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Comment You have no control accept that... (Score 1) 1117

by Shads (#26158379) Attached to: What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have?

You have absolutely no ability to enforce anything since they can easily remove them from school grounds and work on them at their will. I would suggest you don't get to wild with your restrictions or you'll just make an income source for the geeks unlocking the non-geeks laptops for them.

I wrote programs and scripts to automate doing exactly that when I was in high school for the *schools* computers. You have zero hope of maintaining any kind of access control on laptops they take home.
Education

What Restrictions Should Student Laptops Have? 1117

Posted by samzenpus from the the-less-you-know dept.
An anonymous reader writes "We're a school district in the beginning phases of a laptop program which has the eventual goal of putting a Macbook in the hands of every student from 6th to 12th grade. The students will essentially own the computers, are expected to take them home every night, and will be able to purchase the laptops for a nominal fee upon graduation. Here's the dilemma — how much freedom do you give to students? The state mandates web filtering on all machines. However, there is some flexibility on exactly what should be filtered. Are things like Facebook and Myspace a legitimate use of a school computer? What about games, forums, or blogs, all of which could be educational, distracting or obscene? We also have the ability to monitor any machine remotely, lock the machine down at certain hours, prevent the installation of any software by the user, and prevent the use of iChat. How far do we take this? While on one hand we need to avoid legal problems and irresponsible behavior, there's a danger of going so far to minimize liability that we make the tool nearly useless. Equally concerning is the message sent to the students. Will a perceived lack of trust cripple the effectiveness of the program?"
Security

Submission + - Romanian indicted for hacking

Submitted by Ostap Bender
Ostap Bender writes: Romanian hacker Victor Faur will be extradited to the US facing up to 54 years in prison if convicted for breaking into NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy computers. In a TV interview he claimed they only got to him after he bragged about his deeds on the Internet. This begs the question: what about the ones that did not feel the need to show off? Do they still have access?
Novell

Submission + - Credit Suisse Writes off Novell

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Anonymous Coward writes: "An article appeared today predicting a poor future for Novell, questioning the deal made with Microsoft and casting doubt on Novell's business model. It suggests the 10% gain on Novell shares are unjustified and that the money gained by Novell (making its cash reserves reach $1 billion) will not be turned to any long term profit. Is the deal with Microsoft like winning a lottery, only to be wasted on flashy cars and the high life, followed by the inevitable devastating hangover, or does Novell have the restraint and wisdom to turn this to its favour?"
Announcements

Submission + - Registration opens for SCALE 2007

Submitted by MrMorph
MrMorph writes: Registration for the 5th annual Southern California Linux Expo is now open. Early registration ticket prices are $60 for full admission with a $30 full admission ticket available to students with valid ID. For Slashdot readers, a special promotional code of SLASH can be used for a 40% discount. Early registration will end on January 24th, 2007, so dont delay! This year's speakers include Chris Dibona, Don Marti, and Ted Gould. With exhibitions from groups such as KDE, Gnome, Google, Troll Tech and Dell. SCALE 5x will take place on February 10th and 11th, 2007 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport.
Windows

Windows Vista and XP Head To Head 364

Posted by kdawson from the who's-the-fairest-of-them-all dept.
thefickler sends in an article comparing Windows Vista and Windows XP in the areas of security, home entertainment, GUI, parental controls, and networking. The author clearly believes that Vista wins across these categories.
Media

Submission + - MacDonalds pretexted to strip search employee

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ABC's 20/20 has a piece about a manager fooled into strip searching a young female employee. The naked girl is then sexually abused by the manager's fiance, who claimed to be "just following the orders of the policeman on the phone" (includes MacDonalds' camera footage of the offenses). Not only are store surveillance cameras used to document the abuse, but Walmart security cameras and purchase records were used to find a prison guard suspected to be the caller.
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Keith Olbermann responds to Newt Gingrich's comments 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

Special comment: Free speech, failed speakers and the delusion of grandeur

Keith Olbermann responds to Newt Gingrich's comments about free speech

SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
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Updated: 7:34 a.m. PT Dec 1, 2006

Here, as promised, a special comment about free speech, failed speakers and the delusion of grandeur.

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