Professor Smashes PC Dipped in Liquid Nitrogen

[insider3]

I'd still bring my laptop to class, just so he can snag it from me so I can sue his ass.

 

[babybeluga]

[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]I'd still bring my laptop to class, just so he can snag it from me so I can sue his ass.[/citation]

No, you really wouldn't.

 

[Guest]

not that i condone such drastic restrictions but he does have a point...

how many kids would be taking notes as opposed to being on facebook/twitter/chat

 

[Guest]

People are naive if they think students are doing nothing but taking notes with their laptops. Students are constantly instant messaging, looking at facebook, or browsing youtube videos regularly in class. Sure, some students take notes, but a majority of them are screwing around doing other things. It can get very distracting when a group of students start laughing at a youtube video or something someone wrote in an IM. This is just as distracting to other students as when a student is consistently texting during class. Should students who use computers to actually take notes be punished? Probably not. But the few students who actually take notes with their laptop is likely smaller that the students who are being distracted by those who are messing around.

 

[g00ey]

If I ever would attend his class I'd bring two laptops so that I can smash his head with the other one if he would do that to my laptop.

 

[Guest]

My guess is the liquid nitrogen did nothing, and the laptop broke exactly as much as it would have had he thrown it on the ground without the LN.

 

[okoaomo]

Absolutely childish

 

[g00ey]

Perhaps I'm missing some point here but if I would attend a lecture I would do that because I want to partake in it. If IM and Youtube is more important to me I'd stay out of class.

It's not mandatory to attend the lectures, at least not in my school. What students do with their laptops and their time is their responsibility and not the teacher's. His only concern would be if they cause disruption in class which is very uncommon in my school.

 

[Parsian]

man he should throw a iPad in to prove a point: "APPLE STOP MAKING CRAPPY OVER PRICED PRODUCTS"

 

[Pei-chen]

Lame, it will take a while for the internal temperature of the laptop to drop enough to affect structural integrity. Just dip it and smash is no different than just smashing it outright. Corners and screen will crack and maybe the hinges too but it will not be “cool” (as in taking a flower out of a LN tank and smash it into a million pieces).

 

[Guest]

i wonder whos laptop that was

 

[warezme]

cool but they didn't show the actual impact and to bad it wasn't a mac.

 

[etrnl_frost]

Considering that netbooks come with microphones now, and you can easily put a usb webcam on these things, I would consider a netbook/notebook to be an invaluable tool when it comes to note taking. I couldn't tell you how many times I was trying to scrawl what my org. chemistry teacher was writing on his 4 chalkboards and saying before he had moved on and I was left in the dust.

If the student is going to stare at youtube all day, their grades suffer. Here's an idea: instead of using a stupid bell curve, the stupid fail, the smart prevail, and if it's because one kid was using a laptop to look at porn, who cares? Well deserved.

 

[Parrdacc]

[citation][nom]babybeluga[/nom]Do you people not see the kid laughing? This is not a student's laptop........Seriously, get some common sense...[/citation]


or actually read the artical

 

[thegreathuntingdolphin]

That was awesome. I have had professors smash "student" cell phones before but nothing this dramatic. Naturally, it is not really a student's laptop.

Yeah right, they enhance their learning capabilities... like World of Warcraft or Youtube...
Get real!

I couldn't agree more. Laptops are annoying in class. I only saw around 5 people in my entire 4 years at college that used the laptops for notes (and I went to a large public university with somewhat large classrooms). Everyone that had a laptop surfed the web, facebooked, played games, or watched movies (including pron). And they usually giggled a lot.

 

[jgiron]

If he did that to my laptop I'd sue for loss of my laptop plus all the information I had on it. I'd like to know what university/college does not allow the use of laptops?

On a side note, I bet this was Computer Science 101.

 

[Brent_NC]

Someone should welcome him to 2010. Instead of acting like an idiot, possibly finding a useful way to incorporate computers into the curriculum would be a better use of his time.

Idiot

 

[bin1127]

I used a laptop during school and truthfully, you end up surfing the net more than paying attention. And if you needed a laptop to keep up with taking notes, you're taking the wrong approach to lectures. It's about ideas and discussions, not copying your prof's words verbatim.

 

[qwed88]

What a douche, a simple please don't bring laptops into my class room would have sufficed.
If he were touch my property I'm afraid I'd have to hit him.

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]g00ey[/nom]I don't understand why he is so aggressive about students using laptops during lectures. Some people actually use their laptops to take notes.[/citation]

True, but most don't, either checking Failbook, lamespace, or playing farm game or starcraft or something.

 

[techguy378]

This professor is living in the dark ages. It's common practice for students to use a laptop in any class (except physical education maybe). Maybe this professor should be fired for being a lousy teacher.

 

[jon bon wonton]

Boy, that was some hot container and cooler retrieving action that student captured there. Much more exciting than seeing what happened to the laptop for sure.

 

[scione]

apparently laptops are a distraction because when you type the clicking sound is very annoying.

 

[jamjam101]

i dont think it was a students...i think even proffs could get in serious trouble for destroying a student's personal equipment.

 

[gtvr]

We already know what happens with metal and extreme cold from Terminator 2. Who needs science class?