MS Seeks Patent For Repossessing School Computers

theodp writes "Microsoft has applied for a patent for 'securely providing advertising subsidized computer usage.' The application describes how face-recognition webcams and CAPTCHAs can be used in schools to ensure that computer users are paying attention to ads, and the recourse of 'disabling or even repossessing the computer' if they are not."

Ja?

[TinBromide]

you vill look at ze ads und you vill vant to punch out ze celebrity? ja?

In Soviet classrooms...

[TapeCutter]

...ads watch you.

Try the Pavlov method

[edwardpickman]

Wire up the chair and every time they look away give them a shock.

Go 'way

[ColdWetDog]

We're having fun here. Go away! Shoo! Shoo!

Besides, the article is so stupid it should be modded off topic.

Great..

[LilGuy]

I just burned all my mod points on my last slashdot visit on stupid stories. Figures something good is posted right afterward.

Obligatory Simpsons quote

[Garabito]

Skinner: We can buy =real= periodic tables instead of these promotional ones from Oscar Meyer.
Krabappel: Who can tell me the atomic weight of bolognium?
Martin: Ooh ... delicious?
Krabappel: Correct. I would also accept snacktacular.

Re:Ja?

[Hoi Polloi]

Please master, I'm trying to hit the monkey as fast as I can!

I always thought ...

[manastungare]

I always thought Windows machines were already possessed by the Devil.