On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 20:31, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> In these discouraging times, that brings hope for the next generation.
>
> They will learn programming skills,
On that note, this non-retro little computer really pleases me.
https://basicengine.org/
It's a modern version of a 1980s
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
Kids rapidly figure out solutions to bypass limits.
In these discouraging times, that brings hope for the next generation.
They will learn programming skills, network management, how to work
with others, or project management.
Some might lear
On 2/14/19 11:17 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
> Before I develop this, I thought it may already exist, and the classiccmp
> mail list might be the place to ask.
>
> What we have, is the screen time problem with the kids. If we are not there
> hounding and policing them, they will be on fo
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> Subject: Re: a timer for the PC - screen tme for the kids
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> On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 16:46, Dave Wade via cctalk
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> The "simplest" is to create a logon event that's does "shutdown /t nn
> /s" where "n" is the number of seconds of play time.
No, honestly, there are much easier ways.
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/set-time-limits-windows
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> At 01:17 AM 2/15/2019, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
> >Wh
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 08:17, Randy Dawson via cctalk
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> My idea was initially do this in hardware, with a timer, and a solid state
> relay to gate the AC to the PC.
Sounds like a good way for a regularly-trashed boot disk filesystem to me, TBH.
> Has anybody seen this, before I re-inven
At 01:17 AM 2/15/2019, Randy Dawson via cctalk wrote:
>What we have, is the screen time problem with the kids. If we are not there
>hounding and policing them, they will be on for hours.
There are also consumer firewall/routers that have time-based limits.
When I've had clients ask about this,
I happen to be the CEO of Qustodio, we have a free version of the service
that works on Windows computers and there's also Mac and mobile devices
support, let me know if I can help anyhow.
Regards.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 12:02 PM Jim Manley via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Hi Randy,
Hi Randy,
Here’s how to do it in Windows 10 (and probably 8):
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/set-time-limits-windows-10
For Windows 7:
https://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/6900/windows-7-how-to-set-time-limits-for-a-child/
All the Best,
Jim
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 00:17 Randy Dawson via cct
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