I agree, my son goes on MySpace, the photos sent to him is crazy and I am far from a prudish mom.
I do think what will cut down on it is to charge a nominal fee. Say $1-2.00 and having to use a major credit card to sign up with. And with that sign up is an agreement that you will monitor your child's actions and be held responsible. I do not expect MySpace to protect my children. This is the internet, it's very easy to say I'm this and this....come on now. When some 45 yr old signs up with a credit card, his account says hey, i'm a 45 yr old man/woman and this is my account or I'm a 45 yr old man/woman and I made this account for my child. Email chat logs to both accounts chatting. My son uses my laptop, if he gets punished for any length of time, I format it and when he can use it again, I throw the ghost back on. Simple. The problem is a parent's lack of taking responsibility.
I hope MySpace turns around and sues every lawyer and parent that sued them for this bogus BS. There is no protecting kids online. No protecting adults online. There is only one protection from any online predators. DO NOT GO ONLINE!
The next thing will be to sue the school when you child gets shot walking to school. It wouldn't have happened if school started later..
There is no end to bogus lawsuits. Everyone can sue over anything, it's winning that is a different story. When these suits are lost, there should be a $50k fine for the parent and $100k fine for the lawyer that took the case!
OMG, please show me where I stated Linux was less secure than Windows?
What I said if you can comprehend is that Linux has flaws too and the more people that use it, the more attacks it will get. I never stated that MS fixed thier's flaws faster either.
So when you decide to attack people, attack them on something they actually stated. Not on what you thought you read.
It was a Linux head that state...
No this could not easily have been prevented. There is no anti-spyware or anti-virus software that will stop all possible infections on a Windows box. As to the morons in court convinced that the teacher "had to physically click" on the porn links to make them show up in some way in Windows... give me a break please. That is so not right. It sounds like this teacher may be railroaded to the jail house over computer issues that the persons running the court are clueless about. Just one more reason to toss Windows and learn to use a real OS.
My reply to him was...
Windows is a real OS! When linux comes to having as many people using it as MS, you will find attacks against it increased a 1000 folds. As for security, it has many many flaws too.The last time I install Ubuntu( the latest release ), I had 63 patches... It's bad IT workers that allow pc's to get hacked.
Both are real Operating Systems, to dispute that is foolish. To call me trolling because I stated windows was a real OS is foolish. I love MS, thanks to them I have 2 cars paid for, living in Florida. 4 pc's, 2 laptops. Xbox 360, HDTV LCD tv, I sit on my butt while my husband is at work, playing on the pc's even building them.
When Linux grows up and allows such a nice living as MS, I will love it too;P
So my reply to you Frodo Crocket is
Learn to read or STFU, noob."
So anyone that does not agree with you or believes Linux is a Godly program is trolling. Cool. But we all know linux is not so secure. It's a common mis belief that has been proven over and over.
Why didn't she call the school board's IT department or help desk? You don't say you mention it to 4 other teachers and a VP. It's not their job to fix it. The first time she saw that the software wasn't working she should have shut the pc's down and not allowed any log ons. I caught my teenage son on a WoW forum while in school. They use aim and everything else.
Windows is a real OS! When linux comes to having as many people using it as MS, you will find attacks against it increased a 1000 folds. As for security, it has many many flaws too.The last time I install Ubuntu( the latest release ), I had 63 patches... It's bad IT workers that allow pc's to get hacked.
1. Fresh install updated. Open office, Spybot S&D, Firefox, Avg and Norton's ghost installed. 2. Unneeded services disabled ( telnet, remote reg, server, etc ). 3. Ghost image burned to cds or dvd. 4. Firewall/router. 5. All done in less than an hour. 6. Now be happy that you can just throw that image back on as needed and they are enjoying their PC.
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I agree, my son goes on MySpace, the photos sent to him is crazy and I am far from a prudish mom. I do think what will cut down on it is to charge a nominal fee. Say $1-2.00 and having to use a major credit card to sign up with. And with that sign up is an agreement that you will monitor your child's actions and be held responsible. I do not expect MySpace to protect my children. This is the internet, it's very easy to say I'm this and this....come on now. When some 45 yr old signs up with a credit card, his account says hey, i'm a 45 yr old man/woman and this is my account or I'm a 45 yr old man/woman and I made this account for my child. Email chat logs to both accounts chatting. My son uses my laptop, if he gets punished for any length of time, I format it and when he can use it again, I throw the ghost back on. Simple. The problem is a parent's lack of taking responsibility.
I hope MySpace turns around and sues every lawyer and parent that sued them for this bogus BS. There is no protecting kids online. No protecting adults online. There is only one protection from any online predators. DO NOT GO ONLINE! The next thing will be to sue the school when you child gets shot walking to school. It wouldn't have happened if school started later.. There is no end to bogus lawsuits. Everyone can sue over anything, it's winning that is a different story. When these suits are lost, there should be a $50k fine for the parent and $100k fine for the lawyer that took the case!
OMG, please show me where I stated Linux was less secure than Windows? What I said if you can comprehend is that Linux has flaws too and the more people that use it, the more attacks it will get. I never stated that MS fixed thier's flaws faster either. So when you decide to attack people, attack them on something they actually stated. Not on what you thought you read. It was a Linux head that state... No this could not easily have been prevented. There is no anti-spyware or anti-virus software that will stop all possible infections on a Windows box. As to the morons in court convinced that the teacher "had to physically click" on the porn links to make them show up in some way in Windows... give me a break please. That is so not right. It sounds like this teacher may be railroaded to the jail house over computer issues that the persons running the court are clueless about. Just one more reason to toss Windows and learn to use a real OS. My reply to him was... Windows is a real OS! When linux comes to having as many people using it as MS, you will find attacks against it increased a 1000 folds. As for security, it has many many flaws too.The last time I install Ubuntu( the latest release ), I had 63 patches... It's bad IT workers that allow pc's to get hacked. Both are real Operating Systems, to dispute that is foolish. To call me trolling because I stated windows was a real OS is foolish. I love MS, thanks to them I have 2 cars paid for, living in Florida. 4 pc's, 2 laptops. Xbox 360, HDTV LCD tv, I sit on my butt while my husband is at work, playing on the pc's even building them. When Linux grows up and allows such a nice living as MS, I will love it too ;P
So my reply to you Frodo Crocket is
Learn to read or STFU, noob."
So anyone that does not agree with you or believes Linux is a Godly program is trolling. Cool. But we all know linux is not so secure. It's a common mis belief that has been proven over and over.
Child Molesters do not even face that amount of time.
Why didn't she call the school board's IT department or help desk? You don't say you mention it to 4 other teachers and a VP. It's not their job to fix it. The first time she saw that the software wasn't working she should have shut the pc's down and not allowed any log ons. I caught my teenage son on a WoW forum while in school. They use aim and everything else.
Windows is a real OS! When linux comes to having as many people using it as MS, you will find attacks against it increased a 1000 folds. As for security, it has many many flaws too.The last time I install Ubuntu( the latest release ), I had 63 patches... It's bad IT workers that allow pc's to get hacked.
1. Fresh install updated. Open office, Spybot S&D, Firefox, Avg and Norton's ghost installed.
2. Unneeded services disabled ( telnet, remote reg, server, etc ).
3. Ghost image burned to cds or dvd.
4. Firewall/router.
5. All done in less than an hour.
6. Now be happy that you can just throw that image back on as needed and they are enjoying their PC.