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youth tech newsletter
for kids and teens -- by kids and teens.
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SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1997 -=- VOLUME II, EDITION 30
ACCESS YOUTH TECH: Use keyword: YT
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this week's blabber
>>VIEW POINT: The General Opinion is . . .
>>MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT! : Survey Says . . .
>>GEEK HUMOR: Famous Predictions! ;-)
>>SHORT REPORT: Summer, Games & Fun!
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viewpoint: The General Opinion is . . .
submitted by YTCCBYTE@AOL.com
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A week ago, we asked for your opinions about the CDA (Communications Decency Act) ruling by The Supreme Count and how you felt it impacted the Internet Community. The Surpreme Court had ruled that portions of it were unconstitutional and do not follow the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Below are a few comments of the various feedback received regarding our opinion poll.
ChasTuna2 wrote in and said: "I believe that just like TV, there should be a ratings system for content on the Web, and that browsers could easily be equipped with a patch similar to TV's V-chip. This patch would either block certain ratings from being viewed on certain screen names, or just block specific sites from being viewed.
Autumn Z wrote: "I don't think it is a good idea. I think kids and teens, everyone is smart enough to choose what they view. If people are so concerned than they should put rules on themselves."
Anonymous submitted to us: "Excuse me? Since when do we need someone else to decide what we can or can't see? Wasn't that the whole point of the move to America? If our government is going to throw away the Constitution with laws like the CDA, then maybe it would be better if we didn't have a government."Do what thou wilt shall become the whole of the law."
IHJK 1 expressed: "I think the government should control online content, because there's NO WAY they can know if some little kid is pretending he is 18. If an adult wants that stuff, he/she can get it another way. Why should we help make the world more immoral than it already is."
In closing, many felt that the ruling handed down by the Supreme Court was appropriate. On the other hand, many felt that there should be some kind of measures taken; However, the severity of the CDA was too restricting into government rule.
With the appropriate measures taken on behalf of ourselves, software developers, information services -- There seems to be be an overall feeling from the responses received that there can be a "happy medium" achieved with a little effort from all.
We'd like to take a moment and thank everyone for expressing and participating in our poll. Stay tuned to future YT Newsletters for other possible opinion polls.
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make your vote count! : Survey Says . . .
submitted by YTCCBRAIN@AOL.com
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Several weeks ago, the Supreme Court vetoed the request of a bill called the CDA (Community Decency Act) because it violated the 1st of Amendment: Free Speech. If this bill was passed, then it would have made it illegal to post/look at "indecent" material.
A week ago we asked you to participate a poll about this bill and what you thought. Below are the results of the poll:
27% said that the CDA bill should have been passed.
53% thought that the Supreme Court was right about not passing the bill
18% felt that the some kind of bill should have been passed, not necessarily that harsh
2% were undecicded
Based on the results, most of the respondants felt that the Supreme Court was right!
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geek humor: Famous Predictions! ;)
submitted by UNKNOWN@AOL.com
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"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981
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the short report: Summer, Games & Fun!
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This Weeks Humorous Line:
Just like the Energizer Bunny(TM), the fun keeps going and going and going.....
All These Lists!!
Do you know the Top Ten Ways You Know Someone is Using Your Screenname? HeHe ... Here's your chance to find out what other's are saying from this weeks Top Ten List! Got a Top Ten idea for this weeks Topic ("Top Ten Excuses Not to Get Off the Computer When Parents Say So")? Submit your answers and possibly find your entry as one of the Top Ten!
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Keyword: YT > Have Fun > Top Ten
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Live Chat Events
Can you use your wit to make up humourous sentence from one word!? Join YTCC Music on Mondays @ 10PM EDT for Screamin' Sentences! Wait! Don't forget to also come get hints, tips, and tricks from YTCC Lunar and YTCC Aliens on Fridays for a Web Page chat
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Keyword: YT > Talk & Communicate > Live Event schedule
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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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Keyword: YT > Have Fun > Summer '97 @ YT
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