I was thinking the same thing last night... when I met a girl on AIM via another friend. I didn't know her, but I sent her a message and started chatting. I was a stranger, at first, but we were probably thousands of miles away! I can't come through the computer screen and grab her!
However... at the mall, you are LITERALLY inches away from real kidnappers, molesters and the such! Hmmmm... maybe your kids shouldn't go to Hollister alone...
It all boils down to parenting... 100 years ago, you didn't have to worry about your child being hit by a car... there were NO cars. Today, parents must teach their kids to "look both ways before crossing..."
So, PARENTS, teach your kids the proper way to navigate social interaction websites. These websites aren't going away. Freedom of speech and the freedom of information is here forever. No one ever imagined we'd all be getting news, entertainment, schoolwork, homework, office work, via the Internet. But, we are. And social interaction is the next big thing... and it ain't going away.
Parents, look at your child's MySpace page. If there is anything wrong with it, fix it. Tell them to remove any personal info that may harm them. But, DON'T forbid MySpace... that's the first reason kids will rebel and use it at someone else's house. Teach them why you can't put personal info out there. It can be dangerous on the Internet, but we all live on the Internet. So, teach them the rules of the Web.
I admit. I use MySpace. I'm 28 years old. I use it for communication... more than personal e-mail. I only have a handful of people's real e-mail addresses or cell numbers... but I have 250 friends on MySpace. I don't have to track people down to get their e-mail address... my friends find me!
I've found 10 people from my high school days... and that was over 10 years ago! Plus, countless friends from college. It's a great tool. There's no way I'd find this many people without a social interaction website.
The rules haven't changed too much... "Don't give out your phone # or address. Don't give out your name. Don't meet strangers without your parents." This now applies to the Internet as well.
Isn't the point of P2P that it is Peer to Peer, computer to computer... How exactly does the RIAA stop Bearshare from working? If someone has the Bearshare software on their computer, and someone else does too, won't they still be allowed to share files? Isn't that the nature of file sharing?
I remember Napster "shutting down" becuase the had to unplug their database servers... but P2P apps use each other to locate and share files.
I'm a little confused on how Bearshare can be shutdown.
I don't think I've seen a single other company support the standard.
Every printer that accepts memory cards accepts Memory Sticks. Computers with card readers accept Memory Sticks. Those are your devices that support the standard. It's true... all Memory Sticks get shoved into a Sony camera... but there's plenty of other devices that you can stick one in too!
I still don't understand why people pay to watch TV on a PC or portable device. Music is one thing... but TV shows? Really? Sure Desparate Housevives in a great show, and it's very popular... but who would watch it more than once?
I'll definately listen to a song more than once. We all will. But, these are topical news shows. They talk about things that happened today. You probably won't watch them ever again. And now you own them!
I'd take that $10 a month and get a DVR box from my cable company. Then I could record ANYTHING I want and watch it when I'm at home. I don't need to watch last night's TV shows on my portable device.
Obviously video subscriptions are selling... but it's not my cup of tea. If your most favoritest show in the world in the Colbert Report... you must be jumping for joy.
No... Microsoft does not need to make a portable music player. They need to stick with making OS and software. That's what they do. They make software that runs on other people's hardware.
XBox was a detour... but they should not enter another market with a music player.
Now there will be more NetZero commercials with Dennis Miller. "Why pay $26 for AOL when you can get NetZero for less than $10?"
Great comedian/writer turned NetZero ad-boy.
How does regular TV look on a 50" plasma? Good ol' SD broadcasts? There are only a handful of HD shows I'd ever watch, so I'd mostly be watching regular programming.
Isn't a DVD still a cleaner source than an SD broadcast? How do you cope with regular TV shows on an HD set?
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I was thinking the same thing last night... when I met a girl on AIM via another friend. I didn't know her, but I sent her a message and started chatting. I was a stranger, at first, but we were probably thousands of miles away! I can't come through the computer screen and grab her!
However... at the mall, you are LITERALLY inches away from real kidnappers, molesters and the such! Hmmmm... maybe your kids shouldn't go to Hollister alone...
It all boils down to parenting... 100 years ago, you didn't have to worry about your child being hit by a car... there were NO cars. Today, parents must teach their kids to "look both ways before crossing..."
So, PARENTS, teach your kids the proper way to navigate social interaction websites. These websites aren't going away. Freedom of speech and the freedom of information is here forever. No one ever imagined we'd all be getting news, entertainment, schoolwork, homework, office work, via the Internet. But, we are. And social interaction is the next big thing... and it ain't going away.
Parents, look at your child's MySpace page. If there is anything wrong with it, fix it. Tell them to remove any personal info that may harm them. But, DON'T forbid MySpace... that's the first reason kids will rebel and use it at someone else's house. Teach them why you can't put personal info out there. It can be dangerous on the Internet, but we all live on the Internet. So, teach them the rules of the Web.
I admit. I use MySpace. I'm 28 years old. I use it for communication... more than personal e-mail. I only have a handful of people's real e-mail addresses or cell numbers... but I have 250 friends on MySpace. I don't have to track people down to get their e-mail address... my friends find me!
I've found 10 people from my high school days... and that was over 10 years ago! Plus, countless friends from college. It's a great tool. There's no way I'd find this many people without a social interaction website.
The rules haven't changed too much... "Don't give out your phone # or address. Don't give out your name. Don't meet strangers without your parents." This now applies to the Internet as well.
Parents... step up!
Uhm, the actual data transfering is done peer to peer, but you've gotta get the peer addresses from somewhere.
Napster was centralized... it had lists of songs that each person had on their computers. It was easy to unplug Napster.
But, Bearshare is a true peer2peer... file lists are transfered from computer to computer, without a central location.
So, my question still remains... how can they possibly shut down Bearshare? As long as you have the client on your computer... it will work forever!
Isn't the point of P2P that it is Peer to Peer, computer to computer... How exactly does the RIAA stop Bearshare from working? If someone has the Bearshare software on their computer, and someone else does too, won't they still be allowed to share files? Isn't that the nature of file sharing? I remember Napster "shutting down" becuase the had to unplug their database servers... but P2P apps use each other to locate and share files. I'm a little confused on how Bearshare can be shutdown.
I don't think I've seen a single other company support the standard.
Every printer that accepts memory cards accepts Memory Sticks. Computers with card readers accept Memory Sticks. Those are your devices that support the standard. It's true... all Memory Sticks get shoved into a Sony camera... but there's plenty of other devices that you can stick one in too!
I'll definately listen to a song more than once. We all will. But, these are topical news shows. They talk about things that happened today. You probably won't watch them ever again. And now you own them!
I'd take that $10 a month and get a DVR box from my cable company. Then I could record ANYTHING I want and watch it when I'm at home. I don't need to watch last night's TV shows on my portable device.
Obviously video subscriptions are selling... but it's not my cup of tea. If your most favoritest show in the world in the Colbert Report... you must be jumping for joy.
I'll turn on the TV at 11:30pm... or I won't.
XBox was a detour... but they should not enter another market with a music player.
Stay focused on SOFTware... MicroSOFT
Anyway, how can 2 products battle when one product is a myth?
Now there will be more NetZero commercials with Dennis Miller. "Why pay $26 for AOL when you can get NetZero for less than $10?" Great comedian/writer turned NetZero ad-boy.
Isn't a DVD still a cleaner source than an SD broadcast? How do you cope with regular TV shows on an HD set?