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Yeah, someone from the 1920's would be amazed at the people walking around while talking on their cell phones ... and by seeing people of color eating side by side with white folk.

Cell phones, probably. But not necessarily by people from different races mixing in public. It did happen in Northern cities, particularly in places like public transport, which was too crowded to allow for separate sections.

Women in the workforce? Dressed like chippies? With skirts above the knee?

Women did have jobs, at least till they got married. I don't know what a "chippie" is, but skirt hems did reach at least the bottom of the knee in the later '20s. http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/westspringfieldhs/academ ic/english/1project/99gg/99gg2/clothe2.htm

Kids with metal stuck through their skin?

I'm still a little shocked today. Actually, grossed out.

For more on this redistribution of massive amounts of money inhibiting religion, see the position of a Vatican official

[...] Archbishop Lajolo said limits on religious freedom exist almost everywhere.

For instance, he said, government and taxation policies may limit the rights of parents to choose a religious education for their children [...]

And where did I say benchmark? I said analysis, and what we wish to analyze is how Freenet is currently routing, for better and/or for worse.

Point taken, I totally confused the two.

You've brushed aside the fact that developing an anonymous, decentralized network that is resilient to attack is hard, and much of the theory is untested in the real world

Hard maybe, but not without precedent in the real world.

I am one of those commie bastard green card holding hippies and when I went through Fairfax County Public Schools I had to recite the Pledge. Of course, that was only for my senior year -- until then it hadn't been mandated.

Hick town eh?

Oh yeah, way out there in Fairfax County.

Funny, we have the NRO, one of the largest airports in the US, an 802.11b wireless network, SGI, a linux users group, and an Intel datacenter, not to mention also having a boatload of linux careers. Oh yeah, and don't forget that MAE-East often gets cut by cows chewing on the fiber out here in hickville. Oh, I forgot some little things like ThinkGeek, NSI, and ARIN.
Oh yeah, and that hick high school is getting me my CCNA.

I'm not even going to mention AOL, Erols, or the CIA.

But you get the picture.

- Cary

Hick town eh?

Oh yeah, way out there in Fairfax County.

Funny, we have the NRO, one of the largest airports in the US, an 802.11b wireless network, SGI, a linux users group, and an Intel datacenter, not to mention also having a boatload of linux careers. Oh yeah, and don't forget that MAE-East often gets cut by cows chewing on the fiber out here in hickville. Oh, I forgot some little things like ThinkGeek, NSI, and ARIN.
Oh yeah, and that hick high school is getting me my CCNA.

I'm not even going to mention AOL, Erols, or the CIA.

But you get the picture.

- Cary

I'm really getting sick of all the whining about internet filtering software, in particular this comment. This is going to be a crow bar to push schools around? Far from it. First, let me tell you why not. Second, let me tell you my experience.

Already, a huge part of schools across America are implementing filtering programs on their networks. This isn't just limited to the schools - libraries are putting them in place as well. Why? Because there's universal pressure from the politicians in power to put them there. Look back at that chart of candidates. Did you notice that out of the six listed, four support filtering, and two didn't respond? Why's this? Because the vast majority of the public feels like it keeps their children safe. It's a nice warm, fuzzy security blanket.

Now to my experience. I'm a college student now, but I'm originally from Fairfax County, Virginia. I went to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, one of the greatest high schools in the nation. Our entire school system is consistently ranked very highly. I have personally dealt with filtering software. As of right now, nearly every high school in the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) system is filtered by I-Gear, a product developed by URLabs (now owned by Symanted). Take a look at the FCPS overview and background info. On the background info page, scroll on down to the "Pilot results" section. You'll notice that 0.2% of the 1.1 million sites accessed over a six week test period were blocked. 0.2%! That's 1 out of 500. Additionally, notice that web access improved from 9 seconds per page load to 3 seconds (on average), thanks to the cache that I-Gear provides.

So you're telling me that this internet filtering system makes the internet a non-useful resource? A waste of time, and leads to poor education? I think that's a ridiculous assertion to make. Look at the FCPS system. Through the filtering, the million students in Fairfax County manage to obtain some of the best education anywhere in the United States. Yes, I agree that filtering sucks, and I wouldn't want it on my connection. However, if I live in a low-income area, where my school has no internet access, I definitely want to have a filtered system, rather than nothing at all. When implemented properly, filtering can work. This is going to a crow bar? No. This is going to be a positive addition to millions of childrens' lives.

I'm really getting sick of all the whining about internet filtering software, in particular this comment. This is going to be a crow bar to push schools around? Far from it. First, let me tell you why not. Second, let me tell you my experience.

Already, a huge part of schools across America are implementing filtering programs on their networks. This isn't just limited to the schools - libraries are putting them in place as well. Why? Because there's universal pressure from the politicians in power to put them there. Look back at that chart of candidates. Did you notice that out of the six listed, four support filtering, and two didn't respond? Why's this? Because the vast majority of the public feels like it keeps their children safe. It's a nice warm, fuzzy security blanket.

Now to my experience. I'm a college student now, but I'm originally from Fairfax County, Virginia. I went to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, one of the greatest high schools in the nation. Our entire school system is consistently ranked very highly. I have personally dealt with filtering software. As of right now, nearly every high school in the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) system is filtered by I-Gear, a product developed by URLabs (now owned by Symanted). Take a look at the FCPS overview and background info. On the background info page, scroll on down to the "Pilot results" section. You'll notice that 0.2% of the 1.1 million sites accessed over a six week test period were blocked. 0.2%! That's 1 out of 500. Additionally, notice that web access improved from 9 seconds per page load to 3 seconds (on average), thanks to the cache that I-Gear provides.

So you're telling me that this internet filtering system makes the internet a non-useful resource? A waste of time, and leads to poor education? I think that's a ridiculous assertion to make. Look at the FCPS system. Through the filtering, the million students in Fairfax County manage to obtain some of the best education anywhere in the United States. Yes, I agree that filtering sucks, and I wouldn't want it on my connection. However, if I live in a low-income area, where my school has no internet access, I definitely want to have a filtered system, rather than nothing at all. When implemented properly, filtering can work. This is going to a crow bar? No. This is going to be a positive addition to millions of childrens' lives.