[GLLUG] more Penguicon thoughts

[Jeff Lawton]

Lee is planning on attending next year I sure he would share his squid 
configuration files to make the lounge a safe place for kids. We could 
offer passwords to allow adults to bypass the filter if needed. Lee I 
don't mean to speak for you. would you be willing to take on the kid 
safe proxy filter for next year?

Jeff Lawton
Ideal Solution, LLC
517-485-2650 ext 220
jeff at idealso.com
http://www.idealso.com





Caleb Cushing wrote:
> I got nothing against kids. but here's the way to look at it.
>
> WE DON'T CENSOR THE COMPUTER LOUNGE
>
> people could look at pr0n on the computers, it would be slow but they 
> could. they could look at pictures of people with bullet wounds (or 
> there face blown off, and I know where to find some of this). we 
> aren't censoring things. I think It would just be better to have a 
> sign kids under the age of 18 _should_ be accompanied by an adult, and 
> we are not responsible for anything they are exposed to, including but 
> not limited to, profanity, violence, and nudity. Unless someone wants 
> to install nanny software and lock the terminal server down next year. 
> Maybe I'll pull a Tyler Durden with the projector to prove a point (if 
> you don't get the reference go watch, or read the book, "fight club", 
> I have copies of both).
>
> On 4/24/07, *Chick Tower* <c.e.tower at gmail.com 
> <mailto:c.e.tower at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dude, what's with all the hate?  Kids are beautiful, man.  Next year,
>     instead of banning them, we should have activities for them, like
>     teaching them freedom songs about Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds,
>     painting pictures with The Gimp, and a _March of the Penguins_/_Happy
>     Feet_ double-feature on the MythTV box.  Maybe even a Breakfast with
>     Tux, featuring scrambled penguin eggs and kippers, if Penguicon will
>     loan us their costume.  Then we could print up Penguin Hatchling
>     certificates for them to take home.
>
>     Seriously, though, what is with all the negative references to
>     children
>     in the computer lounge?  I spent as much time there as anyone, and I
>     didn't see any problems with them.  They didn't deprive anyone of
>     use of
>     the terminals, didn't run around or scream and yell.  You don't even
>     know if that was their empty condom box that was found.
>
>                                     Chick
>
>
>     Someone Who Shall Remain Anonymous wrote:
>     > ...It's just a lot simpler to boot the kids, or if we aren't
>     > willing to boot them permanently, boot them after 7:00 or
>     something and
>     > then flip the gaming machines into gaming mode until morning,
>     then go
>     > back to terminals for the daytime.
>
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