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From: ART100@PSUVM.PSU.EDU ("Andy Tefft  862-6728", 814)
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Subject: Re: mouce security.
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Date: 30 Sep 89 16:45:00 GMT
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>You might try making students swap an student ID for a mouse.  This
>will tend to insure that you get them back in one piece.
>
>
>Jonathan A. Chandross
>Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu
>UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac

Good idea. I wonder why we don't have problems like this with our mice
though. We do have to swap ID's for startup disks but of course one could
always make a copy of this for his own personal use. All the software
for the Macs is on servers so they're not worried about people trashing
their expensive software. I've never heard of mouse problems before.

The English department has started using Macintoys in the tech writing
courses (thank God it's not mandatory to use them, though we had to
go to a 50-minute introductory session -- "the switch is here, turn your
macintosh on now" -- Blech!!) and they have Macs in a few classrooms
for instructors to use (along with these really neat displays that go on
overhead (transparency) projectors). Everything is chained down, including
the mouse. In order to steal the mouse you'd have to cut the cord.
Another deterrent is the words "ENGLISH DEPARTMENT" in permanent marker
written all over every piece of equipment.

All they use is a cable looped around the cord (loop small enough for
the plug not to fit through) which is connected to the table somehow.

Gee, is this a reason to use optical mice instead of mechanical?

I like the idea with ID cards best though (be sure to accept drivers
licenses too!) cause it's free and would work best. People tend to be
responsible when their ID cards are at stake. You need one of those
for EVERYTHING! (library, football games, even to get into some dorms)


Andy