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A bit dated, but still worth celebrating: Summerhill safe for now, hurrah!
Forgive me leaving this here, even though now dated. It is still great news!
Since 1921, in England there has been a remarkable school exploring fascinating alternatives to traditional education. A few years ago our wonderful 'We Know Best' and 'Everyone Must Do Things Our Way' (parent's wishes be d***ed... despite explicit laws granting rights to parents) government was, in effect, trying to stamp this remarkable institution out of existence. They seemed intent on either changing it out of recognition, or closing it. Now- if they were using their expertise to alert the parents to 'terrible' things going on at the school, and letting parents decide to stop paying the fees, I wouldn't mind. But that's not the story. If it was a school funded out of the public's pocket, then it ought to be answerable to someone. If the school was one of the many unknown, second rate, dumps which ought to be exposed and wither, I wouldn't mind. But this isn't. This is a school that I had to study as part of my teacher training in the '70s... and parents are still paying to send their kids there... but they nearly lost that option, because we are too lazy to tell the politicians to pXss oXX.
If you have not heard all about the CIH, or Chernobyl,
virus, please read....
Losing your data is bad enough. Did you know that some viruses can trash some motherboards beyond repair?
I know, virus warnings are about as boring as Y2K... but THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT! While the specific threat mentioned here is "old news"... perhaps it will serve as a warning that viruses can be more than a mere nuisance? Suspect (as you should!) a trap or hoax? In general, visit snopes.com. For the Chernobyl virus, go to what Symantec (Home of Norton Anti-virus) has to say about it. (Note at bottom: "causes possible damage to CMOS". (I think they meant "possibly causes damage to CMOS". Sloppy. What is "possible damage", where "damage" is a noun? Of course if "damage" hadn't been damaged by putting it to use as noun and verb, the language would be more robust. Humph.)) If the link given goes out of date, use Google, search for symantec chernobyl, and skip down to the part about damage to the BIOS. Symantec does say that "Cases of an overwritten BIOS are extremely rare."... but your BIOS can be overwritten, and in many cases that will mean fitting a new motherboard. Do you want to take the chance? I've written more on the subject for those wanting more details.
For some time, at 2010, the dangerous viruses have been the ones you don't see. And the word "virus" is too narrow, we should be worried about "malware", a broader term, including, among other things, spyware.
Spyware is more widespread than viruses. I'd guess that the high volume of low level nuisance from spyware is actually, in total, giving more grief than the limited number of severe problems caused by viruses. I've written more on the malware topic, too.
I was a teacher for 20 years. Much of the material here is for kids, parents, teachers. (Especially for the 8 to 13 year old range.) However, I've done more than teach. You will find things for other audiences, too: investors in Wall Street or the City, birdwatchers, etc, etc!
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