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  • germdoc
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 3567
    • Omaha, NE
    • BT3000--the gray ghost
    #1

    Yet another thing to worry about for our kids

    Chatroulette:

    http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/arc...ita-yardi.html

    The idea sounds kind of cool, sort of like speed dating, but I foresee a lot of issues especially where teens are involved.

    No, I haven't done it yet, just read about it 5 mins. ago. I'm too busy dealing with REAL people in the same room to worry about this.
    Jeff


    “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire
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    • atgcpaul
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2003
      • 4055
      • Maryland
      • Grizzly 1023SLX
      #2
      Yes, I saw that featured on one of the morning TV shows.

      As a soon-to-be father of a baby girl, none of this new stuff is making me all
      that happy to be a parent. I just hope we raise her right.

      Do latch key kids still exist? The only ones I see are in high school. They
      might actually be playing hookie. Everyone younger seems to be guarded
      from the point they leave the house to the bus stop and back again.

      Paul

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        • Uncle Cracker
          The Full Monte
          • May 2007
          • 7091
          • Sunshine State
          • BT3000
          #3
          If there are no parental controls and other safeguards, I'm not sure it's a good idea...

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            • Alex Franke
              Veteran Member
              • Feb 2007
              • 2641
              • Chapel Hill, NC
              • Ryobi BT3100
              #4
              I saw it mentioned on a comedy show a couple weeks ago and tried it out. First thing you see is something to the effect of "adults only, no nudity, report inappropriate cams" but after chatting briefly with a Parisian about the American Revolution, I realized pretty quickly that the "no nudity" part was only a suggestion. Not my cup of tea.

              Since then though I've come across a couple funny videos of a piano improv guy chatting: (NSFW - Lauguage)
              * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTwJetox_tU
              * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrvpgA9XtI

              ...and then that let to another funny version of that -- live in concert -- by frontman Ben Folds: (also NSFW - Lauguage)
              * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfamTmY5REw

              I prefer the edited youtube versions of ChatRoulette - if you try it you'll find out why!
              online at http://www.theFrankes.com
              while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
              "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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                • cabinetman
                  Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 15216
                  • So. Florida
                  • Delta
                  #5
                  Not much can be done to control this sort of interplay. What is troublesome is this statement: In ChatRoulette, there is no registration or login; staring into the bedroom of a complete stranger is fascinating and completely disconcerting.
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