street? And how does advertising work? Will people walk by with a sign on their back for Nike and Pepsi? Maybe put a Pepsi machine in one of the camera shots? Anyway, my #1 question is what's the target audience? 50+ years old, single, unemployed people with nothing better to do in their lives than try to catch someone doing something "bad". I'm getting bored just thinking about how boring this would be.