Professor Smashes PC Dipped in Liquid Nitrogen

After all that build up, there was no money shot. I want to see what happened to the laptop. The student was probably afraid his phone would be next if he moved to get a view of the broken laptop...

I just hope that wasn't some kids laptop in the room. I mean, if they knew he didn't want them there, it was dumb of them to bring it. But that is an expensive way of making a point!

and no fancy smancy cell phones either!!!

Sweet!

Hmmm... a tad extreme in my opinion, but frickin awesome if its not yours!

Now this is one fear that I am glade that isn't at my college. :s
What next Iphones and Ipads?

apparently he doesn't think camera phones are a distraction

It was staged, not a students notebook, a broken notebook used to prove a point. That's what it says in the video's notes on the youtube page.

I don't understand why he is so aggressive about students using laptops during lectures. Some people actually use their laptops to take notes.

dude did you see the principal's laptop? he lent it to me and he'll be back in a few. i went to pee for a minute and now its gone?!

ohh professor! did you see the principal's laptop? its black.

I wanted to see the broken laptop on the ground. Poor job camera man.
Also laptop should be used in the classroom as long as it does not distract other students, what's wrong with him.

Making a point is one thing, though practising it on other people's laptops is an entirely different thing.

Say this guy breaks a students laptop who brought it into class because they find it easier to take notes and study overall?
The professor takes the laptop from the student, smashes it into million pieces, and the student not only loses a pricey piece of equipment, but also lots of data pertaining to his/her studies.

If he did it on a students laptop who actually used it in the described capacity, a lawsuit would be justified, along with proper reimbursement of material damage (not to mention loss of info).

Professors may have a lot to say in their classrooms, but this kind of material abuse and expecting no repercussions for actions that resulted in financial/information damage is absurd.

Curbing distractions in class is one thing and it's good to try to eliminate them, but this guy isn't too clever if he thinks some students won't file a lawsuit if he does it on students laptops.

Destroying a laptop to stress a point is kind of dumb. Really dumb.

EPIC!!!

Okay that professor needs a vacation or retire? Telling students not bring laptops to his class is fine, but I think he toke things a bit far. Now he looks more like a hater than anything else.

The professor needs to climb out of the cave and realize that students use the laptop to enhance their learning capabilities.

Freeze the professor with the liquid nitrogen. call it a cryogenic experiment

This must be a wet dream he's been having for quite some time. The next thing he's going to do is to dip some student's head in the nitrogen and smash it.

I think you all are missing the point. I don't think the professor was raging about a student bringing a laptop to class. I bet he does that every semester to keep his students interested, not to scare them into submission. He gets the point across either way and with such a hands on approach, I bet his class is interesting enough to not have to distract yourself. I wish I had this guy as a professor...

Sad little man on a power trip. Hopefully the owner of the laptop gets him fired and he's forced to pay for a replacement out of his own pocket.

You can have a rule no laptops in my class and drop the person from your class if they disobey that rule, but that doesn't give you the right to destroy people's property. Doesn't this fall under "Wilful destruction of property" ?

Video = FAIL

All that and no money shot.

Its not a students notebook, destruction of property of $500 or more will get you easily arrested. Considering how some other silly things can land you in jail.

Its easy to find a dead notebook somewhere. Biggest worry is what happened to the battery? That is a health hazzard to have that break open.

Nothing helps get the point across more than visual aid.
Plus, how can anyone take your threats seriously if you don't
destroy some property.

I'll tell you who,no-one.

(The destroying property bit was a joke, in case someone comes up with a rebuttle telling me how big of a psycho I am. This is after all the internets and obvious humour is oft' times not picked up on)

Do you people not see the kid laughing? This is not a student's laptop........

Seriously, get some common sense...

That guy definitely looks like Harold Ramis.

Yeah right, they enhance their learning capabilities... like World of Warcraft or Youtube...
Get real!

I'd still bring my laptop to class, just so he can snag it from me so I can sue his ass.

not that i condone such drastic restrictions but he does have a point...

how many kids would be taking notes as opposed to being on facebook/twitter/chat

People are naive if they think students are doing nothing but taking notes with their laptops. Students are constantly instant messaging, looking at facebook, or browsing youtube videos regularly in class. Sure, some students take notes, but a majority of them are screwing around doing other things. It can get very distracting when a group of students start laughing at a youtube video or something someone wrote in an IM. This is just as distracting to other students as when a student is consistently texting during class. Should students who use computers to actually take notes be punished? Probably not. But the few students who actually take notes with their laptop is likely smaller that the students who are being distracted by those who are messing around.

If I ever would attend his class I'd bring two laptops so that I can smash his head with the other one if he would do that to my laptop.

My guess is the liquid nitrogen did nothing, and the laptop broke exactly as much as it would have had he thrown it on the ground without the LN.

Absolutely childish