Re: [Scottish] Internal HTTP server
Phil Deane wrote: [snip] The love playing online games on Nick Jr (http://www.nickjr.co.uk) which are mainly java based games. They wont have access to the net from their room(1. because I dont want them to have access and 2. My computer is downstairs and running cables would be a pain the arse and 3. I only have a dial up and I ain't for sharing it!). David's wwwoffle idea is pretty good, I dunno if wwwoffle could be placed upstream of a local squid cache, then you could perhaps try a) connecting the girls PC to yours via wireless (s'getting cheaper!), and b) when you're online, letting them browse with squidguard or dansguardian or insert content filtering system here [1] in the road to make sure they don't browse stuff they're not supposed to (with your machine obviously having ultimate control - click *hang up!*) Perhaps more complex to put in place than you require, but IME Java and intricate Flash stuff are hard to make work well in an offline environment - applets and movies routinely store data in outboard class/jar/swf files, and if you don't click on the particular section, listen to a particular sound/song, or reach a particular level while you're online, it's never going to work offline. That does of course mean that if you go for the wwwoffle only solution, you'll be forced to sit and play games through to their completion so that the girls can play all the way through too - oh the things people can be made to do in the sake of parenthood ;) (incidentally, I just took a look at the playtime section on www.nickjr.co.uk, and it works exactly how i've described - the flash movie is self contained, and loads the swf files transparently without a new html page being shown. This makes it *tricky as hell* to try and spider. [1] my employer does of course produce a content filtering system based on dansguardian (having the author on staff helps!), but something like SmoothGuardian to protect a couple of kids is almost certainly overkill! -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _ When Microsoft Office is your only hammer, \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ pretty much everything begins to look like =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ a nail. Or a thumb. -- Rob Pegoraro U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! neuro at well dot com http://neuro.me.uk/ ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Internal HTTP server
On Saturday 12 July 2003 22:51, Phil Deane wrote: The love playing online games on Nick Jr (http://www.nickjr.co.uk) which are mainly java based games. They wont have access to the net from their room(1. because I dont want them to have access and 2. My computer is downstairs and running cables would be a pain the arse and 3. I only have a dial up and I ain't for sharing it!). I was was wondering if there is someway I can hoover the site ( or at least Certainly there are programs which will mirror a site locally - I use Pavuk for this. The problem is that I've not found one that understands the innards of flash files - you are likely to have the same problem with Java. I was trying to do exactly the same thing with the cbeebies web site. I suppose if either of us were really clever we'd build a handler / log watcher for apache that fetched the missing bits. Maybe someones written one already. Colin ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Internal HTTP server
Hi Folks I am in the process of setting up a computer (From spare parts) for my 6 year old twin girls for their room. I want to avoid them using windows, and hopefully have a lightweight WM such as black box running for them with easy use icons for vcds, cds, games etc. So all they need to do is click it once and it starts. The love playing online games on Nick Jr (http://www.nickjr.co.uk) which are mainly java based games. They wont have access to the net from their room(1. because I dont want them to have access and 2. My computer is downstairs and running cables would be a pain the arse and 3. I only have a dial up and I ain't for sharing it!). I was was wondering if there is someway I can hoover the site ( or at least the games) and have it accessible for them on their machine. And also potentially be able to add to it, by downloading more things for them and adding it in. ( i dont know as yet if I can download them) I presume I would need to set some sort of internal web server for them to use, which would direct them to whatever they want to play. I am not a novice on Linux, but in no way advanced, so the easier way to do it would be better. Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA -- Phil Deane http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
