How much effort would it take to tie in a users login account to their history file? Not much, last I checked. How much effort would it take to implement user ID's tied into library cards? A little, granted, and that would take a LITTLE of the freedom associated with libraries away, but cards are usually free anyway. I'm sure even some geeks would volunteer to set up library user logins on whatever network they're using (myself included. I'd be the first in line).
I am very opposed to censorship. In order to grow as a person, you need the ability to learn, and any restrictions on that learning are restrictions on how you can evolve. I'm not saying if a parent doesn't want their child to look at porn they shouldn't stop them. But I think a large problem is imposing rules without reasoning. If a parent could see that thier son/daughter is going to the library to look at porn, or to print out bomb blueprints, they could DISCUSS that with the child, and why they thought that was wrong. It's an issue of instilling morality rather than imposing it, and that should be in the hands of the parents rather than the government. If you're not willing to take that step, then you shouldn't have become a parent in the first place.
I think you're on to something there. Maybe you should run instead;-)
Although it really won't help most people, here are the ideas that went buzzing through my head when I read the write-up. First off, I should mention that I'm an experimental musician. The idea of controlling non-midi musical equipment from my computer is MORE than appealing. There's only so much crap you can squeeze into a small work area and it still be useful; with a basic switch I can flip on (and subsequently off to get that big nasty "thump" sound) with ease and still have it on the other side of the room and out of my way. Or, and much more practially, in another room so the vocal mic isn't flooded with TOO much external noise (thus keeping the multi in multitrack recording!!!). The dimmer presents a much more interesting application. I can hook it to a light bulb and use it to control the pitch of vibration, which is a direct result of the current flowing through the bulb. Again, this is something I could do with a standard dimmer, but if I'm already going to be at my computer, it'd be nice to have one less knob to worry about. Particularly since I could then program a simple oscilation routine into it, and can spend more time working on live processing of the sound, rather than the creation of the sound. By programming in rhythms and patterns, I could then do alot more as far as manipulation of live sources when doing a show, rather than phrase sampling and then manipulating, or just using a tape loop. And, worst comes to worst, I can always cannibalize it for parts!!!
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How much effort would it take to tie in a users login account to their history file? Not much, last I checked. How much effort would it take to implement user ID's tied into library cards? A little, granted, and that would take a LITTLE of the freedom associated with libraries away, but cards are usually free anyway. I'm sure even some geeks would volunteer to set up library user logins on whatever network they're using (myself included. I'd be the first in line).
;-)
I am very opposed to censorship. In order to grow as a person, you need the ability to learn, and any restrictions on that learning are restrictions on how you can evolve. I'm not saying if a parent doesn't want their child to look at porn they shouldn't stop them. But I think a large problem is imposing rules without reasoning. If a parent could see that thier son/daughter is going to the library to look at porn, or to print out bomb blueprints, they could DISCUSS that with the child, and why they thought that was wrong. It's an issue of instilling morality rather than imposing it, and that should be in the hands of the parents rather than the government. If you're not willing to take that step, then you shouldn't have become a parent in the first place.
I think you're on to something there. Maybe you should run instead
Damn!!! That was my blatantly obvious joke!!! I'll go mope now.
not quick enough,
josh
Yeah, but a little TOO close to Segfault's iToast joke for comfort
(http://www.segfault.org/itoast/index.html)
Life imitating art? Art pretending he's alive?
As has often been said, "there's no such thing as bad advertisement".
Although it really won't help most people, here are the ideas that went buzzing through my head when I read the write-up.
First off, I should mention that I'm an experimental musician. The idea of controlling non-midi musical equipment from my computer is MORE than appealing. There's only so much crap you can squeeze into a small work area and it still be useful; with a basic switch I can flip on (and subsequently off to get that big nasty "thump" sound) with ease and still have it on the other side of the room and out of my way. Or, and much more practially, in another room so the vocal mic isn't flooded with TOO much external noise (thus keeping the multi in multitrack recording!!!).
The dimmer presents a much more interesting application. I can hook it to a light bulb and use it to control the pitch of vibration, which is a direct result of the current flowing through the bulb. Again, this is something I could do with a standard dimmer, but if I'm already going to be at my computer, it'd be nice to have one less knob to worry about. Particularly since I could then program a simple oscilation routine into it, and can spend more time working on live processing of the sound, rather than the creation of the sound. By programming in rhythms and patterns, I could then do alot more as far as manipulation of live sources when doing a show, rather than phrase sampling and then manipulating, or just using a tape loop.
And, worst comes to worst, I can always cannibalize it for parts!!!