[Rictor]

That darn Internet, its turning my kids crooked. You know its time to worry when you see that your kids aren't turning out exactly as you want them to gosh-darnit.

Thats why we're talking back control


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New software and hardware have come out over the past year or so to help parents enforce time limits. America Online includes such software with its service.

Ginny Meacham, a mother of six in Orem, Utah, uses Time-Scout Monitor to track their time online. Each child can "buy" about two hours a day by doing chores.

Before, her oldest son, 17-year-old Jon, would continually complain that time limits fell in the middle of a video game, causing him to lose and turning her into "a mean, bad, icky, ogre parent." Now, there's no arguing, because once the allocation is out, Time-Scout automatically shuts power to the computer's monitor.

Other parents still use old-fashioned means -- a kitchen timer, a watch or an estimate. Stacey Calhoun, a teacher in La Mirada, Calif., enforces her rules by taking the keyboard, mouse and microphone away when she leaves the house.



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My parent's don't monitor my Internet time. They used to, but that was like years ago. And I turned out fine. Can't people just accept technology. I mean, if you're actually putting your health in jeopardy that one thing, but how many people go that far? I fail to see how you can think that ICQ can be taking over your child's life. Its just not that interesting....

[Woolie Wool]

How much are you willing to bet that these soccer moms know nothing about the Internet?

[Turnsky]

feh.. twitchy yuppy parents:doubt:

[Knight Templar]

*laughs at Lobsterclaw

[adwight]

Funny thing is, I know that lady.  And yes, she doesn't know about the internet, and she's definitely a stickler for being on there a long time.  (she once talked to my parents about it... but they didn't give a crap)

[Rictor]

You know THE person reffered to in the artcile? small world

[Admiral LSD]

So, this would make 65,001 reasons not to use AOL as an ISP?

[Stryke 9]

Anyone too incompetent to bypass a monitor shutdown that's anything short of a nasty virus shouldn't be allowed online in the first place. It's like driving, there should be a basic-skill aptitude test, and this net-nanny **** is as good a one as any.

[diamondgeezer]

'Tis there own fault for thinking the internet was anything more than a global pornography network anyway

[lobsterclaw]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
*laughs at Lobsterclaw

Ahh, shutup!:p

[Knight Templar]

Well it was funny because you don't even play soccer.

[lobsterclaw]

Meh...

[Stryke 9]

Shall we consider hilarity to have ensued from that comment, and leave it?

[Knight Templar]

Oh sorry, I didn't know I was on duty..  yeah, so I have this really funny bar joke. This guy walks into a gay bar and walks across the room. He's sees stryke, pulls a seat up next to him, asks for a bud and says "howdy partner, names Sammie. I'm from Houston."

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right.. carry on.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Anyone too incompetent to bypass a monitor shutdown that's anything short of a nasty virus shouldn't be allowed online in the first place. It's like driving, there should be a basic-skill aptitude test, and this net-nanny **** is as good a one as any.

I don't know how to bypass a monitor shutdown.

owwww pwease!!!! hurt me!

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Oh sorry, I didn't know I was on duty..  yeah, so I have this really funny bar joke. This guy walks into a gay bar walks across the room. He's sees stryke, pulls a seat up next to him, asks for a bud and says "howdy partner, names Sammie. I'm from Houston."

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right.. carry on.

I've got a better one.  This guy walks into a bar, and he says, "Ow, that hurt!"

[vyper]

Guy walks into a thread - "gee thats ticklish".





What?

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Anyone too incompetent to bypass a monitor shutdown that's anything short of a nasty virus shouldn't be allowed online in the first place. It's like driving, there should be a basic-skill aptitude test, and this net-nanny **** is as good a one as any.

I don't know how to. I shall now follow your sage advice and retreat into online exile in disgrace.

[Kamikaze]

Well, if it's a soccer mom it won't be particularly hard. I'd assume that many soccer moms might keep system administrator passwords around on paper, that'll make it easy. In the case that there's no password written you can probably use one of the many security exploits in windows to gain access (I really, really doubt a non-technical soccer mom could truly secure a system if her life depended on it).

If they ran, say, OpenBSD you're screwed though.

[Rictor]

I wonder if our (considering the age range of the forums there really is no single "our", but those peoplle who are now between 15 and 25) generation will finally turn out to be the "cool" parents and not get freaked out by technology. There is a ,lot of generalization going on, like for example:

"The Internet is all shortcuts and smiley faces."