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Microsoft bans democracy
skyman8081:
All it takes is one student who tried to finish a paper or had to print it, but couldn't because the machine had al kinds of spyware on it. It can happen, and it DOES happen.
And that 1:6 ratio still holds true at my school, a fairly well off High school thats only a few years old. A typical HS has about 4,000 students, to have 4,000 computers is hellishly expensive.
Lets say a student has to work on a project that is due, only he cant because all the computers are taken by people who downloaded and installed "Heavy Weapons Deluxe" on the school computer they were using, and were busy playing it. That student would be rightfully pissed off.
You need to remember that the school computers BELONG to the school, not YOU.
MrX:
This discussion has gone hootspas and I dont care about fighting an immature point in the first place. good grief.
one vote for bin
Mr X
skyman8081:
2 votes to not bin.
Just because a thread strayes from the original subject does NOT mean you should bin it!
solemnwarning:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---But I don't see the point in this if you really want do play games then whay don't you bring a laptop in? That's what I used to do.
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i would take in my laptop but:
i am not allowed to use any school computers or bring my own laptop in because they belive i am a hacker trying to break their crappy windows network because i use linux and know wtf im talking about
MarathoN:
--- Quote from: Orethrius ---It's ludicrous that we're expected to work on those five systems 24/7. That being said, really, what's to stop someone from just booting off a LiveCD and doing what they want from VMware anyway? The only solutions I've heard you advocate so far are all software-based, and you have to admit, that's no substitute for having someone actually watching the physical systems. Now not everybody is going to try to split their attention between thirty boxen at once, fair enough. That's what the entire Teacher's Assistant / Personal Assistant concept is all about. If you can't watch the physical presence, hire someone you trust that can, either for cash or class credits. Again, we're too dependent on software solving security issues, and that's a contradiction in terms really. If something's not physically secured, no amount of encryption and monitoring is going to solve that problem.
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I don't understand why people are talking about students screwing up a computer, Internet Explorer does that to the computer by default, so you can't totally blame the students for computers being destroyed.
That's why when I was in school I tried to install Firefox, but it wouldn't allow me to (Software Policy, it wouldn't allow you to install pretty much anything) :thumbdwn:
I also was thinking of trying to bring in Knoppix, but this idea never came to be a reality :nothappy:
What about the students out there (like me) who actually try and make the system more secure, but are locked out by a Software Policy that doesn't allow you to install any secure software... :fu:
What I REALLY don't understand is why I was banned from the school computer network, despite my efforts to try and make the system more secure, I was actually trying to help the school, but they locked me out.... (this really isn't fair) :thumbdwn:
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