Christian Seberino wrote:
On Thu, March 1, 2007 4:59 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Also, one of the interesting points about the securityfocus article is
that it talks about the fact that you *must* have certain filtering
software in place to comply with Federal guidelines. *That* I didn't
know.
For little kids I like that idea. I have a whitelist implemented on our
laptop and it seems to work.
Personally, for little kids, I would rather there be *no* computers *or*
televisions anywhere near the classroom. Computers add very little to
the basic acquisition of knowledge.
In addition, you probably update that whitelist if your child asks, right?
Again, we come back to "There ain't no admin in schools."
This kind of law has a *cost*. People don't pay any attention to the
cost of the laws anymore.
What are the costs? There are quite a few, but let's pick one near and
dear to our hearts: what OS does the "standard" filtering software run
under?
Oops. Tough luck for us Linux folks.
And if a school *doesn't* comply, it opens itself up to lawsuits.
-a
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