It's pretty sad too. I remember when Usenet used to be useful way to have disscussions with people, and seek answers. Now major newsgroups are flooded with "Free XXX Hot Chicks" kind of stuff. It sucks when you have to sort through all this crap just to get relevant information. My old school used to allow newsgroup access, they just blocked out the porno/bomb making ones, etc. But then they started noticing that you could still access innapropiate material (from spam messages) relating to sex, porno, etc. Now it's a suspendable offense to even access Usenet at the school. Some students were allowed email accounts for exchangeing pen pal emails, but even then, somehow, they got on a list for porno spam.
I have nothing against porno at all, but maybe instead of spamming people by Usenet and Email, they could think of better ways to advertise their material. I understand that spammers are trying to earn a living, but some of them are making it seem to "concerned" parents and authorities that the internet is just full of porno, etc. Since they are afraid of little johnny "accidently" looking at pictures of lesbians, they call for serious restrictions and censorship. I have no probelms with porno sites, but I wish they wouldn't spam useful tools like Usenet. Because while your making money, a bunch of students are loseing a vaulble educational tool. There are other ways to get your message out.
yeah, but Codesweeper by default messes up the placement of my html, so I ended up disabling most of the html tag sweeper settings. And HomeSite 4 has a WYSIWYG editor, which uses the IE engine. You can use the Mozilla engine for viewing ( http://www1.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=9927 &Method=Full&Cache=Off ), but i'm not sure about editing with.
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It's pretty sad too. I remember when Usenet used to be useful way to have disscussions with people, and seek answers. Now major newsgroups are flooded with "Free XXX Hot Chicks" kind of stuff. It sucks when you have to sort through all this crap just to get relevant information. My old school used to allow newsgroup access, they just blocked out the porno/bomb making ones, etc. But then they started noticing that you could still access innapropiate material (from spam messages) relating to sex, porno, etc. Now it's a suspendable offense to even access Usenet at the school. Some students were allowed email accounts for exchangeing pen pal emails, but even then, somehow, they got on a list for porno spam.
I have nothing against porno at all, but maybe instead of spamming people by Usenet and Email, they could think of better ways to advertise their material. I understand that spammers are trying to earn a living, but some of them are making it seem to "concerned" parents and authorities that the internet is just full of porno, etc. Since they are afraid of little johnny "accidently" looking at pictures of lesbians, they call for serious restrictions and censorship. I have no probelms with porno sites, but I wish they wouldn't spam useful tools like Usenet. Because while your making money, a bunch of students are loseing a vaulble educational tool. There are other ways to get your message out.
Actually, it already is.
Volume 35 - Number 11, page 2:
National Pork Council: Many mericans suffer from pork deficiency
It's not online anymore, but basically, it says : "NPC finds fewer than 5% of americans are recieving suffiencent 18 daily servings of pork"
$1 = 1 vote
now who did you vote for today?
yeah, but Codesweeper by default messes up the placement of my html, so I ended up disabling most of the html tag sweeper settings. And HomeSite 4 has a WYSIWYG editor, which uses the IE engine. You can use the Mozilla engine for viewing ( http://www1.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=9927 &Method=Full&Cache=Off ), but i'm not sure about editing with.
Clockwork Orange is the best film I've ever seen, and 2001 made people think about time and space. IT is a sad day.