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Professor Destroys Students Laptop with LN2

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When the professor says “NO LAPTOPS” in class, he means it. I was laughing right up until the part where he slammed the frozen laptop on the ground and shattered it. :eek:
 
I can understand setting policy, but now he owes that student a lappy and I would imagine he could face some action by the school.
 
Why doesn't he allow laptops in class? He had no right to take somebody's property and destroy it like that. I'd sue.
 
You mean Harold Ramis - and yes he does.

But seriously, would you just sit there and let anyone destroy your laptop? I don't give a shit if he's the professor ... and what if the student sues? Video evidence!
 
I would have socked my professor in the face for pulling that shit. No one has the right to smash a multi thousand dollar computer, no matter the circumstances....
 
You know that's fake. No student would let a professor do that to their laptop.
 
Before everyone keeps jumping on the bandwagon about how prof shouldn't have done that we have no idea the context in which the prof had the laptop in the first place. We didnt seem him confiscate it from a student or anything for all we know it was a demonstration, which I am inclined to believe is probably the real reason behind this and some kid chopped the video to make it seem like a prof did it to some kids computer.
 
josephunh said:
Before everyone keeps jumping on the bandwagon about how prof shouldn't have done that we have no idea the context in which the prof had the laptop in the first place. We didnt seem him confiscate it from a student or anything for all we know it was a demonstration, which I am inclined to believe is probably the real reason behind this and some kid chopped the video to make it seem like a prof did it to some kids computer.
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I was gonna say the same thing. Now I didn't go to a big university or major in any sort of science but is it really normal to keep LN2 lying around like that?
 
Why does everyone assume he confiscated it? He could have used an old beat up one and froze it as a joke/example?
 
Bravo! About time someone got some sense! And the demo makes the point. Students are there to learn, not talk on Facebook.
 
I'm sure (or at least hope) it wasn't a student laptop.

Regardless, no laptop policies are retarded.
 
SilverSliver said:
Why does everyone assume he confiscated it? He could have used an old beat up one and froze it as a joke/example?
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YouTube description:

"In an effort to make a point, a professor freezes a student's laptop with liquid nitrogen then smashes it."
 
DKS said:
Bravo! About time someone got some sense! And the demo makes the point. Students are there to learn, not talk on Facebook.
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I'm not sure when or if you went to college, but as of about 10 years ago, laptops are standard in most classrooms. Students take notes on them consistantly, some professors even require them.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
I'm sure (or at least hope) it wasn't a student laptop.

Regardless, no laptop policies are retarded.
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No, they're not. People don't pay attention, they're writing emails and checking Facebook.

This is from Engadget:

"...and while it seems that the whole stunt was premeditated, most students acknowledged that his point was driven home. In short, he took a defunct machine, submerged in liquid nitrogen, and proceeded to make the following statement:

"This is just liquid nitrogen, so it alone won't hurt the computer. But this will."
 
Damn no edits...I was just going to say I'm suprised this has made it across the internet. Boomer Sooner!
 
I love how most here are coming to the defense of laptops in the classroom. Fact is, 90% of the time they aren't used to take notes, they are used to surf the net or play games. Which is fine... but then don't come to class! Don't be an idiot and come in, not pay attention, and distract other people. It's the fact that people can't use them intelligently which is why some professors have these policies.
 
Achron said:
No, they're not. People don't pay attention, they're writing emails and checking Facebook.
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If you need a nanny to tell you to put your crap away then maybe you shouldn't go to college.

Last I checked I'm the one paying to attend the class. I should be able to use whatever I want to take notes and such as long as I'm not bothering anyone else.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
If you need a nanny to tell you to put your crap away then maybe you shouldn't go to college.

Last I checked I'm the one paying to attend the class. I should be able to use whatever I want to take notes and such as long as I'm not bothering anyone else.
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Go ahead and tell that to the idiots that are doing that. I'd say about 1/5 of my class has a laptop out and NO ONE are taking notes on it. Why would they? The professors all use PowerPoint now.

You don't think the "click click click click" of they keyboard for 50 minutes doesn't bother anyone else?
 
I'd love to see a professor, especially one of his stature, attempt this on any property of mine. I'd stick his face in the LN2 then smash it with my fist.

What a waste of resources.
 
lol the professor was laughing to much for me to believe that was really a students laptop.. but honestly even if it was mine id let him do it anyways just because it would be funny as hell.. its not like i dont have multiple laptops with everything backed up on them anyways..

still a funny ass video and glad i didnt have a professor like that since i spent most of my time in school playing games online while sitting in the back of the glass.. :D
 
Achron said:
Go ahead and tell that to the idiots that are doing that. I'd say about 1/5 of my class has a laptop out and NO ONE are taking notes on it. Why would they? The professors all use PowerPoint now.

You don't think the "click click click click" of they keyboard for 50 minutes doesn't bother anyone else?
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You think keys are bad, I hate the sound of pencils on paper. The scratching, the page turning, paper can make an awful lot of racket when the whole room is writing or turning a page. We should ban paper too if we want to get rid of anything somebody can think is an annoying sound.
 
drako said:
I love how most here are coming to the defense of laptops in the classroom. Fact is, 90% of the time they aren't used to take notes, they are used to surf the net or play games. Which is fine... but then don't come to class! Don't be an idiot and come in, not pay attention, and distract other people. It's the fact that people can't use them intelligently which is why some professors have these policies.
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exactly.. and you can blame the schools for having open wireless connections as well like my high school and college..
 
drako said:
I love how most here are coming to the defense of laptops in the classroom. Fact is, 90% of the time they aren't used to take notes, they are used to surf the net or play games. Which is fine... but then don't come to class! Don't be an idiot and come in, not pay attention, and distract other people. It's the fact that people can't use them intelligently which is why some professors have these policies.
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I only use my laptop in class to take notes, cite lecture materials like powerpoints and pdfs, etc.
 
There's no way he did it to a student's laptop. Why do people say it's fake, though? Lol. If anything, he had a dead laptop and wanted to make a point by showing what he could do to your laptop if he caught you screwing around on one during a lecture. That's what Im getting from the video.
 
I'm saying it's fake because I go to the university. The laptop was a fake- done to make a point.
 
he should have used a mac book pro screen and said it was an ipad :p
 
What would happen to a real laptop if you froze it in LN2 and then thawed it out? Would it still work?
 
DKS said:
Bravo! About time someone got some sense! And the demo makes the point. Students are there to learn, not talk on Facebook.
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Yes, and some of us use them to learn. As a dyslexic student I need a laptop in order to take any kind of worthwhile notes. If a teacher smashed mine I'd have his job.
 
Spectrum17 said:
What would happen to a real laptop if you froze it in LN2 and then thawed it out? Would it still work?
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the liquid itself wouldn't have any effect as long as the laptop had no electrical current, though I would bet there would be enough contraction and expansion of critical components that something would likely crack.
 
Eh, someone did that with my stuff, I would just call the cops. Destroying personal property is not legal just because you're a college professor. I highly doubt he would every really do that. Hell I would bring in a macbook (they're worthless anyway) just to get him to do it. :p
 
I'm sure you cant always trust comments on Youtube, but...

'I can't believe that this made engadget! I was there sitting in the front row and though this prank was staged, it was still funny as hell. '


Also, listen to the first part of the video
'not sufficiently memorable'
it was certainly staged, not a students laptio
 
I don't care what 99.9% of students are doing in the college classroom: IF I take better notes on a laptop. I will be using my laptop. I'm paying tuition - and I will learn in the way that suits my style best.

In-fact, I'm HAPPY everyone else is wasting time on facebook - it means I'll be more competitive when I graduate, compared to the rest of my class.

Academia needs to learn that college is PAST the "We need to hold your hand" phase of development. College should separate the boys from the men. Step up to the plate - and do your own work, of your own volition. College is for ADULTS. Let the 20 year old children fail - and this country will be better for it. (Oh no, professor and university standing is too important than that - you're sellouts - as an industry).
 
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