School's Mac OS
I was curious. My school is way behind in technology. most of the computers have os 8.6 and 8.1. The lab has new emacs but uses 9.1. os 10.1.3 was on them and they deleted it. Then they just bought 10.2 for all the computers a month ago. then panther will be comming out. What do your school computers run?
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We are not blessed with mac hardware of any kind.
I think I just lost my school pride.
Well, almost. There *are* a few gumdrop iMacs and flat panel iMacs scattered around on kiosks, but they're running a modified Mac OS X 10.2 with only iCab in kiosk mode. Grrr. That reminds me... I need to send off a letter to the tech department about running something, ANYTHING other than iCal.
soon to be OS X 10.2
Originally posted by Nano
I was curious. My school is way behind in technology. most of the computers have os 8.6 and 8.1. The lab has new emacs but uses 9.1. os 10.1.3 was on them and they deleted it. Then they just bought 10.2 for all the computers a month ago. then panther will be comming out. What do your school computers run?
You, too? I tell you, they don't know what the hell they're doing with their computer department. They have their Macs for programming, and their PC's for graphic design when it should be vice versa; they got Adobe Premiere for the PC's and they never installed it, it just sits there (until my friend decided to pirate it. the teacher was very lax about it, being that he resents the school's incompetence); they had OS X on the eMacs and they deleted it; still with 9.2 on the eMacs, everything from SimpleText to iMovie is locked out.
Honestly, the hag they got running the computer lab, she's being paid to sit and eat donut holes in her office all day. She barely moves, save for when she's bitching at someone for no reason (she has quotas to meet), doesn't have a clue how the Macs work, and their librarian is always patronizing us when we're using them, because she thinks we're all stupid, 'til I snapped and told her saying "Yes. Shut up. I have one of these at home, I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA HOW THEY WORK. GET OFF MY BACK."
Incompetence. I should have her job. I should be running the computer dept. Why is the tech support guy (who happens to be a Mac head) always called to repair those shitty old, slow, Win98 PC's, when we have Macs BEING ABUSE BY THE PENGUIN FOR HIS NEFARIOUS ENDS.
Shittiest school in the world = OTHS. If you're in the neighborhood, egg it, will you?
At my school's lab, I sat next to a guy while he hacked into the school's server. No one was allowed in for two weeks while they tried to put everything back in place. All the computer's have Windows, but they don't have the money to buy antivirus software, or even a decent firewall.
Then, when I try to help the head honcho in the lab, she yells at me because she says I'm doing it the wrong way. So, she takes over and shows me how it's done. Once she's finished, she gets the BSOD. I laughed at her for that one(and have the detention slip to prove it).
Originally posted by Nano
btw my school had a team of people to fix computers i was on it and they have a ton of software not in use . The tech lady didn't know crap
The tech lady at my school couldn't set up an iMac.
She had to call in the district tech supervisor person, and he didn't know crap nor shit. I watched them for an hour trying to set up the software, and finally got up and showed them how the CD installer works.
Originally posted by CubeDude
The tech lady at my school couldn't set up an iMac.
She had to call in the district tech supervisor person, and he didn't know crap nor shit. I watched them for an hour trying to set up the software, and finally got up and showed them how the CD installer works.
and to think they get paid. I know what im doing when i get older
We ended up having to spend hours on our teacher's computer, converting the video into MovieMaker (It's been called a rip off of iMovie, but it just so half-asses and dumbed-down, and clunky and slow, that the only similarity the two might have is that they're both video-editing apps. But even that I couldn't tell, because at one point the program took over and wasted our day trying to convert the movie files. I don't know if it worked, or not. I gave up half-way through.)
Originally posted by CubeDude
Then, when I try to help the head honcho in the lab, she yells at me because she says I'm doing it the wrong way. So, she takes over and shows me how it's done. Once she's finished, she gets the BSOD. I laughed at her for that one(and have the detention slip to prove it).
But didn't it feel good?
Lucky me, Ms. Dore's gonna be around another year. I still have time to tell her off in front of everyone else. Her time will come!
Originally posted by Dog Almighty
We brought in our comcorder to edit a movie project we were doing for comm. tech (but couldn't, 'cause the comm. tech class's computers were positively archaic) and thought that MAYBE (it was long-shot) if we use the eMacs with their FireWire ports that we MIGHT fit our FireWire cable into, and juuuust MIGHT be able to use iMovie to edit it, since they have gigs and gigs of space on their HD's not being used for anything we might find useful. Our efforts were thwarted by Ms. Dore's sheer F@$%#%@ STUPIDITY, THAT GIANT HAM WITCH. WHY IN THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU LOCK US OUT OF iMOVIE, YOU STUPID WOMAN? JUST DELETE THE GODDAMNED THING.
what do they use to lock the programs
Originally posted by Dog Almighty
We brought in our comcorder to edit a movie project we were doing for comm. tech (but couldn't, 'cause the comm. tech class's computers were positively archaic) and thought that MAYBE (it was long-shot) if we use the eMacs with their FireWire ports that we MIGHT fit our FireWire cable into, and juuuust MIGHT be able to use iMovie to edit it, since they have gigs and gigs of space on their HD's not being used for anything we might find useful. Our efforts were thwarted by Ms. Dore's sheer F@$%#%@ STUPIDITY, THAT GIANT HAM WITCH. WHY IN THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU LOCK US OUT OF iMOVIE, YOU STUPID WOMAN? JUST DELETE THE GODDAMNED THING.
We ended up having to spend hours on our teacher's computer, converting the video into MovieMaker (It's been called a rip off of iMovie, but it just so half-asses and dumbed-down, and clunky and slow, that the only similarity the two might have is that they're both video-editing apps. But even that I couldn't tell, because at one point the program took over and wasted our day trying to convert the movie files. I don't know if it worked, or not. I gave up half-way through.)
But didn't it feel good?
Lucky me, Ms. Dore's gonna be around another year. I still have time to tell her off in front of everyone else. Her time will come!
Oh, it felt good all right. 'Specially since it was in the middle of Free Lab(during lunch), and the lab was packed.
I get to deal with Ms. Levine for another year, and possibly even 5 years(joy). The high school tech guy is leaving in a year, and they're not going to hire a new one, just move the middle school person(Ms. Levine) up, and the middle school rot(good riddance). So, eighth grade, plus four years of high school. She and her network will suffer for pissing me off.
For Classic MacOS, a properly configured FoolProof setup was almost unbeatable- that is, unless there was a compiler just sitting around waiting to be turned to evil purposes. The worst we could do was screw around with things like menu-flash counts using the interrupt box. I don't think there's any equivalent for OS X, because the built in security can be adjusted on a fairly fine-grained level if the admin is a m4d j00N1X h4xx0r. That said, unless the firmware password is set, even that can be subverted (or so I've been led to believe).
Locking up computers usually antagonises even normal, happy students - I believe it's much more effective to have them log in and threaten them with random monitoring. Might also solve the porn problems that that school district with all the iBooks was having...
As for incompetent techs, well, I feel sorry for the people who have to work with them. Be patient
Originally posted by Nano
what do they use to lock the programs
I have no idea. Something in Mac OS 9. It's proably locked out, too, FROM THEMSELVES.