no, you shouldn't install things, and about half the time you can't anyway. This is annoying when you want to read a pdf and acrobat is not installed for example. But that is another story.
I ask because my son likes this game called runescape (yes, it's online) and some librarians felt he should not be playing it on a library computer. Dana John Stanley writes: > It depends on the game. If it is on a site already, like msn or something, > sure. But I dont think you should be installing things like NeverWinter > Nights or Halflife 2. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:22 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Porn in the Library > > > On the whole I am more anti-filter I think. I used to work for an isp that > provided filtered content, and we took a lot of calls about the filter > hampering research. Breast cancer was a big problem, as was any site > containing the word adult. I got interested in Kerridwen, Welsh goddess of > death and dreams, and found that a lot of sites about her were blocked. > (She had a cauldron and this was a Christian company which blocked on > references to witchcraft and Satanism as well as sex and violence.) > > Even if you can ask for the filter to be removed... my experience using > public library computers indicates that at least half the librarians won't > know how. It also requires making a big deal out of seeing a site, and most > people will pass. I probably would. I know I eventually got tired of asking > my employer to unblock sites, and got an isp account elsewhere in addition > to my work account. And not because I wanted to see pornography. It's not > my thing. > > There are already rules in place at any library I have ever been to saying > that you cannot use the computers for pornography or hate material. I find > this restriction reasonable as you are after all in a public place and I > for one don't want to have to look up and see the guy on the next computer > looking at pornography. But the staff is walking around seating people and > doing whatever, and it isn't often an issue. I used public computers for > oh, six months after the flood, and in that time I think I saw one teenage > boy get told to get out of the site he was in. This suggests to me that the > money is probably better spent on books or another computer. > > Let's ask a slightly different question -- should you be able to use a > public computer for games? > > Dana > John Stanley writes: > > > If there are people in the world that go to the library just to look at > > http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html , then pornography > is > > the least of our worries. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Porn in the Library > > > > > > To be brutally honest, if there are people in the world that go to the > > library just to look at porn, filters are the least of our worries. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:05 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Porn in the Library > > > > > > i'm not in favor of filters in the library for computers adults will > > use. if there are pc's that kids can access, then the filters need to be > > there, but should be removed for adult usage. there is more at stake > > here than some sex images. the bottom line is you have one group of > > people deciding what is appropriate for "you" to be able to see in a > > "public" library. A library that your taxes support. This is not that > > different from those religious assclowns removing books they deem > > offensive from shelves. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:59 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Porn in the Library > > > > > > I'm in favor of the porn filters in the library as well. If people are > > going to that then they are wasting the bandwidth. -Patrick > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Porn in the Library > > > > > > > > >nobody commented on this. Too many other topics, or does > > >nobody else find > > >this slightly troubling? > > > > > >Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
