Today I was messing around after school in the library, trying to see if I could get Firefox (running off of usb [the school only has usb 1.1! it’s HORRIBLE]) to connect through the proxy. Earlier that day I had found somewhere in the program files directory for Internet Explorer the settings for connecting (menus are blocked off… no tools+options). I was looking for it again to see if I could have Firefox use it, and someone remotely accessed my computer. I recognized it instantly; I have a similar service at home (good semi-colon usage, or bad?). So… as the tech guy was clicking all the little X’s, I hit windows key+L+L to log off. If I remember correctly, if he was using VNC, popping up a command prompt and kicking it into full screen mode would have changed the resolution and nailed his VNC connection, but hey, this was a school computer, their rules, my fault, oopsies, so there was no fighting back on my part.
Anyway, I called my mom to see what she wanted me to do, and she basically said whatever you want except she said she would probably ask to talk to an assistant principle or an IT guy. Anyway, so I went to the office and I asked to talk to someone (after some pacing and saying, “No, I don’t need any help,” to discover that the tech guy probably left already. So… I go to the library and ask the librarian, because he does a printscreen dealio when he sees it and actually copies the images, probably into paint, and prints 'em out and the librarian gets em. She really didn’t understand what I was trying to do, she said something or other about a firewall, but their firewall doesn’t actually block applications from accessing the web (auto-updates from various programs work), so if I connected through the proxy I mighta been good. Anyway she basically said not to do that anymore, and I agreed, although I wish I could use Firefox at school. What I was really looking for was what the potential punishments are, but I’m guessing they probably amount to whatever the school/district wants.
The point is… Big Brother is watching me, at least. It was actually a surprise, because in elementary school I never noticed anything except some kids getting in trouble for sending “inappropriate” emails to each other through the school email service. God only knows what inappropriate means in that context. Could be anything. This could end up causing problems for me, because I hoped to take many computer classes during my stay at the highschool.
