Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Woman Faces 40 Years for Porn-Infected PC (Crazy, but True)

Those following the popup porn conviction of a grade school teacher should get a kick out of this.

What I don't really understand (and I don't believe she is responsible or that she should spend any time in jail, much less 40 years): couldn't she turn off the monitor? Failing that, even though she had been told not to turn off the computer, couldn't she turn off the computer? Crikey, the non-technical folks I've told to "never turn off a computer, shut it down instead" always ignore that advice. Always. I would think in an emergency like this would warrant ignoring all previous advice about turning off the damn thing.

This appears to have been a perfect storm of stupidity from the get go, from teacher to jury to judge.

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