RedFlow Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I find that pretty funny. "FoxFire.exe" and shes in the technology department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gigapixels Veteran Posted December 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 16, 2007 Wow, what an idiot. Somebody from a high school tech department doesn't even know about alternative browsers? Sorry, but that's just poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HawkMan Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 School got rules, kid didn't follow rules, kid gets detention... Why is there a news story ? and as for the foxfire.exe thing, the kid may have renamed firefox.exe to foxfire.exe to be able to run it as the computer may run blocks on running certain files, it's not exactly unheard of. especially in a school enviroment where they probably run IE set up with all kinds of security policies. Seeing as it was specifically mentioned as foxfire.exe and not just foxfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 snyper Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 what would he get for opera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RedFlow Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 fake. Very possible. Oh well still makes a good joke? I think it's real though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Impact Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 It's kind of like that at my school too. It's not that bad, but pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 XerXis Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 even if it is real, if the school has a policy that only programs they installed should be used by students (as they should have) the kid broke that rule, ergo detention. Nothing news worthy in either case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nemo Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 School got ruls, kid didn't follow rules, kid gets detention...Why is there a news story ? +1. They're trying to make this into something that it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stephen Veteran Posted December 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 16, 2007 yeh so what, ive got in trouble for using firefox, Some IT Techs suck! ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RedFlow Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Its still funny the way he wrote the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 guruparan Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hmm...i work in a very big IT company....and we arent allowed to use Firefox. And even if we install it, firefall doesnt allow the program to open any websites :-) note :we use with ie7....when we asked for the reason, we got reply back saying that most of our company apps are build upon IE schema...& its a trusted product from microsoft & if at all we face some issues, tech consulting team from MS will fix it within 3 hrs!! & other browser organizations doesnt due that...maybe once firefox starts quick supports & fixes, our company may allow it in future...but i think thats gonna never happen :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Colin-uk Veteran Posted December 16, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 16, 2007 even if it is real, if the school has a policy that only programs they installed should be used by students (as they should have) the kid broke that rule, ergo detention. Nothing news worthy in either case (Y) doesnt make a diff wheather it was firefox, foxfire or another program :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zeroday Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 rules are rules. looks fake anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Doli Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Not his computer so he had no right to install it or run it (USB drive) on the school's computers if they didnt want him to do so, better browser or not. Where does it say she is in the technology department? or the person is a she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Julius Caro Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Fox Fire for the win!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brandon Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Not his computer so he had no right to install it or run it (USB drive) on the school's computers if they didnt want him to do so, better browser or not.Where does it say she is in the technology department? or the person is a she? Same with out school PCs, but I have firefox installed on my USB drive. They have IE6 and don't have any plug-ins installed besides flash, which makes browsing and researching using any multimedia a pain in the ass since they never update anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ozgeek Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 They know and probably do use Firefox. It is just that any software that goes on the computer have to go through local testing and trust usage programs to ensure they work, also they have to be approved by the authories that run the network (including the principal and the school's board people). It is not a matter of simply installing them across the network. Computers are the school's assets and they need to ensure that the network are running at the highest quality so everyone have a fair go. Yes, I know Firefox (in fact I am using it on my home computer) is very good. If you want a specific program to be installed, go see the network admin and he will go thru the required steps to get them approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Minimoose Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Not browser related but one of my friends booted one of the school computer from his USB which had Linux on it, it let him access all the files on the network of the system, so he could see the name and address of every pupil etc.. This is probably just the bad security at my school, but i can see why schools might take something like this seriously :) It was funny though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HawkMan Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 They know and probably do use Firefox. It is just that any software that goes on the computer have to go through local testing and trust usage programs to ensure they work, also they have to be approved by the authories that run the network (including the principal and the school's board people). It is not a matter of simply installing them across the network. Computers are the school's assets and they need to ensure that the network are running at the highest quality so everyone have a fair go. Yes, I know Firefox (in fact I am using it on my home computer) is very good. If you want a specific program to be installed, go see the network admin and he will go thru the required steps to get them approved. Also unless things have changed recently. IE offers a lot more power in how it can be controlled and restricted through policies, wich is important in a corporate enviroment and even more so in a school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WelshBluebird Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 lol. Have used firefox loads on school PC's. Well, till my USB pen drive broke anyway. Let's me get access to banned sites (which include the oxford uni website among others) and is much faster loading than IE on the school network (for whatever reason). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kaptain chump Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Instead of obeying the teacher, he had to argue. I would be ****ed if i was the student too, but he'll learn that he needs to listen from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ironman273 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I guess the topic wouldn't be very interesting if the title were "Kid Gets Detention for Not Following Rules" :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ironman273 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well, it turns out the whole thing was faked... http://www.bigspring.k12.pa.us/news.php?ac...article_id=2130 The FoxFire thing was a nice touch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PL_ Veteran Posted December 17, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2007 Outrageous! Same with out school PCs, but I have firefox installed on my USB drive. Same, though our school computers can't give it internet access (some kind of Microsoft protection said our old Linux-using ICT teacher...yeah, he was great :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ironman273 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Outrageous!Same, though our school computers can't give it internet access (some kind of Microsoft protection said our old Linux-using ICT teacher...yeah, he was great :p) Outrageous that it was faked? :blink: Does no one read the thread anymore before posting in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I find that pretty funny. "FoxFire.exe" and shes in the technology department.
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