A "bikini model" site would be considered pornographic to somebody from there.
That's my point, 99% of porn websites are NOT bikini models. Why let those 99% get away with it just because some people find more "lite" things offensive?
The US and DARPA manage to invent a decentralized network capable of widthstanding nuclear attacks, and now that they got it, they want to get rid of it?:-/
I'd really appreciate it if Mr. "War-on-terror" Bush did something more useful for the internet and getting rid of the ROOT CAUSE of computer terrorism: Microsoft and their crappy OS.
Or for the WRONG person. Sincerely, I doubt that "prayer healings" are what God has in mind, when the people get sick because they eat junk food, live a completely unhealthy life, smoke, drink too much, keep hating the people around them...
I was told that God is NOT an aspirine to cure us from our headaches. On the other hand, I think that if scientists did a study on how "forgiveness leads to a healthier life", they'd succeed.
There are plenty of technical reasons why not to do it. See RFC 3675 for details.
I laugh at RFC 3675 because it practically says: "Oh this and that measure won't filter the 100.00% of porn sites, therefore it's useless".
a) There is a representative quantity of porn websites that share the same IP range, so IP filtering IS effective against them, no matter what RFC 3675 says.
b) Unlike PICS labels,.xxx TLD's don't require the webmaster to CHANGE the website contents. So it's actually easier for porn site owners to have their own sites labelled.
RFC 3675 makes me laugh: "Providers of data on the Internet cannot stop anyone from creating names pointing to their computer's IP address with misleading domain names."
In theory. In practice, domain names HAVE TO BE BOUGHT. And the distributed database is not of website addresses, but merely of DOMAIN SERVERS. It's the domain servers that give you the IP for a certain address.
And don't come with "we can't really classify what is porn or what's not". Oh c'mon, that's the lamest of excuses. Don't tell me that "german *** girls" isn't porn, or that "sex farm" isn't porn, that "fetish dungeon" isn't porn, that "deep throat galleries" isn't porn or that "her first lesbian experience" isn't porn.
There is NO AMBIGUITY in porn websites. If they were ambiguous enough to be "misclassified" they wouldn't sell. And I doubt people would pay $4.99 a month for a subscription to "bikini models" sites. Well, those aren't representative of internet traffic anyway.
Finally, there are xxx banner ads often seen in non-porn sites, if those banners came from.xxx domains they could be easily blocked.
Allowing xxx domains isn't different from setting a flag saying "Thou shalt not eat the fruit from this tree". I can't understand how allowing that would be "legalizing porn" as they claim. The only logical explanation behind these groups opposing the.xxx TLD is (besides idiocy or ignorance) astroturfing.
Call me a tinfoil hat user, but I have the suspicion that this particular group of "conservative christians" is a well-paid front end for the internet porn mafia protecting their interests.
Climb high enough in the organization, and it becomes clear that Microsoft's success has not always been based on legal or ethical behavior.
I have to admit, we need more of these articles out there. Here in Slashdot we know all about it, so we'd get the typical captain of the obvious or "no sh*t sherlock" responses, but we need the general public to read more of them.
"To me, the most disturbing thing about the internet is that it has the perfect structure to promote dissatisfaction. You click on an image, it's not quite right. So you click on another, then another. It's completely open-ended. If you just keep looking there'll be that image that's just right. But the more you look, the less you get turned on by the stuff you did before. So, you have to search harder."
I wonder how many of the people in here agree. Would you like to see some of the "actresses" do this or that, and are dissatisfied because they don't exactly do as you'd like them to?
The sole genetic purpose for our existence is breeding.
Cool, from being rational beings capable of creating works of Art like the David or Mona Lisa, we're downgraded to sex-hungry animals. Keep it going, Mr. Darwin.
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When you gave away MS Internet Explorer for free, many of us fell for it. Now we know better.
A "bikini model" site would be considered pornographic to somebody from there.
That's my point, 99% of porn websites are NOT bikini models. Why let those 99% get away with it just because some people find more "lite" things offensive?
The US and DARPA manage to invent a decentralized network capable of widthstanding nuclear attacks, and now that they got it, they want to get rid of it? :-/
I'd really appreciate it if Mr. "War-on-terror" Bush did something more useful for the internet and getting rid of the ROOT CAUSE of computer terrorism: Microsoft and their crappy OS.
Expert's Exchange? Give me a break. Most of their solutions require a login and the page is so filled with ads that it's not worth your time.
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I guess you weren't of the ones who simply scrolled down to see the answer.
See:
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Anyone else see it as a good thing that the kids can't get these games without parental permission?
;-)
To the slashdot crowd: Those below 18 PLEASE refrain from answering this question.
Um, isn't this what LAWS are for?
Maybe they were praying to the wrong god?
Or for the WRONG person. Sincerely, I doubt that "prayer healings" are what God has in mind, when the people get sick because they eat junk food, live a completely unhealthy life, smoke, drink too much, keep hating the people around them...
I was told that God is NOT an aspirine to cure us from our headaches. On the other hand, I think that if scientists did a study on how "forgiveness leads to a healthier life", they'd succeed.
What happens when a company publishes both pornographic and non-pornographic content? Do they now have to split up into two DNS domains?
That's EXACTLY the point. Separating porn from safe content. D'OH.
There are plenty of technical reasons why not to do it. See RFC 3675 for details.
.xxx TLD's don't require the webmaster to CHANGE the website contents. So it's actually easier for porn site owners to have their own sites labelled.
.xxx domains they could be easily blocked.
I laugh at RFC 3675 because it practically says: "Oh this and that measure won't filter the 100.00% of porn sites, therefore it's useless".
a) There is a representative quantity of porn websites that share the same IP range, so IP filtering IS effective against them, no matter what RFC 3675 says.
b) Unlike PICS labels,
RFC 3675 makes me laugh:
"Providers of data on the Internet cannot stop anyone from creating names pointing to their computer's IP address with misleading domain names."
In theory. In practice, domain names HAVE TO BE BOUGHT. And the distributed database is not of website addresses, but merely of DOMAIN SERVERS. It's the domain servers that give you the IP for a certain address.
And don't come with "we can't really classify what is porn or what's not". Oh c'mon, that's the lamest of excuses. Don't tell me that "german *** girls" isn't porn, or that "sex farm" isn't porn, that "fetish dungeon" isn't porn, that "deep throat galleries" isn't porn or that "her first lesbian experience" isn't porn.
There is NO AMBIGUITY in porn websites. If they were ambiguous enough to be "misclassified" they wouldn't sell. And I doubt people would pay $4.99 a month for a subscription to "bikini models" sites. Well, those aren't representative of internet traffic anyway.
Finally, there are xxx banner ads often seen in non-porn sites, if those banners came from
In conclusion, RFC 3675 is BULLSHIT.
in a superior and more fine-grained way.
Please explain to me how a "superior and more fine-grained way" is so difficult to manage that PRACTICALLY NOBODY uses it.
Christian groups don't want porn "segregated" -- they want it to disappear entirely.
Yeah, and my little sister wants a magical pink unicorn to play with when she's bored.
It makes it even easier to find teh pr0n
.xxx makes it so much easier to BLOCK porn.
I say bullshit. Adult search engines are what makes pr0n easy to find. Heck, they're even categorized.
The truth is
Should I call them idiots or hypocrites?
.xxx TLD is (besides idiocy or ignorance) astroturfing.
Allowing xxx domains isn't different from setting a flag saying "Thou shalt not eat the fruit from this tree". I can't understand how allowing that would be "legalizing porn" as they claim. The only logical explanation behind these groups opposing the
Call me a tinfoil hat user, but I have the suspicion that this particular group of "conservative christians" is a well-paid front end for the internet porn mafia protecting their interests.
a "180" degree turn! :P
From TFA:
Climb high enough in the organization, and it becomes clear that Microsoft's success has not always been based on legal or ethical behavior.
I have to admit, we need more of these articles out there. Here in Slashdot we know all about it, so we'd get the typical captain of the obvious or "no sh*t sherlock" responses, but we need the general public to read more of them.
the RIAA and MPAA joined forces to have one global association called MAFIAA (Music And Film Industry Association of America).
:)
About time someone came out with this joke
the fuck is YOUR deal, you sick piece of shit?
:'(
A simple "yes" would have sufficed as answer, now you hurt my feelings
Can anything be cuter than this?
Awwww!! T_T
Pink hurts!!!111oneoneoneeleveneleven(10/9)
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No kidding!!!11onemillionfourtyeightthousandfivehund
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
When they really get their mail / calendar project going, Microsoft can kiss their Outlook customers goodbye.
Yeah, we've all heard about those "sorry, wrong window" problems. Curse them!
There's only one word I can say to celebrate this.
:)
Yahoo!!!!!!
I wonder how many of the people in here agree. Would you like to see some of the "actresses" do this or that, and are dissatisfied because they don't exactly do as you'd like them to?
The sole genetic purpose for our existence is breeding.
Cool, from being rational beings capable of creating works of Art like the David or Mona Lisa, we're downgraded to sex-hungry animals. Keep it going, Mr. Darwin.