One of the things that has bothered me about this conversation for awhile is that it seems to indicate that people can either be geeks or jocks. Or to use the metaphore above can either use garden.com or advocate limits on what children can view.
IMHO I want to be able to use the internet and computers for what they good for (collecting information, making a living) but then I want to be able to go out and LIVE.
My real point is that in all things balance is they key. A child who spends all their time on the net is going to feel isolated, because they are, but another child who uses it to research their homework, and the computer to finish up the project, but then goes outside an plays with friends, even *gasp* plays sports, is going to have a much more balanced view of life.
Wired reports here http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35216,00 .html That court documents have been filed to fine mirror sites with contempt charges. It also says that: "The seven-page "assignment agreement" signed by cphack co-author Eddy Jansson of Sweden gives Mattel "all rights" to the program's source code and binaries and an explanatory essay he wrote. Co-author Matthew Skala of Canada signed a similar agreement giving up his rights for one dollar. " hmmm $1. Hardly sounds like the whole story to me.
While various counties cooperating across international boundaries sounds like a good concept, this is a fairly rudimentary analysis of the problem. Just as regional variations of public decency exist in the US they exist in even greater abundance across the globe. Are the standards that apply in San Francisco going to fly in China?? Most likely not. Porn is only the tip of this iceburg. The prevalance of filtering software compounds this problem. (Latin = cum for example.) The solution is not as simple as saying everyone play nice.
HP has a piece of free software you can download that has the same basic features as the digital fishtank. Here's the link. http://193.129.255.102/mopyfish/ You have to feed it or it dies, and if you click on it too many times it freaks out and goes to hide behind a rock. Last time I was there you could download a couple of creatures besides the fish.
Lets face it the real purpose of lawyers is as interpreter. They interpret law and argue that their interpretation is the most reasonable. (Even if reason has nothing to do with the argument - see frivolous lawsuit of your choice.)
While this is all true there are some large companies that are pulling all their doubleclick ads and associates precisely because of this. Here is a statement from doubleclick http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34704,00 .html and here is the article with statements from AltaVista and Kozmo. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-DoubleClick-P ullback.html I saw it somewhere besides NYT but couldn't find it again. Jamie
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All I could think about when I looked at that coconut monkey was a similar piece of junk I bought as a 5 year old for a dime. (Yes I still have it.) On the practical side it might be useful for "enhancing" the Ebay experience.
According to the Wired article here http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33816,00 .html The judge said "I don't think there's the slightest question that plaintiffs have a very good chance of success," Judge Kaplan said in issuing his decision.
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No. They originate out of DC. Look at www.npr.org for more details about the people and schedules.
Wonder if Scottie Pippen will be their spokesmodel?
One of the things that has bothered me about this conversation for awhile is that it seems to indicate that people can either be geeks or jocks. Or to use the metaphore above can either use garden.com or advocate limits on what children can view.
IMHO I want to be able to use the internet and computers for what they good for (collecting information, making a living) but then I want to be able to go out and LIVE.
My real point is that in all things balance is they key. A child who spends all their time on the net is going to feel isolated, because they are, but another child who uses it to research their homework, and the computer to finish up the project, but then goes outside an plays with friends, even *gasp* plays sports, is going to have a much more balanced view of life.
Technology is not an either or proposition.
Wired reports here http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35216,00 .html That court documents have been filed to fine mirror sites with contempt charges. It also says that: "The seven-page "assignment agreement" signed by cphack co-author Eddy Jansson of Sweden gives Mattel "all rights" to the program's source code and binaries and an explanatory essay he wrote. Co-author Matthew Skala of Canada signed a similar agreement giving up his rights for one dollar. " hmmm $1. Hardly sounds like the whole story to me.
While various counties cooperating across international boundaries sounds like a good concept, this is a fairly rudimentary analysis of the problem. Just as regional variations of public decency exist in the US they exist in even greater abundance across the globe. Are the standards that apply in San Francisco going to fly in China?? Most likely not. Porn is only the tip of this iceburg. The prevalance of filtering software compounds this problem. (Latin = cum for example.) The solution is not as simple as saying everyone play nice.
I didn't say it was a good idea. Just that it existed, outside of Japan.
HP has a piece of free software you can download that has the same basic features as the digital fishtank. Here's the link. http://193.129.255.102/mopyfish/ You have to feed it or it dies, and if you click on it too many times it freaks out and goes to hide behind a rock. Last time I was there you could download a couple of creatures besides the fish.
Lets face it the real purpose of lawyers is as interpreter. They interpret law and argue that their interpretation is the most reasonable. (Even if reason has nothing to do with the argument - see frivolous lawsuit of your choice.)
While this is all true there are some large companies that are pulling all their doubleclick ads and associates precisely because of this. Here is a statement from doubleclick http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34704,00 .html and here is the article with statements from AltaVista and Kozmo. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP-DoubleClick-P ullback.html I saw it somewhere besides NYT but couldn't find it again. Jamie
All I could think about when I looked at that coconut monkey was a similar piece of junk I bought as a 5 year old for a dime. (Yes I still have it.) On the practical side it might be useful for "enhancing" the Ebay experience.
According to the Wired article here http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33816,00 .html The judge said "I don't think there's the slightest question that plaintiffs have a very good chance of success," Judge Kaplan said in issuing his decision.