It's been classified more as "global weirding" rather than "Global Warming." Where I am from, it's freezing cold, and has had colder weather here than we normally have. But you can't just speculate and attribute these weather storms to global whatever. They have and will continue to happen regardless.

Camera's do not do much of anything to prevent crime. It just lets the police have evidence.

Obviously he needs to overclock his SSD. That would be epic.

Actually, you ask the average adult working in the real world what Linux is, you'll get a "I don't know, what is it?," and a quizzical look.

Because they might be able to sue the pants off any manufacturer that uses the term?

I argue that a human life is more than just the money involved.

Some companies mandate that a certain percentage of their employee's time should be dedicated to innovation. I know one that does is J. M. Smuckers (I believe). They mandate 15% of their time. Those who want to innovate can, and those who don't, get some time off, which improves their morale. Win-Win.

No.

Bill Gates went to Harvard. You have to be fairly smart to get into it at all..

The title should have been "Confessed Botnet Master is a Security Professional."

Demographics don't necessarily mean race or ethnicity. If your school is located in a poorer neighborhood, it would be helpful to have more access to computers in school. (closer to a 1/1 ratio of people/computers)

However, if you lived in an area where people have access to Internet and computers at home, you don't have to have a computer for every single person. You may still labs, but you wouldn't have quite the need for 1/1 capacity.

This should be decided school by school, because each school may have a different demographic, and that could quite possibly change the type and quantity of technology used.

That being said, your suggestion at looking at other school districts and finding out what has worked for them is a great idea. Our school recently put in "Elmos," which are mounted digital cameras for projectors which were put into each room.

Most of my teachers started using them, and they saved a lot of time, because they could show the class the pice of paper, and not have to look/get a transparency of the paper. It also gives them more options as far as showing short clips, or powerpoints, or stuff like that.
So review:
1) Teacher workstation in each room, with projector and an "Elmo."

2) Computer labs, with thin or fat clients, depending on your needs.

3) Laptop carts, so individual classes can use a set of laptops if needed.

My guess that's where the "shared responsibility" comes in. Sure, Microsoft was responsible. However, everyone could of built ABOVE THE MINIMUM, and no one would have known. Just because something hits minimum, does not mean that it's usable.

Mod parent up, he makes a very good point.