This makes no sense?! Why change the works of a highly respected author just to satisfy the discomfort of a child or parent? Censorship should be left up to the parent, not the editor of a publishing company. Next thing you know, they'll be censoring history books so students don't really learn about Nazi's, concentration camps and WWII in High School because it's too depressing. Or they might just ban Anne Frank's diary because it's "too detailed". That's how it happened... it's history... we learn the gritty details, grow and move on. Oh, I know! Let's just shield our children so they can't grow and learn. Maybe history will repeat itself?... I feel sick.
I had a Nokia running Symbian back in 2007 and used PuTTY. It was very clunky and not user friendly (not to mention typing via T9 is NOT fun!). In 2008 I switched to the BlackJack 2 running Windows Mobile and yet another version of PuTTY. The miniature keyboard made it difficult to type and I often had problems with type-o's (I have giant thumbs). Windows Mobile also liked to drop data connections so I upgraded to an iPhone in 2009 and found TouchTerm. My biggest beef with PuTTY was I couldn't store the key on the phone and import it into PuTTY. That may have changed now, nonetheless, that was my past experience. What I love about TouchTerm is that I can generate an SSH key from within TouchTerm then place it in my authorized_keys file. TouchTerm on the iPhone works great and when I'm on the go; I take my Laser Bluetooth Keyboard (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/8193/) with me and it makes typing SO much easier. The software keyboard works well and I have no complaints. For what it's worth, that's my two cents.
One thing that I wish I did was go through law school so I could litigate Internet-based rights. For example, a recent story on/. covered a case that went to trial that was basically about freedom of speech.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/1929228/Court-Rules-Website-Doesnt-Have-To-Remove-Defamatory-Comments
If I were in your friends' shoes, I would open a private practice and tailor it to the needs of those who need their rights protected online.
You should also suggest that your friend checkout the YRO section on/. or even groklaw.net... these pages should give your friend an idea or two on how to get involved by reading about what's happening.
This seems like a waste of tax payer's dollars. I graduated High School in 2003. We had a similar problem; students sending a text to other students and cheating. To solve this problem, they installed cell phone scramblers all over the school except for in the front lobby and where the administrative staff worked. The devices were installed in early 2002. It solved the problem then... how can it not be that simple?
i agree with you. why is the gov't sticking its' nose where it isn't needed? i don't really care if they enforce the ratings (like you said, i'm a grown up), but if they are going to go so far as to make violent games illegal, then they might as well outlaw Stephen King novels, etc. Because, you never know, some 30-year-old human being might read it and turn into a Paranoid-Schizophrenic and murder a bunch of people. They might as well outlaw horror/thriller books, as well. While they're at it, why not attack the movie industry? Damn politicians and their private agenda's.
No one is looking at the REAL big picture here. I may be just one example of violent video games not harming my childhood (but making it better by giving my friends and i something to do and bond over). However, if you make violent video games illegal, then kids will be selling these things on the corner and going to jail. You will then have children getting into constant trouble because there are no games that let them release stress. Now, all that said, why hasn't anyone included the real people that should be responsible for the children? PARENTS! My honest opinion is that there is a serious parenting problem if Mom & Dad are having trouble keeping little Johnny away from the TV and XBox or Computer. My parents had no problem limiting me to 2 hours of TV, Computer, or SNES... PER DAY... so i had to learn at a young age how to divide up my time and use it wisely. They had me record my time each day on a spreadsheet on the fridge. If it weren't for my parents, I'd probably be nuts, too!
The REAL problem (please keep in mind, my opinion) is with the service and support. I work in the IT service industry, and I know how queuing and scheduling works... but the fact that when I call Insight and tell them something is wrong, all they state is, "It looks fine on our end." They take no initiative to assist the customer. Usually, it is only after 20 minutes of pointless tests and arguing do they relent into "I can have someone out there next week around 2p & 6p." Ugh... I feel like I am getting no value out of my service. When I deal with Comcast when at my Parents house, it's even worse. Aside from "non-customer focused" service, the downstream is smooth, and I have no complaints with the upstream. I just wish that for the $40 in change I pay a month for my 10M cable broadband, I would at least like to see some "customer" in the service. That's my beef, two cents, and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Actually, you might just want to head over to Speedway and get it for $1. Cheers.
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This makes no sense?! Why change the works of a highly respected author just to satisfy the discomfort of a child or parent? Censorship should be left up to the parent, not the editor of a publishing company. Next thing you know, they'll be censoring history books so students don't really learn about Nazi's, concentration camps and WWII in High School because it's too depressing. Or they might just ban Anne Frank's diary because it's "too detailed". That's how it happened ... it's history ... we learn the gritty details, grow and move on. Oh, I know! Let's just shield our children so they can't grow and learn. Maybe history will repeat itself? ... I feel sick.
I had a Nokia running Symbian back in 2007 and used PuTTY. It was very clunky and not user friendly (not to mention typing via T9 is NOT fun!). In 2008 I switched to the BlackJack 2 running Windows Mobile and yet another version of PuTTY. The miniature keyboard made it difficult to type and I often had problems with type-o's (I have giant thumbs). Windows Mobile also liked to drop data connections so I upgraded to an iPhone in 2009 and found TouchTerm. My biggest beef with PuTTY was I couldn't store the key on the phone and import it into PuTTY. That may have changed now, nonetheless, that was my past experience. What I love about TouchTerm is that I can generate an SSH key from within TouchTerm then place it in my authorized_keys file. TouchTerm on the iPhone works great and when I'm on the go; I take my Laser Bluetooth Keyboard (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/8193/) with me and it makes typing SO much easier. The software keyboard works well and I have no complaints. For what it's worth, that's my two cents.
Thank you for educating me on this. My apologies for my earlier ignorance. Cheers! :)
One thing that I wish I did was go through law school so I could litigate Internet-based rights. For example, a recent story on /. covered a case that went to trial that was basically about freedom of speech.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/1929228/Court-Rules-Website-Doesnt-Have-To-Remove-Defamatory-Comments
If I were in your friends' shoes, I would open a private practice and tailor it to the needs of those who need their rights protected online.
You should also suggest that your friend checkout the YRO section on /. or even groklaw.net ... these pages should give your friend an idea or two on how to get involved by reading about what's happening.
This seems like a waste of tax payer's dollars. I graduated High School in 2003. We had a similar problem; students sending a text to other students and cheating. To solve this problem, they installed cell phone scramblers all over the school except for in the front lobby and where the administrative staff worked. The devices were installed in early 2002. It solved the problem then ... how can it not be that simple?
i agree with you. why is the gov't sticking its' nose where it isn't needed? i don't really care if they enforce the ratings (like you said, i'm a grown up), but if they are going to go so far as to make violent games illegal, then they might as well outlaw Stephen King novels, etc. Because, you never know, some 30-year-old human being might read it and turn into a Paranoid-Schizophrenic and murder a bunch of people. They might as well outlaw horror/thriller books, as well. While they're at it, why not attack the movie industry? Damn politicians and their private agenda's.
No one is looking at the REAL big picture here. I may be just one example of violent video games not harming my childhood (but making it better by giving my friends and i something to do and bond over). However, if you make violent video games illegal, then kids will be selling these things on the corner and going to jail. You will then have children getting into constant trouble because there are no games that let them release stress. Now, all that said, why hasn't anyone included the real people that should be responsible for the children? PARENTS! My honest opinion is that there is a serious parenting problem if Mom & Dad are having trouble keeping little Johnny away from the TV and XBox or Computer. My parents had no problem limiting me to 2 hours of TV, Computer, or SNES ... PER DAY ... so i had to learn at a young age how to divide up my time and use it wisely. They had me record my time each day on a spreadsheet on the fridge. If it weren't for my parents, I'd probably be nuts, too!
The REAL problem (please keep in mind, my opinion) is with the service and support. I work in the IT service industry, and I know how queuing and scheduling works ... but the fact that when I call Insight and tell them something is wrong, all they state is, "It looks fine on our end." They take no initiative to assist the customer. Usually, it is only after 20 minutes of pointless tests and arguing do they relent into "I can have someone out there next week around 2p & 6p." Ugh ... I feel like I am getting no value out of my service. When I deal with Comcast when at my Parents house, it's even worse. Aside from "non-customer focused" service, the downstream is smooth, and I have no complaints with the upstream. I just wish that for the $40 in change I pay a month for my 10M cable broadband, I would at least like to see some "customer" in the service. That's my beef, two cents, and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Actually, you might just want to head over to Speedway and get it for $1. Cheers.