More MySpacae backwardsness

[CrAz3D]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/05/03/mass.myspace.reut/index.html
Mass. wants the user age raised from 14 to 18, this comes after some 27yrd old dude found a 13yr old girl.

...uhm, 13 isn't 14, gee golly, how did she ever register!?

[dark_drake]

You mean... you mean... you mean... she broke.... the rules? *gulp*

[GameSnake]

MySpace* is just fine, I think it's the parents, schools, librarys and any internet provider to monitor minors on the internet.

[Joe]

MySpace* is just fine, I think it's the parents, schools, librarys and any internet provider to monitor minors on the internet.

You're taking this "I'm an adult" thing a little too far if you ask me. You were a minor a month ago. Would you want your parents spying on everything you do? Even if you don't have anything to hide, you still don't want them reading it.

Also, I'd consider myself an adult. A minor, yes, but a young adult. I'm not a kid anymore and I don't need my parents to tell me what to do and what not to do while I'm on the internet.

[iago]

I think that MySpace is the stupidest thing ever made.  We should be telling people, especially younger people, "don't post any kind of personal information online!", instead we're saying "post everything you've got".  It's a really dumb idea.

[Newby]

If they get rid of < 18, they'll have nobody!@

[CrAz3D]

I think that MySpace is the stupidest thing ever made.  We should be telling people, especially younger people, "don't post any kind of personal information online!", instead we're saying "post everything you've got".  It's a really dumb idea.

If you read the MySpace FAQ(?) then you'd see that it says to not post personal info (addresses & the like)

[AntiVirus]

I agree with iago.. MySpace is the amazingly stupid..

[iago]

I think that MySpace is the stupidest thing ever made.  We should be telling people, especially younger people, "don't post any kind of personal information online!", instead we're saying "post everything you've got".  It's a really dumb idea.

If you read the MySpace FAQ(?) then you'd see that it says to not post personal info (addresses & the like)

Does it say anything about names?  Birthdays?  Pictures?

Any of those can be dangerous.  A name + birthday gives you a decent starting point if trying to steal somebody's identity or tracking them down. 

[GameSnake]

I think that MySpace is the stupidest thing ever made.  We should be telling people, especially younger people, "don't post any kind of personal information online!", instead we're saying "post everything you've got".  It's a really dumb idea.

If you read the MySpace FAQ(?) then you'd see that it says to not post personal info (addresses & the like)

Does it say anything about names?  Birthdays?  Pictures?

Any of those can be dangerous.  A name + birthday gives you a decent starting point if trying to steal somebody's identity or tracking them down. 

Ive seen way more than that on myspace: pictures, adresses, home towns, mailing adresses, drug use on camera, nudity on camera...

[d&q]

If they get rid of < 18, they'll have nobody!@

Exactly what I thought!

[CrAz3D]

I didn't say that people don't do it...I'm just saying the MySpace (& other online friend places) discourage it.

[iago]

If they don't encourage posting your name and picture, why do they have seconds for your name and for pictures?

[CrAz3D]

Alot of people don't use their real name, I suspect that they might just want you to use a screen name or just your first name.
Pictures would be easy to find someone, if you know where they are.   You can find where people are by lookin at their classes, but you can restrict who can see your classes (& rest of your profile too)

[deadly7]

If they get rid of < 18, they'll have nobody!@

The ugly 20-somethings that can't get a date cause they're fat, but have the "angles."

[Joe]

Myspace is like medical marajuanna (there is no deeper meaning in here..). When used properly it's nice - you can chat with your friends, etc. But when improperly, you can get fucked.. quite literally in this case.

[CrAz3D]

Myspace is like medical marajuanna (there is no deeper meaning in here..). When used properly it's nice - you can chat with your friends, etc. But when improperly, you can get fucked.. quite literally in this case.

wow, makes sense

[iago]

Alot of people don't use their real name, I suspect that they might just want you to use a screen name or just your first name.
Pictures would be easy to find someone, if you know where they are.   You can find where people are by lookin at their classes, but you can restrict who can see your classes (& rest of your profile too)

It's hard to find a picture without knowing their name..

[Rule]

I think posting a picture of just yourself (e.g. white background) is pretty innocuous.  It would be extremely hard to track someone down on that information alone.  On the other hand, I would still discourage those under a certain age (15?) from doing it, if anything because it may suggest to predators that you are actually a vulnerable and attractive? minor who is worthy of pursuing.

[deadly7]

Myspace is like medical marajuanna (there is no deeper meaning in here..). When used properly it's nice - you can chat with your friends, etc. But when improperly, you can get fucked.. quite literally in this case.

Marijuana isn't medicinal; it fucks you up more than it helps you.

[CrAz3D]

Myspace is like medical marajuanna (there is no deeper meaning in here..). When used properly it's nice - you can chat with your friends, etc. But when improperly, you can get fucked.. quite literally in this case.

Marijuana isn't medicinal; it fucks you up more than it helps you.

......if used right it is

[Sidoh]

Marijuana isn't medicinal; it fucks you up more than it helps you.

Wrong.  Marijuana is used for medicinal purposes.  As CrAz3D already said, it depends on how it's used.

[deadly7]

Give me a credible source that tells me how marijuana is used for "medicinal" purposes.  Wikipedia doesn't count.

[Sidoh]

Give me a credible source that tells me how marijuana is used for "medicinal" purposes.  Wikipedia doesn't count.

Are you seriously this uneducated?

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=medicinal+marijuana&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

http://www.mpp.org/medicine.html
http://www.drcnet.org/gateway/medmj.html
http://www.medicalmj.org/
http://www.medmjscience.org/
http://americanmarijuana.org/
http://www.maps.org/mmj/
http://www.medicalmarihuana.ca/
http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/medical/

That do it for you?

[CrAz3D]

Eventhough wikipedia is generally a really good source....

marijuana and THC reduce intraocular pressure, a key contributor to glaucoma

http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309065313/html/124.html

[Krazed]

Society really is fucking retarded. They're is nothing wrong with myspace, first we blame video games for muders, rappers for murders, and now myspace for what, rape and worse? Come the fuck on guys. Even if a girl got a message on myspace from someone she didn't know, it's her decision to message him back and not ignore it. Don't blame the bullshit, blame the actual people.

[Rule]

Society really is fucking retarded. They're is nothing wrong with myspace, first we blame video games for muders, rappers for murders, and now myspace for what, rape and worse? Come the fuck on guys. Even if a girl got a message on myspace from someone she didn't know, it's her decision to message him back and not ignore it. Don't blame the bullshit, blame the actual people.

Ok?  So you don't think extremely violent videogames could have a bad influence on children?  You wouldn't mind if your 8 year old children were surfing television and made the so called conscious "decision" to watch scat porn on a regular basis?  For the most part minors are quite vulnerable and poorly informed: sometimes they are not in a position to make responsible choices.  We can't guide people through life indefinitely, but I think a little guidance at a young age is certainly a good thing. 

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.  For the most part, I think it's a disgusting, degenerative use of time.  I think there's definitely something wrong with myspace, although I respect its right to exist and the right for adults to make the choice to use it.  Just like a sex talk hotline, I think it is an inappropriate medium for kids to express themselves.

[GameSnake]

I agree with Rule. And again I say no child should not have acess to the internet without the knowledge of an adult.

[Krazed]

Society really is fucking retarded. They're is nothing wrong with myspace, first we blame video games for muders, rappers for murders, and now myspace for what, rape and worse? Come the fuck on guys. Even if a girl got a message on myspace from someone she didn't know, it's her decision to message him back and not ignore it. Don't blame the bullshit, blame the actual people.

Ok?  So you don't think extremely violent videogames could have a bad influence on children?  You wouldn't mind if your 8 year old children were surfing television and made the so called conscious "decision" to watch scat porn on a regular basis?  For the most part minors are quite vulnerable and poorly informed: sometimes they are not in a position to make responsible choices.  We can't guide people through life indefinitely, but I think a little guidance at a young age is certainly a good thing. 

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.  For the most part, I think it's a disgusting, degenerative use of time.  I think there's definitely something wrong with myspace, although I respect its right to exist and the right for adults to make the choice to use it.  Just like a sex talk hotline, I think it is an inappropriate medium for kids to express themselves.

Society really is fucking retarded. They're is nothing wrong with myspace, first we blame video games for muders, rappers for murders, and now myspace for what, rape and worse? Come the fuck on guys. Even if a girl got a message on myspace from someone she didn't know, it's her decision to message him back and not ignore it. Don't blame the bullshit, blame the actual people.

Ok?  So you don't think extremely violent videogames could have a bad influence on children?  You wouldn't mind if your 8 year old children were surfing television and made the so called conscious "decision" to watch scat porn on a regular basis?  For the most part minors are quite vulnerable and poorly informed: sometimes they are not in a position to make responsible choices.  We can't guide people through life indefinitely, but I think a little guidance at a young age is certainly a good thing. 

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.  For the most part, I think it's a disgusting, degenerative use of time.  I think there's definitely something wrong with myspace, although I respect its right to exist and the right for adults to make the choice to use it.  Just like a sex talk hotline, I think it is an inappropriate medium for kids to express themselves.

I've played video games since I was a very young child, never once in my life did I have a thought to go do things I do in a game in the real world, even when I was a young child. I don't see, at all, how myspace is a "disgusting, degenerative use of time." I personally use myspace to keep in touch with friends from my school, and my area. You think it's inappropriate for kids to express themselves? That goes against everything this county knows, it's freedoms.

[MyndFyre]

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.

Hahaha, I can't wait to have kids, just so I have the excuse to have an impenetrable firewall at my house.  Beat that, my chillun'! 

[Newby]

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.

Hahaha, I can't wait to have kids, just so I have the excuse to have an impenetrable firewall at my house.  Beat that, my chillun'! 

Why do that? I'd just limit their upstream bandwidth to under 1 kb/s for anything trying to reach MySpace.com.

[CrAz3D]

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.

Hahaha, I can't wait to have kids, just so I have the excuse to have an impenetrable firewall at my house.  Beat that, my chillun'! 

Why do that? I'd just limit their upstream bandwidth to under 1 kb/s for anything trying to reach MySpace.com.

There are laws against torture

[Newby]

I refuse to have children that are sissies.

They will be raised in the art of FreeBSD from the moment they are born.

[Sidoh]

I refuse to have children that are sissies.

They will be raised in the art of FreeBSD from the moment they are born.

Children often rebell what they're taught in their younger years.  My dad tried to get me to like golf.  I went with him until I found something I was passionate about.

( Joking ... )

All you have to do is use Maddox's method of parenting and you will succeed with flying colors.

[Newby]

Children often rebell what they're taught in their younger years.

So if I shove Windows down their throats...

[Sidoh]

So if I shove Windows down their throats...

Exactly!

Maybe a year or so of living with their grandfather would do the trick.  *wink*

[MyndFyre]

Children often rebell what they're taught in their younger years.

So if I shove Windows down their throats...

That doesn't explain me! 

I wouldn't want my kids using myspace.

Hahaha, I can't wait to have kids, just so I have the excuse to have an impenetrable firewall at my house.  Beat that, my chillun'! 

Why do that? I'd just limit their upstream bandwidth to under 1 kb/s for anything trying to reach MySpace.com.

That would only block pictures, not the use.    A typical HTTP request is not 1kb.

[Sidoh]

That doesn't explain me! 

Like me, you found your passion externally.

[iago]

The thing is, our generation wasn't "brought up" on any particular OS.  For the last 20+ years, the kids understand technology better than the parents.  When our generation has kids, they'll have parents who understand technology.  That should be interesting...

Children often rebell what they're taught in their younger years.  My dad tried to get me to like golf.  I went with him until I found something I was passionate about.

My dad's the same way.  I'm not a huge fan of golf, but I do golf with him.  It's more like a way to spend time together, not a game I really enjoy. 

[MyndFyre]

The thing is, our generation wasn't "brought up" on any particular OS.  For the last 20+ years, the kids understand technology better than the parents.  When our generation has kids, they'll have parents who understand technology.  That should be interesting...

I think we'll see very similar behaviors.  When I talk about understanding technology, I understand that there are consistent paradigms of operation and expected outcome surrounding technology.  A generation is long enough for a paradigm shift, meaning that there will be newer, more advanced ways of interacting with technology by the time our generation has kids.

I think we can already see evidence of this.  While I still prefer to use the DOS command line to perform particular operations, and I think most of us prefer to not use voice-control software to use the computer, these things will change as the paradigm shifts.  Particularly for people who begin using the computer at a time when voice command is not so imprecise (I know this is an aim of Vista; whether it will happen, though, I am dubious), they'll likely tend to use it much more frequently because they won't be as frustrated with it as we have been.