Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-12 Thread Rial Juan


Hmm. just adding my two cents:

I've been watching porn since I was like... uhhm... 6 or so. Ok, at that age I
didn't understand what it was all about, except that married people did those
kind of things, but anyway... It hasn't made me a less responsible, or more
perverted human being. As a matter of fact, I kind of dislike porn nowadays,
since I regard most of it as cheap filth. Some porn goes beyond the average "get
two ugly people in bed and film the action as explicitly as possible" style that
governs the market, but that kind of "quality porn" is scarce.

But anyway, porn right now can't really attract my attention anymore, and I
usually even change the channel when yet another stupid cheap erotic movie is
playing. Not to say I don't enjoy sex, but just not all the cheap rubbish they
show on TV, or what's to be found on all major XXX-sites.

Of course I can only speak for myself, but I regard myself as the living proof
that watching porn doesn't make you a pervert. So why bother about your kiddies
becoming perverts just 'coz they watch porn on the web? Ok, at first they'll be
very interrested, they'll download tons of pics and movies, even print some out,
share with their friends, and probably play with themselves while watching it.
So what? It's just a stage they have to pass trough, and we all know that kids
in their puberty find their way to porn one way or another anyway, or do you
think my parents realized how much of that shit I have looked at in my life?

But ask yourselves this question: what do you prefer? A 13-year old kid that
watches tons of porn, and experiments with himself while watching it, only to
realise when he matures that it's actually cheap rubbish, and then when he's
passed that stage can enjoy a normal healthy sex-life with his partner of
choice, or do you prefer creating a human being that will engage in a
relationship so insecure about intimity because he's always regarded it as
something of a taboo, and even something evil? Probably even an individual who's
been so frustrated all of his life because he always heard stuff about it, but
never really knew what it was all about. This individual will never enjoy sex in
his whole life. Oh yes, he'll _have_ sex, but he won't _enjoy_ it, odds are he
won't be able to keep a decent relationship for long either, since he'll be one
hell of a screwed up person (ok, I'm going into extremes here, but you get my
point).

I don't believe in forcing porn upon young kids just to have them realise the
facts of life, but I also don't believe in this rigid censorship which has
ruined more lives troughout the years than drugs has. I believe that when a
6-year old kid comes asking you what words like "vagina" and "condom" mean, you
should have an open conversation in which the kid doesn't get the impression
it's something of a taboo, or evil/perverted. Of course, if I had a 6-year old
daughter and she came up to me asking "Daddy, what does 'sodomize' mean?", I
would be baffled at first too, and I don't really know if I would have an answer
for her right away, but then again, it's these moments that make parentship such
a fun job, I suppose. ;-)

Note, I don't have any kids, nor am I married myself. So these opinions are not
the ones of a parent, but the ones of the child of parents who always have had
an open policy about sex and sex-related questions. I turned out quite OK, and
so will many other kids if you give them a chance to prove they're actually more
mature than you'd think. Besides, censorship doesn't work, there's always
classmates who bring porn-mags into school etc... I'd prefer if my future kids
would learn about sex from me and my future wife, than from the other kids in
school.


On May 7 Marc wrote:

 finally some one says some thing about hate pages other than porn pages. i
 mean yes it is bad for a kid to see porn at a young age but what about
 seeing a hate filled sign? i guess morally any more porn is worse than hate.
 sorry for going off the topic but props to Del
 

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Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-10 Thread Mogens Jæger

"L. H. LOO" wrote:

 At 08-05-2000 07:42 AM, you wrote:
 What if he got himself a spare set of power cords ? It is not that costly.
 Just my 0.002 cents' concern.

 How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so
 did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by me only.

Or - more likely - went to some 'friends' (that so called 'bad company') to
'studie' natures expressions?
I don't know if it is my (Scandinavian) liberal point of vue that makes the
difference, but some times it makes me pi to watch the (for me to see)
typical American offence over a couple (or more) undressed people (mostly
females) as long as it is OK to broadcast tons of movies, where people (lots
of them) gets brutally slaugtered.
Sincerely
Mogens Jæger




Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-10 Thread L. H. LOO

At 08-05-2000 07:42 AM, you wrote:
What if he got himself a spare set of power cords ? It is not that costly. 
Just my 0.002 cents' concern.

How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so 
did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by me only.




Fw: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread nodyak0


I would like to have your system STOP sending these messages out to me
and the other people on the mail group we are subscribed to, it is very
annoying and unnecessary.  If this is going into a business enviornment
then we apologize for this but we are not responsible and would like to
have these messages STOPPED.

Thank You,

don
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But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.

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Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread nodyak0

Just if you want to use some of the Parental Control software, my ISP has
some on their site.  http://www.stic.net is their website if you would
like to see what they offer.

don
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But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.


On Mon, 08 May 2000 07:42:46 -0500 WolfRyder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
 Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn 
 sites, 
 after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer 
 privileges 
 for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when 
 I went 
 to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was 
 usable by 
 me only.
 
 Ultimately, parental control isn't a piece of software on a 
 computer, it's 
 the guts to say no and mean it, even if you take away the CPU or 
 Modem or 
 whatever needs removing. Passwording is another way. People rely to 
 heavily 
 on "something else" to do the monitoring for them instead of doing 
 for 
 themselves.
 
 And I agree, hate sites rank right on up there with porn.
 
 If anyone would like to discuss this further with me, feel free to 
 email me 
 directly.
 
 Carol


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Re: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread Andy

What from me? No I havent been sending you anything...?

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Re: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread Andy

Why did i get this e-mail it has nothing to do with me. I dont know how you
can accuse me off this.
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Re: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread Andy

OOPs i think i got something confused :) sorry i thoguht it was a personal
mesasge cause it was forwarded.
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Re: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread Marc

i think this whole discussion needs to die. everyone knows what is going
on[i hope]so why not drop it. its not ones fault. just some one on the lists
business has a filter. live with it. sorry this whole thread is making me
crazy lol
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| Why did i get this e-mail it has nothing to do with me. I dont know how
you
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|  then we apologize for this but we are not responsible and would like to
|  have these messages STOPPED.
| 
|  Thank You,
| 
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|  Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
| 
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Re: ChineseWall Job Re: Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-09 Thread Andy

LOL it was me sorry i didnt know cause it was forwarded thats why i thought
it was to me Sorry ok im dropping itNOW
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 i think this whole discussion needs to die. everyone knows what is going
 on[i hope]so why not drop it. its not ones fault. just some one on the
lists
 business has a filter. live with it. sorry this whole thread is making me
 crazy lol
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 Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 7:48 PM
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 |  I would like to have your system STOP sending these messages out to me
 |  and the other people on the mail group we are subscribed to, it is
very
 |  annoying and unnecessary.  If this is going into a business
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 |  then we apologize for this but we are not responsible and would like
to
 |  have these messages STOPPED.
 | 
 |  Thank You,
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Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-08 Thread WolfRyder

Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn sites, 
after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer privileges 
for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went 
to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by 
me only.

Ultimately, parental control isn't a piece of software on a computer, it's 
the guts to say no and mean it, even if you take away the CPU or Modem or 
whatever needs removing. Passwording is another way. People rely to heavily 
on "something else" to do the monitoring for them instead of doing for 
themselves.

And I agree, hate sites rank right on up there with porn.

If anyone would like to discuss this further with me, feel free to email me 
directly.

Carol

At 04:42 AM 5/8/00 +0100, you wrote:

Hi ~

For Netscape cache files, go to the user's home directory and cd
.netscape/cache

There are sixteen subdirectories of cached pages.

Personally, I'd be more concerned about race-hate stuff than penthouse
pictures ;-)

Del

Hello again.

I was wondering if anyone could answer a query I have?

Is it possible for root to view the history of a users browser?  I
asking as I am
writing a newspaper article about the Linux system.  Here in England,
and I assume
elsewhere, there is great concern over the amount of control a parent
has over their
childrens viewing of the interent especially with the growing
prolifiation of porn sites.

This is an area that I think Linux and open source distributors could
exploit.  With
parents as root and so able to give and cancel permissions, they would
have greater
control over when and for how long a child could be on the internet.  If
they can also
view the history logs of that users browser then again their worries
over what their
child has viewed can be diminished.

Although free software is a plus and could creates a lot of interest, I
feel that security
is most on the minds of concerned parents and is an area that should be
highlighted if
Linux is to gain more supporters.

I'm sorry if this is a bit long winded but I would be glad to here any
responses either
to my initial question or concerning the issue itself.

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Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-08 Thread Monte Milanuk

WolfRyder wrote:
 
 Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn sites,
 after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer privileges
 for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went
 to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by
 me only.
 
 Ultimately, parental control isn't a piece of software on a computer, it's
 the guts to say no and mean it, even if you take away the CPU or Modem or
 whatever needs removing. Passwording is another way. People rely to heavily
 on "something else" to do the monitoring for them instead of doing for
 themselves.


I agree.  I have Freesco running as my gateway right now, and I have an
old terminal set up so I can watch the dns queries out of the corner of
my eye as I am working in my computer/electronics/reloading/hobby room. 
Definitely has came in handy.  If I see a disturbing site name come up,
I check it out.  If it is objectional, well, that was the last time
anyone in this household will ever see it on my network.  Perhaps a bit
high-handed, but then I am the one responsible for making sure that
society gets a quality product in another 4 yrs, and I think this will
help steer towards that path.

Monte
 And I agree, hate sites rank right on up there with porn.
 
 If anyone would like to discuss this further with me, feel free to email me
 directly.
 
 Carol
 
 At 04:42 AM 5/8/00 +0100, you wrote:
 
 Hi ~
 
 For Netscape cache files, go to the user's home directory and cd
 .netscape/cache
 
 There are sixteen subdirectories of cached pages.
 
 Personally, I'd be more concerned about race-hate stuff than penthouse
 pictures ;-)
 
 Del
 
 Hello again.
 
 I was wondering if anyone could answer a query I have?
 
 Is it possible for root to view the history of a users browser?  I
 asking as I am
 writing a newspaper article about the Linux system.  Here in England,
 and I assume
 elsewhere, there is great concern over the amount of control a parent
 has over their
 childrens viewing of the interent especially with the growing
 prolifiation of porn sites.
 
 This is an area that I think Linux and open source distributors could
 exploit.  With
 parents as root and so able to give and cancel permissions, they would
 have greater
 control over when and for how long a child could be on the internet.  If
 they can also
 view the history logs of that users browser then again their worries
 over what their
 child has viewed can be diminished.
 
 Although free software is a plus and could creates a lot of interest, I
 feel that security
 is most on the minds of concerned parents and is an area that should be
 highlighted if
 Linux is to gain more supporters.
 
 I'm sorry if this is a bit long winded but I would be glad to here any
 responses either
 to my initial question or concerning the issue itself.
 
   --
 Andrew
 Blackburn
 England
 
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[newbie] Parental control

2000-05-07 Thread Andrew Scotchmer

Hello again.

I was wondering if anyone could answer a query I have?

Is it possible for root to view the history of a users browser?  I asking as I am
writing a newspaper article about the Linux system.  Here in England, and I assume
elsewhere, there is great concern over the amount of control a parent has over their
childrens viewing of the interent especially with the growing prolifiation of porn 
sites.

This is an area that I think Linux and open source distributors could exploit.  With
parents as root and so able to give and cancel permissions, they would have greater
control over when and for how long a child could be on the internet.  If they can also
view the history logs of that users browser then again their worries over what their
child has viewed can be diminished.

Although free software is a plus and could creates a lot of interest, I feel that 
security
is most on the minds of concerned parents and is an area that should be highlighted if
Linux is to gain more supporters.

I'm sorry if this is a bit long winded but I would be glad to here any responses either
to my initial question or concerning the issue itself.

 -- 
Andrew
Blackburn
England

 --Learning at the deep end--