Who "they" *needs* a BB - each'n'every guest at Cybercafe's?

Post #2,883 by CRConrad 7/26/01 11:16:03 AM Reply	Who "they" needs a BB - each'n'every guest at Cybercafe's?
Post #2,902 by Ashton 7/27/01 1:59:07 AM Reply	Original topic was the cheeldrun. Norm threw in a non-sequitur re Big Brother and the Cyber Cafe. Implying: Big Brother wherever detected = Bad. I replied: Big Brother = OK. For kids. Only bad for Big people. WTF shouldn't parents track little Malphasia's trips to the Biker Gang signup site, for the peeing-distance competition? Now if the foo shits re certain non-Big Cyber attendees: They can listen to BB too. (May all kids find at least One adult somewhere for hints&tips, even if the parents don't qualify. * Otherwise they'll turn out just like their parents) * \ufffdFrank Zappa. RIP.
Post #2,905 by CRConrad 7/27/01 2:26:05 AM Reply	Ah, OK. Looked like you were still talking about the same thing he was. (To me, at least, that is.) Not quite a non-sequitur, BTW, IMO: Ha was telling about how "this is the same way they do it in cyber cafe's...", IIRC. A side note, not a non-following argument. Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
Post #2,908 by Ashton 7/27/01 3:10:58 AM Reply	Whether siderial or interruptus - BB was dissed Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes The Man Who Can Crib Latin Quotes to Confound The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything.
Post #2,912 by CRConrad 7/27/01 4:32:38 AM Reply	By Norm? Not "dissed" - just mentioned, AFAICS. Now, if... ...you mean any mention of "Big Brother" is by default (and implication and association) "dissing" the concept, then you might of course be right. (At least I would tend to agree with you...) But, as [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=2908\|Norm said:] That is how the Cyber-Cafe software works. [ . . . ] Hmmm, not sure if it can track what programs they run, sounds a lot like "Big Brother" to me. That only was in the context of "Cyber-Cafe", as I understood him. The following paragraph, where he suggested the "manual Big Brother" method -- in the context of kids -- was... Just that, a separate paragraph. (Oh well... He'll drop in shortly, I suspect, and then we ca ask him in person.) Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
Post #3,250 by orion 7/31/01 1:14:38 PM Reply	It sounds like "Big Brother" I didn't exactly say that it was "Big Brother" rather that it sounded like a "Big Brother" type of program that watches what you do. One that can track what programs are run, what websites are visited, and what the user was doing at what time. Information like that can be used to help or hurt you, it depends on how it is used. In this case, it is used to see what the children are doing and if they did anything they shouldn't have been doing. Sort of like a parent watching them and taking notes. But an acutal parent may stop them from visiting an adult site, or playing "Quake III" if they are not allowed to. I had been away due to a vacation last week, and I just have been catching up on the messages. This one was buried a few pages back. Sorry for the delay. "I can see if I want anything done right around here, I'll have to do it myself!" Moe Howard

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