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CAPT Obvious |
https://www.theverge.com/2018/...tudent-living-spaces
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
 Told ya. Surveillance City Hoo boy!! I'd take that bug and drop it right out of the freakin' window, but not the little indoctrinated kiddies, no sir. They'll submit to being bugged and be HAPPY about it! Damn! | |||
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| Banned |
Ha ha. . right. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
No, really. You can trust them. FOOLS!! ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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Void Where Prohibited |
That has to be added to the list of the three classic lies to make it four. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
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| CAPT Obvious |
I really don’t like the fact that this program is mandatory. These assistants are so cheap that everyone can afford them if they CHOOSE to use them. I don’t see why the university doesn’t just let them tap into the network if they want to take part. Also, the fact that students must wait until the end of the year to turn them in (even if they do not wish to participate) and are responsible if someone else steals them in the meantime is ridiculous. | |||
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Still finding my way |
George Orwell must have has a time machine or a crystal ball. The ministry of education is hard at work. | |||
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| Member |
True test would be costly for the guinea pig, but I would wager that if one would talk in detail about plans to perhaps blow up the library in ear shot of one of these things they would have a SWAT team kicking in their door post haste. | |||
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Mensch |
I'd unplug it & lock it in a closet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Really, it's astonishing, and if you dared to complain about it, you'd be kicked out of the dorm. Put it in your fish tank and let your guppies talk to Commie Central. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
It's not.
If it were me, I would simply turn it in at the beginning of the school year.... and say, "Nope, YOU store the damn thing!" "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| CAPT Obvious |
Let me rephrase, I dislike the fact that all living areas are issued them in the first place. The program should be “opt-in” as opposed to “opt-out.” | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Who pays for this stuff? Where does the money come from? How 'bout NOT doing crap like this and controlling tuition costs, instead. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money |
My thoughts exactly. Tuition and expenses have gotten out of control at these 'institutions of higher learning'. When I went to SLU, it was a concrete jungle. Now, the place looks like a country club. But it has to in order to compete for students... who then complain about student debt.  "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Member |
Hmm...I wonder if they’ll be placed in ALL of the educators offices and conference rooms as well? You know, so they can also take advantage of the convience and cool technology to ask 100 university related questions. | |||
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| Banned |
More likely some tech admins will be listening to these college kids hump each other in the dorms. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
This is an entirely private university. I don't care what they and their students agree to do. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Banned |
I do, to the extent it 'normalizes' this type of thing. By that I mean lack of respect and understanding of privacy, and the risk associated with being online in every facet of our lives. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Yeah, it's not as if it's a bellwether. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money |
That is entirely the correct response. Private institutions, such as schools, churches, country clubs (and businesses, though I understand the issues with inviting the public) should have whatever policies they want, as long as they are not illegal. As an alumnus, I do care. I think it's ridiculous. But my remedy is with the board and the administration, not with the courts. BTW, Saint Louis University, and Saint Louis University High school are celebrating their bi-centennial this year. Founded in 1818, it's the oldest school west of the Mississippi river.  "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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