Give all the students laptops and watch'em soar. Yeah, soar right out of the classroom like a WOW druid. The NY Times is reporting that more schools are wising up to the fact that students use their freebie laptops for pretty much anything but larnin'. College becomes little more than Facebook 101. And 201. And 301. And then you get to marry a gothic hamster in fishnets or something. Plus they use Facebook all the time. Facebook: The new LSD. Social Networking: The New Hippies. C'mon kid, it's freeeee....Hm. You guys facilitating that with tax dollars?

Now, if these were tablet PCs (not convertibles) instead of laptops, there might be less of a problem. I think a large part of the issue here is the "You can't see me!" feeling you get from that big shield between you and the evil Dr. Chickendance. A flat tablet would be only, say, 400% more distracting than a plain ol' notebook. It would also help to put a big ugly sticker saying "NOT FOR GAMING OR TRYING TO GET LAID G-DAWG" right on the screen. If you remove it, you not only get sticky sticker remnants, but instant failure and possible jail time. See, I should be a u prez. Or at least some type of cuzultant. Cuz I know stuff.

Link via Engadget, b/c you know I don't read the NY Times. Now, back to Gametap. $#@ where's my beer helmet???