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Sorry guys, but sending kids home with school-issued laptops is just *ASKING* for trouble. Seriously, do you guys not have enough headaches? Between supporting software issues (patches, viruses, and updates w/o losing kids' work), filtering internet, kids doing anything-but-work on them, and replacing defective hardware, I see no benefit whatsoever to letting kids take the laptops home with them over having them all sign up for Windows Live Skydrive or something similar and letting them store everything there so they can access it at home or at the public library. Problem solved. Either that, or somehow get the administration to earmark them on the contingency budget. IMO I think they will cause more problems for everyone than they will solve.
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Why?  voyager529 | 03/19/09
Exactly, even my university doesn't allow this  T1Oracle | 03/20/09
Personally, I don't bother with content filtering  Lerianis | 03/19/09
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RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  sonya_deanna@... | 03/19/09
Squid and OpenDNS  rathishg | 03/19/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  scouser73 | 03/20/09
An Idea  jfp | 03/20/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  dysart | 03/20/09
I hate to say it:  rshores | 03/20/09
The schools are responsible for their networks...  John L. Ries | 03/20/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  Linux User 147560 | 03/20/09
no, the parents are and must be made aware of this  lostarchitect | 03/20/09
of course we're responsible  coffeeshark | 03/20/09
And What If....  mikefarinha | 03/20/09
like you said  coffeeshark | 03/20/09
It's INCREDIBLY easy.  TripleII | 03/20/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  dhensley@... | 03/20/09
Parents need help!  hnoyes | 03/20/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  Zippereye125 | 03/20/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  piperdown | 03/21/09
RE: Are we responsible for content filtering at home?  dbaun@... | 03/23/09
Some software suggestions for the malware prevention part of your question  lweight@... | 03/23/09

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