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Software V-Chip for PC Games?
63N1U5 writes "CBS news is reporting that SMARTGUARD software is releasing a new application that will allow parents to control their children's PC gaming, a-la the V-Chip for television. The new software, called WallFly, uses the ESRB ratings database to determine if a game can be launched by the current PC user, based on the parents' preferences. Parents can also use this software to set limits on when and for how long their children can play PC games."
As long as the porn sites are still easy to access, its all good.
even less work for parents!
jeez...
Jesus saves souls and redeems them for valuable cash prizes
But just wait until some kid goes Columbine because this thing cut off his game before he could save his progress.
8==8 Bones 8==8
Linux already has the V-Chip. It comes in the form of no games.
The V-chip is not about protecting the children. It is a surveillance device. This new software version for computers is probably no different.
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kids will attempt to thwart their parents' will just to do so. An expression of their independence.
That said, I don't know what I'd prevent a kid at that age (15-16) from playing. Him playing video games beats the hell out of throwing pumpkins at mailboxes or sucking cock at rest stops. (ok those were really unrealistic examples but I'm stoned)
You better watch out, there may be dogs about . .
I agree that for once this tool really is a step in the right direction. Next time some mother sobs to the press about how she didn't know Grand Theft Auto was about stealing cars and wasn't for little kids, everyone can slap her and point to this software that would have done the job for idiots like her.
And then we can slap the public school system for not teaching her the meaning of the words "grand", "theft", and "auto".
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
(i have a friend who's 2 year old figured out how to open the cd drive, put in the disc, and play his favorite game; some Mac educational thing. If he knew that at 2, imagine what he could do at 10...)
Must... resist... temptation to brag about Mac ease of use... must... hold back
Government will force computer manufacturers to put a V-chip, hardware, in the computer. They already did it with TV's. Why? Because hardware is much more difficult to hack than software. Look at how much more difficult it is to pirate games for the playstation, you need a mod chip, not just a copy of the game. And that costs extra money, and takes time. Plus, if you try and add the chip on your own, you could fry the whole system.
I would also like an alarm system to sound when the kid tries to play a game they are not allowed to play. A nice loud siren. Maybe the monitor can flash red too.
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
You know something about GTA:4 the rest of us don't?? Spill it!
You better watch out, there may be dogs about . .
I for one welcome our new free lesbian porn troll.
Have you ever tried turning off the computer, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?
We're just so busy!
God forbid someone imagine that the Civil War was about slavery, when we all know that it was the Trilateral Commission setting things up for the Bushes to establish a dynasty 140 years later.
For gawd sakes keep this story away from my wife... I'd hate to get forced into doing laundry or some other helpful chore around the house when I could instead be fraggin' the heck out of some anonymous sucker.
Definitely use this too, after all your child could be a computer hacker.
Let's get drunk and delete production data!