Idaho legislators believe in local control — except when they don’t. Don’t take it from us. Ask your local librarian. Under a new state law, libraries have to install filtering on their computers, so children will not be exposed to indecent or obscene material over the Internet. It is just the kind of one-size-fits-all policy and potential unfunded mandate that legislators enjoy railing against — when they believe the state is on the receiving end of overreaching federal policy. Such sentiments were lost on the 2011 Legislature, which passed an amended version of the Internet filter bill without a single dissenting vote. … As Coeur d’Alene Public Library director Bette Ammon told the Spokane Spokesman-Review: “It’s ridiculous to hold adult use of materials to the same standard as children”/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Do you support the new filter law for Idaho libraries?

• Wednesday Poll: Easily, Hucks Online readers dubbed their laptops and personal computers as their most indispensible electronics gadgets. 71 of 151 respondents (47%) said laptops and PCs were indispensible for them. 44 of 151 (29.1%) put cell phones/smart phones in that category. 21 of 151 (13.9%) said they couldn't do without their entertainment center (TV, DVD, stereo, video game). 3 respondents each favored their Kindle/electronic reader or GPS. 9 favored “other.”
• Today's Question: Would a boat launch on NIC Education Corridor property be a good alternative to the one now at 3rd Street?

• Thursday Poll: Mac users may be fanatical about their computer, but most in Hucks Nation prefers PCs. 99 of 134 respondents (73.88%) said they prefer PCs to Macs. Only 27 of 134 (20.15%) choose Macs. 5 of 134 (3.73%) said they like both types of computers. 3 were undecided.
• Weekend Poll: Will Raul Labrador serve more than one term in the U.S. House of Representatives?

Item: NIC combatting stubborn virus: Ninety percent of faculty, staff computers infected/Alison Boggs, SR

More Info: Teams of computer technology specialists are cleaning North Idaho College’s 1,200 faculty and staff computers – one by one – to eradicate a pervasive and destructive virus that hit campus a week ago. On Friday, information technology staff realized the virus wasn’t responding to the most recent anti-virus software. That’s when the college ordered faculty and staff computers shut down until they could be confirmed safe.

Question: Has your workplace but shut down by a computer virus?