So you agree, then, that conservatism shouldn't be blamed for the effort to censor Card's book.

Don't blame conservativism. The author himself is a "conservative Mormon," according to TFA.

At my university during the early '80s, each student's VAX-11/780 username and password both consisted of the student's Social Security number. When exam results were posted on the bulletin board, they were listed by SSN.

That's the spirit! The captain always goes down with the ship.

The technology will likely be priced in the 'hundreds of dollars,' rather than the tens of thousands that the likes of Cisco and Polycom charge for high-end telepresence rooms.

And that's because this is not a "high-end telepresence room"; it's a "low-cost camera and screen that swivels on a set of robotic shoulders, and sits at a meeting table with physical attendees." Apples and oranges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOMIl3WjXc0

Opening three notes of the Godfather Theme ("Speak Softly Love") at 8:53.

Albert Camus? Is that you?

He's no Kaczynski.

It is not "malaise" that causes strabismus or amblyopia.

I think the word the OP was looking for was malady, not malaise, as in There's a malady in children that can prevent full stereopsis (depth perception) from developing, called strabismus or lazy-eye.

The doc you linked does mention a different idea that I could get behind though, establish a .kids which would be a semi-walled garden of child appropriate material.

That's been tried, via an administered second-level domain, .kids.us

From the link, It's the first and only "youth-friendly" Web space to be established by the United States government, and it features advanced technical, policy and operational mechanisms that keep young people informed, entertained and protected online.

Interesting, considering the grandparent consisted of bare assertions and lacked supporting evidence or arguments.

You can go to verizonwireless.com and add (or remove) the blocks yourself (note: some of the links are found at the extreme right or bottom of the page):

Account -> Plan -> Set Usage Controls -> Add/Remove Blocks

• Block Ringback Tone Purchase
• Block Premium Messaging
• Block V CAST Music
• Block Premium Animated Messaging
• Block Mobile Web
• Block Web Purchases
• Block V CAST Video Clips
• Block Application Downloads

I seem to recall W saying that it was just a "goddam piece of paper."

You seem to recall that, do you? I suggest you check your facts.