Two Words, One Answer.
shutdowns
 Kenworth Shutdown Override Plate, Stainless Steel $18.87 Quality Stainless Steel Shutdown Override Plate for Kenworth Trucks  Tripp Lite SEC4002RF Notebook/Laptop Security Device for Automatic Shutdown $74.95 I was hoping that this piece of equipment was going to solve my office's problem of drive-by-prankings from co-workers. It turns out I was wrong. Working in a software development organization, most of us have dual monitor docking stations on our laptops. The software that "locks" the computer that comes with this device is only capable of locking ONE of the two displays. The other display is left completely open with mouse/keyboard access wide open, even though the other screen is "locked". Their tech support department confirmed this via email after I sent them an email asking if this was the intended behavior. They told me that, yes it works this way, and there is no workaround. Also, once the software is installed, the uninstaller doesn't work. It just blinks slightly and then fails to remove anything from the computer. Re-installing/updating is also troublesome as it won't let you re-install until the previous version is gone. This product appears to be off-shore tech repackaged to lure American buyers into thinking this will help them. Poor software and poor instructions don't help. The hardware looks solid, but without useful software to support it, it's useless. I sent it back for a refund.  Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War $14.95 This is a really superb, intelligent, well-made documentary about the Bay Area peace coalition, Direct Action to Stop The War (DASW), that helped mobilize the huge anti-war demonstration in San Francisco at the onset of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Not only does it celebrate what DASW did right like building an alliance with longshore workers and successfully shutting down buisness as usual in San Francisco on the first day of the war, it more importantly reflects on what it did wrong like not dealing effectively with internal problems of racism, classism, and patriarchy and allowing an informal, unaccountable leadership to evolve. For peace and justice activists interested in building a diverse, sustainable movement for global liberation, this is a must-see documentary. I especially recommend it for local anti-war groups to use as a consciousness-raising tool around issues of long-term strategy and political analysis. |
|
