Predators also look for kids OUTSIDE! Let's make all visits to the park require parental supervision!
Sounds like a good idea to me.
How would you plan on enforcing this? Cops IDing people at the park, and then taking them home if they're under 18 without a guardian?
Completely disagree. The issue is that the parents / children will drop their guard when it comes to the cyberworld. In real life, everyone by now, knows to stay away from the man looking for the puppy or giving away candy. On the net the man is actually a 12 year old girl who wants to exchange pics, and talk and hang out later. People have just not adapted to deal with online predators it's as simple as that. Parents think that a computer is very harmless, it's at best a fun toy and at worst a buggy tool that has to be restarted once in a while. They don't realize that once they plug in the broadband cable, their computer "is visible" to millions of other across the globe. It is like standing in front of a CNN news camera and telling everyone that you like so and so, or you partied hard last week, or that you like a certain band. That's all an predator would need. "Hai! my name is Suzey and I like Britney Spears just like you. Let's hang out some time. Here is my pic, send me yours".
Obviously, the "dangers" are somewhat apparent, or there would be no desire for this law. Educating kids is a far more effective and less totalitarian way to do this.
My wife when she was young was contacted by a predator that started to call her parents house and leaving sexually explicit messages for her.
Are you an advocate for government parental controls for phone usage? "I'm sorry, you cannot use this public phone without age verification."
So, yeah, a good parent will notice who their child talks to over the phone, over the internet or in real life.
I agree. A good government would not.
But at the same time, a phone is just a phone, it doesn't have a your son's or daughter's picture on it, it doesn't have the fact that she like Britney Spears or that she rides her bike to soccer practice every Thursday.
The fact that she likes Britney Spears isn't really that dangerous if you educate your child NOT TO MEET PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET. It's really not that hard. A predator could already grab a child off a bike without the aid of the internet. Also, with your home phone number, I could easily track down your address unless you actively take it out of the phone book.
It seems you are also one of the individuals who completely underestimate the power (and therefore the potential threat) of the Internet... Hope you wise up before you have children.
I will respond with a personal anecdote. I've had a computer in my bedroom with internet access since middle school (which was quite a time ago). I used instant messaging, and at some point in High School, I briefly used MySpace before becoming unable to tolerate its horrid, horrid appearance. Strangely enough, I was not molested. Mainly because I'm not stupid enough to meet with strangers over the internet. My rights should not be infringed because others are. Education and more strict punishments for the PREDATORS would make a lot more sense than wasting everyone else's time.
Also, if you look at his legislation, it requires parents to sign up before their kids do. How will kids get around this? Lie about their ages! WHAT A GREAT LEAP FORWARD FOR SAFETY!
Not the didn't, but the last time I checked the predators didn't come looking for minors on Slashdot, or through the TV, or Usenet but they do take advantage of the kids on facebook and myspace.
Predators also look for kids OUTSIDE! Let's make all visits to the park require parental supervision!
Most parents and children are clueless as to how public their information is and how vulnerable they become. At no point in time before was it possible for the kids to expose their personal stuff to so many people. Internet is great, I don't doubt, but it is a tool that one has to know how to use. Why not give your kid some pot to smoke as well, heck in college they'll probably try it anyway, might as well get them used to it.
Or maybe people could educate their kids not to put their addresses online, although their addresses could also be found in the phone book! And predators can see kids with their EYES!!
And I am normally against the government interfering but in certain cases it is appropriate. In an ideal world parents would be smart enough to know enough and protect their offspring but as it happens there are a lot of stupid people who make babies and therefore there are a lot of stupid parents who do not know how to protect their children from harm, so at least Uncle Sam can try and do something.
Odds are, if these kids are stupid enough to meet predators over the internet, they'd run into them without internet access too.
And before Facebook everyone was stuck at home without the ability to organize anything, nobody had parties and nobody went on trips. Thank God for Facebook!
And before phones everyone was stuck at home without the ability to organize anything, nobody had parties and nobody went on trips. Thank God for phones! Obviously, kids should not be allowed to use phones because they could CALL PREDATORS WITH THEM!!!!
Your parents didn't have Slashdot, yet they turned out alright. GASP! Sometimes, when new activities are available, people partake in them!
Maybe these kids like to go online. Facebook can be a useful site for organizing events, like parties or trips. But OH NO! CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET! Obviously, legislation should be passed to waste taxpayers' money to "protect" them, because obviously the internet is a DANGEROUS place, because it's SCARY, and the only the government should choose how kids spend their time!
For what it's worth, I hate MySpace because it's too ugly and customizable (which just makes it uglier), and Facebook is becoming another MySpace.
This whole thing about facebook and all these sites is just ridiculous.
Right, because the government should have better things to do than to interfere with things, just because people are inherently scared of those kids and their JAZZ MUSIC or whatever happens to be new at the time.
I should have recorded my English teacher this year to expose her incompetence. She constantly misspelled "prologue" as "prolouge." She gave improper definitions of common words (defined a mute as a person who cannot hear and defined the villain as the foil) even though no one ever asked for said definitions. She called a documentary on King Arthur his autobiography. She told us that she thought it was odd that radio plays didn't have stage cues, because she believed they were supposed to be read aloud. The list never ends. Not necessarily in the case mentioned in the article, but sometimes, teachers really are terrible.
Actually, as a Chess player, I have purchased multiple Chess boards. I have a regular, wooden chess set. I have a tiny 5" by 5" magnetic chess set with flat pieces, which I replaced with a larger magnetic chess set with physical pieces. I also have a metal chess set.
I really wonder if companies that go on the warpath over internet copyright violations really think in their long-term best interest. Look at the RIAA, for instance. For all of the money they've spent and the lawsuits they've threatened, they're back at square one when it comes to halting internet file sharing. What makes Hal Leonard think that they'll do any better, especially because guitar tabs are just TXT files and arguably even easier to redistribute?
For one thing, you ended your question without a question mark and ended this command with a question mark. Also, in your initial post, only the first clause is actually formatted like a question.
Right, just not a professional journalist. I play piano, which makes me a musician. However, I don't play for money, so I am not a professional musician.
Actually, it's not really YouTube's problem. YouTube should not have to deal with all sorts of foreign laws. If the content is really illegal in a country, then its government can go after its own citizens who posted the material and use its own resources to block the video.
Slashdot Mirror
Or maybe:
if ( person == thatAnnoyingKidWhoRingsOurDoorbellAndRuns )
{
doorbell.electrify();
}
Predators also look for kids OUTSIDE! Let's make all visits to the park require parental supervision!
Sounds like a good idea to me.
How would you plan on enforcing this? Cops IDing people at the park, and then taking them home if they're under 18 without a guardian?
Completely disagree. The issue is that the parents / children will drop their guard when it comes to the cyberworld. In real life, everyone by now, knows to stay away from the man looking for the puppy or giving away candy. On the net the man is actually a 12 year old girl who wants to exchange pics, and talk and hang out later. People have just not adapted to deal with online predators it's as simple as that. Parents think that a computer is very harmless, it's at best a fun toy and at worst a buggy tool that has to be restarted once in a while. They don't realize that once they plug in the broadband cable, their computer "is visible" to millions of other across the globe. It is like standing in front of a CNN news camera and telling everyone that you like so and so, or you partied hard last week, or that you like a certain band. That's all an predator would need. "Hai! my name is Suzey and I like Britney Spears just like you. Let's hang out some time. Here is my pic, send me yours".
Obviously, the "dangers" are somewhat apparent, or there would be no desire for this law. Educating kids is a far more effective and less totalitarian way to do this.
My wife when she was young was contacted by a predator that started to call her parents house and leaving sexually explicit messages for her.
Are you an advocate for government parental controls for phone usage? "I'm sorry, you cannot use this public phone without age verification."
So, yeah, a good parent will notice who their child talks to over the phone, over the internet or in real life.
I agree. A good government would not.
But at the same time, a phone is just a phone, it doesn't have a your son's or daughter's picture on it, it doesn't have the fact that she like Britney Spears or that she rides her bike to soccer practice every Thursday.
The fact that she likes Britney Spears isn't really that dangerous if you educate your child NOT TO MEET PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET. It's really not that hard. A predator could already grab a child off a bike without the aid of the internet. Also, with your home phone number, I could easily track down your address unless you actively take it out of the phone book.
It seems you are also one of the individuals who completely underestimate the power (and therefore the potential threat) of the Internet... Hope you wise up before you have children.
I will respond with a personal anecdote. I've had a computer in my bedroom with internet access since middle school (which was quite a time ago). I used instant messaging, and at some point in High School, I briefly used MySpace before becoming unable to tolerate its horrid, horrid appearance. Strangely enough, I was not molested. Mainly because I'm not stupid enough to meet with strangers over the internet. My rights should not be infringed because others are. Education and more strict punishments for the PREDATORS would make a lot more sense than wasting everyone else's time.
Also, if you look at his legislation, it requires parents to sign up before their kids do. How will kids get around this? Lie about their ages! WHAT A GREAT LEAP FORWARD FOR SAFETY!
Not the didn't, but the last time I checked the predators didn't come looking for minors on Slashdot, or through the TV, or Usenet but they do take advantage of the kids on facebook and myspace.
Predators also look for kids OUTSIDE! Let's make all visits to the park require parental supervision!
Most parents and children are clueless as to how public their information is and how vulnerable they become. At no point in time before was it possible for the kids to expose their personal stuff to so many people. Internet is great, I don't doubt, but it is a tool that one has to know how to use. Why not give your kid some pot to smoke as well, heck in college they'll probably try it anyway, might as well get them used to it.
Or maybe people could educate their kids not to put their addresses online, although their addresses could also be found in the phone book! And predators can see kids with their EYES!!
And I am normally against the government interfering but in certain cases it is appropriate. In an ideal world parents would be smart enough to know enough and protect their offspring but as it happens there are a lot of stupid people who make babies and therefore there are a lot of stupid parents who do not know how to protect their children from harm, so at least Uncle Sam can try and do something.
Odds are, if these kids are stupid enough to meet predators over the internet, they'd run into them without internet access too.
And before Facebook everyone was stuck at home without the ability to organize anything, nobody had parties and nobody went on trips. Thank God for Facebook!
And before phones everyone was stuck at home without the ability to organize anything, nobody had parties and nobody went on trips. Thank God for phones! Obviously, kids should not be allowed to use phones because they could CALL PREDATORS WITH THEM!!!!
Your parents didn't have Slashdot, yet they turned out alright. GASP! Sometimes, when new activities are available, people partake in them!
Maybe these kids like to go online. Facebook can be a useful site for organizing events, like parties or trips. But OH NO! CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET! Obviously, legislation should be passed to waste taxpayers' money to "protect" them, because obviously the internet is a DANGEROUS place, because it's SCARY, and the only the government should choose how kids spend their time!
For what it's worth, I hate MySpace because it's too ugly and customizable (which just makes it uglier), and Facebook is becoming another MySpace.
This whole thing about facebook and all these sites is just ridiculous.
Right, because the government should have better things to do than to interfere with things, just because people are inherently scared of those kids and their JAZZ MUSIC or whatever happens to be new at the time.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0008/LPMArti cle.asp?ID=208
What's so special about Apple? Why can't I be notified by Slashdot when Microsoft releases patches?
The only reason Apple updates are posted is for flamewars. Every time one is posted, all the pro-mac and anti-mac people get into huge arguments.
Don't argue with this guy! Patent is his middle, err, last name.
I should have recorded my English teacher this year to expose her incompetence. She constantly misspelled "prologue" as "prolouge." She gave improper definitions of common words (defined a mute as a person who cannot hear and defined the villain as the foil) even though no one ever asked for said definitions. She called a documentary on King Arthur his autobiography. She told us that she thought it was odd that radio plays didn't have stage cues, because she believed they were supposed to be read aloud. The list never ends. Not necessarily in the case mentioned in the article, but sometimes, teachers really are terrible.
along with the 3 R's.....
It's 4 R's. Readin, ritin, rithmetic, and rong spellin.
Actually, as a Chess player, I have purchased multiple Chess boards. I have a regular, wooden chess set. I have a tiny 5" by 5" magnetic chess set with flat pieces, which I replaced with a larger magnetic chess set with physical pieces. I also have a metal chess set.
I really wonder if companies that go on the warpath over internet copyright violations really think in their long-term best interest. Look at the RIAA, for instance. For all of the money they've spent and the lawsuits they've threatened, they're back at square one when it comes to halting internet file sharing. What makes Hal Leonard think that they'll do any better, especially because guitar tabs are just TXT files and arguably even easier to redistribute?
I'm not afraid of Google!
I wouldn't want anyone arrested for saying it.
Hmmm, using the alchemy processor would be a GOLDEN opportunity!
Agreed. Why is there no punishment for people who attempt to unjustly use the legal system to send others to jail?
Actually, in base 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640 , it'd be 10.
For one thing, you ended your question without a question mark and ended this command with a question mark. Also, in your initial post, only the first clause is actually formatted like a question.
Is my English so bad or editors need tutoring.
Both!
A question that was never asked before today!
Hooray, I have the first post! I am teh winn4r!
"Entertainment" is still around in 2007? Jesus, move onto a new form of action already.
Right, just not a professional journalist. I play piano, which makes me a musician. However, I don't play for money, so I am not a professional musician.
If you measure all of the Macs in my house, your results will be 100% Mac.
According to the web stats at macrumors.com, Apple's marketshare is actually 99%.
Actually, it's not really YouTube's problem. YouTube should not have to deal with all sorts of foreign laws. If the content is really illegal in a country, then its government can go after its own citizens who posted the material and use its own resources to block the video.