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Comment Draconian parenting... (Score 1) 327

by whativewanted (#21286265) Attached to: New Parental Controls Limit Xbox Time
Mod me down for being somewhat off topic if you'd like, but it's as good a time as ever to bring this up. What is it with /. and the consensus that conservative parenting is the way to go? I played video games all the time, violent ones, at that, yet I came out OK. I always did my homework, always did good in school, and now I'm in college. Hell, I don't even drink or do drugs, which is somewhat of a rarity in college these days. Being a child is hard, and if I didn't have an escape, such as video games, who knows if I would have done as well in school, or if I would have been bored and bitter throughout my classes. I'm sure some of you can relate.
Microsoft

Submission + - Mom blasts Ballmer over kid's crappy Vista OS (computerworld.com) 6

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Lucas123
Lucas123 writes: "While on stage at a Gartner's ITxpo conference today, Ballmer got an ear-full from the mother of a 13-year-old girl who said after installing Vista on her daughter's computer she decided only two days later to switch back to XP because Vista was so difficult. Ballmer defended Vista saying: "Your daughter saw a lot of value"; to which the mother replied: "She's 13." Ballmer said that Vista is bigger than XP, and "for some people that's an issue, and it's not going to get smaller in any significant way in SP1. But machines are constantly getting bigger, and [it's] probably important to remember that as well." Says the mother: "Good, I'll let you come in and install it for me.""
Google

Submission + - New version of Gmail being tested (zdnet.com) 2

Submitted by Keith
Keith writes: Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and has revolutionized the way many of us use email. The interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it's soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a "New Version". Only a select few people have access to use the new interface — mainly employees and trusted people outside the company called "Trusted Testers".
Communications

Submission + - What to do when broadband is not an option 6

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professorguy
professorguy writes: "I've been on the internet since 1984 (back before email addresses had @'s). But it looks like we're coming to the end of an era. From my home, I have 26.4 kbps dial-up access to the internet (you read that right). Since I am a hospital network administrator, it would be nice to do some stuff remotely when I am on 24/7 call. However, no cable or DSL comes anywhere near my house and because of the particular topography of my property (I'm on a heavily-forested, north-facing hillside), satellite is also not available. Heck, cell phones didn't even work here until January.

So far, the technical people I've asked all have the same advice for reasonable connectivity: MOVE OUT of the house my wife and I built and lived in for 20 years. Has it really come to this? Am I doomed to be an internet refugee? Is this really my only option? What is the best solution here?"
Education

Submission + - School's Out Forever at SV High Tech High

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theodp
theodp writes: "Touted as a model of successful education by the likes of Bill Gates, Silicon Valley's High Tech High just held its first — and last — commencement ceremony, graduating only 21 students in its brief history. Despite the financial support of the world's richest man, the charter school cited money woes as it voted to shut its doors. Adding insult to the poor HTH kids' injury, the local public H.S. district plunked down $8.6M to snatch up their abandoned school and will turn it over to a brand new crop of kids in the fall."

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