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   A Simple test instead

   

   Tony Lawrence, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 5:22am

   
   

   I propose a simple test instead. Actually, this could be used for all sorts of qualifications. It's just one question:
   
   Are you smart enough to understand that you aren't?
   
   
   
   

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   Re: A Simple test instead

   

   thecaptain, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 5:30am

   
   

   Good one.
   
   I'd also want to add...are you mature enough to understand that being semi-anonymous does not give you license to act like an asshole to piss people off on purpose? (For all the trolls and griefers out there)

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   Re: A Simple test instead

   

   Ryan King, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 5:39am

   
   

   See, the irony is it basically does.
   What are you going to do about it? I can reply to spam too if I want and you can't do a thing about it.
   Having 'rules' for the internet seems silly to me. If you can't enforce it, what's the point?
   Education, better FAQs, learning curves, those do something. Rules just give kids something to rebel against IMO.
   

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   Re: A Simple test instead

   

   AMetamorphosis, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 6:37am

   
   

   
   
   I agree to this as soon as stupid people are required to get a license to pop out babies and suck up welfare ...

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   Anonymous Coward, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 7:09am

   
   

   Short answer to your question; No. People (read more than one) will seldom agree on one thing much less a list of things.
   
   It would be nice if users were some how required to be educated before they jumped on line as it might save some of the more gullable and/or less techno oriented a lot of troubles.
   
   Some of the very basics (virus identification, ID theft, scams, credit card security, etc).
   
   It might also dispell some of the myths that many users live under (my credit card info will be stolen !!!!)
   
   But agreeing on what ... good luck. Hmmmm... would probably give state lawyers something to do. They could each come up with their own rules and treat them like drivers licenses (gotta get it before you surf). They could also charge for the test like the drivers license and alleviate some of their tax woes and renew it every 4 years to do a technology catch up ... and collect more taxes !!!!
   
   What a great idea !!!

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   Re: Internet Rules

   

   caiuschen, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 8:26am

   
   

   While the suggestion may have been to implement this legally, it might be useful to just have a largely agreed upon set of unofficial rules that everyone could link to and point out to newbies. It would have to be acceptable to most people to reach that amount of popularity and have much of an effect.

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   Joe Schmoe, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 8:42am

   
   

   Wouldn't we be better off with viral attachments that just knock these people offline once and for all? >;)

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   Riverside, Apr 12th, 2004 @ 6:47pm

   
   

   John Dvorak proposed this several years ago except he was talking about PC ownership. He told a story about a friend who freaked when Dvorak pulled the RAM out of his computer thinking that "everything would be lost." Regarding internet/email use, I'd like to add that before you forward an email story that you have to research it to prove that it is not an urban legend.

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