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Taylor, 10 May 2006 @ 8:54pm
Yeah right.Have you seen how fast these kids can take out filters? This wont matter in the slightest to any kid who is good with computers-- the people who are safest online anyway, because they know how to hide their identity. However, this will drive those who are most at risk off of myspace at these places, which could be good or bad.
jonny heartbreak, 22 May 2006 @ 11:41am
Re: Yeah right.you're right. kids work around the filters, find proxy sites, etc. banning sites at school is pointless because of that.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 9:10pm
Really, why?They don't understand that all of this is stupid and pointless. I myself go to a school where they use the "Dreded" Websense. It's a joke how easy it is to get around. At first we used one of our friend's cgi-proxy to bypass it. When the teachers started to complain he took it down and I did a google for "proxy list". Although they blocked a large amount of them, I found a list and an Ip that I could use.
Tools -> Internet Options -> Connenction Settings -> manual proxy and insert IP.
Plus, it's not like we're trying to bypass the system to look at porn or *OMGOSH* look at criminal myspace pages. It's just that we have an internet system that isn't being used and when we're not doing anything (all the time) we just wanna surf. How is it that different from being at home? Will we somehow become incapable of correct judgement because we're at school? I don't think so. Pull your head out of your ass and respect us kids. We probably know more about computers than these silly politicians.
you are amoran, 10 May 2006 @ 9:21pm
Re: Really, why?Acording to your brilliant logic, when your car is parked and you are not using it, I could just borrow it as long as i bring it back. After all, I'm just driving it like you would ? Someone should put a politician's head up your ass. Your an aragont ignorant kid who doesn't realize that you are at school to learn and not be entertained. Try doing some learning instead of surfing. Myspace is just a bunch of people that feel they are so great that the rest of the world really cares about what they are doing, or how they look in their picture or what kind of music they like.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 9:40pm
Re: Re: Really, why?I'm sorry, but I fail to see any point you're attempting to make. I don't recall saying anything about borrowing cars and your example was horribly produced. Maybe you could make your username "You are a moron" instead of "you are amoran" because you sir, are a moron.
Please try and say something that would have made a point, because you saying that I'm ignorant and stupid doesn't make me that. Plus your last two sentences make you biased.
Oh and I'm sorry I go to school to sit on my ass and watch a teacher who knows less about web design than I do explain the most basic things like how to use a . I personally don't like myspace either, but there's not alot of options at school. Unless you don't know what a current high school is like.
And I would love to have a politician's head up my ass, preferrably Bush, so that I may squeeze my buttocks and choke them to death. Have a nice day sir.
maestro, 10 May 2006 @ 9:47pm
Re: Re: Re: Really, why?bravo!
Mr Rat, 10 May 2006 @ 11:05pm
Re: Re: Re: Really, why?I'll second that ! BRAVO
skye runyon, 20 Oct 2006 @ 9:34am
nice one dorkthat was good one but u still sound gay.
Julie, 6 Jun 2007 @ 1:30pm
Re: Re: Re: Really, why?You know, I see your point to an extent. Though I've seen myspace, and yea it will give kids the option to entertain themselve socially while at school while waiting for work or if just givin free time, but have you seen what's on there. The whole idea of letting young girls expoite their body and young boys think they are gangster and showing off what they think they have isn't something that should be seen while at school. It's a discraction and in the local schools now with the way kids are they have enough discrations, I highly doubt they need anymore. Just a opinion.
just another dude with half a brain or two, 10 May 2006 @ 11:53pm
Re: Re: Really, why?-----original message-----
They don't understand that all of this is stupid and pointless. I myself go to a school where they use the "Dreded" Websense. It's a joke how easy it is to get around. At first we used one of our friend's cgi-proxy to bypass it. When the teachers started to complain he took it down and I did a google for "proxy list". Although they blocked a large amount of them, I found a list and an Ip that I could use. Tools -> Internet Options -> Connenction Settings -> manual proxy and insert IP. Plus, it's not like we're trying to bypass the system to look at porn or *OMGOSH* look at criminal myspace pages. It's just that we have an internet system that isn't being used and when we're not doing anything (all the time) we just wanna surf. How is it that different from being at home? Will we somehow become incapable of correct judgement because we're at school? I don't think so. Pull your head out of your ass and respect us kids. We probably know more about computers than these silly politicians.
-----original reply-----
Acording to your brilliant logic, when your car is parked and you are not using it, I could just borrow it as long as i bring it back. After all, I'm just driving it like you would ? Someone should put a politician's head up your ass. Your an aragont ignorant kid who doesn't realize that you are at school to learn and not be entertained. Try doing some learning instead of surfing. Myspace is just a bunch of people that feel they are so great that the rest of the world really cares about what they are doing, or how they look in their picture or what kind of music they like.
-----my reply-----
first, let teh moron be a moron, second, as long as there is a filter, there will be a bypass. and i think the connection is more like, if we are going to do it anyway, and there is no way you can stop us, then leave us the ******** alone, and think with your brain and not your wallet...or at least my veiw on this. and just because a person is under the legal age of 18, and therefore considerd a child (which is foolish in my opinion), and in school, are they not just socializing online? the truth is, you ban something, whoever is banned from it will want it more, enough to bypass, and the logic fails, on both sides. Can't stop it all. They are kids, teach them to learn, and guess what, OMIGAWD! THAYRLEARNING! HOLY ***********! in short, all wrong, injust fail...! law and rule fail, kids suceed. Law is the wooden fortress, kids, the termites and wood-cutter ants. and again, kids arn't looking at porn, they are chatting with other kids.
and most people on myspace are just looking for attn, getting all the 'friends' they can. but look enough, you might find a actual person with a personality of their own. enough ranting, goodbye ppl with nothing better to do
Nhdkgf, 28 Aug 2006 @ 3:29am
Re: Re: Re: Really, why?
Anonymous Coward, 22 Jun 2006 @ 5:56pm
Re: Re: Really, why?Some people actually use MySpace as a way to keep up with their friends as opposed to going around to people they don't know and giving out personal information.
About your eloquent comments- "Someone should shove a politician's head up your ass" - "Your an aragont ignorant kid who doesn't realize that you are at school to learn and not be entertained."
How having the head of a politician, in one's head or in other, less comfortable places, is truly beyond me. You seem to be assuming all politicians are, if not omniescent, well-versed in all areas of knowledge and the wisest of beings. I assure you, this is not the case. This is nowhere near the case.
I would take your comments a tad more seriously were they not typed in poor grammar with poor spelling, to say nothing of vulgar language- I may be just an 'aragont', ignorant child of fifteen years, but I do know how to spell and form sentences correctly.
I also disagree with your statement- that I and many others are at school to learn, not to be entertained. I wish this was more the case, but you are sadly mistaken. Counselors and administration, afraid we are 'over-scheduling' ourselves, have made it mandatory to have one free period out of eight, one which cannot be replaced by a normal, educational class. There is not always work for me to do during these periods, and it is at these times that I turn to checking MySpace, among other things, though I have to go to a proxy server to do so.
I am aware that schools are doing this for our (the students') own good, but it's not needed, nor effective. Besides, in the grand scheme of things, I can think of a great deal of things more important.
coopdidy8, 15 Jan 2007 @ 6:22am
Re: Re: Really, why?that is nuthing abuyt runescape.duuuuuuuu
not a kid, but a kid who knows what he's talking a, 19 Mar 2007 @ 3:20pm
Re: Re: Really, why?oh, thank you. i always love being called and ignorant kid. if u want to see ignorance, look at politics today...
i agree, you are at school to learn...but what about the kids who are offspring of teachers, right now, im typing on a school computer because im stuck in school waiting for my mother to get done...i have absolutely nothing to do because of the blocks my school brilliantly put up...and because of those blocks, you cant do any research of worth because almost everything has one little detail that gets it blocked...im a kid...i have to deal with these blocks...you, are a bunch of adults who saw the world and were frightened, so you decided you would shelter your kids...but, you didnt realize that this would screw them over in life...they get out of high school, go to college, and fail because they cant deal with the stress and reality they have never been introduced to.
now, you saw that school is for learning and learning only...okay...thats fine, blocks are not required to keep kids learning...just a good teacher...
bomb_techno, 20 Mar 2007 @ 5:23am
Re: Re: Really, why?see, you all beleive that kids will get on these sites while they are supposed to be working...but whats the point in that? then you dont get your work done, a bad grade, and (if u live in my house) yelled at...believe it or not there are times in the day when kids could get on these sites and not inturrupt class or their learing experience...like lunch...in our school, a lot of kids eat lunch, and go into the library to get on the computer...next: "u are trying to protect us from online predetors" OMG! like i dont already know how to protect myself! its the kids who are sheltered, who dont realize that there are people out there who want to kill them, rape them, steal from them that will be dumb enough to put thier info out on the web. and what is this caused by you might ask?...simple...poor parenting. parents try to shelter thier kids in order to protect them from the horrors of the world...the same parents who put the blocks on our school computers...they think they can just protect their kids by covering thier eyes, but u see, when kids do see this, they grow immune to it, like the human immune system, and the kids realize they need to protect themselves. the kids who dont see it, on the other hand, will make mistakes, and think all web sites are legit... they will be bombed with viruses, e-mails ect... they will also more likely be dumb enough to put out vital information that will lead some rapist to thier house... if u want to protect your kids, TALK TO THEM, TELL THEM WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SHOW THEM SOME CASES WHERE IT DID. take them on the internet and show them what kind of stuff not to put out and how easy it is for a predator to get info out of you...believe me, THEY WILL LISTEN, i know this is a hard concept for you to understand...we're just ignorant kids right? wrong! most kids can probably beat you in every subject in school, let alone life...
but, if you want to block a web site, block dating web sights, these are the ones where liittle girls who are lost for love or however you may say it, go, and put out thier info for some freak to see. these web sites should be blocked...and i will admit that porn can also be blocked because thier is no need for that anywhere in a school...but myspace and a lot of other sites that get blocked have no standing reason to be blocked.
fuck you.
Guroo, 18 Apr 2007 @ 9:52am
Re: Re: Re: Really, why?I have taught kids what not to put on the internet and they still do anyway (yes, that is almost 100% of kids I have taught).
Is it truly poor parenting or poor listening or just flat defiance on the child's part?
The moment you become immune to something in the outside (of your body) world then you fail to see it and your vigilance becomes weak.
What learning comes out of Myspace?
PS. I agree with the dating sites being blocked. I also agree that computer use during lunch is fine for Myspace but what is so bad about going outside and getting air and exercise and talking to flesh and blood people?
Tim Perry, 2 Jan 2008 @ 2:48pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Really, why?It's cold outside.
Tim Perry, 2 Jan 2008 @ 2:46pm
Re: Re: Really, why?Maybe, but the question is: Is it the government's job to say what you can and can't visit online? If one wants to visit a social networking site, good for them. I don't think it's the government's job to stop that even if it is at school. Especially considering there are some educational purposes to it. I used to go on Yahoo! Groups to look for ideas for a science fair project. Is that bad? Even if a few people are using it for entertainment...okay a lot of people, it's not like it's hard to look over their shoulder and say "maybe you should get to work." Now you might say that they will be very good at hiding it, then they won't finish the assignment and get a drop in their mark. Those that give a shit about their education won't go to those sites and those that don't...well it's not like restricting those sites will somehow, miraculously bring their grades up.
Then there's libraries. I don't think it's the librarian's job to stop you from playing games, they set time limits and as long as one follows them it should not be a problem.
But the most important thing is this: It is not within the government's purview to control what we see and do online even if it's only at schools and libraries. Now they say no social networking sites, tomorrow they'll say no unpatriotic sites, next week they'll say no sites containing political dissent. We accept this it'll be a little easier to accept that.
ariel, 14 Dec 2006 @ 5:11pm
Re: Really, why?thats so awsum, ive tried but i cant get around it....u know they are trying to ban it from homes too!! it sux and the people who get caught my the predtors are just plain out stupid to give out aall that information!!!
xxxx, 27 Feb 2007 @ 8:33am
i hate the gouverment!you just took my life away! =(
please think in advantage when you make those types of decisions.
TriZzz, 10 May 2006 @ 9:22pm
Kids...they don't take into account how the kids will react to this. It might not be violently (like a riot) but, the kids will try to find ways around it, or over compensate with it when they get home.
If these children don't know what they're doing - they could do some damage to the machines that they're trying to access from. Not permanent, but I certainly think that changing the internet settings on IE would stump MOST librarians.
They'll over compensate when they get home - they'll forget their homework because they have to catch up on all the messages/comments received while away.
...this is bad. But, in all fairness - if these are government computers, then they are more than able to block whichever sites they chose - they are their computers.
Me, 11 May 2006 @ 5:38am
Re: KidsIf you are not allowed to get gas for your car on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday all of a sudden. Your compensation of gas is going to go up on all other days. You can't just partially take something away, IT DOESN'T WORK. Realitively the same amount of consumption will be done just at different times. This is a stupid idea and a waste of time. And to make it a LAW. Because god knows we don't have anything else going on in the country.
Jeremy, 11 May 2006 @ 11:20am
Re: Kidsyou are probably right it would stump most librarians I've met and I help manage the networks of 30 schools. However a school that actually lets the user change their network settings deserves the problems they get. We use a transparent proxy and block all other ports except what we need. The proxy is an actual content filter not just a black list so cgi-proxies don't help. There are still ways around it but they are much more difficult to do. If your're going to run a network you should be responsible for managing that network correctly.
anonymous 14 year old, 5 Dec 2006 @ 11:43am
Re: Kidsu are right, my dad recently blocked myspace and i just pulled out a proxy site and got on myspace anyway. he stumped me for a few days sure. i will give him credit for trying. but people don't give us kids enough credit. we might only be kids but when we want to do something it is only a matter of time.
revere, 10 May 2006 @ 9:28pmthis whole idea is just stupid. if this passes i'll seriously doubt government officials to make rational decisions, not that i dont already. the only hint of anything good this idea has is the fact that a lot of blogs such as myspace are noisy, and noise in a library is generally not a good thing.
just one of those things i can't believe is even being considered.
revere, 10 May 2006 @ 9:30pm
Re:also gives kids in dorms just another reason to buy faster, better, internet from a local service rather than using the generally crappy school connections that are usually provided..
imp, 10 May 2006 @ 9:47pm
Re: Re:yeah... no one likes a constantly available t3 that they're already paying for....?
maestro, 10 May 2006 @ 9:44pmWhy does this bill sound so much like "naanaanaanaa! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!"
Even school kids need to learn that there are dangerous people on the Internet, the same as anywhere else. The Internet is (at least to a limited degree) a reflection of the real world. There's no point in pretending we can make it safe. If we do, not only will the kids hack around the filters or whatever, the predators will move to other places to prey on the computer illiterate kids too.
Sure, there's a problem. But blocking MySpace and similar sites won't solve it. There were Internet predators long before there was MySpace.
tom, 10 May 2006 @ 9:55pm@maestro, it will only help. asshole.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 10:03pm
Re: TomOh so a bill that will ban something that is already blocked by filters is going to make it better?
"This law doesn't protect the children -- it takes away the responsibility of teaching them how to be safe online."
Beautiful quote by Mike.
Tom, 10 May 2006 @ 10:13pm@Alucardbsm you really are the fucking moron. Reality is, the world tries to prevent bad things to happen to good people. I assure you, there is never an answer to any problem. There is an answer to what we know and how to make things less accessible by passing laws and helping kids stay on track for them to grow up and have a better life.
For you to say its pointless, would be like saying, "We can't stop terrorrist so lets do nothign about it.". Would you really like to live in a world like that? Life is a beautiful place. As humans advance and become more in control of their lives, we can start to live a more peacful and fun place to live.
My point is, its people like you that is slowing our progress down. I understand your mentality isn't your fault, and is usually the parents fault. Your parnets probably didn't teach you enough about being considerate to others and appreciate life a little bit more. As for me, I was lucky. My parents were not the greatest parents of all time, but I used my brain and unserstood the world I lived in.
I'm sure you havn't gotten there in your life yet. Rest assure, if you just use your brain to think and be a little more open minded about things, you'll end up being a contributor to having the best life possible.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 10:25pm
Re: TomI was hoping we could have tried to keep insults out of this but it seems like we can't. I could very well call you a moron and spout other things that make you look bad but I don't. I would like to say this also. Please stop putting words in my mouth. I have NEVER said: "when your car is parked and you are not using it, I could just borrow it as long as i bring it back" or "We can't stop terrorrist so lets do nothign about it". Please, stop saying things that I obviously said.
On another note, please don't call me a "fucking moron" and question how my parents raised me. I don't recall you being there when I was raised. I'm trying to agree to a point in which Mike has made in that passing laws like this don't fix the problem, they only help make it worse by giving parents a false sense of security. The best way to protect our children is to teach them the proper way to handle themselves. You sound like you want to hold your kids hand through their entire life so that when they are on their own they fall flat on their face. I have seen it too many times.
To disagree on some points you stated. First of all being my mentality. I fail to see how you can tell my mentality through my opinion. I won't go so low as to question your mentality through your posts such as a one liners to call someone an asshole. Another is that terrorism is a whole other topic and we can scream and yell about that when an article comes up on it, but there's no terrorism in Mike's news.
Most of your post was to tell me that I'm not using my brain and thus, an idiot. Well if that's the best you can come up with, good for you, but it has failed to damage my pride in the least.
Anonymous Coward, 10 May 2006 @ 10:55pmYou're missing something supporters- there are actually times when kids in school have free time -they can do want they want on the computers. Take for instance, a high school, during lunch period has computers available to check email and other things.
But the other thing is: this law affects any school given federal money - doesn't this include state universities? If not, ignore this part. Campus computers are meant to be for anything students want (barring porn of couse), it's free usage and besides they are paying 'student fees' to have access to computers.
My point regardless, is that this bill is way too vague. These social sites aren't more dangerous, it's just trying to control what kids view, and it just happens to be one of the most popular.
cynrea, 14 May 2006 @ 8:56pm
Re: free speachand you are right, state and federal universities, would then be forced to ban myspace from their computers.
personally if a school chooses to ban a site then it probobly has a reason, whether we like it or not, if however the pain in the *** beurocrates in Washington DC make that choice for our schools then I have issues with it. and will be sure to vote against any f***** N** that votes it in. and I am sure that with over a million users on myspace I am almost certain they have a voice in politics.
Mr Rat, 10 May 2006 @ 11:12pm
free speechthere has to be something unconstitutional about this... wasnt there a small passage that referred to free speech or something of the like? or are you only entitled to free speech once you turn 18?
too bizarre
I cant believe this comes from a country that lets people carry fire arms.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 11:20pm
Re: free speechI accually am confused about your post. I looked up on it and discovered this (only small portion):
"The courts have ruled that minors have First Amendment rights, and that includes the right to access sexual material not legally deemed "harmful to minors." (Speech that depicts [in words or pictures] sexual conduct in a manner that is patently offensive under contemporary community standards of what is appropriate for minors; appeals to the prurient interest of minors; and taken as a whole lacks serious literary, scientific, artistic or political value for minors."
This is in Boston referring to a public library installing a filter. I don't know if it would apply to school though. Public library is that, public, and you can't restrict information legally on a public system. But then is school the same as a library? I'm confused.
Alucardbsm, 10 May 2006 @ 11:29pm
Free SpeechAccually, searching around I found a better source. That last one was one Librarys and this one has to do with schools.
It looks like they can and may pass a bill that can censor students at school. Even though students have free speech, they can still be censored by the school. See no evil, do no evil.
WhoCares, 11 May 2006 @ 12:20am
What a Great IdeaI saw something funny once that said "MyPlace: a Space for Whores." I think MySpace is overrated, and I refuse to join the MySpace community. It seems as if the generations following X are so shallow and stupid, with some serious identity crises and no real turmoil that actually makes a person. What the f*** is "EMO"? That is the most retarded thing ever, and "INDIE" is not even indie? These kids are lame, and most of them possess any intelligence or sense of passion. MySpace facilitates creating false relationships and false ideas of one's identity. How narcississtic is this MySpace idea, because there are so many more important things to use the internet as an "educational" tool, such as "subversive" material that is not easily obtainable. Nobody cares about anyone else's space, where people try to show the public pictures of themselves looking cool or slutty. What an insecure generation. I foresee alot of stupid drama escalating around this over-priced website.
I think that the IRS should investigate the finances of MySpace, and hopefully they will go down.
It is even worse than members of Congress sitting around being official and discussing the Whizzinator.
Sephira, 11 May 2006 @ 5:01am
Re: What a Great IdeaMy age: four days short of twenty
That said, I myself have a MySpace account. What I often do with it, of course, is mercilessly mock everyone on my "friends" list for using MySpace. Almost all of which are people I know personally and see regularly. I originally got an account because almost everyone I knew had an account, so it seemed like a good idea. Little did I know :)
I couple things I wanted to address in your post:
"over-priced website"
um, its free. :)
"What the f*** is "EMO"
Fear not, for I shall enlighten you. "Emo" is basically the bulk of MySpace users :) Also anyone who writes shitty poetry that uses the following words at least once per sentence, no fewer than 50 times per poem: lament, loathe, soul, darkness, bitter, agony, despair, misery, anguish, pain, suffer, woe, hate, death, love, sultry, angel, rose, acrid and nihilism. Nihilism is a good one because it comes up all the time in normal conversations. (you may recognize that from Maddox)
"Emo" is short for "emotional"
Have fun, and be careful not to make sweeping generalizations! :)
Nanny State, 11 May 2006 @ 2:20am
------!Lets ban everyone from using cars next, as someone once ran over a child.
Americans are scary.
Rick, 11 May 2006 @ 2:22amFunny they won't ban guns because people commit crimes with them too....
Idiotic corrupt American politicians, taking freedoms away daily.
2+2=1, 11 May 2006 @ 3:03am
CorruptI cant beleive how you guys can be hypnotised by this goverment , they are trying to take away all your rights and you guys are still there supporting it?
Why go to iraq? why have the biggest defense system in the world , why let people carry guns?
They kill no? , why isnt it illeagal for children to walk around the block? , they could see crime/accidents that could leave them traumatized... , ban cars.. ban cycling , ban eating junk food ,they can all cause things that could cause "death" they are not banned because america is "Free" but whl maintaining that image of freedom they are slowly taking it away behind your backs
the whole system seems to be corrupt...
Anyway sorry for my english(im Spanish)
But i think you guys should think a bit...
techwiz18, 11 May 2006 @ 10:51am
Re: CorruptSometimes an outside perspective really helps those within a situation reflect. The American public has had their sense of security threatened; so, as a result, many people are afraid of nearly everything and are willing to accept any "brilliant idea" from those in power. Most of these ideas being ones that restrict freedoms. I can understand blocking sites that are non-educational AND waste bandwidth for those who try to do legitimate research in libraries and schools (e.g. peer-to-peer file sharing); however, a slippery slope is now in place. What will be blocked next? Will similar laws corner commercial internet service providers?
switchitybell, 11 May 2006 @ 5:27am
this is all crazyyou see, I myself am at school at the moment.
We teens sometimes have time where we are told to go to the school library because we have no class, at these times we offten have no homework either, what do we do? we come to the computer with free time, we want to do what we would do at home. Weither it be on myspace, xanga,livejournal, or any other "blogging" site we will stay safe. as offten as "they" find ways to block our blogs "we" will find ways back on to them.
yes, some ignorant, immature,pathetic teens use these site to start longdistant "relationships" if that's what you can call them, but with all of the concerne for that in the media the majority of "us" are more intellegant than that. See all that we do on our blogs is rant, we vent out anything on our minds so that we can focus better on other things. I honestly dont care if they keep all the sites blocked or not, I only use them occasionally, but instant messanger is a different issue. sometimes we have friends who refuse to come to school, or are home sick, having access to instant messanger is helpfull because we can contact these students. I know it's a stretch but having IM access can help bring people to school.
lilwip, 11 May 2006 @ 10:13am
Re: this is all crazyMaybe you should spend more time studying the dictionary and your spelling lessons, your post had some attrocious spelling and gramatical errors in it.
"yes, some ignorant, immature,pathetic teens use these site to start longdistant "relationships" if that's what you can call them, but with all of the concerne for that in the media the majority of "us" are more intellegant than that"
I hope that you are not trying to tie yourself to that more "intelligent" group.
shane, 11 May 2006 @ 6:03amnow what is amazing is that for this article there are a large amount of youth replying to it.
A large amount of youth looking into technology news and rumors... the same thing a lot of the older people are doing.
SEEMS to me that these kids are keeping their minds open and watching what's going on.
robert, 11 May 2006 @ 6:07amI think its great that they are blocking myspace and other crap sites.. do some learning I just fear that they will go too far... many blogs are very informational and helpful.
Also filters are a good thing keeping bad out but also the kids then have something meaningfull to do I have learned alot over the years trying to break things like this... granted we are training hackers but none the less we are still stimulating the minds of our youth isnt that the Goal in school?
Zeroth404, 11 May 2006 @ 7:08amsocial isolationism of your own country in public places.
what the hell is wrong with these people?
Zeroth404, 11 May 2006 @ 7:09amHere, I have an idea FOR THE KIDE:
lets keep the keep the kids away from the computers! For the Kids!
ebrke, 11 May 2006 @ 7:12am
No law will solve the problemParents need to be parents. They need to supervise, teach, and most of all be involved in their children's lives. Laws cannot raise your child--only you can.
dbplatypus, 11 May 2006 @ 7:35am
Irony"new legislation introduced today would specifically require any schools and libraries that receive federal money to completely ban social networking and instant messaging offerings from their computers."
The irony being that many of my colleagues in the library field have their own blogs or blogs for their libraries and work with live reference services using chat software.
Speaking as an IT librarian, please remember that many of us are very conversant with computer technology and first amendment rights. And we strongly believe that the American Library Association's Freedom to Read statement covers all forms of human communication, not just books.
Have a great day.
jw, 11 May 2006 @ 7:48am
more knee jerking in politicsby their wording they would have to bazn google and yahoo ( both have chat and currently implmenting social networking features)it begs the question why they even put internet access in schools.any kid with the will and half a brain is going to get around it. It creepy enough that schools monitor myspace and go so far as trying to ban students from using it even at home. Now it just getting inane. Between NSA & the president spying on us, kids being spied on by schools, and everything being legislated by companies with the most lobbyist and money...hiow is American not becoming a Tolitarian society.
Anonymous Coward, 11 May 2006 @ 7:52am
Great FirewallSeems like America is starting to create a Great Firewall of its own. What exactly is freedom? If I'm not mistaken, it's having the right to do anything you want, but with the limitation that you are not invading/harming another person's freedom. It seems ironic and almost hypocritical that a country that prides itself on freedom (and even exports it) is struggling to police it's own Internet. One starts to wonder, is China's Great Firewall really that bad?
m0rd3r, 11 May 2006 @ 9:33am
Oh noes!Not myspace and blog sites! Please think of the children!
In my day we didnt have these blogs or myspace or messengers. We still came up with ways to goof off at school.
Anonymous Coward, 11 May 2006 @ 9:54amDunno about myspace, that place is mostly a cesspool of incomprehensible content. But blogs are a damned valuable source of bona fide information.
Intergalactic Hussy, 11 May 2006 @ 10:37am
Texting is like...cool...like totally...like...OMG
No doubt cell phone companies are behind this...
Liz Ditz, 11 May 2006 @ 2:59pm
First Shot in theJohn McLaughlin, a Republican pollster, created something that's called "The Suburban Agenda". This bill is the first shot. McLaughlin wrote:
The real challenge, of course, will be to make progress on these issues before November. Time is running short. Work needs to begin immediately to get this done. Legislation needs to be strategically introduced in the House in the spring and early summer,and then promoted by the membership when they return to their districts for their August work period. Likewise, Republicans also need to craft a comprehensive communications strategy to sell this plan for what it is – a positive effort to make government work.
More about the "Suburban Agenda" at my blog, here.
Newob, 12 May 2006 @ 9:37am
Social networks at school? Bah!Yeah like how could connecting people socially ever help them learn something? I mean obviouisly staring forward at a teacher all day and saying nothing is the best way to learn things.
The public school system is designed around top-down education, but children are more than capable of peer-to-peer education. If we try to educate each other using resources that are available to us, then teachers can be valuable in helping to discern which way to investigate. But instead of encouraging children to learn on their own and ask pertinent questions of authority, they are being taught to accept authority and not ask questions.
IMHO either the system will break (from being rigid and useless) as any static system must eventually in an evolving environment, or children will be broken by the system and more stupid people will grow into adults and become more stupid teachers and *then* the system will break. I say, get rid of the schools, and let the children actually learn something!
Anonymous Coward, 12 May 2006 @ 6:19pm
My StanceI think it is a good idea to block IM and Myspace and other similar things from schools, as was mentioned above, students are at school to learn both the written cirriculum and the social interactions that school briings, not to socialize over the internet.
HOWEVER, I do not think that legislation is needed to enforce this.
I also think when you say School in this context that would not include dorms. Students living in dorms should be allowed to use IM and Myspace on personal time.
silly old people, 24 May 2006 @ 7:50pm
old people...jesus christ cmon people. I have to admit this discussion is pretty funny. Adults LOVE to think that kids are just stupid ignorant rebellious people with now brain of their own. Well if we're so stupid how come we can find all these ways to bypass the retarded restrictions set by the schools. just wondering....
alison, 19 Jun 2006 @ 2:44pm
heyhey you guyz need to tell the library,s to not block myspace at the librarys
annoyed teenager, 6 Oct 2006 @ 10:08am
Re: heyi agree, i'm so annoyed with adults who think teenagers are so bad, i can't go into a store without being watched, and i don't have internet at my house, so i have to use school or friends, i think the adults are the stupid people....we're not all bad
tabitha, 12 Oct 2006 @ 9:57amu sould have mypace on the school computers
Sabrina, 17 Oct 2006 @ 6:14am
WTFok..I am at school too and I have just spent my intire study hall trying to find websites to get around all blocked super gay crap and get to myspace
Anonymous Coward, 20 Oct 2006 @ 9:41amif anyone knows how to get on a proxy site to get around the computer block leave a comment to lil big oh ya i cant go and search for a proxy because it blocks that to and if u know how to completly turn off the block lemme know adn if there is a site that it doesnt block that u can go to any site lemme know be cause all i wanna do is play runescape at school
crazyguy, 24 Jan 2007 @ 12:05pm
Re: i cant help uif u dont know how to get around it by now ur never gonna figure it out I hav been working on it since blocks first started to be in schools and i still havent found an answer
lil big, 20 Oct 2006 @ 9:45am
oopsthat "anonymous coward" was lil big
Cassie, 29 Oct 2006 @ 2:06pmI work in a Jr high library and I see the kids hacking into porn sites all the time. Kids are not dumb dont underestimate them. They'll find a way.
dude, 30 Oct 2006 @ 5:03pm
roflrofl you r all retards go back to 4th grade and learn to spell
dude, 30 Oct 2006 @ 5:07pm
btwby the way I'm in 8th grade and the school blocks really are a joke, once you find a proxy they block it after 1 use but honestly with 1000s to choose from who cares? I can play runescape and get on my myspace whenever, it's just lucky for the school system that most of the relatively intelligent kids like me are the kind who wouldn't look at porn
c, 1 Nov 2006 @ 11:16am
i have web sitesgo to www.proxymy.com or www.ctunnel.com it works @ my school
Samantha Baumgart, 3 Nov 2006 @ 10:43am
THIS IS DUMBHonestly, whenever we get done with our work at school we should be allowed to get on Myspace.
This is CENSORSHIP.
It is pretty dumb and we aren't going down with out a fight.
With every proxy they block we will find three more.
So just keep that in mind, because we are rebels.
&& if you have a problem with it EMAIL ME
dude i can own filters, 4 Nov 2006 @ 12:09pmdude its unfar to ban all the best websites and its unfair all i want to do is polay runescape but the library compute got updated and now im messed its so annoying t have to take the filters away all the time im sick of it and why does the government think were so stupid i fer one would never meeet anyone anywhere unless i had met them in real life before.also runescape atomatically bans someone if they ask anything of the sort.
dude i can own filters, 4 Nov 2006 @ 12:17pmcontinuing they freakin blocked google and yahoo wtf is that i went and i couldnt complete my freajkin project the government is like cornelious fudge {minister for magic in the harry potter series by j.k. rowling} in the novel he says," What kids do not know cannot hurt them" correction what we dont know can hurt us being technically gifted with computers it wont me but when were adul;ts and get on the internet were gonna be spammed keylogged spywared and our computer are gonna crash and you know who we can thank the government who thinks they did the right thing bravo bravo
Reasonable, 11 Nov 2006 @ 10:35am
MySpace in LibrariesThere is nothing wrong or illegal (at least today) about social networking sites like MySpace or instant-messaging sites on privately owned PCs. There is however a problem with children using social networking at publicly funded institutions. Wage earners who pay for these institutions, the PCs and internet access have this unreasonable expectation of being able to use them occasionally. The library where I work allows Internet access to patrons age 13 and up. Social networking has become so popular with younger teens that our tech center is flooded with youth addicted to endless hours of playtime on our PCs. Our tax-paying patrons complain that they cannot access the PCs for work, research, education, job seeking, or communication. In addition, social networking seems to incite noisy, disruptive behavior in the teens, inappropriate in a library setting where some people are trying to do serious research and work. We frequently have to break up noisy, chatting groups clustered around the PCs, prevent them from running back and forth to their friends, and even eject them from the library. The library staff feels like baby-sitters in a romper room. Short of banning social networking sites, what do you recommend?
the one who knows, 14 Nov 2006 @ 2:49pm
yeah...well i can say i am a myspace user. i love the site and simply make my profile private. meaning no one but my friends that i ADD can see my profile. im not worried about men looking at my site because i know all my friends and am perfectly safe. banning the site from libraries at school have done nothing for us. teens have found proxy websites that link us to a sneaky way of viewing our profile. in fact im online at school right now and am checking my myspace as we speak. it makes the situation worse by making children sneak around in finding the web site and finding a way around it. puting us in a place of getting into trouble. i can understand the concern of a public profile that contains gross pictures (showing cleavage) and giving out information that is personal. if the user would simply click on private profile, we would not be in such a bind of concerns and questions. it is very frustrating hearing from everyone how bad myspace is when they dont know how safe it really can be. its up to the user if they are willing to be safe, or be sorry.
Reasonable, 7 Dec 2006 @ 11:15am
Social Networking and the LawLet's get back to the original subject of this blog: "Law Introduced To Ban Social Networks And IM From Schools And Libraries"
First and foremost, social networking sites are not "bad", and children are certainly not "stupid".
Secondly, social networking sites are not the exclusive domain of children. Adults (responsible and otherwise) use them too. It is however, childish to accuse all laws that restrict some freedoms to be oppressive.
If that law is passed it will be because of a relatively few immature children who are not as intelligent as they are clever (not you of course, I mean those "other immature kids"). It is the nature of children to "learn". Unfortunately, it is also the nature of children to ignore good advice and stick their hand into a fire to "learn" too late that it burns. It is this relentless "urge to learn" that eventually makes children better and smarter then their parents. It is also this same urge that causes immature children to push the envelope, to play ever harder and more recklessly until someone gets hurt. Ask any parent. These are the children responsible for adults passing laws to protect immature children them from themselves.
"It's no secret that some schools have chosen to ban social networks like MySpace out of a misplaced fear concerning what the site is being used for." ???
"Of course, this is all to "protect the children," because of a few fear mongering stories about bad people who have used these systems to prey on children." ???
It is not the "responsible and mature" who are a concern. It is the behavior of the few "immature and irresponsible" that cause concern. If you are among the many "mature and responsible", use your influence to encourage the few "immature and irresponsible" to behave responsibly. After all, we adults don't want these sites to be banned either.
FUck u bitches, 19 Dec 2006 @ 9:39am
fuckuallU people are about the dumbest bastards ive ever seen.... mabye u fuckers need to stay the fuck out of the high-schools students lives... if we want to get on IM or Myspace, i think we should b allowed... its not like someones gonna come kidnap every highschool student in america. your preventing/restricting us from having personal lives for 8-hours a day so YOU FUCKERS NEED TO FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUck u bitches, 19 Dec 2006 @ 9:41am
fuckuallU people are about the dumbest bastards ive ever seen.... mabye u fuckers need to stay the fuck out of the high-schools students lives... if we want to get on IM or Myspace, i think we should b allowed... its not like someones gonna come kidnap every highschool student in america. your preventing/restricting us from having personal lives for 8-hours a day so YOU FUCKERS NEED TO FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
myspace.com/skankkkface, 20 Dec 2006 @ 9:58am
school blocks are rediculousThe school blocks in the NFSCD are fucking ridicilous, they block everything and anything that has nothing to do with school. For example, i have a personal blog on blogger.com that i would use to post stuff on from school, such as reports i was working on. At home i would go on and copy and paste it into word to finish it. You can't access anything at all. Schools should only be allowed to block porn, because theres nothing wrong with blogs, or even myspace. Myspace is not an unsafe website, if the myspace rules are followed, an its not like theres porn or anything on it. Its a safe social network were kids can communicate, so it should not be blocked. Along with instant messengers, its just another way to communicate, and theres no way for some stalker to find you unless you give then your screenname. All i have to say is that school blocks are bullshit, and im gonna do something about it.
Bonnie, 30 Dec 2006 @ 7:52pm
ComplaintI would like to complain about someone hacking into my account on runescape and then made it there account and I could'nt use it anymore because someone has hacked into it and made it there account and I would like it if anyone here knows anyone who is someone who works at Runescape and could help me get my account back.... if anyone does know or is anyone who works at runescape and would like to help me, my username was before it was hacked into was: Bonnie422 and my password was: Bizzles. if anyone is silly enough to try and hack into this account I would like to tell you that someone has changed the password and the user name so thats all I have to say but if anyone could help me that would be great so thankz anyway!!!!!!
Anonymous Coward, 27 Mar 2007 @ 5:28am
Re: Complaintwtf that has nothing to do with this argument..
noones gonna help you...if your account is getting hacked, then ?????? maybe you should get a new account....
Hank Lay, 3 Jan 2007 @ 12:43pm
this is awfulthis is a awful progam.it makes kids not be able to go to sites they want to.I hate it.
darius, 9 Jan 2007 @ 11:12am
what upi think its fine to block IM or myspace because its bad for kids but one sight you should not block is runescape that is a good sight for kids and an adventourous game please dont block runescape. it does not do any harm if it does i want you to email me and tell me what does it does.
zelda, 16 Jan 2007 @ 9:27am
wtfI stumbled onto this conversation and got interested before it got ridiculously ad hominem...but I think all the adults are wrong and the kids are just missing the point of school. You can't "protect" people, kids OR adults, from making bad choices with their internet use, just like you can't protect them from making bad choices period -- you just have to pay attention to them and be a person they trust. But it does, in fact, DEFEAT THE POINT of school to let students -- not children, STUDENTS, of any age, in high school, in college, wherever -- play when they're supposed to be working.
Now, not all work has to be structured and assigned, and it is true that there are times set aside during the school day for play. But because it is hard to control the difference between playing and working online, the best bet is probably to restrict computer access altogether during the school day, with the possible exception of specified, supervised research time and formal computer classes. If you do not accept that all forms of "playing" on the computer are teaching some valuable skillset and if you don't trust the students to CHOOSE edifying things to do online rather than waste time, them don't give them the choice. I'm sure the library still has books they can entertain themselves with during those free periods. It's not like they're in school 20 hours a day with no opportunity to get the benefits of the internet. The opposite is far more likely; that they spend too much time online.
For students who don't have access to computers at home, make the labs available after school and have no restrictions on them once the school day ends. But have a 7-8 hour window when students simply have to find ways to fill their time that don't involve the internet -- whether they tend to look at good sites or bad.
It sounds to me that discipline is a bigger problem than pornography or dangerous relationships. There will not be a single day for the rest of your life, kids, once you get out of school when you get to do what you want to do precisely when you want to do it, and there will probably never be a time when you don't have to do annoying things and be bored because the person who is paying you thinks his projects are vitally important and should receive your full and diligent attention. The organization you work for will ban chat software and limit contractually what you can do with the machines the organization bought for you to work on, all of which controls and restricts how you spend the time when you're on his clock. School is no different from work: you don't earn a salary but you earn a diploma. Even with a ban on MySpace, you have much more freedom at school than the rest of us have at work. So stop whining about it.
Guroo, 18 Apr 2007 @ 10:22am
Re: wtfThank you Zelda ....... thank you thank you thank you.
This has to be the most intelligent solution and conversation I have ever seen on this post.
Thank you
Lauren, 30 Jan 2007 @ 8:24am
protecting or smothering?its not the schools job to act as parents. like OMG ONE PERSON GOT INTO A BAD SITUATION OMG THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY NOW OMG OMG OMG like what? is this teachers being overly paranoid or is this just another way they're trying to control us? there are plenty of proxies to get past filters i know a lot of them, but it just sickens me that they're saying they're doing this to protect us but really i think they just want the upper hand in this "situation".
shasd whip, 1 Feb 2007 @ 8:47am
WTF?????? WHY NO RS!!!!!!!I really ned to know how to get into Rs i love that game and when i have free time im forced to talk to the nerds of the classrooms!!!
phillis Longwood, 16 Feb 2007 @ 10:04am
Getting on in schoolbitch let me get on or ill fuck u up mutherfucker lol hahhahahahahhahahah im serious for real iight bitch
Runescape Freaks, 27 Feb 2007 @ 8:46am
getting runescape back for studentsi understand that the gouverment is trying to protecht th students but this has gone too far. all the students are protesting and arguing to get it back. please help me and all other teachers! if your going to block runescape, please give a quite a few reasons because i and the students are very angry.
bomb_techno, 20 Mar 2007 @ 5:33am
you guys suck at arguments....come on! i keep hacking through all your reasonings like I'm a freaking lawer!
give me some good arguments and maybe i will grace them with a responce.
lol, 21 Mar 2007 @ 3:35pm
REYou Suck
Lol Nublets, 21 Mar 2007 @ 3:39pm%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27Myspace%20is%20for%20n00bs%27%29%3B%3C/script%3E
steve harpor, 27 Mar 2007 @ 6:08am
free moneyemail me ur user and pass on runescape email@example.com and say liberty at th top of the letter so i know its one of u guys
someone who thinks runescape is for fruitcakes, 5 Apr 2007 @ 8:51am
Re: free moneyjust leave....this is sofa king we tod did
you guys post that shit cuz u know nerds will get on and be dumb enough to do it and then you get a free account...whala!
that has nothing to do w/ this argument and u need to leave before i find you and kill you.
Guroo, 18 Apr 2007 @ 9:40am
MyspaceAs I read most of the posts I started to feel sick from all of the legal jargon being thrown about and spouting about "rights".
Ok - so if Myspace is so good then spend all of your time at home. Sit on your butt and get fat AT HOME.
Schools are for learning and if you do happen to have some free time then do some research on something. Does anybody know what the latest species that was discovered was? Has anybody in high school developed their own scripting language (being as your all genius's with computers)?
I teach computer use for a living (not in a school) and part of that teaching is how to stay safe online. I can't tell you how many times I have had to track down info on a person just to prove that they can be found (even after the "safety" conversation). I have been to Myspace and I do not approve of it's use. I have not seen one thing that was intelligent or useful.
I understand that people want to meet others from different area's and that is fine. What I don't understand is why is it so bad to keep it at home?
I am sure that things would be better and more things would not be blocked if kids in schools ONLY did Myspace, but we all know that is not the truth.
keontez, 1 May 2007 @ 11:47am
mia, 23 May 2007 @ 2:36pm
this is ridiculousmy new college has implemented this to a large extent, only one social networking site is allowed so all of us are forced to use it, i think this idea is complete nonsense social sites should not be banned
dude, 23 Aug 2007 @ 8:38am
lolhaha yea me its easy to get around school blocks i just shut down the whole system for our school distric i know i shouldnt' do that but hey who cares i wanna check my email
john, 4 Nov 2007 @ 7:14pm
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LEBRON, 7 Nov 2007 @ 9:21am
weird 2, 4 Dec 2007 @ 1:00pm
blocks^ wat he say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous Coward, 7 Dec 2007 @ 11:21am
thisthe bill is a pile of shit. i will continue to hack the schools internet.runescape should be left out of the picture. if a bill passes or has been passed i might just highjack a plane and crash it into a u.s. building lol. fuckers
bored computer guru, 30 Apr 2008 @ 9:39pmIt's been a few years since I was in high school. I can relate to the grief you students are going through as my high school also employed a filter. My University also employs a filter but it is much more relaxed (it focuses more on high bandwidth / legally questionable programs).
Back then, I found that if you misspelled the word "proxies" as "proxys" you could bypass said filter and get results in your search engine for sites with proxy lists. Being a Computer Science major, I would imagine the intelligence of most filters would have this bug taken care of by now... but who knows ; )
You should focus your search on proxies using port 80 (which is the standard HTTP / web browsing port). They cannot block that port. If you cannot alter network settings, you want to look for a website that works as a proxy. You simply visit said site and enter the URL you want to go to. Some of these sites specialize in MySpace.
If you are one of the unfortunate individuals behind a content proxy, you may need to find a more sophisticated site, one that changes certain key words found in MySpace web code to something that won't trip it.
abenzio, 8 Jul 2008 @ 8:52pm
kids are no more kidskids are no more kids, they are born with mouse and tv remote on their hands, thats what i can say. its really suprise me my 10 years son know how to unblock the site from his own pc, dont u think they are quite smart. when i was 10 years old i only know how to eat and play with my neighbour.
time has change, no laws can banned those site from using it, as long as they exist.
christina, 6 Oct 2008 @ 12:50pm
schools blocking myspacei think schools shold not block myspace becaues it is not a big deal if a child knows how to protect there selfs from pedifiald and scamers and other dangers.schools stress to the children all of the time about computer safty so i think they should have a class were the kids can lurn to be safe on the internet and if kids lurn to do that whats the big deal? there is ways you can protect your self like you can make your page private and not give out personal informatin online and not talk to strangers and give your parents your pass word so they can make sure your safe or even add them to your buddy list!.
Nancy, 3 Apr 2009 @ 2:56pm
There is a way around it!If they have not blocked FTP or file sharing, there is ways around it. I have been using http://batchchat.blogspot.com at work for about a year now. It's nothing fancy, but it lets me talk to all my friends and co workers who work on the same network. It's easier than doing an email chain.
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Kepler's last home in Regensburg
Kepler's last home is this orange house located in Keplerstrasse 5 in Regensburg. Reading the famous Kepler's biography written by Max Caspar:
[…] On November 2 [1630] he rode, tired, on a skinny nag, over The Stone Bridge into Regensburg. He took up quarters in Hillebrand Billj's house in the street now named after him. This acquaintance was a tradesman and later an innkeeper.
Only a few days after his arrival Kepler came down with an acute illness. His body was weakened by much night study, by constant worry, and also by the long journey at a bad time of year. In the beginning he attributed no significance to his being taken ill. He had often before suffered from attacks of fever. He believed that his fever originated from "sacer ignis", fire-pustules. As the illness became worse, an attempt was made to help him by bleeding. But soon he began to lose consciousness and became delirious. Several pastors visited him and "refreshed him with the vitalizing water of consolation". It is not said anywhere that holy communion was afforded him. In the throes of death Pastor Christoph Sigmund Donauer rendered him aid. When, almost in the last moment of his life, he was asked on what he pinned his hope of salvation, he answered full of confidence: only and alone on the services of Jesus Christ; in Him is based, as he wanted to testify firmly and resolutely, all refuge, all his solace and welfare. At noon on November 15 this pious man breathed his last. […].
A plaque on the facade says that this is the house which I was looking for when I have arrived at Regensburg:
Bad luck! This small museum is only open in the weekends and it's possible to rent a guided visit only for groups! I've not arrived here to give up! Finally, I've been able to visit it and the first thing that I've seen… the magnificent bust of the last owner of the house…
… over a plaque in German language where it's possible to read a little part of this story:
The museum located in the house is very small and explains Kepler's life and works focussing the interest in his astronomical discoveries and his three laws.
There is also a representation of the barrels whose volume was calculated precisely by Kepler in 1615:
Another bust representing the great mathematician is in the room of the first floor next to some information about his commemorative monument also in Regensburg.
There are a lot of Kepler's works (which seem to be original) and this wonderful German edition of Napier's logarithms (1631) which couldn't be used by Kepler but exemplifies the great impact that this powerful calculator had in the beginning of the 17th century.
Of course, his Astronomia Nova, his Harmonices mundi,… and his Tabula Rudolphinae are also exhibited.
There also are explanation about his relation with Tycho Brahe and the Copernican system and a lot of astronomical instruments like sextants, globes, compasses,…
Finally, I want to say goodbye looking at this famous portrait. This man discovered the elliptical orbits of the palnets and his obsession with numbers let him find the second and the third law. Copernicus was right and Newton will be confirm all this theories. The World was explained (Wait Einstein, wait!).
Location: Kepler's museum in Regensburg (map)
Another Kepler in Weil der Stadt
This statue of Johannes Kepler is located in a garden next to Kepler's museum in Weil der Stadt. It seems to be a private monument in a garden but it's possible to go inside.
Location: Monument in Weil der Stadt (map)
A masonic geometric symbol in Barcelona
There are a lot of hidden enigmas and misteries in the modern buildings of Barcelona and some of these details are unknown by almost everyone. For example, on the facade at 11 Portaferrissa Street in the Old Town (Barri Gòtic), we can see the sculpture of two little boys above the main door on the top of a pile of bricks between them and the boy on the right holds some kind of square, whereas the one on the left holds a compass and a paddle. At first sight, it may seem another figure of the architectural style of the 19th Century. Nevertheless, it is a masonic sign indeed. The square and the compass were some of the most remarkable symbols of Freemasonry since both appear in the Masonry emblem.
In ancient times, the compass symbolized the Heavens inasmuch as it was used to study the starry Heavens, while the square represented the Earth because it was used to measure it. Nowadays both might have some philosophical and ethic connotations such as boundaries, so as to keep the equilibrium, and morality respectively. So, according to the Barcelona Historical Archive, the construction was made in the late 19th Century since there is a file with a works license of 1867, projected by Domingo Sitjas. It is interesting to notice that, in the original plans of the project, there is no sign of this sculpture. Due to Masonry persecution, everything related to it had to be kept secret. So, logically, the sculpture doesn't appear in the plans!
Freemasonry describes itself as a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. Traditionally, masons are fond of architecture and are dedicated to the seven Liberal Arts: Grammar, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Logic, Music, Geometry and Astronomy. Therefore, since Arithmetic, Geometry and Logic belong to mathematics, there is a link between Masonry and mathematics somehow. For instance, number 1 is represented by a point, which has no dimensions and turns to be the generator of any imaginable figure. According to the Masons, one is the arithmetic symbol of the Unity as well as the point is the geometric image of the Being. On top of that, if there are two points, they can be joined with a compass considering the straight segment connecting them like the one-dimensional projection of the geometrical link. It is important to note that the symbol of the Unit is the generator of duality, ternary, etc. using the compass. In addition to that, Geometry is the basis on which the Masonic superstructure stands and is considered by them as the mother of Science. However, Arithmetic has an important role in Masonry philosophybecause under Freemasons' point of view, each of the four fundamental operations corresponds to a present value in their lives. For example, the sum is related to adding knowledge to our cognizance. In regard to such importance of the Unity as the genesis of the rest, it should be noted that the quaternary arises just like the ternary does. The last one would be represented in the form of a square. Mathematically, this generating method from the Unit would be considered as N = 1 + n (0<n<9 integer number), where N is associated with geometric figures representing values or facts of their daily life. It must be kept in mind that this is a cycle whose culmination is the following expression: 9+1=10=1+0=1. Let's look at some examples of the corresponding symbolism to certain geometrical figures identified, as we have seen, with numbers. Remember that the "construction" of these is given by using a compass and a square like the ones in the image:
- The triangle, which represents number 3, is the geometric figure par excellence. The rest of figures can be represented as a set of triangles. It is known among Masons as Radiant Delta and each of its vertices represents space, time and energy. The union of these vertices turns out to be the force that gives structure to the universe, which is the Great Architect of the Universe (G), i.e., God.
- The square, which represents number 4, symbolizes at the same time two squares or the union of two triangles, that is, harmony and balance. If these two squares are within a circle, then they represent the harmony between the Earth and the Sacred World.
- The 5-pointed star (or pentagrammon) represents number 5 and symbolizes the man and life, what is masculine and what is feminine, and the union represents androgyny.
It's imperative to comment that, although there may be no direct link between Pythagoras and Freemasonry, the teachings of Pythagoras have greatly influenced its structure and its teachings: numbers (especially numbers from 1 to 10) are symbols representing the philosophical universal organization and the only way to reach God. Furthermore, every degree of the Masonic initiation corresponds to one number.
Finally, it is necessary to remark that this is just a selection of the whole mathematics they studied, since the 47th Euclid problem and the golden proportion should be also mentioned.
In conclusion, the sculpture emblems a fraternal community full of mysteries which has always been passionate about mathematics. One last mathematical fact: if you come in the building, you will see 7 steps followed by 7 steps and 14 steps more!
This post has been written by Paula Arrebola and Abel Hernandez in the subject Història de les Matemàtiques (History of Mathematics, 2014-15).
Location Casa Domingo Sitjas (map)
A plaque in the Cloth Hall in Krakow
In the ground floor of the Cloth Hall of Krakow there is this modern plaque (2007) designed by Czeslaw Dźwigaj and the selection of the text was made by Jerzy Wyrozumski and Alexander Kravchuk:
1257 Krakow city rights advocates by the German tradition and the situation of the market and the houses and affected courts
It was Bolesław V, "the Chaste One", (1226–1279), Duke of Sandomierz in Lesser Poland from 1232 and High Duke of Poland from 1243 until his death, who introduced in 1257 the city rights modelled on the Magdeburg law allowing for tax benefits and new trade privileges for the citizens and this plaque was designed to conmemmorate the 750th anniversary of this moment.
The Cloth Hall is one of the most emblematic symbols of Krakow because is probably the oldest shopping mall in the World:
It's in the middle of the main square of Krakow and everybody visit it and buy something in the shops of the ground floor.
So next time that you visit Krakow look at the floor to this conmemorative plaque:
Location: The Cloth Hall in Krakow (map)
Bernard Bolzano's birthhouse
The Municipal Library of Prague (Marianské Square No.101) is in the same place where was Bernard Bolzano's birthhouse. The house was detroyed but we have a photography of the main door from 1906:
The grey building is not beautiful although is full of allegories and symbols and among them we can see a ruler and a compass:
Location: Bolzano's birthhouse in Prague (map)
Kircher's Organum Mathematicum
Yesterday I didn't remember to show Kircher's Organum Mathematicum:
Organum Mathematicum was invented in 1661 by the Jesuit astronomer and mathematician Athanasius Kircher. This device is a comprehensive portable encyclopedia and is designed for the following disciplines: arithmetic, geometry, fortifications, chronology, gnomonics (sundials), astronomy, astrology, steganography (encoding) and music. The case contains tables for calculations without 'tiring the mind'. Each of the nine disciplines contains 24 flat boards of different colours, with definitions and information.
This is Athanasius Kicher:
Of course, in the exhibition you can also find compasses, rules, abacus, slide rules, the Napier bones,…
…and calculators from the 20th century:
Location: National Technical Museum in Prague (map)
Copernicus' House in Torun
Copernicus' house was built in the 14th/15th century in the Gothic style of the Hanseatic towns. It has a high entrance hall with an open kitchen on the ground floor and the merchant's office. The rooms are upstairs.
The building was the property of Copernicus' family in the years 1463-1480 and it may well be here that he was born in 1473. In an old picture it's possible to see Napoleon Bonaparte walking in front of the present Copernicus Street nr 40. Till the end of the 19th century there was the wrong opinion that Copernicus had been born there although it seems to be the present numbers 15 and 17 the right houses. In the end of the 15th century, Copernicus' father owned these three houses and another one in 36 and 37 Old Market Square.
Nowadays, there is a restaurant in 40 Copernicus Street…
…and a new building is a department store ("Dom Towarowy"):
The interior of the house (17 Copernicus Street) is reconstructed and the imagination is the only way to see Copernicus familiy in it.
The museum is full of portraits (I'm going to write another post about them!), the replicas of the instruments, scultures about the heliocentric system… and information about Copernicus' life and works. For example, here you have a very modern design for Copernicus' office:
And the room dedicated to his De Revolutionibus:
Finally, hthe replicas of Copernicus' instruments:
A few days ago I went to Frombork where Copernicus died and today I've been in the house where he was born. I've been in Olsztyn too so… what about going to Krakow where he studied? Thus… next step: Krakow!
Location: Copernicus' house in Torun (map)
The Long Market in Gdansk
The Long Market (Długi Targ) is one of the most important touristic attractions of Gdansk. It was a merchant road in the 13th century. After the massacre of Gdansk citizens on 13 November 1308 by Teutonic Knights, the place became the main street of the city and is name "Longa Platea" was first written in 1331. Nowadays it's a very beautiful long square full of typical shops and restaurants which are the soul of this cosmopolutan city. One of its most representative houses is the town hall from the 16th century and Neptune's Fountain, the main symbol of the city, is also there. This fountain was constructed in 1617 from Abraham van den Blocke's designs.
Thus, if you visit Gdansk, you must have time to take a beer or a coffee in one of the cafes or have a typican Polish dinner in one of the restaurants which fill all the beautiful houses which can be admire in the square.
Among all these houses we also find a lot of mathematical symbols which allow me to talk of them in this new post. For example, Radisson Blue hotel is located in number 19 and the allegorical paintings of the facade are a joy for the mathematical freak:
On both sides we have some of the most important men in the history of astronomy like Hipparcus of Rhodas,
Galileo Galilei:
and Hevelius:
Approaching the town hall, there is another red house which is full of artists ans it's coronated by a replica of Aristotle and Plato from Raffaello's "School of Athens":
In another house there also are the allegorical Astronomia rounded by Cellarius' heliocentric systems:
And finally we find other allegories like the Architecture, the Geometry or the Geography in the opposite side of the square:
For example…
As you can see, this is an excuse to admire the beautiful facades of the houses in this square which I never tire of walking through it.
By the way, there is a beautiful sundial in the town hall:
Location: Długi Targ in Gdansk (map)
Copernicus in Warsaw
Today is our first day in Warsaw! My wife, my son, my daughter and me are going to visit Poland for twelve days and I am sure that the mathematical tourist is going to see a lot of things!
This morning we have been in the city centre and we have walked through Krakowskie Przedmiescie and Nicolas Copernicus was there! His natural position is the middle of Copernicus square which is called with his name and he is rounded by his heliocentric system:
We can read in wikipedia:
Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik (help·info); German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center.
The publication of Copernicus' book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), just before his death in 1543, is considered a major event in the history of science. It began the Copernican Revolution and contributed importantly to the scientific revolution.
Copernicus was born and died in Royal Prussia, a region of the Kingdom of Poland since 1466. Copernicus had a doctorate in canon law and, though without degrees, was a physician, polyglot, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist who in 1517 set down a quantity theory of money, a principal concept in economics to the present day, and formulated a version of Gresham's law in 1519, before Gresham.
The bronze statue was designed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (c.1770-1844) in 1822 and was completed eight years later. The phiolosopher Stanislaw Staszic (1755-1826) made important donations for erecting it in Torun because he knew that Napoleon was very surprised for not finding a monument dedicated to the Polish astronomer in his birthplace.
The inscription says "To Nicolas Copernicus [from a] grateful nation" in Latin and Polish although during the German occupation of Poland in 1944, the inscription was translated to German saying "To Nicolaus Copernicus [from] the German Nation".
In 2007, Copernicus' solar system was represented rounding him representing an image from his revolutionary De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543).
The statue is in front of Staszic Palace (1620), the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 1967, a bronze replica was erected in Chaboillez Square in Montreal during the World's Fair:
In 1973, on the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth, another bronze replica was installed in front of Adler Planetarium in Chicago:
Location in Warsaw: map
Location in Montreal: map
Location in Chicago: map
Pythagoras in Temple Bar Moument
The Temple Bar Memorial (1880) stands in the middle of the road opposite Street's Law Courts marking the place where Wren's Temple Bar used to stand as the entrance to London from Westminster.
The monument has two standing statues dedicated to Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales because both were the last royals to pass through the old gate in 1872.
The reliefs round Queen Victoria contains some allegories which includes the first picture about the Euclidean demonstration of the theorem of Pythagoras. We also find a ruler and a globe with the ecliptic.
Location: Temple Bar (map)


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As we inch closer to the active holiday promotions season, I am continuing the theme of what email marketers can accomplish now to prepare for the holiday season. This October it's all about setting a foundation and kicking off the season with your first holiday-specific email campaign.
This article is section 2 of a 4 part series. Read section 1 here.
Here are five recommendations on where you should be focusing your time and energy this month:
1. Backup Emergency Plan
Despite best efforts to project and achieve steep goals every holiday season, sometimes email marketers miss the mark. To combat this, get executive and legal buy-in now on a special promotion in the event that you cannot meet goals before critical shipping cutoff dates in December. Although you may not end up using this campaign, by planning, developing and securing approval this month, you can hit send at a moment's notice in December, and be a hero who saves the season.
2. Holiday Template Design
Don't wait until the last minute to tackle your holiday email template design. While typically a subtle change, the design can make an impression on your customers as they scroll through the inbox and compare offers. Some ways to add a bit of pizzazz would be to incorporate a simple animated gif, showing twinkling lights or falling snow. Another idea is to have a countdown clock showing shipping deadlines at the top of your emails to incite urgency. The overall goal is to keep the template simple, while simultaneously, catching the eye of the consumer.
3. Develop a Gift Guide
Understandably, it can be overwhelming for you customers to know what to purchase, especially for those who are difficult to shop for. Make it easy by curating gifts by interest, price, gender or age. Then, gather key analytics such as click information from your emails to target subsequent emails. For example, if your customer clicks on the gift category of "Gifts for Young Girls," but doesn't convert into a sale, you can follow-up by targeting that customer with appropriate products from that category. This is essentially another way of executing an abandoned browse program, if you don't currently have a program set up for this.
4. Develop Holiday-Specific Segmentation
While it may be tempting to stick to your usual segmentation during the holiday season, I challenge you to consider testing a different segmentation strategy for the holidays. Buying habits are drastically different this time of year, and your current segmentation might be missing the mark. For example, if you have a lapsed segment based on 6 months of no email or purchase activity, you might not plan to email these customers. But what if these customers only buy from you during the holidays? You could be missing valuable revenue from what is actually a seasonally active set of customers. These customers may only purchase your products in November and December, and ignore your brand for the rest of the year.
5. Campaigns for This Month
There are a couple campaigns that you should consider by the end of the month:
- Preference Update – This should be a holiday specific, preference selection that allows customers to tell you who they plan to shop for, and if they want to participate in any campaigns with high frequency. i.e. 12 Days of Christmas, daily flash sales.
- Prepare Your Home for the Holidays – If you are a retailer that offers products in the home category, now is the time to promote products that will help your customers prepare their homes for holiday guests to make everyone happy. Often, retailers have a limited inventory of special holiday products. Encouraging your customers to purchase these items before they go out of stock will ensure that they get exactly what they want.
By building a solid foundation this month, you will save yourself the added stress of an already chaotic season. Give thanks to your customers.
If there are additional strategies and tactics you plan to challenge this month outside of what I suggested, please share in the comments below.
This post was originally shared on MediaPost on October 8, 2015.


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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tone2 Updates AkustiX to 1.1
Tone2 has updated their AkustiX Enhancer to version 1.1. AkustiX is a mutli-effect designed to compliment the process of mixing and mastering with EQ, stereo width, phase enhancer, multi-exciter, and "smart filter" effects. The new version boasts improved sound quality, reduced latency, 64-bit versions for Mac, and more. Tone2 is available for Windows (VST) or Mac (AU/VST) for $59. The update is free to registered users.
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Thanksgiving is all about family!
In today's world, when everyone has their own agendas and schedules, we don't often get to sit down together to enjoy a good meal. Too often, our meals are just meals to satisfy our hunger. But on holidays we come together for the meal with those we care most about → and that is everything!
At Black Barn we have a special Thanksgiving menu that we're very excited about → that you can view here. Allow us to take care of you and your family — it's what we love to do! But should you decide to make it at home, let us show you how to get the recipe just right.
Below you'll find how to prep your turkey, the appropriate cook times for different sizes, instruction and serving guides as well as mastering the perfect gravy to accompany your turkey!
How to choose your turkey?
You want to estimate one pound per person or a pound and a half if you want leftovers. We always want to go with a fresh turkey not frozen — which means plan ahead and order from your butcher or grocery store.
Tip: Place your order a week or two in advance if you can.
Here's the great part about this recipe — you prep the day before so the day of the holiday you're not compromising your time. Since you want to be able to focus on friends and family. So ask yourself → don't you want to get done ahead of time without sacrificing quality or quality time? Chef Doherty suggests you take these steps Wednesday night before the big day!
What you'll need to prep and season your turkey:
(serves 16 people)
• ½ stick soft butter
• 4-5 sprigs of Thyme, stripped and chopped
• 3 Tbsp flat parsley, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• zest of 1 lemon
• ¾ cup pitted Calamata Olives, chopped
• salt and pepper
Your 7 step instruction guide:
1. Remove fresh turkey from any packaging and snip free of any string or trussing.
2. Remove neck and giblets from the body cavity, reserving for gravy.
3. Rinse turkey well under cold water and pat dry with paper towel.
4. With a sharp knife, remove the wing tips (up to the first joint) and add those to the neck, too.
5. Slide hand under skin and separate it from the breast meat without tearing it.
6. Mix butter, herbs, lemon, olives, salt & pepper and spread all over turkey under the skin
7. Season outer skin with remaining butter, salt and pepper
How-to cook your Turkey↓
But first … this is what you'll need:
• turkey neck, wing-tips & giblets
• 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorn
• 1 bay leaf
• 5 sprigs of fresh Thyme
• 1 stick of celery, well washed
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and halved
• 1 large onion, halved and unpeeled
• 5 cloves of garlic, peeled
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
This is how you'll cook your Turkey:
1. Place the above ingredients evenly in the bottom of a roast pan
2. Place turkey on top and place in the center of oven uncovered
3. After 1 ½ hours, use a ladle to remove and reserve the liquid in the bottom of pan. Continue cooking turkey
4. Using an oven thermometer, remove turkey from oven when temperature in the thigh reads 155 degrees
5. Transfer turkey to a platter to rest. The temperature will continue to rise to 165 degrees
Let's talk gravy: This will take up to 20 minutes. The flavor is driven by the pan drippings and caramelized veggies in the roasting pan. So this is what you'll need to do ↓
What you'll need:
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 2 Tbsp. corn starch
1. Drain all liquid from roast pan and add to reserved liquid. Ladle and discard fat from the top of liquid
2. Over medium-high heat, place roast pan with vegetables and brown vegetables until golden brown, scraping the bottom of the pan
3. Add broth and simmer for 15 minutes
4. Dissolve cornstarch in just a ¼ cup of cold water and stir into simmering broth until the desired consistency is achieved. Let it simmer for 5 minutes longer over low heat
5. Adjust seasoning and strain into a serving bowl
To serve your turkey:
Use a carving knife to cut down between the thigh and breast. Remove the thighs and legs. Then slice the meat off of the bones on a carving board. Remove the breasts by cutting down the middle following the breast bone right down to the wing bone, while pulling the meat gently away with a fork. Slice meat on a carving board. Serve with gravy.
These are the approximate roasting times using this method:
• 5 lbs – 1 – 1/2 hrs
• 8 lbs – 1- 3/4 hrs
• 10 lbs – 2 hrs
• 12 lbs – 2 – 1/2 hrs
• 15 1bs – 2 – 3/4 hours
• 17 lbs – 3 hours
• 20 lbs – 3 – 1/2 hours
Tip: Loosely cover the turkey with aluminum foil if it looks like the top is browning too quickly. I also have to rotate the pan 180° every hour or so for even browning.
Note: In addition, the pop-up thermometer that comes with many turkeys will pop up at 180 degrees, which is quite overcooked and dry. Therefore, the key to a delicious turkey is NOT overcooking it.
Remember, oven temperatures can vary drastically, so even if the turkey has been in the oven for the appropriate time, it is still necessary to double-check for doneness with a thermometer.
There is plenty to stress over but with Chef Doherty's how-to recipe, you won't be stressing the main attraction, your Thanksgiving turkey! In conclusion, Gobble Gobble.


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The youth-written stories in Represent give inspiration and information to teens in foster care while offering staff insight into those teens' struggles.
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Jay-Z's entertainment and sports company Roc Nation is partnering with the NFL.
The New York Times reported that the deal means Jay-Z will work with the NFL to coordinate entertainment. He will also work with the league's Inspire Change campaign, in which the league works with teams and players for causes and donates to social justice causes.
"The NFL has a great big platform, and it has to be all-inclusive," Jay-Z said in an interview this week, according to The Times. "They were willing to do some things, to make some changes, that we can do some good."
The deal also means the rapper and mogul will be the league's "live music entertainment strategist," which would involve consulting on the Super Bowl halftime show. The deal does not require Jay-Z to perform, but he has the option to do so if he chooses.
"He was very quick to say that he does not want this to be about him performing, that it was broader than that," Goodell said in an interview, according to The Washington Post. "It quickly went beyond that. Do I hope he'll perform in the Super Bowl sometime in the next several years? Yes. But I think we'll all know if that time comes. He'll know in particular."
In the official announcement of the partnership Wednesday, it was said that Roc Nation will advise and lead the selection of artists for NFL performances, which include events like a Pro Bowl Community Concert, and could include a live visual album.
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