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Comment Re:I seem to be in the minority. (Score 0) 505

There isn't much that can be done to prevent a determined child from going around the protection. However, the software should not be considered a panacea for Internet problems, but rather a reminder to the child to do right while using the Internet. The knowledge that somebody might be watching tends to prevent many problems before they occur.

Comment Nothing Wrong with This (Score 0) 505

A parent's job is to ensure that his child matures into a responsible adult. A parent has the responsibility to know what his child has been doing so that he can reward the child for doing right and punish the child for doing wrong. For a parent to supervise his child's Internet access is not different than for him to watch over his child while the child plays in the park. A child might bypass some of the dangers of the Internet, but a child is not able to discern many of the complicated dangers that abound in society. Therefore, a parent should use tools such as keyloggers to supervise a child's Internet access. This is not a breach of privacy, but another way for a parent to unobtrusively care and watch over his child.

Comment Re:What scientists... (Score 0) 726

The point I was trying to make is that unless a scientist is able to directly observe the beginning of the universe, there is no way for him to prove that the universe was or was not created. A scientist can only observe the current universe and extrapolate into the past. There is no way to know with absolute certainty that any any event occurred, unless we have data from an observer who was present at the event.

Comment Cause/effect mixup (Score 1) 477

The problem is not with the Playstations, but with the children who sit in front of those consoles and the parents who allow their children to sit in front of a console for most of the day. Playstations make children obese the same way that snack foods make children obese. If a child is allowed to eat too much snack food without exercising, then that child, unless he has a very fast metabolism, will become obese. The problem is that the parents do not make the children exercise.

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