I am wondering if the next step is a law requiring you to make your computer available to government agents to inspect to make sure the "protection" software is not disabled. Or perhaps a surcharge on your ISP fees if you access sites that are considered antisocial. I wonder if the extropy list would be one of these.
Ralph
At 01:35 PM 6/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>>WINDOWS TO GET ABILITY TO BLOCK UNWELCOME GAMES
>>The next release of Microsoft's Windows operating system software will
>>include software that parents can use to block the playing of computer
>>games with unacceptable levels of violence, offensive language, or nudity.
>>Microsoft is currently talking with the Entertainment Software Rating Board
>>and the Recreational Software Advisory Council about incorporating their
>>ratings into a database on which the blocking software would rely. The
>>software will be available sometime next year, and will be available for
>>purchase as an upgrade to existing copies of Windows. (New York Times 25
>>Jun 99)
>>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/06/biztech/articles/25game.html
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>I keep waiting until somebody starts rating the level of stupidity,
>irrationality, lies, and other actually harmful things in messages.
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>When there is going to be a filter that will leave Discovery channel
>with any degree of nudity, but block tele-evangelists, baseball,
>X-files, soap operas and other stuff that really wastes and corrupts
>young minds, filling them with perverse perceptions of the world and
>ridiculous values?
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Ralph Lewis, Professor of Management and Human Resources
College of Business
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
rlewis@csulb.edu http://www.csulb.edu/~rlewis