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But is the data even worth $128K? It's not like schools don't already annoy parents with redundant requests and useless information. Having everyone register for school again would at least allow attendance to happen.

That's obvious, but it still doesn't clarify whatever point it was you were trying to make.

He punched a colleague. He got sacked. Seems pretty reasonable. But it's also pretty much the ultimate sanction the BBC can impose on him, so I'm really not sure what you're trying to say by comparing it with a much worse hypothetical assault which would still have resulted in him getting sacked, albeit with perhaps a little more alacrity.

Sounds like my ex-wife. Badoom.

Works on many levels.

So their only copy of the student roster is gone? they can't even take attendance? they don't have back-ups?

Surely this is a problem that can be solved with money, and significantly less than $128K. (the point of my original post, I wasn't suggesting we actually replace all the computers, just that the ransom seemed a bit high)

And why would the NSA potentially reveal the techniques just to capture some crooks? That classified information is surely worth more than the $128K. If it were up to the NSA, they would just pay the ransom and focus on finding terrorists instead.

Maybe 200-500 computers. Is the ransom higher than what it would cost to replace everything? (maybe not enough to replace them with Macs, but Linux and Chromebooks are possible). How many computers does a district with 1700 students really need to get the basics done?

Just seems like a steep ransom to me. Especially since if I replaced all the computers, the old equipment is worth something and I could probably auction it off.

The data is gone if you don't pay the ransom (or crack the encryption). Sadly I don't have a way to resolve that problem, other than to start over again and hopefully anything important has backups. (ideally in a form that doesn't spread infection)

Would it kill you to explain even vaguely what this thing does in the summary?

There's nothing mandatory about the licence fee. You're free to stop watching live TV at any time.

Well, yes, he'd have still got sacked, if that's what you're saying about it not making any difference.

But are you implying that verbally and physically assaulting a colleague aren't grounds enough for dismissal?

I totally agree with you. I honestly don't know where the $100k number comes from or why it was mentioned. Other than maybe to convince all of us to watch the video.

Only on some airlines. Others allow one in the cockpit for the "minimum time necessary" (paraphrase of what I read on BBC News earlier).

Up next, the four limbs you can live without.

I can't wait to see them Godzilla.

well a war is $1T, so this $100k could have helped 0.00001% as many people as spending war money better could have.

I think you have bigger fish to fry, so you can hop to it now if you actually give a shit.