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Comment So... (Score 5, Insightful) 500

If I object to the search then they arrest me and take me away. Then come back and ask my wife if they can search the house... If she objects do they arrest her too or consent.
If nobody is then in the house they can easily get a warrant because, hey, both occupants were arrested for obstructing justice so they must be hiding something and nobody is there ANYWAY so it's probably a "good idea"(tm) for the judge to issue a warrant to make sure everythings, y'know, SAFE for neighborhood children.

Submission + - NYC Teacher: Standardized tests are a critical thinker's dream (wsj.com)

McGruber writes: Many educators and commentators believe that standardized testing is a soul-sapping exercise in rote learning that devalues critical thinking and favors students of higher-income parents who can afford test-prep classes or private tutors.

Not so, according to James Samuelson. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Mr. Samuelson explains that testing is actually good for the intellectual health of students. (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304104504579374651890320212) Testing is also an excellent way for teachers to better understand the particular academic challenges their students face.

Students acquire test-taking skills through discipline, through routine. They also learn how to reason by following a progression of ideas in connected, logical order. But the need for discipline, for routine, would require teachers to cut down on the practice of flitting about from one unconnected topic to another.

Mr. Samuelson teaches at Queens Vocational & Technical High School in Sunnyside, Queens, N.Y.

Comment Re:Let me get this straight (Score 1) 520

No no no... See you're competing with bandwidth for torrenters and pirate scammers who are downloading their movies for free which slows down your streaming so Netflix is paying to give you better service... which will be passed on to you as part of your support to legally enjoy and supports the arts communities.

So y'see, in the end it's actually better for you to pirate the movies for "free" with the Comcast service which will hurt Comcast in the end because they won't get their Two Dollars.

err...

Wait that still makes Comcast the winner... uhhh...

Huh..

Comment Re:So what can be done? (Score 1) 134

Disabling Remote management will help but not fully solve the problem.

For instance a cross-scripting attack via your web browser could attempt to inject the worm on your side.

My problem is I've got two... no three.. relatives/families scattered all over the US who are running an E4200, an E3000 and a WRT54G who all happily run amok letting javascript run higgeldy-piggledy because to block it messes up their web browsing experience. :(

"Higgeldy-piggledy means a real mess!"

Comment Re:Normalization of the Police State (Score 2) 117

*yawn* overhype much?

These things are despicable and incompatible with normal criminal procedure,

So you agree that secret warrants that lead to secret charging (and hence secret arrests of people) is unlawful.

How is that NOT a "police state" again?

Perhaps this would be the time for some colorful expletives?

If not, when?

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