They are missing a fairly dirty job in IT... Help Desk / Service Desk / Catch All Desk / fix it its not working desk..... Spend a year here and see what you think of your sanity and cleanliness after. Most of these people wouldn't know about network problems or pr0n infesting spyware unless the Help Desk dealt with it first.

I Prefer saying i'm from Delta, BC Canada just so I can use the postal V4G 1N4

I learned how to drive by playing uberous amounts of Mario Kart -- I always keep a wary eye out for Banana peels and green shells.....

What does the agreement look like that the students / parents signed when the devices were loaned? Is there any fine print about monitoring the device for safety or that there are measures in place to check on the safety of the device etc etc etc.... not to undermine the seriousness of the situation as i'd be seriously peeved if someone had turned on the webcam / microphone etc on my kids loaner laptop.

Twiggle

you're right -- I used to use Emacs but no i've switched to VI -- Notepad doesn't work in my OS of choice (natively)

So what happens when you get a fraction of a 30 atom thick splinter from this crap in your finger? or worse all over your body? I don't even want to imagine what would happen if the surface were to shatter or splinter.

"you require more minerals"

This would make viewing and participating with certain types of "vivid" media a little more challenging to say the least.

Newsreader: From today, dialling 999 won't get you the emergency services. And that's not the only thing that's changing. Nicer ambulances, faster response times and better-looking drivers mean they're not just "the" emergency services - they're "your" emergency services. So, remember the new number:
[singing number]
Newsreader: 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3

Seems a good proxy service is worth its weight in gold. A Canadian friend of mine just ordered after using PROXZ. Order completed and shipped already to a U.S address. Unknown if he could have shipped to a Canadian address.

it is true- I just tried to order one.. I thought i could get around it using web proxy (hide my ip etc) to defeat geolocation. It was fine until you have to sign in with your google account to order the device. Defeated again. I think I'll try again using a newly made google account and have the device shipped to a us po box. Unless they dont ship to PO!! Bleh!

Why do geeks need their Slashdot? Why do some people need FARQ or 4Chan or heaven forbid LolCatz?

Sometimes around our house attitudes get out of control or energy gets waaay to high that I want my kid to want to watch Dora or Backyardigans as it kind of helps settle her down.

Unfortunately without having On Demand I have torrented some of these episodes and keep them on the media server, click, play, crying stops or kid sits down for 5 minutes; It's amazing.

On another note would it be a fair assessment to say that because I pay for X cable/Satellite service that offers these shows I'm somewhat or absolutely entitled to being able to download rips of these episodes from the NET? Technically I'm paying for Y service so why not?