Re:The case probably has merit. (Score 2, Informative)

i hope you dont really believe

"You have to physically click on it to get to those sites,"

Anyone with 20 mins to kill can LEARN to create a script in any number of programming languages to sent you to ANY URL. with a little more time and some moderate skill they can use that script to simulate a dynamically created page (CGI, PL, etc.)

I mean comeon im sure at least SOME of you have heard of a scripting language program called "AutoIt" and any one that has worked in a school district (on the Tech Admin side) knows that half the teachers/subs dont know how to properly use the computer and a far too many of them should not be allowed access to a computer on the grounds that they are too stupid to use one.

to continue my rant....

on the point of IE vs. FF / M$ vs. Linux vs. MAC. it dosent matter. I can recall 2 instances of having 30+ FF windows opened because of popup loops that were DESIGNED for FF. The districts generally dont have a choice when it comes to the desktop OS. Sure they could move to linux but the tech would be used only 10% of what it was because (as mentioned above) The teaching staff is incompentent when it comes to anything technical. (again im refering to overall averages)

The school's tech department is the only one to blame here for allowing the content filter to expire. if there is no tech dept the pull the school board to the hellfires for not allocating the funds nessary to fix a very weak and broken system.

oh and a side note, just for the record. there are those who dont know that you can turn off a computer by holding the power button. and WONT unplug it because they are petrified they will break a $1000+ machine. Ill say it again most users should not have access to a machine because they are to stubborn to learn how to use it correctly.