Re: Teen to be arrested for "blaster" attack

[Kevin Tarr]

BTW, Dan's aunt is getting a used computer from one of her sons.  Last I
heard, she wanted Dan to help her get set up with that, but that hasn't
happened yet; maybe her son helped her.  Everyone in the family was
hoping she'd get an internet connection so's she could be in the e-mail
loop with the rest of us, but she said she just wanted to play games.
So when it's all up and running, she'll play games for awhile, and if
she decides she wants e-mail at a later time, it's probably us who will
have to help with setting that up.  (Not that we mind -- the hardest
thing will be finding the right ISP for her.)  She doesn't want to do
much right now, and that's fine for everyone immediately involved.  (Not
so fine for, maybe, say, her nephew in New York, but there's always the
telephone.)
        Julia
A member of my family is near ninety, and has been doing desktop publishing 
for a couple of the societies that she's a member of. She sends out good 
e-mail, no junk, knows how to edit them; just amazing. Someone else OTOH 
isn't nearly as old and has trouble with the microwave and VCR, even though 
she is as smart and has demonstrated she knows what to do. (When something 
needs to get done, it does, but when she's feeling difficult or 
underappreciated, nothing works).

Here's a ranging question: say you wanted to set up a community computer. A 
person could sign on, do web searches, send e-mail, simple things. (Web 
search limited of course, kid friendly sites only.) It would be time 
limited, with warnings before it shut the person off. Mostly I want it 
automated, so someone doesn't have to be there to sign people on, make sure 
they quit when the time is up. I could live with reduced flexibility if it 
could be done.

Kevin T. - VRWC

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