From: Sasha Chislenko (sasha1@netcom.com)
Date: Fri Jun 25 1999 - 12:35:07 MDT
>WINDOWS TO GET ABILITY TO BLOCK UNWELCOME GAMES
>The next release of Microsoft's Windows operating system software will
>include software that parents can use to block the playing of computer
>games with unacceptable levels of violence, offensive language, or nudity.
>Microsoft is currently talking with the Entertainment Software Rating Board
>and the Recreational Software Advisory Council about incorporating their
>ratings into a database on which the blocking software would rely. The
>software will be available sometime next year, and will be available for
>purchase as an upgrade to existing copies of Windows. (New York Times 25
>Jun 99)
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/06/biztech/articles/25game.html
I keep waiting until somebody starts rating the level of stupidity,
irrationality, lies, and other actually harmful things in messages.
When there is going to be a filter that will leave Discovery channel
with any degree of nudity, but block tele-evangelists, baseball,
X-files, soap operas and other stuff that really wastes and corrupts
young minds, filling them with perverse perceptions of the world and
ridiculous values?
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Sasha Chislenko <http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/home.html>
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