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"Then there were the things they could not control, such as the confiscation by police of the computer belonging to the dean of students at Alex’s school. The d

"Then there were the things they could not control, such as the confiscation by police of the computer belonging to the dean of students at Alex’s school. The dean had requested the images in an effort to sort things out" --- haha...sure dean, sure. "sort things out"

noonespecial 17y ago
I know its a joke here, but if that attitude really prevails, there will be no way at all to deal with this in a rational way at the level where it will do the most good. We've already got a serious problem with over-escalation here. All this will do is make the people most able to deal with the problem too afraid even to acknowledge it. Don't look, don't think, just call the Miniluv.
- randallsquared 17y ago
  It hardly matters. Ease of information transfer is here to stay, absent the demise of civilization, and there's nothing that can be done to legislate it in the long run. In the short run, there will be large, local disruptions, but I don't see a way to avoid that, and it seems reasonable that mocking authority figures will bring the long run sooner and thereby minimize such local disruptions.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  True enough: but that is not something the dean is equipped to cope with on his own. They are pictures of minors and no matter his intentions requesting them (where from?) off his own back sounds like a bad move! Get in with the police force (in all liklihood they would welcome his connection to the pupils) and provide suppor through that medium; that seems a more logical approach (what he did sounds like a half cocked investigation of his own - which is a bad idea full stop anyway :D). As it is he will almost certainly be let off with a caution (provided nothing else is found) - but siezing it is all but mandatory. If nothing else to ensure the images are correctly destroyed.
  - noonespecial 17y ago
    In the current environment, the dean's best course of action (provided he cares about the students and their futures) is to keep the images as far from the police as possible and try to handle it as quickly and quietly as he can. Such is the sad but true we now find ourselves in.
    - Zak 17y ago
      It didn't happen at school, and it didn't involve school resources as far as I can tell from the article. The best course of action for the dean is to avoid dealing with the situation entirely. There seems to be a common attitude among school administrators that anything involving students is their business. It is not.
      - jdbeast00 17y ago
        can someone explain why Zak is +14 while i'm -7 and we basically said the same thing. it was a joke guys.
        philwelch 17y ago
        Because Zak just said it (clearly and understandably), and you tried to convey it through a vague and not-especially-funny witticism. You also complained about getting downmodded, which is why you're at 0 here.
spoiledtechie 17y ago
We are a serious board. We do not take kindly to irrational thought here on HN. When its a serious news post, its most likely taken serious when leaving comments. You were not serious and therefor got voted down. I almost consider you a troll for doing so.
- jdbeast00 17y ago
  you entrepreneurs are a serious bunch. I'll remember be solemn and serious in the future. I brought up a valid point though, random adults shouldn't be asking to see nude images and videos of teens, even if it is purportedly to help out. Its one thing for teens to send them to each other. Its an entirely different thing for a school administrator to request the images. There is no benefit for him doing this.

noonespecial 17y ago

I know its a joke here, but if that attitude really prevails, there will be no way at all to deal with this in a rational way at the level where it will do the most good. We've already got a serious problem with over-escalation here. All this will do is make the people most able to deal with the problem too afraid even to acknowledge it. Don't look, don't think, just call the Miniluv.

randallsquared 17y ago
It hardly matters. Ease of information transfer is here to stay, absent the demise of civilization, and there's nothing that can be done to legislate it in the long run. In the short run, there will be large, local disruptions, but I don't see a way to avoid that, and it seems reasonable that mocking authority figures will bring the long run sooner and thereby minimize such local disruptions.
ErrantX 17y ago
True enough: but that is not something the dean is equipped to cope with on his own. They are pictures of minors and no matter his intentions requesting them (where from?) off his own back sounds like a bad move! Get in with the police force (in all liklihood they would welcome his connection to the pupils) and provide suppor through that medium; that seems a more logical approach (what he did sounds like a half cocked investigation of his own - which is a bad idea full stop anyway :D). As it is he will almost certainly be let off with a caution (provided nothing else is found) - but siezing it is all but mandatory. If nothing else to ensure the images are correctly destroyed.
- noonespecial 17y ago
  In the current environment, the dean's best course of action (provided he cares about the students and their futures) is to keep the images as far from the police as possible and try to handle it as quickly and quietly as he can. Such is the sad but true we now find ourselves in.
  - Zak 17y ago
    It didn't happen at school, and it didn't involve school resources as far as I can tell from the article. The best course of action for the dean is to avoid dealing with the situation entirely. There seems to be a common attitude among school administrators that anything involving students is their business. It is not.
    - jdbeast00 17y ago
      can someone explain why Zak is +14 while i'm -7 and we basically said the same thing. it was a joke guys.
      - philwelch 17y ago
        Because Zak just said it (clearly and understandably), and you tried to convey it through a vague and not-especially-funny witticism. You also complained about getting downmodded, which is why you're at 0 here.

spoiledtechie 17y ago

We are a serious board. We do not take kindly to irrational thought here on HN. When its a serious news post, its most likely taken serious when leaving comments. You were not serious and therefor got voted down. I almost consider you a troll for doing so.

jdbeast00 17y ago
you entrepreneurs are a serious bunch. I'll remember be solemn and serious in the future. I brought up a valid point though, random adults shouldn't be asking to see nude images and videos of teens, even if it is purportedly to help out. Its one thing for teens to send them to each other. Its an entirely different thing for a school administrator to request the images. There is no benefit for him doing this.