I can't agree on filtering in Public Libraries on the basis that we do pay for them, and that filters have too much of a tendancy to block out very useful sights. In the schools, and this only applies to my personal belief, I don't mind the filters. Shools are a place set for our children to learn, and as a parent, I don't want my child to have easy access to certain things. True, with a filter there is still easy access if you know where to go and what to do, but at least there is some effort. I don't desire to take away first amendment rights, but don't take away my right to be a parent and have my children receive and education in an environment that I desire.
Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. (copyright Dennis Miller)
What foundations did the "Fathers of our country" (assuming you are from the US) base our constitution on anyway? And do you believe when they put in freedom of speech that they had child pornogropy in mind?
I think this goes to show you that you never know where the trends are going. The Dreamcast was a hot item and in my humble, yet most likely uneducated opinion, the Dreamcast was a great piece of hardware. I don't think I want to invest $300 (if you're lucky) on a Play Station 2 when the dreamcast was out in 18 months. PS2 will probably do the same when the X box comes out (if the X Box comes out)
You seem like someone who has a feeling of accountability and responisbility. I am not going to sit here and say I have all the answers, but I do believe that if many of the people who are choosing to tear into me had children, or perhaps a wife, they would definitely think twice about these ideas. Then again, I could be wrong. I (personally) don't see how someone would think that this is in any way right. I don't expect everyone to have the same ideas as me, but it would be nice to see a positive turn in the "morality" of our country (US) rather than the opposite. I'm not sorry for offending those who get their sexual highs from such things as child pornography. Call me what you will, but that's what I believe,
I am not a programmer, so I don't pretend to know that much about coding. I do know this much, as the need for software that can intigrate with more, and also be tailored to specific need rises, the complexity of writing such software also rises. We are only human and will always make mistakes. What makes us different, is that we can learn from them. It's going to get better.
If a child that is 16 gets drunk, gets in a car and kills somebody, are they guilty of manslaughter or more? Absolutely. There are always going to be gray areas in the law, but we need to stick to our guns and enforce the laws that we have.
Glad you can think for yourself. I understand why people are against censorship, I just can't see how this fits into such an arguement. It's extreme. When you have kids, you let me know how you really think. Any 15-20 year-old kid who thinks he has all the world's answers and that there are no lines to be drawn needs to spend some time in the real world before posting such a rediculous quote.
I get it you silly child.
Question for you. If you are 25 and you have sex with a 14 year-old, will you be thrown in jail? Answer: yes, so why is it that the thought or imaginitory act, or in this case the depiction of it in 'cartoon' format is OK? It just doesn't make sense that we can't draw the line. God didn't say "if you do these things" he said thought, word and deed. Maybe I just hope for something a little more 'moral' and I'm on my own soap box, but it seems we have to draw a line someday, and who knows, maybe we don't.
Are you really so ignorant to think that either is ok? I personally don't believe that we need either in our society. Why does there have to be one or the other? Have we not heard of morality or decency? Someone who 'creates' via computer a fake picture of something so grotesque has a serious problem. Then again, I have a little girl and I know how I would react to someone even drawing pictures about something so inconceiveable concerning her.
Does anyone have a need for those old TI computers, they were basically a keyboard with a little memory that plugged into your TV? I still have one of those things.
I'm sorry, but I don't see any reason if you are being hacked that you don't have every right to just give it back to them. This is cut and dry. There should be no discussion on the matter. If someone hacks me, be prepared to get some back. Case closed.
I have finally figured out why Microsoft has made it so huge. They are just like the US. They desire to control everything!!! Sucks to live here sometimes.
I went to the RH300 Class in San Fran, CA and I did enjoy it and I did learn alot. The article is right on though, I hadn't had a whole lot of experience administering Linux servers. Sure I had set up the occasional Mail server and web servers, and done some firewalling, but the RHCE did teach me some other stuff, at least regarding Red Hat's distro.
Should we really be surprised that we have found yet another problem with the "largest software company in the world"'s product. What does it say about our culture when such horible products become pretty much a standard? It makes me ill that nothing more than good marketing will sell a product. Here's my piece of crap (literally) in a nice fancy little case, and I even made it easy to use. No guarantee however. Thanks for nothing Microsoft.
Personally, I think that the biggest problem is, especailly in low populated areas some 150 miles from any major city, is that smaller, local phone companies can't afford the bandwidth. For example, I live in Minnesota, and anything north of St. Cloud (look on a map if you have to) is terribly expensive. You have to pay every phone company along the way their fee, and by the time you get 150-200 miles away, I have seen prices up to $5000 a month for a T1. Everyone else here has great arguments too, I just have to add my two cents.
This is wonderful, as if screwing up my Netscape Browser with their fancy little "keyword" crap wasn't enough, now they want to get into the domain name buisness. Personally, AOL is a headache I would rather not deal with. The more I can keep them out of my day-to-day routine the better. I had a customer that screwed up their IP stack just because of AOL's instant messanger. If they can't get simple crap like that right, I don't whant them messing around in more important areas.
I don't understand it sometimes. We (the open source movement) want to have our software (Linux) take on the superpowers of the Software world (Microsquat) yet we have a hard time agreeing on wheather or not their shoule be standards. It's scary, and I hope this is a move in the right direction.
In a way, I would have to agree with you. I am a little nervous myself about Linux getting too "Vendor" specific. I don't want to see another Unix scenario.
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I can't agree on filtering in Public Libraries on the basis that we do pay for them, and that filters have too much of a tendancy to block out very useful sights. In the schools, and this only applies to my personal belief, I don't mind the filters. Shools are a place set for our children to learn, and as a parent, I don't want my child to have easy access to certain things. True, with a filter there is still easy access if you know where to go and what to do, but at least there is some effort. I don't desire to take away first amendment rights, but don't take away my right to be a parent and have my children receive and education in an environment that I desire. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. (copyright Dennis Miller)
What foundations did the "Fathers of our country" (assuming you are from the US) base our constitution on anyway? And do you believe when they put in freedom of speech that they had child pornogropy in mind?
I think this goes to show you that you never know where the trends are going. The Dreamcast was a hot item and in my humble, yet most likely uneducated opinion, the Dreamcast was a great piece of hardware. I don't think I want to invest $300 (if you're lucky) on a Play Station 2 when the dreamcast was out in 18 months. PS2 will probably do the same when the X box comes out (if the X Box comes out)
So having sex with a five year old kid is morally right in some countries? Where would that be?
Could this happen to the PS2??
You seem like someone who has a feeling of accountability and responisbility. I am not going to sit here and say I have all the answers, but I do believe that if many of the people who are choosing to tear into me had children, or perhaps a wife, they would definitely think twice about these ideas. Then again, I could be wrong. I (personally) don't see how someone would think that this is in any way right. I don't expect everyone to have the same ideas as me, but it would be nice to see a positive turn in the "morality" of our country (US) rather than the opposite. I'm not sorry for offending those who get their sexual highs from such things as child pornography. Call me what you will, but that's what I believe,
Guess I am not sure of that either. But I know how it is in Minnesota
I am not a programmer, so I don't pretend to know that much about coding. I do know this much, as the need for software that can intigrate with more, and also be tailored to specific need rises, the complexity of writing such software also rises. We are only human and will always make mistakes. What makes us different, is that we can learn from them. It's going to get better.
If a child that is 16 gets drunk, gets in a car and kills somebody, are they guilty of manslaughter or more? Absolutely. There are always going to be gray areas in the law, but we need to stick to our guns and enforce the laws that we have.
Glad you can think for yourself. I understand why people are against censorship, I just can't see how this fits into such an arguement. It's extreme. When you have kids, you let me know how you really think. Any 15-20 year-old kid who thinks he has all the world's answers and that there are no lines to be drawn needs to spend some time in the real world before posting such a rediculous quote. I get it you silly child.
Question for you. If you are 25 and you have sex with a 14 year-old, will you be thrown in jail? Answer: yes, so why is it that the thought or imaginitory act, or in this case the depiction of it in 'cartoon' format is OK? It just doesn't make sense that we can't draw the line. God didn't say "if you do these things" he said thought, word and deed. Maybe I just hope for something a little more 'moral' and I'm on my own soap box, but it seems we have to draw a line someday, and who knows, maybe we don't.
Are you really so ignorant to think that either is ok? I personally don't believe that we need either in our society. Why does there have to be one or the other? Have we not heard of morality or decency? Someone who 'creates' via computer a fake picture of something so grotesque has a serious problem. Then again, I have a little girl and I know how I would react to someone even drawing pictures about something so inconceiveable concerning her.
Does anyone have a need for those old TI computers, they were basically a keyboard with a little memory that plugged into your TV? I still have one of those things.
A buck a game? That's not bad. Keep them unopened and your great, great, great grandkids might not have to work. You never know.
I only have one thing to say, You can't have your cake and eat it too, Bill.
I'm sorry, but I don't see any reason if you are being hacked that you don't have every right to just give it back to them. This is cut and dry. There should be no discussion on the matter. If someone hacks me, be prepared to get some back. Case closed.
I'm from Minnesota, Southern Africa's too damn hot. Maybe Canada, or the Alps, who knows? :-)
Come on guys, where's that fancy little patch that you were going to have out soon!! We can't handle the bugs man!!!
I have finally figured out why Microsoft has made it so huge. They are just like the US. They desire to control everything!!! Sucks to live here sometimes.
I went to the RH300 Class in San Fran, CA and I did enjoy it and I did learn alot. The article is right on though, I hadn't had a whole lot of experience administering Linux servers. Sure I had set up the occasional Mail server and web servers, and done some firewalling, but the RHCE did teach me some other stuff, at least regarding Red Hat's distro.
Should we really be surprised that we have found yet another problem with the "largest software company in the world"'s product. What does it say about our culture when such horible products become pretty much a standard? It makes me ill that nothing more than good marketing will sell a product. Here's my piece of crap (literally) in a nice fancy little case, and I even made it easy to use. No guarantee however. Thanks for nothing Microsoft.
Personally, I think that the biggest problem is, especailly in low populated areas some 150 miles from any major city, is that smaller, local phone companies can't afford the bandwidth. For example, I live in Minnesota, and anything north of St. Cloud (look on a map if you have to) is terribly expensive. You have to pay every phone company along the way their fee, and by the time you get 150-200 miles away, I have seen prices up to $5000 a month for a T1. Everyone else here has great arguments too, I just have to add my two cents.
This is wonderful, as if screwing up my Netscape Browser with their fancy little "keyword" crap wasn't enough, now they want to get into the domain name buisness. Personally, AOL is a headache I would rather not deal with. The more I can keep them out of my day-to-day routine the better. I had a customer that screwed up their IP stack just because of AOL's instant messanger. If they can't get simple crap like that right, I don't whant them messing around in more important areas.
I don't understand it sometimes. We (the open source movement) want to have our software (Linux) take on the superpowers of the Software world (Microsquat) yet we have a hard time agreeing on wheather or not their shoule be standards. It's scary, and I hope this is a move in the right direction.
In a way, I would have to agree with you. I am a little nervous myself about Linux getting too "Vendor" specific. I don't want to see another Unix scenario.