Kids

[Lightning Blue]

I manage a small network at a school, and today I rebooted one of the PC's and the CD-ROM drive sounded like a woodchipper.

Took it apart and found a chewed up playing card.

GRRRRRRRRR.  :angry:

[That Annoying Kid]

OLO    


they are young, and foolish, let them frolick and fix there mistakes, and when the get to agregious complaing and teach them not to mess things up

=3

[Lightning Blue]

The problem is, this isn't fixable. It's a slimline CD Drive that dell quit making years ago.

[Niteowl]

damn kids.

[Lito]

get one of those things that, you know, keep kids off the computer.  whats it called...er....a nice large combat knife!

[Grimm]

What kind of playing card was it?

[Satanic Monkey]

I don't like kids much, I look at kids now and say is that how I acted when I was a kid ,, arrgh.

[Nuketheplace]

Lb heres the trick to keeping the bad kids away from the computers at the school:  Install Lunix, not only will it keep all the stupid IM kids from messing up anything, you will also be able to catch the smart kids and show them the beauty of games.

[JHunz]

Lb heres the trick to keeping the bad kids away from the computers at the school:  Install Lunix, not only will it keep all the stupid IM kids from messing up anything, you will also be able to catch the smart kids and show them the beauty of games.

No offense, but I can't tell what the hell you are suggesting.  Are you suggesting Linux?  In which case what are you talking about games for?  Or are you suggesting NS so they can play on Lunixmonster?  In which case that is a stupid idea.

Plus neither solution prevents them from putting playing cards in the CD drive.

[CForrester]

Well, how about a big sign that says "THIS IS NOT A DECK SHUFFLER" then?

[Nuketheplace]

Please excuse me, today I haven't had the best command of the english language.  What I mean is that if kids understand how to use the Lunix operating system Lb could easily teach them how to play games

[Dark]

Well, how about a big sign that says "THIS IS NOT A DECK SHUFFLER" then?

personally i think this is the best solution to your problem if and only if the kids know how to read :help:

[Leaderz0rz]

well, for one, you can move the cdrom back a tad, take the plastic cover that covers the drive bays, saw off the insets, get double sided tape, tape it to it, and if done right it will look like there is no cdrom bay.

[Uranium - 235]

Glue the CD drive shut. Seriously, what the hell are they going to use it for? If you ever need it just plug a backpack drive into it :p

[Bogglesteinsky]

electrify the keyboard. Whenever they go to type something, ZZAPP! 10,000 volts goes through their fingers.

Ok, so it would be illegal, but still funny.

[Uranium - 235]

electrify the keyboard. Whenever they go to type something, ZZAPP! 10,000 volts goes through their fingers.

Ok, so it would be illegal, but still funny.

Daresay where you'd find 10,000 volts in a school?

[Bogglesteinsky]

How should I know? I just come up with the brilliant ideas, I leave the rest of you to work out the minor details.

[Geminosity]

when dealing with kids your two greatest tools are fear and love =D

for example... when they use the machine correctly be super nice and friendly to them.
As for stuff you don't want them to do, tell them evil stories about them.  Like that time a kid tried to put a playing card in the CD-ROM drive; he got his hand caught and machine tore his arm off... he bled to death before the paramedics got there, cold and alone ~cackle~

[lolfighter]

Umm, so the CD drive is borked? Get a new one, the school pays.

[Lito]

Network the computers to a cd-rom tower.

that is, a large metal box with a lock on it and network capabilities, storing several cd-rom drives.

My school avoided this problem by not having cd-rom drives on the computers themselves, but using a cd-rom tower and access any information from there.

Need to install a new application? unlock the box with your uber admin key, pop the cd-rom into 1 of 10 cdroms, map the drive, and install away~