In the real world, your business is apt to get sued and/or prosecuted for allowing a minor to see an adult picture, text, whatever...a list may be good, but the web is so dynamic, by the time the list is compiled, it is obsolete.
The solution, for the real world would be to implement an off-the-shelf filtering software, maybe like someone would use in their home. This will at least show that you have "in good faith" attempted to curb what minors can see. A perfect solution? No. A defensible solution? I think so, not being a lawyer or anything. Stepping on adult's rights? Yes, but may be a necessary evil by the laws of your state (minor looking over shoulder from accross the room), but shouldn't be considered restraint of free speech (it's on private property) - customers can still get whatever they want through their ISP, or local library (since it's a public building, and is subject to free speech).
Well, the systems must cost >$2000 (USD)! Let's see - 128MB Stick of RAMBUS RAM, $780, Newest Pentium3-850, $530, that's $1310 before mobo, HD, CD, case, KB, Mouse, etc... Not to mention assembly, business overhead, some profit,and that requisite copy of Windows! Granted these prices are retail, so the cost to big manufacturers should be lower...
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So is the complaint from many Windows users...
Let's see - I can save with -s, File..save, File...Save As, or the little button thingey...
It's a small world, after all....:-)
>>>I'm all for making things easy to learn.
I agree! This is where the documentation project must succeed before Linux (or any other *NIX, for that matter) will have broad-based acceptance. For as much as we bash Microsoft, TechNet isn't bad (although it should be free, and the web version should be as good as the CD version). Granted, the Linux community has had pretty good support in the past via word of mouth (newsgroups, #irc, etc), but this is becomming somewhat tainted. Any newbie who is told to remark their files with rm -r (and then performs this action) will influence others to shy away. Good, solid documentation, referenced and linked by as many people as possible, is the key.
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In the real world, your business is apt to get sued and/or prosecuted for allowing a minor to see an adult picture, text, whatever...a list may be good, but the web is so dynamic, by the time the list is compiled, it is obsolete.
The solution, for the real world would be to implement an off-the-shelf filtering software, maybe like someone would use in their home. This will at least show that you have "in good faith" attempted to curb what minors can see. A perfect solution? No. A defensible solution? I think so, not being a lawyer or anything. Stepping on adult's rights? Yes, but may be a necessary evil by the laws of your state (minor looking over shoulder from accross the room), but shouldn't be considered restraint of free speech (it's on private property) - customers can still get whatever they want through their ISP, or local library (since it's a public building, and is subject to free speech).
Well, the systems must cost >$2000 (USD)! Let's see - 128MB Stick of RAMBUS RAM, $780, Newest Pentium3-850, $530, that's $1310 before mobo, HD, CD, case, KB, Mouse, etc... Not to mention assembly, business overhead, some profit,and that requisite copy of Windows! Granted these prices are retail, so the cost to big manufacturers should be lower...
[NOTE: Pricing from Treasure Chest Computers
So is the complaint from many Windows users... Let's see - I can save with -s, File..save, File...Save As, or the little button thingey... It's a small world, after all.... :-)
>>>I'm all for making things easy to learn. I agree! This is where the documentation project must succeed before Linux (or any other *NIX, for that matter) will have broad-based acceptance. For as much as we bash Microsoft, TechNet isn't bad (although it should be free, and the web version should be as good as the CD version). Granted, the Linux community has had pretty good support in the past via word of mouth (newsgroups, #irc, etc), but this is becomming somewhat tainted. Any newbie who is told to remark their files with rm -r (and then performs this action) will influence others to shy away. Good, solid documentation, referenced and linked by as many people as possible, is the key.