As someone who has been labeled a "fundamentalist Christian" more than a couple times in my life, I feel I must interject, and just say what's on my mind.
For the record, I, too, am against filtering software.
I like the idea above, except for the reason mentioned before, namely that many parents may not have email addresses.... mailing a list of visited sites may be possible, but again, a letter can be very easily intercepted (hmmmm.... kinda like report cards and progress reports)
Ideally, the idea would work, if the parents were to be so involved as to care about what their kids are looking at on the Internet.
An idea off the top of my head.... maybe 2 terminals in the library... one for under 18 to use, and one for 18+ to use, the former having blocking softward, and latter not having any.
Well, I'm not sure of large-scale numbers, but as a junior in college right now, and taking the intro comp sci class that all CS majors have to take, I overheard my TAs talking to a female freshman in the class about how 80% of the CS majors at my school (Rice University) are male. At the same time, there are more female premeds here at Rice. I don't know if that tells you exactly where they are, but that's the way it is here. And, at least here at Rice, I have noticed that there are more women in the liberal arts. I'm also taking a sociology class (Medical Sociology - required for my 2nd major), and in a class of ~80, there are about 12 males. FYI, I'm a biochemistry/policy studies (focus in health and medical policy) double major, and the CS class I'm taking is a requirement in my major, but I'm not majoring in CS. just some observations.
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I believe the Bible, literally, and I have no problem with finding pleasure in sex. the caveat is sex *within the context of marriage to one person*.
I look forward to being married one day :-)
For the record, I, too, am against filtering software.
I like the idea above, except for the reason mentioned before, namely that many parents may not have email addresses.... mailing a list of visited sites may be possible, but again, a letter can be very easily intercepted (hmmmm.... kinda like report cards and progress reports)
Ideally, the idea would work, if the parents were to be so involved as to care about what their kids are looking at on the Internet.
An idea off the top of my head.... maybe 2 terminals in the library... one for under 18 to use, and one for 18+ to use, the former having blocking softward, and latter not having any.
Well, I'm not sure of large-scale numbers, but as a junior in college right now, and taking the intro comp sci class that all CS majors have to take, I overheard my TAs talking to a female freshman in the class about how 80% of the CS majors at my school (Rice University) are male. At the same time, there are more female premeds here at Rice. I don't know if that tells you exactly where they are, but that's the way it is here. And, at least here at Rice, I have noticed that there are more women in the liberal arts. I'm also taking a sociology class (Medical Sociology - required for my 2nd major), and in a class of ~80, there are about 12 males. FYI, I'm a biochemistry/policy studies (focus in health and medical policy) double major, and the CS class I'm taking is a requirement in my major, but I'm not majoring in CS. just some observations.