View Full Version : .kids Looks To Be A Reality!
TheEnforcer
12-04-2002, 04:28 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...6-2002Dec4.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8016-2002Dec4.html)
President Signs 'Dot-Kids' Legislation
By David McGuire
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 4, 2002; 11:08 AM
President Bush today signed legislation that seals off a G-rated "neighborhood" for kids on the World Wide Web.
The Dot-Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act creates a dot-kids domain within America's dot-us addressing space.
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who co-sponsored the bill in the Senate, said in a recent interview that a dot-us domain would provide a "step forward for parents."
"Everyone who's a parent appreciates the difficulty of supervising their children on the Internet. This is a tool for parents," Dorgan said. "We're not censoring anything. We're just going to try to provide a domain that's safe for children."
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Almighty Colin
12-04-2002, 04:38 PM
Great news! I am definitely in favor of .kids
Hopefully Bush and the "rubber stamp" congress can get some more laws like this passed through.
Last edited by Colin at Dec 4 2002, 04:47 PM
SykkBoy
12-04-2002, 04:39 PM
I like this idea much more than the .xxx and .sex for porn sites bullshit...
In a perfect world, this would keep the feds off our backs since there would now be a "safe zone" for kids....but it won't....
My biggest concern though, isn't some kid stumbling onto a site with a couple dirty pictures...I'm more concerned about chatroom predators than a few dirty pictures...
just go into any yahoo chatroom and say something like "Hi, I'm a 14 year old girl looking to chat" and watch how many IM's you get....and I seriously doubt even 10% of those are from other 14 year olds....
I love .kids
they taste like .chicken
Peaches
12-04-2002, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by Shok@Dec 4 2002, 05:51 PM
I love .kids
they taste like .chicken
Admit it, you're trying to register hardcoreblowjobs.kids right now......
Originally posted by Peaches+Dec 4 2002, 01:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Dec 4 2002, 01:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Shok@Dec 4 2002, 05:51 PM
I love .kids
they taste like .chicken
Admit it, you're trying to register hardcoreblowjobs.kids right now......[/b][/quote]
even better
dirtypeachesloves.kids
SykkBoy
12-04-2002, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by Shok@Dec 4 2002, 04:51 PM
I love .kids
they taste like .chicken
well shok, don't you own sultrysixyearolds.com? now, you'll have to get sultrysixyearolds.kids to maintain your brand.....
...and suddenly this thread is REALLy going to take a turn for the worst....
Last edited by SykkBoy at Dec 4 2002, 05:08 PM
not as good as your sexyandseven.com though :unsure:
SykkBoy
12-04-2002, 05:17 PM
Originally posted by Shok@Dec 4 2002, 05:12 PM
not as good as your sexyandseven.com though :unsure:
true, but after you raised the bar again with EagerAt8, I had to go another step with NaughtyNineYearOlds
...and we won't even get into RRRED's contribution to "can you top this you sick fuck?"
Dianna Vesta
12-04-2002, 05:29 PM
I like it better too the only problem is shared PC where adults also want adult access- then again I read some place where MS is going to start building in child protection control or something like that. Maybe it had to do with network permissions or users loggin on.
If I had a young child they would not have access to my PC and I damn sure would monitor theirs AND add controls.
I thought she was just a big baseball fan because she would always shout, "If theres grass on the feild, play ball!!!"
SykkBoy
12-04-2002, 05:46 PM
Originally posted by Shok@Dec 4 2002, 05:39 PM
I thought she was just a big baseball fan because she would always shout, "If theres grass on the feild, play ball!!!"
exactly...and not to mention her new site BoyScoutBukakke.com
godamn we are going to hell :grrr:
but bootyboy says working for ken isnt so bad :hic:
SykkBoy
12-04-2002, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by Shok@Dec 4 2002, 06:00 PM
godamn we are going to hell :grrr:
but bootyboy says working for ken isnt so bad :hic:
To quote the lyrics from the Disneyland After Dark song
You can tell by the smell,
So close you car hear them yell
They throw the best damn parties at the rim of hell
Almighty Colin
12-05-2002, 06:37 AM
Sykkboy, wanna buy 4andafraid.kids?
If its made easy for parents to set this up so that their kids can only access these domains, this is a step SO FAR in the right direction!!
I can't wait to see what unfolds from this ...
what positives and negatives can you see for our industry?
SykkBoy
12-05-2002, 12:39 PM
Originally posted by Colin@Dec 5 2002, 06:45 AM
Sykkboy, wanna buy 4andafraid.kids?
Colin, now that's just sick
...and I don't have the cash at the moment...as I'm sure that domain could upset business.com as the all time costliest domain.....damn Shok and RRRED driving up all the prices...
to the ubersexy and ultratalented feds who may be reading this, parts of this thread are a satire...except Shok...he's just a loon and needs to be put away for safe keeping....and needs to start pushing Stamina-Rx in his mailers......
RawAlex
12-06-2002, 12:22 AM
You all realize that this isn't to create .KIDS - it creates .KIDS.US - a third level domain, that people will get fourth level names off of - no new first level... sadly.
Alex
ulfie
12-06-2002, 01:20 AM
Originally posted by Dianna Vesta@Dec 4 2002, 05:37 PM
If I had a young child they would not have access to my PC and I damn sure would monitor theirs AND add controls.
Amen to that. Would you leave your 12 year old daughter on a street corner in a bad neighborhood? I don't think so. Some people seem to think that letting them surf the net unsupervised is completely ok though. It's not my job to watch your kids.
SykkBoy
12-06-2002, 02:50 AM
Originally posted by Dianna Vesta@Dec 4 2002, 05:37 PM
I like it better too the only problem is shared PC where adults also want adult access- then again I read some place where MS is going to start building in child protection control or something like that. Maybe it had to do with network permissions or users loggin on.
If I had a young child they would not have access to my PC and I damn sure would monitor theirs AND add controls.
It's all about parenting...
My kids, ages 7, 6 and 2 are computer literate (ok, the little one just passed the "don't mash the keys stage and plays mainly Crayola Fun Set on CDRom). All of my "adult" stuff is stored in hidden files.
The kids know which desktop icon in theirs (I have an IE shortcut to nick.com on it as the homepage). I have all of the blocking features and they only go to cartoonnetwork.com and nick.com My son recently discovered the power of dotcom's and grabs his favorite videos and types in videowhatever.com So, I have to watch a little more carefully now thinks to fuckwads who register "kids type" domains and point them to porn sites...
My kids aren't allowed into chatrooms (and of course don't really have much interest in them and have limited abilaity to use them anyways). I'm more concerned about chatroom predators than I am my kids maybe accidently poking around around in "dad's work area" and finding a couple dirty pictures...
While I do monitor their activities and am almost always in the same room when they are using the computer, they know to stick to mainly cartoonnetwork.com and nick.com. I've not just blocked my kids but also EDUCATED them, I give them a reason they can't just use the computer all the time or can't go to certain sites. This is a bigger problem, IMHO, lack of EDUCATING the children to the dangers of predators and online strangers, just as I have EDUCATED them about strangers they meet on the street.
While using the computer as a babysitter isn't the answer, neither is making such a huge fuss over them possibly seeing a few dirty pictures...it's all about education....
When my son gets older, he's probably do engage in the cyber version of find dad's Playboy's between the mattresses most of us did as young teens...but I'll be there to educate him and not just throw up blinders and panic if he thinks to type in playboy.com.
Too many parents are afraid of educating their own children...they're too quick to just start censoring using only "Because, I said so" as a reason.
I'm also much more worried about the bombmaking sites than my kids stumbling onto persiankitty.com ;)
and luckily my kids still think of naked people as "yucky" when they get older and no longer think that, then I have to play father and re-adjust the rules a little bit...it's called parenting and as crazy as it sounds, it acutally works...
I now have a 7 year old son who can code a basic html page by hand and a 6 year olds daughter who is quickly learning...
the parents who need to worry are those who buy their 15,16,17 year old daughter webcams.....when my daughter hits that age, I think her webcam will mmysterious keep getting blocked by the firewall ;)))) Education needs to start early and keep going...it's not a 3-4-5 year job....
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