Reverse Pornography "Cookies"

[Hetherington Information Services]

At 05:54 AM 7/3/97 -0700, Barbara Stewart wrote:
>Alright, all you "filtering" types - listen up:
>
>We know about cookies. Very well, on public access Web terminals in 
>public libraries, we initiate a 5-minute "clean-up" librarian to check 
>the cache of the previous user (this can be easily accomplished in places 
>with 30-minute usage regulations). During this 5 minute period, the 
>"filterer" will filter through the cache, and go to any possible "no-no" 
>sites. If the accessed site goes against all the grains of common decency 
>;-) then a "reverse" cookie will be attached. This reverse cookie will 
>function as a censor, and disallow that particular bit of offensiveness 
>from ever returning to that particular library web site. Clean the cache, 
>and open the Web up to the next victim - ah, patron.  Repeat at 30 minute 
>intervals.
>
>Simple, clean, and effective ;-)


Uh? "Clean-up librarian?"  Every "30 minutes??!!!" 

I'd love to see the job description and salary requirements of the
"Clean-up Librarian."

--Cyn

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