SimpleSi

I'm still on 9.7 at most of my schools -SMART are one of those companies who just don't care about the actual end-user support - its all about new products and new sales and making things flashier - mm - I wonder who else does that........ Where's my Office 2015 Blu-ray disc????? Simon

As Arthur says - they've seen a market for "just in case but prob never going to need" archiving and have priced it at the Dropbox pricing model "You'd have to be mad not to pay us a few quid a month for the fantastic service we offer" And with the access times they specify - they can afford to compress it down to 32bytes controlled by a fractal algorithm Simon

@andypitts I can only see 11.3 stuff there Simon

Do my Win98 VM file servers count Si

Just say the word and I'll drop round to CPC and pick one up and post it out to you Simon

apart from me? Simon

or is it just me? Si

Well since your saying that everyone WILL have 3 wi-fi devices then fair enough to go Pro I would like to work in a country where money flows easily and the IT priority is an easy life for the NM Simon

I know your a geek god but I really think the cheap ones are fine for anyone in a "small" school (100 pupils in mycase) (unless every child/teacher has 11n Ipads ) Si

Too late - at least one person has (info via twitter) Simon

Shame on you Chris - you could have been the first person in the world to buy one retail from a shop! Simon

...not for me I met a young chap at MadLab (don't go there - its aptly named!) Manchester RaspberryJam on Saturday. He seems able to walk and talk at the same time and says he looking for some work experience in Sept for a few weeks. Just a heads up to the Manchester NMs in case he swings by later Simon

I'd just like to say that some of the issues are due to Chris not being able to say the phrase of a name of a big city appended by a date out loud (And certainly not recently ) We couldn't all have the kit and some of us didn't all want them But all in all, I think it was a pretty reasonable idea Simon

MarsCuriosity Lander Challenge | cymplecy Si

Its that word that's the Elephant in the Room Do we lock the the sharp implements away or do we just put them in a draw and say don't touch - discuss Do we lock everything in the safe overnight (or course we do with the money or a childs medical records) but we don't put their excercise books (with teachers comments) in there as well Si

Apologies Can you provide a copy of the Judge Dredd section Simon

How did I miss this fight ITS NOT OUR/YOUR FFN JOB TO ACT AS JUDGE DREDD The cook doesn't monitor knife usage - she(sorry to be sexist) doesnt make sure they are not sharp - she hands them out for eating - we tell the pupils(and the teachers) not to stab each other with them and most days things go OK When someone does stab with them - the wrath of god comes down upon them - this acts as a good example to the other pupils (and teachers) and a long gap occurs before it happens again. Everyone knows not to mis-use the tools that they have been given Maybe one day, somewhere, in some school, they might need knife monitors but in lots of schools in lots of places - the cook can get on with cooking and not worry about knive misuse Attack ALWAYS Wins and spending tremedous time/effort on defence is normally only a reasonable value for money idea in a prison establishment But hey - these discusssions always become religious and we should all live and let live - even if some of us are plonkers and are first in line come the revolution Simon PS For those new to Edugeek - I am a Dark Lord on the security front - I'm not on that team

... are you? Si

Switch stuff off - are you some sort of lefty greenpeace communist! Si

The only one I tried (Belkin) died after about a year as well Worked 100% until that point but as has been said, they are just probably not engineered properly to last and prob due to being combined PSU/Device with no proper cooling Si Sort of negates their usefulness though

All sorted thanks to Edugeek And had a great mini-educonf with FN-GM - SSEM, VDI, SAMBA, CITRIX, ACLS etc etc over a pint Si PS Apologies if I've got some of the acronyms wrong

Flabber and Gasted :WOW: Raspberry Pi • View topic - Another great tiny cheap computer The kit The Man What he's done with it The videos Brilliant! Simon

Zak - please ring me ASAP please

Ok - got a source Got a delivery service sorted Anyone available to plug them in for me Si

I'm in Euxton, Chorley. I'm working at St Georges Primary School - Contact Us today but I can meet you anywhere - Preston - Rivington services - you name it but if you've got time - you could witness 1st hand a SimpleSi diabolical network setup Worth the diversion I'd thought I'll PM you my mob Simon