прогрессивные технологии

IPHONE users may soon be stopped from filming at concerts — as a result of new Apple technology.
The leading computer company plans to build a system that will sense when people are trying to video live events — and turn off their cameras.

A patent application filed by Apple revealed how the technology would work.
If an iPhone were held up and used to film during a concert infra-red sensors would detect it.
These sensors would then contact the iPhone and automatically disable its camera function.

Как для Эпла, звучит вполне нормально. За это его фанаты его и любят - никакой вредной свободы, которая может довести до цугундера. Можно ещё придумать много интересного - например, чтобы GPS автоматом звонил в полицию при превышении скорости. Или, скажем, если рабочий день, а GPS засекает, что хозяин не в офисе - автоматом SMS начальству и отключить интернет. Ибо нефиг. 

учителя и ученики

Кому рецессия, а кому мать родна:

The latest Census Bureau report provides details of the 2008-09 school year, as the nation was in the midst of the recession. That year, 48,238,962 students were enrolled in the U.S. K-12 public education system. That was a decline of 157,114 students from the previous year. They were taught by 3,231,487 teachers (full-time equivalent). That was an increase of 81,426 teachers from the previous year.

Per-pupil spending rose 2.6 percent, and spending on employee compensation (salaries and benefits) rose 2.3 percent. The United States average for per-pupil spending was $10,499, with 25 states spending more than $10,000 per student.

Однако, тенденция:

From 2004 to 2009, student enrollment increased a cumulative 0.7 percent, while the K-12 teacher workforce increased 6.5 percent. Per-pupil spending increased 26.7 percent (about 12.5% after correcting for inflation). Spending on education employee salaries and benefits increased 27.5 percent.

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