Norphy Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46150107 Quite an interesting one, although very daft on that headmaster's part.
FN-GM Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 I expected something like this to come up. But not from a head. I expected some IT guys to have them hidden in a server room somewhere.
Popular Post LeMarchand Posted November 9, 2018 Popular Post Posted November 9, 2018 I expected something like this to come up. But not from a head. I expected some IT guys to have them hidden in a server room somewhere. *Cue the sound of Edugeek members shuffling off to the "special corner" of the server room* 7
FN-GM Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 Or get some workstations with powerful graphics cards. Can do it in full view and nobody will notice.
Sonic007 Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 I saw this article and burst out laughing. This is briliant!
SpuffMonkey Posted November 9, 2018 Posted November 9, 2018 All you need is admin access to hundreds of PCs and a long summer holiday...cough cough...
FN-GM Posted November 10, 2018 Posted November 10, 2018 All you need is admin access to hundreds of PCs and a long summer holiday...cough cough... I should imagine most school PC's don't have a GPU.
mikeprice Posted November 10, 2018 Posted November 10, 2018 I should imagine most school PC's don't have a GPU. yet!!
SpuffMonkey Posted November 10, 2018 Posted November 10, 2018 I should imagine most school PC's don't have a GPU. You didn't need a GPU back when bitcoin started
Arthur Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 I should imagine most school PC's don't have a GPU. Do you mean discrete GPU? All of our school PCs have come with (integrated) GPUs as standard for years. Another option is to add CoinHive to the school website and use the processing power of your visitors computers. Multiple NHS trusts and ICO did it, so it must be okay.
LeMarchand Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 Another option is to add CoinHive to the school website and use the processing power of your visitors computers. Multiple NHS trusts and ICO did it, so it must be okay. I don't think that the amount of hits our sites get would be much help .
FN-GM Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 Do you mean discrete GPU? All of our school PCs have come with (integrated) GPUs as standard for years. Another option is to add CoinHive to the school website and use the processing power of your visitors computers. Multiple NHS trusts and ICO did it, so it must be okay. Good Enough GPU** 1
Popular Post dhicks Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Posted November 11, 2018 Chinese headmaster fired for cryptocurrency mining using school resources A headmaster with enough IT skills to plug in their own computer and install their own software? And they fired him? 8
mikeprice Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 A headmaster with enough IT skills to plug in their own computer and install their own software? And they fired him? Good move if you ask me I have met heads that could install their own software - I know this 'cos of having to delete the software and apps and browser extensions when they complain about how the computer 'seems slow for some reason' and clearly do a full antivirus scan after CLEARLY I couldn't just reimage the laptop because there was too much stuff stored in random folders everywhere
SpuffMonkey Posted November 11, 2018 Posted November 11, 2018 I wish I had thought of this! What would be worse is thinking of it, doing it, losing the wallet and all details during a hardware refresh cycle when you're off sick and then watching the value of the coins you no longer have go astronomic! ...I would imagine....
Olliekai Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 What would be worse is thinking of it, doing it, losing the wallet and all details during a hardware refresh cycle when you're off sick and then watching the value of the coins you no longer have go astronomic! ...I would imagine.... Aaaaaaanddd that would be my luck
hardtailstar Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 What would be worse is thinking of it, doing it, losing the wallet and all details during a hardware refresh cycle when you're off sick and then watching the value of the coins you no longer have go astronomic! ...I would imagine.... Experience? How many headteachers have read this thinking about doing the same? haha
jthompson Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 A headmaster with enough IT skills to plug in their own computer and install their own software? And they fired him? I'd class that as a 'dangerous level of knowledge' (anything beyond a good working knowledge of PowerPoint, Reply All, BCC, filesizes and remembering password(s)).
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