  nwrickert sand groper Premium,MVM join:2004-09-04 Geneva, IL | Obscene Forget the porn. It's that wasting of $89M of public money that is really obscene -- AT&T dsl; Westell 2200 modem/router; SuSE 10.1; firefox 2.0.0.5 | |
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  mrchris We don't miss you Bush Premium join:2002-10-01 North Babylon, NY | Wait..what?
Is it $89 or $189 million? Topic says 89 while the short story says 189. | |
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 |   Jodokast96 R.I.P Bassman442 Premium join:2005-11-23 Erial, NJ | Re: Wait..what? Total cost is $189M, $89M of which is for the filter. | |
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join:2002-10-12 Bergenfield, NJ | teenagers are getting smart First the iphone and now the porn filter.... I cant wait to see whats next | |
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join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN
| Can't regulate the internet When are governments going to get this? Not to mention the fact that ADULTS should be able to decide if they want to watch porn or not. As far as protecting the kids, well that's the job of the PARENTS not the government. Governments usually suck at 95% of what they do. Who in the right mind would want them to raise their children? | |
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join:2002-04-10
·RoadRunner Cable
| Pointless My guess, these filters are only good on web pages, even if implemented properly. What's to stop 13 year old timmy from jumping on p2p or some file sharing site, and grabbing there? We all know kids are smarter than most of their parents when it comes to computers these days. | |
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 |   GlenQuagmire Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo Premium join:2004-02-16 Grand Rapids, MI | Re: Pointless When I was 13 their was no porn filter available to keep me from my pr0n, though it was low quality gif's I downloaded form BBS's. -- Yes, its stuck in a windows this time. | |
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join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN
| Re: Pointless said by GlenQuagmire :When I was 13 their was no porn filter available to keep me from my pr0n, though it was low quality gif's I downloaded form BBS's. When I was 13 it was 1982 and there wasn't any internet and I had no problem getting access to porn. | |
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join:2003-02-16 Ingersoll, ON | Re: Pointless I remember hiding a playboy in the woods lol. | |
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join:2002-04-10
·RoadRunner Cable
| True. But for 13 year olds today, its a new age. They can gain access to it in various ways. I mean no longer do kids go borrow their friend's vhs or mags. The internet has p2p and other stuff that amply fill the void. Even the best browsing filters won't account for these methods. | |
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  MrMoody Liberal Capitalist
join:2002-09-03 Smithfield, NC | A pity Just think how many homes they could have wired with fiber with that money. | |
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@shawcable.net | Re: A pity YES! - 200mil would be much better suited for fibre! | |
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join:2005-04-13 Denton, TX
·Verizon FIOS
| $$$ Anyone who has ever worked in the webhosting/server hosting business knows the absolute BEST way to make a profit on the internet is porn... hands down. I just wonder if the people who have made so much money have handed any of that to lobbyists to stay protected. | |
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join:2002-12-25 Plano, TX | Re: $$$ Good point! | |
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join:2007-07-31 San Francisco, CA
·Comcast
| The Internet is based on porn At least many have said, esp in jest. I don't use it. If I needed it I guess it would be nice to be able to though. I do think however that a lot of it isn't just pics but the worst of the worst. Hollywood and the Internet are far different from the library. And they really shouldn't be. | |
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| Re: The Internet is based on porn quote: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Actors Equity Association
Actors' Equity Association ("AEA" or "Equity"), founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 45,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.
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We watch videos on YouTube ... users can, and often do, upload copyrighted content ... Here's where you as an Equity member, come in. Let's say you're surfing through YouTube (or ANYWHERE on the internet) and you see a clip from a show that you are certain is an Equity production. You can try to get it taken down ... »www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/n···Tube.asp | |
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join:2007-07-31 San Francisco, CA | Re: The Internet is based on porn That is hilarious. I love it. That is great talent. And I work at a major performing arts organization in the US. That means it's even better. | |
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join:2005-06-03 Bedford, MA | Teenagers and filters Just think how much fun it wold be to be the poor programmers who have to try to build a software filter that is immune to the attacks of millions of horny techno-savy teenagers! Dilbert had a few strips about that. | |
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  LilYoda Feline with squirel personality disorder Premium join:2004-09-02 Mountains
4 edits | I can't believe noone has linked to AvenueQ yet...
Man I have to do everything here...
EDIT: Aaaaaah, I see someone else has done the job already. GJ Jodokast96
So I'll post one without background laughs, and subtitles for those that don't get the lyrics
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pn4kZyqVRU | |
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 |   Jason Levine Premium join:2001-07-13 Albany, NY
| Re: I can't believe noone has linked to AvenueQ yet... Here's the original from Avenue Q:
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtiGd58J0bY
Funny thing, one of my son's favorite Disney shows is Johnny and the Sprites which stars John Tartaglia who used to be a part of Avenue Q. Kind of funny to think of Disney as being closely related to The Internet Is For Porn.  | |
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join:2000-08-16
·Digizip
| Here's a scary part... "Still, rather than recognizing that the government has wasted many millions of dollars on a futile program, one of the main political backers of the program said it only highlights why the country needs to spend even more on filters, including those ISP filters that won't work either."
If education is to play a mighty part, why not start with the the idiot responsible for the above statement, and his intended audience...? | |
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 |   Sterling IP Support Tier III Premium join:2003-05-30 Pittsburgh, PA | Re: Here's a scary part... WOW complete governmental lunacy runamook, I give it a year till it collapses, as theres very many ways to get around it anyway | |
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join:2007-08-05
| Re: Here's a scary part... The Aussie govt should be putting money on child-raising programs rather on useless yet uberly expensive projects like this. That way you dont worry about your kids peeking on p0rn sites. Besides there are other means of obtaining pornographic materials offline
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join:2007-08-21 Shreveport, LA
·Comcast
·RoadRunner Cable
| What The Hell?!?! I thought Australia was a free country? The citizens are allowing the government to tell them what they can and cannot view online? Sounds like China! How many other useful programs (feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, healthcare, etc.) could have better used those millions of dollars! Let the parents decide what their children can view online and no one has the right to tell the parents what they can or can't view. | |
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