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youth tech newsletter
for kids and teens -- by kids and teens.
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SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1997 -=- VOLUME II, EDITION 28
ACCESS YOUTH TECH: Use keyword: YT
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this week's blabber
>>EDITORIAL NOTE:This Weeks Issue
>>VIEW POINT: Speak Your Peace
>>MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT: Do We need This?
>>GEEK HUMOR: Computer Acronyms
>>SHORT REPORT: The fun just keeps ticking @ YT.
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editorial note: This Week's Issue
from YTCC News
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This week's issue of the Youth Tech Newsletter is dedicated towards the recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding the CDA (Communications Decency Act). As this legislation could have had a significant impact on each and every person who uses the Internet, whether they are young or old and experienced or beginners -- It could've change the whole Internet as we know it today.
In this weeks newsletter, the YT News Team encourages you to speak out regarding this issue. Take a few moments to offer your own thoughts and take our opinion poll.
Results from this weeks issue will be available in a follow-up article next week!
The Youth Tech News Team
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viewpoint: Speak Your Peace!
submitted by YTCCBLAST@AOL.com & YTCCBYTE@AOL.com
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Just recently, the Supreme Court ruled that the internet-related portions of the Communications Decency Act, or CDA, were unconstitutional and doesn't follow the First Amendment of the Constitution. The CDA makes it illegal for people to put certain, inappropriate content on the net for others to view or use the internet for indecent purposes. Many people, including those who have worked against the CDA for months, are happy with this decision. But there are also those who oppose this ruling.
Youth Tech would like to know how you feel about this. Should the government control online content? Or should we rely on technology to do that?
Send Your Opinions To Us:
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make your vote count! : Do We Need This?
submitted by YTCCBRAIN@AOL.com
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As many of you know.... there has been a lot of talk on the Internet about one thing: the CDA. The CDA, or Communications Decency Act, was a suggested law that said that any "indecent" material sent or displayed over the Internet would be considered a felony. This bill didn't get very far when the Supreme Court slapped it in the face saying that it was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court said that it violated the 1st ammendment, freedom of speech.
Anyways, the Supreme Court voted 7-2 that if you knew that you were sending any of this material to a person under the age of 18 that it would be considered a crime. If this bill was passed, then it suggested that anyone who violated it could get two years in the slammer and a $250,000 fine!
We want to know what you think about the CDA!
Click Here
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geek humor: Computer Acronyms
submitted by SPLENDER3@AOL.com
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PCMCIA -- People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN -- It Still Does Nothing
SCSI -- System Can't See It
DOS -- Defective Operating System
BASIC -- Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM -- I Blame Microsoft
DEC -- Do Expect Cuts
CD ROM -- Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2 -- Obsolete Soon, Too.
WWW -- World Wide Wait
MACINTOSH -- Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating
System Hangs
PENTIUM -- Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Incorrect
Understanding of Mathematics
COBOL -- Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
AMIGA -- A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction
RISC -- Reduced Into Silly Code
LISP -- Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
MIPS -- Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
WINDOWS -- Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MICROSOFT -- Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our
Software Only Fools Teenagers
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the short report: The fun never stops in YT
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Catch the Latest News!
Oh where, Oh Where has Sojourner gone? Is Apple in trouble? What's the latest additions to HTML 4.0? Find out these answers and more in Bits of Bytes -- Your daily news recap from around the industry.
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Goooooooood Morning YT! Rise and shine while joining YTCC JRW weekday mornings @ 10AM EDT! Don't forget to attend Friday night @ 8:30PM EDT for computer news in a week review with YTCC Zach!
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Summer 97' @ YT
Schools out and looking for things to do? Join us at Summer @ YT! Join us for a summer game, enter the contest and meet new friends along the way. There's always lots of fun to be had at Summer @ YT, don't let the summer pass you by!
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