dark42 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:...What? (Score 1) 1117

by dark42 on Thursday December 18, 2008 @02:54AM (#26156647) Attached to: What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have?

I doubt the students will have the know how to hack linux.

Not right away maybe, but I'd give it a week to a month before someone hacks it and lets the rest of the school in on how to do it. Like when I showed my whole school how to use web proxies to get around the filter (now this was with the desktops at the school, if you're giving these kids laptops to take home there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop the smart ones from using the computer however they want). Better just not lock down the machine at all because your efforts are futile.

Comment As for me... (Score 1) 154

by dark42 on Friday November 14, 2008 @11:47PM (#25768309) Attached to: Jaguar, World's Most Powerful Supercomputer

I think I'll wait for Leopard.

Submission + - Girl faces year in prison for 20 second film clip

Submitted by PizzaFace on Thursday August 02, 2007 @06:04AM

PizzaFace writes: It's Jhannet's 19th birthday, so her boyfriend borrows a camcorder to memorialize the occasion, and they head to the mall. They goof around, recording each other and the Chick-fil-A cows in the food court, then decide to catch the Transformers matinee, which started a few minutes earlier. During a big action scene, Jhannet takes the camcorder and records a 20-second clip to show her little brother. A few minutes later, cops who were called by the manager come in with flashlights, arrest Jhannet, confiscate the camcorder, and, at the behest of Regal Cinemas, charge her with film piracy. "I was terrified," said Jhannet. "I was crying. I've never been in trouble before." If convicted, she could be sentenced to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine. The police say they lack discretion because Regal Cinemas chose to prosecute: "They were the victim in this case, and they felt strongly enough about it." The National Association of Theatre Owners supports Regal's "zero-tolerance" prosecution standard: "We cannot educate theater managers to be judges and juries in what is acceptable. Theater managers cannot distinguish between good and bad stealing."

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