I've also had several hard drive failures, and it's annoying. I thought I was immune until I started getting failures 2 years ago. Yes I keep them cool, etc. External (USB) hard drives seem to be really vulnerable; writing more than 20-30G to a drive without a break seems to make them rather hot. One drive (a WD MyBook) failed within a month of purchase. Makes we want to RAID or use Syncback to mirror each of my drives, which is unfortunate. It effectively halves my space. An unreliable 4TB HD is really only 2TB in my mind, since I'll need another drive to backup the info to.
I love how people balk about how to "define" porn. I can immediately think of 2 definitions to start with:
1. Public Decency - The US (and other countries) has laws to indicate what is "decent" in public. If it's not decent in public, I shouldn't have to see it on my computer either. A "safe filter" should be available to screen out these things. Whether the.xxx domain could be used as this filter, who knows, but it's better than nothing, which is what we have now.
2. Not Safe for Work (NSFW) - This is fairly easy to define. If I wouldn't want to see it at work, it's porn or obscene or should be able to be filted out.
I would accept either of these definitions as the basis for a "safe filter". Yes, this would classify things like "artistic nudity" as porn. But frankly, I don't want to see any sort of nudity at work, artistic or not. And I don't want my children to see nudity, artistic or not. If you want your kinds to see artistic nudity, turn the filter off, but I think you would be in the minority of parents.
I find it kind of interesting that we cannot be nude in public, but once we go on the internet, we are bombarded with nudity and other obscene things.
I like porn as much as the next guy, but it would be nice to be able select an option to say "I don't want porn right now" if I don't want it available.
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdotted 10 min after greenlit? I recommend we find their hosting service guilty of impersonating a server...
I've also had several hard drive failures, and it's annoying. I thought I was immune until I started getting failures 2 years ago. Yes I keep them cool, etc. External (USB) hard drives seem to be really vulnerable; writing more than 20-30G to a drive without a break seems to make them rather hot. One drive (a WD MyBook) failed within a month of purchase. Makes we want to RAID or use Syncback to mirror each of my drives, which is unfortunate. It effectively halves my space. An unreliable 4TB HD is really only 2TB in my mind, since I'll need another drive to backup the info to.
I love how people balk about how to "define" porn. I can immediately think of 2 definitions to start with:
.xxx domain could be used as this filter, who knows, but it's better than nothing, which is what we have now.
1. Public Decency - The US (and other countries) has laws to indicate what is "decent" in public. If it's not decent in public, I shouldn't have to see it on my computer either. A "safe filter" should be available to screen out these things. Whether the
2. Not Safe for Work (NSFW) - This is fairly easy to define. If I wouldn't want to see it at work, it's porn or obscene or should be able to be filted out.
I would accept either of these definitions as the basis for a "safe filter". Yes, this would classify things like "artistic nudity" as porn. But frankly, I don't want to see any sort of nudity at work, artistic or not. And I don't want my children to see nudity, artistic or not. If you want your kinds to see artistic nudity, turn the filter off, but I think you would be in the minority of parents.
I find it kind of interesting that we cannot be nude in public, but once we go on the internet, we are bombarded with nudity and other obscene things.
I like porn as much as the next guy, but it would be nice to be able select an option to say "I don't want porn right now" if I don't want it available.