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Griffs post[^] below suggesting that we should put a stake in the steering wheel is actually not a new suggestion.
John Adams, risk expert and emeritus professor of geography at University College London suggested that[^] a few years ago.
What's that to do with kids? Lots it seems like. Kids behave the same way, despite that our playgrounds are seemingly "safer" nowadays it's not reflected in statistics.
So, what's the solution then? Reasonably safe playgrounds where the kids are allowed to explore their limits themselves seems to be the answer.
Here's[^] an article about a playground that's quite a bit like how our parents grew up, but now it's experimental.
Oh, the article is quite long for the twitter damaged people but worth it IMHO.
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Perhaps football/soccer should be played like this[^] just to be on the safe side. 
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Excellent article about the Land! I feel sorry for these pampered little pansies being raised today. Not their fault, of course, but they won't be good for much when they grow up.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I believe there are many fathers that have to fight the mothers about this, I know I have to.
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Similar article in the NYTimes last year[^]. My kids are growing up falling down. They're getting bumps and bruises and scrapes and I bashed one of them in the head with my camera the other day. An accident but now she knows not to try and head-butt daddy's "combat" trousers, they have a camera in them.
And we found an old-school playground awhile back. Has one of those deadly jungle-gyms in it. Kids love it.
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Good tip, I have to find my old camera, my two year old daughter has started head-butting me in the "jewels". She has the fun of her life when I cringe in agony.
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Reminds me of my unprotected childhood. Don't ask me how I made it through my formative years alive.
Dave.
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Two weeks ago a first grader at a school in my town climbed eight meters (26 ft) up in a tree, needing help from the fire department to get down: http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article9397159.ece[^]
I was so happy to read the school headmaster declare that they will NOT forbid tree climbing in the future.
(Noteworthy: The heamaster is a female.)
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Oh, this is just preparing the adults of tomorrow to live among the ruins of western civilization.
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Part of the daily routine (in between lounge sessions and coffee) has been looking in on my ftp server log files. It only takes a passing glance to see that the server has been attacked. I have seen dictionary attacks and brute force attacks on the Administrator account. This last episode which lasted for over almost two hours was the latter variety which always follows this pattern:
Administrator - 1243 attempts
Administrateur - 1243 attempts
Administrador - 1242 attempts
Administratore - 1244 attempts
The server is running Server 2008 and of course IIS 7.5. IIS 8.0 offers a dynamic blocking feature for FTP, but that really is the only compelling reason I have to upgrade to Server 2012. I have searched high and low for a free utility for dynamic blacklisting for the FTP service. I even found source code for a utility that worked with Server 2003 but found that it was not compatible with 2K8.  On to plan B...get a list of all the IP address for a couple of countries and build a utility to import them into IIS. Plan B was a huge success, eliminating most of the attacks. Now, the ones that still get through are more an annoyance than anything. If it was still a major problem, I'd probably look into hosting the FTP service on nix, for which there is an open source lockdown utility available.
Anyway, the point of posting this was that I was thinking that it might be fun to create a sort of Pandora's Box by creating a fake Administrator account with the password of something like 'password'. The ftp account's home folder could contain some fun content. Question: What useful content might you leave for a theif hacker? 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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"FinancialInformation2014Q1.zip"
About 16Gb of password protected "Gentleman special interest" material...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I presume you already have the material on hand?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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For an appropriate fee, I believe I could locate a source of such material, yes...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hmmm... could the Tasmanian Devil be ZIPped? 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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What about a zip bomb?
Just for fun!! 
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A "not in my house" animated GIF.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I'd rickroll[^] them.
modified 9-Apr-14 16:20pm.
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Ha! Had to look that up! Very funny! I now have my link and will implement. Thanks!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Damn, a missed opportunity, I should have linked it and rickrolled you.
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too funny 
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If you want hints, entertainment and Unix information, read 'Aggressive Network Self Defense' by Neil Wyler.
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I'd put something on there that made the server seem to be monitored by the FBI or something.
"Sony Playstation Hacked Account List"
"FBI GOV Logins"
"SSH Vulnerabilities"
and as a bonus,
"How to hack a client FTP connection"
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Nice read! Thanks for the suggestion. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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