>>>seperate adult entertainment from sites talking about, say, breast cancer, that kids may need for research projects in high school.
If they are that old, there's no reason to censor it. They are their peers are already discussing sex - possibly even practicing it (oral is popular these days). Remove the filters so these young adults can gain access to accurate information ("yes you CAN get pregnant the first time"), instead of being fed bunk through the in-school rumor mill.
The problem with your suggestion is that it requires parents to WORK at filtering their child's content, and most parents have been trained by the government school system that working is not necessary. You can be lazy, just "skirt" the minimum requirements, and still get a diploma.
I got my first modem in 1987, and it wasn't too long after that when I downloaded some naked photos. My mom probably would have freaked-out but I don't see how I was harmed in any way.
I don't really see why kids need to be filtered. We tell them about the disgusting habit of taking a ____, or how to properly clean their ____, so surely we can share with them reproduction. We need to teach them eventually, and now is as good a time as any.
Tell someone who has spent eleven years in jail, due to a law that was eventually declared unconstitutional, that they are being "impatient".
For example, those persons who were jailed by the D.C. Anti-gun Ownershipship Law which was eventually declared unconstitutional. They lost a big chunk of their lives to imprisonment, for a law that should have never existed.
Even AFTER the destruction of two cities, the military tried to assassinate their own God-emperor. They simply did not want to stop fighting because they were willing to go down to the very last person. Same as Hitler was willing to do.
Also: Recall that the easiest way to prevent the nuking of Japan was to not bomb Pearl Harbor. Or Midway. Or the Philippines. Or the rape of Nanking (that's not just a colorful idiom; the Japanese literally raped women & children).
>>>I'd be willing to pay money for any program that filters out adds
I'm not sure why you think you're entitled to get stuff for free. Maybe that's why they are calling people under age 30 the "Entitlement" Generation. I've always felt it's entirely fair that I either (a) pay dollars or (b) watch ads to support the musicians or actors/writers. Why the younger generation suddenly thinks musicians/actors/writers should not get paid strikes me as extremely odd.
>>>of course the station needs to get money from somewhere.
In both radio and television the station has bills to pay (about $4000 a month for the transmitter's electricity, plus labor costs), and they get that money from local advertisers. Without advertising my local WLAN-FM or WGAL-TV8 would have to declare bankruptcy since they'd have no more money. In fact several stations have down exactly that over the last month.
Advertisers deliberately aim for 15-35 years olds, since they are more-easily swayed to try new products. Even amongst us older folks, those who are slow-witted probably just blindly go with the flow. Like my friend:
Friend: "Hey! Circuit City has 30% off on all laptops! Let's go get one." Me: "But you have one."
"So? These are better. They come with the newest, bestest stuff like Vista." Me: "I told you before; Vista is junk. And besides, you don't even use the laptop you have now! Looks it's all dusty; you don't need a new laptop."
"I don't care. The advertising tells me it will make me happy. I want one." Me: "Yeah just like when you gave-up your $5 a month cellphone for a $50 a month cellphone. Is it better?"
"Ack. You just don't understand!"
.
Okay obviously I embellished a bit, but you get the idea. Advertising works, and that's why millions is spent on it. You and I might be immune, but the younger generation and/or the stupider folks are easily swayed. People like my friend who is deep in debt because he can't stop himself from listening to the ads.
>>>I'd be willing to pay money for any program that filters out adds
I'm not sure why you think you're entitled to get stuff for free. Maybe that's why they are calling people under age 30 the "Entitlement" Generation. I've always felt it's entirely fair that I either (a) pay dollars or (b) watch ads to support the musicians or actors/writers. Why the younger generation suddenly thinks musicians/actors/writers should not get paid strikes me as extremely odd.
>>>of course the station needs to get money from somewhere.
In both radio and television the station has bills to pay (about $4000 a month for the transmitter's electricity, plus labor costs), and they get that money from local advertisers. Without advertising my local WLAN-FM or WGAL-TV8 would have to declare bankruptcy since they'd have no more money. In fact several stations have down exactly that over the last month.
>>>Almost every operating system has gone through this.
No not true. In the past Microsoft might say, "XP can run on 128 megabte" and it did. With Vista they claimed it can run on 512 megabyte, and it didn't. It runs like a snail through amber. In the past MS was honest about the minimum requirements but *this* time Microsoft lied, pure and simple, and a lot of people upgraded or bought Vista machines that could not run the OS properly.
As for Windows 7:
Will it run on 512 megabyte? No. Then it's not any "thinner" than Vista.
Yes because the SEC has done such a bang-up job with its previous "hands off" policy towards corporations.
Perhaps it's time for the SEC to start being tougher, so we can avoid more dishonest dealings (lies) coming from corporations & avoid yet another collapse.
Government is not supposed to serve Tyranny of the Majority while squashing the individual, or the minority, underfoot.
Stalin claimed, "You have to smash a few eggs to make an omelet," but I don't buy into that philosophy. The individual matters. The individual is not meant to be smashed into the ground or used like just another cog in a machine. Your philosophy sounds like jsut another in a long line of Tyrants who feel the individuals are worthless shit.
Anyway I will sell my ground to whoever offers the highest bid (a housing developer most likely), and any politician who gets in my way will pay the full measure of devotion to his Green philosophy (read: eat a bullet). I am near death anyway - it matters not to me how I go out.
I will NOT be a black slave again.
My forefathers were slaves. I will NOT allow that to happen again.
Unless the soldiers are unwilling to fire on their own neighbors. That is what happened when Eastern Europeans rose up; the governments ordered citizens to be shot, but the soldiers refused to comply, so the governments toppled.
I suspect the same would be true in the U.S. if the combined population rose up and started rebelling.
>>>Shoot, so if I draw up my own constitution I can just secede and the government has no jurisdiction over me?
Sure why not? That's how the United States was formed in 1776. Hello new country - goodbye British government and law. The State of West Virginia used the identical approach in 1862 when it said "goodbye" to the Virginia government. The People have the right to abolish government and form a new one, according to the Declaration of Independence. It's happened thrice in U.S. history, twice successfully.
(drives to the house of the ISP's Tyrant... er, CEO)
Steady.
Aim.
Fire.
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is it will not be needed... until they try to take away our freedoms." - Founder of the Democrats, Thomas Jefferson. Too bad NZ doesn't have a second amendment.
"Your land has been determined to be a preservation zone, which may not be sold for any other purpose except agriculture, and requires the approval of the government."
Thereby devaluing my property by half its previous value. THAT'S why I hate Greens. I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution that allows government to decide when, to whom, and why I sell MY personal property. It is my investment that they devalued by HALF what I originally paid, and I strongly object to that.
Here in Pennsylvania I received two calls a day for months. One from Obama and one from McCain.
Day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day. Don't give me a bunch of BS about how political solicitation calls are "valuable" or not annoying. They are EXTREMELY annoying, and the politicians should be banned from harassing citizens private phones same as the telefrakkers.
>>>Trust me, it can easily become a huge problem if you haven't thought through a laser-targeted organizational system.
Oh puleeze. A laser system. Overkill. Back in the era of floppies I had hundreds of floppies. I stored them inside multiple "floppy organizers" with a lock, and it was very easy to carry from place to place. There's absolutely no reason you can't store SD cards using the same plastic cases.
I don't know where people developed this *myth* that the boxes only cost $26 retail.
For years companies have been selling HD boxes that cost 200-300 dollars to purchase. The coupon boxes are exactly the same devices, minus the HD output. The fact that they've been able to cut the retail price from 200 to just 60-70 is impressive. I have my doubts they could build them for around $13 wholesale and sell them for $26 retail... the notion is ridiculous.
>>>How would the economy react to about.5~1 percent more unemployment overnight?
Usually when a company removes its do-nothing workers, the stock price goes UP because the investors are happy to see their company operating more efficiently. If the government did the same thing, I expect that Wall Street would react with a positive upswing.
>>>I sort of feel about the free market like Churchill felt about democracy.
It would work a lot better if we eliminated corporations and went back to companies owned by individuals. Corporations have no morals except "make money". Individuals have other morals they follow... for example James Cash Penney was a deeply religious man who refused to accept credit cards because "we should not put people into debt". Of course once the store incorporated that morality was thrown right out the window.
We need to take a step back, and consider that corporations may cause more problems than they are worth, and perhaps smaller companies owned by one or two individuals is the better route.
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Filtering software.
Got any recommendations for good Open source (read: free) filtering software that parents can install on their kids PCs or laptops?
>>>seperate adult entertainment from sites talking about, say, breast cancer, that kids may need for research projects in high school.
If they are that old, there's no reason to censor it. They are their peers are already discussing sex - possibly even practicing it (oral is popular these days). Remove the filters so these young adults can gain access to accurate information ("yes you CAN get pregnant the first time"), instead of being fed bunk through the in-school rumor mill.
The problem with your suggestion is that it requires parents to WORK at filtering their child's content, and most parents have been trained by the government school system that working is not necessary. You can be lazy, just "skirt" the minimum requirements, and still get a diploma.
They continue that habit as 20-something parents.
I got my first modem in 1987, and it wasn't too long after that when I downloaded some naked photos. My mom probably would have freaked-out but I don't see how I was harmed in any way.
I don't really see why kids need to be filtered. We tell them about the disgusting habit of taking a ____, or how to properly clean their ____, so surely we can share with them reproduction. We need to teach them eventually, and now is as good a time as any.
Tell someone who has spent eleven years in jail, due to a law that was eventually declared unconstitutional, that they are being "impatient".
For example, those persons who were jailed by the D.C. Anti-gun Ownershipship Law which was eventually declared unconstitutional. They lost a big chunk of their lives to imprisonment, for a law that should have never existed.
Even AFTER the destruction of two cities, the military tried to assassinate their own God-emperor. They simply did not want to stop fighting because they were willing to go down to the very last person. Same as Hitler was willing to do.
Also: Recall that the easiest way to prevent the nuking of Japan was to not bomb Pearl Harbor.
Or Midway. Or the Philippines. Or the rape of Nanking (that's not just a colorful idiom; the Japanese literally raped women & children).
I just buy whatever's on sale, regardless of brand. If it's not on sale, I don't touch it.
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>>>I'd be willing to pay money for any program that filters out adds
I'm not sure why you think you're entitled to get stuff for free. Maybe that's why they are calling people under age 30 the "Entitlement" Generation. I've always felt it's entirely fair that I either (a) pay dollars or (b) watch ads to support the musicians or actors/writers. Why the younger generation suddenly thinks musicians/actors/writers should not get paid strikes me as extremely odd.
>>>of course the station needs to get money from somewhere.
In both radio and television the station has bills to pay (about $4000 a month for the transmitter's electricity, plus labor costs), and they get that money from local advertisers. Without advertising my local WLAN-FM or WGAL-TV8 would have to declare bankruptcy since they'd have no more money. In fact several stations have down exactly that over the last month.
Advertisers deliberately aim for 15-35 years olds, since they are more-easily swayed to try new products. Even amongst us older folks, those who are slow-witted probably just blindly go with the flow. Like my friend:
Friend: "Hey! Circuit City has 30% off on all laptops! Let's go get one."
Me: "But you have one."
"So? These are better. They come with the newest, bestest stuff like Vista."
Me: "I told you before; Vista is junk. And besides, you don't even use the laptop you have now! Looks it's all dusty; you don't need a new laptop."
"I don't care. The advertising tells me it will make me happy. I want one."
Me: "Yeah just like when you gave-up your $5 a month cellphone for a $50 a month cellphone. Is it better?"
"Ack. You just don't understand!"
.
Okay obviously I embellished a bit, but you get the idea. Advertising works, and that's why millions is spent on it. You and I might be immune, but the younger generation and/or the stupider folks are easily swayed. People like my friend who is deep in debt because he can't stop himself from listening to the ads.
>>>I'd be willing to pay money for any program that filters out adds I'm not sure why you think you're entitled to get stuff for free. Maybe that's why they are calling people under age 30 the "Entitlement" Generation. I've always felt it's entirely fair that I either (a) pay dollars or (b) watch ads to support the musicians or actors/writers. Why the younger generation suddenly thinks musicians/actors/writers should not get paid strikes me as extremely odd. >>>of course the station needs to get money from somewhere. In both radio and television the station has bills to pay (about $4000 a month for the transmitter's electricity, plus labor costs), and they get that money from local advertisers. Without advertising my local WLAN-FM or WGAL-TV8 would have to declare bankruptcy since they'd have no more money. In fact several stations have down exactly that over the last month.
>>>Almost every operating system has gone through this.
No not true. In the past Microsoft might say, "XP can run on 128 megabte" and it did. With Vista they claimed it can run on 512 megabyte, and it didn't. It runs like a snail through amber. In the past MS was honest about the minimum requirements but *this* time Microsoft lied, pure and simple, and a lot of people upgraded or bought Vista machines that could not run the OS properly.
As for Windows 7:
Will it run on 512 megabyte? No. Then it's not any "thinner" than Vista.
Yes because the SEC has done such a bang-up job with its previous "hands off" policy towards corporations.
Perhaps it's time for the SEC to start being tougher, so we can avoid more dishonest dealings (lies) coming from corporations & avoid yet another collapse.
Government is not supposed to serve Tyranny of the Majority while squashing the individual, or the minority, underfoot.
Stalin claimed, "You have to smash a few eggs to make an omelet," but I don't buy into that philosophy. The individual matters. The individual is not meant to be smashed into the ground or used like just another cog in a machine. Your philosophy sounds like jsut another in a long line of Tyrants who feel the individuals are worthless shit.
Anyway I will sell my ground to whoever offers the highest bid (a housing developer most likely), and any politician who gets in my way will pay the full measure of devotion to his Green philosophy (read: eat a bullet). I am near death anyway - it matters not to me how I go out.
I will NOT be a black slave again.
My forefathers were slaves. I will NOT allow that to happen again.
I. Will. Be. FREE.
"The Best Gaming Politically-Correct Money Can Buy"
So they have some kid of new money that removes all references to God and the All-Seeing Eye? Hmmm.
Unless the soldiers are unwilling to fire on their own neighbors. That is what happened when Eastern Europeans rose up; the governments ordered citizens to be shot, but the soldiers refused to comply, so the governments toppled.
I suspect the same would be true in the U.S. if the combined population rose up and started rebelling.
>>>Shoot, so if I draw up my own constitution I can just secede and the government has no jurisdiction over me?
Sure why not? That's how the United States was formed in 1776. Hello new country - goodbye British government and law. The State of West Virginia used the identical approach in 1862 when it said "goodbye" to the Virginia government. The People have the right to abolish government and form a new one, according to the Declaration of Independence. It's happened thrice in U.S. history, twice successfully.
(drives to the house of the ISP's Tyrant... er, CEO)
Steady.
Aim.
Fire.
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is it will not be needed... until they try to take away our freedoms." - Founder of the Democrats, Thomas Jefferson. Too bad NZ doesn't have a second amendment.
"Your land has been determined to be a preservation zone, which may not be sold for any other purpose except agriculture, and requires the approval of the government."
Thereby devaluing my property by half its previous value. THAT'S why I hate Greens. I can not lay my hand on any part of the Constitution that allows government to decide when, to whom, and why I sell MY personal property. It is my investment that they devalued by HALF what I originally paid, and I strongly object to that.
Baloney. Lots of movies are leaked to the internet, but they still go onto very successful theater sales and DVD sales.
Here in Pennsylvania I received two calls a day for months. One from Obama and one from McCain.
Day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day-after-day. Don't give me a bunch of BS about how political solicitation calls are "valuable" or not annoying. They are EXTREMELY annoying, and the politicians should be banned from harassing citizens private phones same as the telefrakkers.
>>>Trust me, it can easily become a huge problem if you haven't thought through a laser-targeted organizational system.
Oh puleeze. A laser system. Overkill. Back in the era of floppies I had hundreds of floppies. I stored them inside multiple "floppy organizers" with a lock, and it was very easy to carry from place to place. There's absolutely no reason you can't store SD cards using the same plastic cases.
I don't know where people developed this *myth* that the boxes only cost $26 retail.
For years companies have been selling HD boxes that cost 200-300 dollars to purchase. The coupon boxes are exactly the same devices, minus the HD output. The fact that they've been able to cut the retail price from 200 to just 60-70 is impressive. I have my doubts they could build them for around $13 wholesale and sell them for $26 retail... the notion is ridiculous.
P.S.
>>>How would the economy react to about .5~1 percent more unemployment overnight?
Usually when a company removes its do-nothing workers, the stock price goes UP because the investors are happy to see their company operating more efficiently. If the government did the same thing, I expect that Wall Street would react with a positive upswing.
>>>I sort of feel about the free market like Churchill felt about democracy.
It would work a lot better if we eliminated corporations and went back to companies owned by individuals. Corporations have no morals except "make money". Individuals have other morals they follow... for example James Cash Penney was a deeply religious man who refused to accept credit cards because "we should not put people into debt". Of course once the store incorporated that morality was thrown right out the window.
We need to take a step back, and consider that corporations may cause more problems than they are worth, and perhaps smaller companies owned by one or two individuals is the better route.
P.S. To borrow a phrase from the Klingons (yes I'm a geek):
It is better to die in battle fighting for a cause (which would be individual liberty), than to die of old age.