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Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 461

Well I think that anyone in the New Mexico area that wants to play this came should wander over to Los Alamos.

Although a the article is bit dated, I wonder if their junkyard still is open for business.

A station wagon full of Los Alamos parts with a couple of GoPros in and around the vehicle ought to be a very interesting video.

Comment Re:American habit (Score 1) 135

I don't get how they don't have her e-mails. The fucking NSA has everyone else e-mail, why don't they have Hillary's?

They have Hillary's emails. They are just being polite. After all, there is a fairly good chance she will be the next PO(TU)S. Don't want to piss off your boss right off the bat.

Comment Re:"I'm not a troll, modded to -1" (Score 1) 169

I've not found that to be true. I don't get a whole lot of troll posts, but they do show up from time to time. Occasionally they are deserved, most of the time it's clear that the moderator missed something obvious or just didn't like my attempt and humor or sarcasm.

But mod points seem to be pretty random....

And it would be awfully hard to define 'misbehaving' around here.

Comment Re:School equipment, though (Score 4, Insightful) 379

I work for a school district in the technology department. We clearly spell out in our usage agreements that everything created on district equipment is for educational purposes only, and not to be sold for profit by either students or staff. Since this guy is using a school camera, I think this might be the policy he's running into.

Perhaps, if it was written down and his parents signed it or there was some valid way for all parties to agree with the rule.

From his Flickr site: "At the end of the [Texas Association of Journalism Educators] class, I approached the teacher confused, and asked that because I was using a school camera, and using a school press pass, do I still own my pictures? She replied that I did."

If he were using his own equipment on his own time, I'd be first in line to tell the school to blow it out his ear. But if he's covering these sporting events as a member of the yearbook staff for the school and he's turning around and selling yearbook pictures privately for his own profit, then no, I don't think he should do that.

Being on the yearbook staff does not preclude him from doing things on his own. It isn't a contractually bound obligation. Unless the press pass bound him contractually (which would be odd for a high school), it's just and ID to let you into places where the public is restricted.

In any event, the principal (at least according to TFA) is being an ass. Instead of sitting him down and discussing this rather complex real world issue, he / she (?) threatens with blackmail and suspensions. Not exactly role model material here.

Comment OK, we've seen this before (Score 5, Insightful) 379

So, another thread about some random clueless school principal.

Look, the vast majority of us (at least the non-ACs) have already graduated from high school. We know that your average principal has to check the school policy manual to figure out which leg to put in the trouser first. And then they mess it up half the time anyway.

Not much to see here. Some lawyer will be around presently to wack some sense into the the school district.

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