Here's another potential headache for IT/Network Admin people;
Microsoft OneCare. This is not a Microsoft bash. Anything that is advertised as a one stop protection service makes me want to hide. Norton Internet Security is a good example of how to slow your PC down to a snail's crawl with software that just doesn't work. The voodoo required to uninstall this junk may even require human sacrifice. And then there's McAfee...how does this company stay in business?!?!?!? If someone out there has ANYTHING by McAfee that works please, please comment or email me. Folks, don't spend money on such stuff. Just a few days ago (see The Awesome Five post, May 18, 2006) I listed five FREE software applications that will keep your PC relatively safe. Nothing in the computer realm is sacred or bulletproof. Spending 50 bucks for bundled protection software just doesn't make sense. After surveying use for a few months, my words may be eaten. I doubt it.
Here's an interesting article from Arstechnica by Ken Fisher:
The question of banning laptops in class: it's academic, silly. Okay, okay it's apparent that wifi access should be turned off during tests. I can abide this, but to ban laptops? Ridiculous. What's next? Banning books? Google on, students of America!
"Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire."-William Butler Yeats
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