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Comment Re:back in my day (Score 2, Informative) 785

Then we tried getting "tougher". We tried to take the cell phone away from the student until the end of the school day. That lasted about 2 weeks, until we were told we couldn't do that any longer because a parent decided to get a jazzy lawyer and sue the district. They, apparently, were convinced that we were endangering their student by taking away their ability to call for help in an emergency. Rather than fight it out in court (and risk losing, as these things tend to go), the county settled and changed the policy. Now, supposedly, the plan is to confiscate the battery, but let the student keep the phone. Of course, students now carry spare batteries, so it doesn't matter.

Rather than take the battery from the phone, would it not be a better idea to take the SIM?

If you take the battery and they have a spare, you achieve nothing. If they don't, then the phone is useless in an emergency.

If you take the SIM, the phone can still be used for emergency calls, but is otherwise severely limited in functionality.

Comment Re:No. (Score 1) 794

The only problem with that solution is that, at least in my experience, it's not so much booting the PC that takes the time, but logging on.

When I switch on my work PC, it gets to the login prompt in under a minute. However, once I've entered my username/password, it's about 15 minutes before it's usable.

Unless you have the machines log on automatically, having them power up before you arrive won't make any practical difference.

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