Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their children from things on the Internet. Unless parents carry around the computer wherever they go, kids will visit sites that they shouldn't. Kids go where they want. In your article, I noticed a lot about parents' blocking their children's access with various programs. But many youngsters know how to turn off these programs manually despite password protection. It is extremely easy to do. Kids rule the Internet, and they always will because adults are out of touch with technology. RYAN NEE, 16 Golden, Colo...
...have grown up with the Internet, so I know firsthand what the dangers are and what the pleasures can be. Those who say violent games are the reason for the Colorado high school shootings must not have played the games all that much. I have played every 3-D shoot-'em-up there is. The games don't desensitize people. If adults try to limit what kids do on the Internet, they are limiting information that can help them later in life. DAVID GREGORY, 15 Boulder Creek, Calif...
...boys, I say a parent is responsible for the actions of his or her children. My husband and I take turns being in the room with the children when the computer is in use. We say how long they will be allowed online. Also, as working parents, we must know what the children are doing when they are not with us. When they have friends over, we check on what they're doing. My husband and I will do anything to find out what they are up to. And if they just want to talk, they will know that...
Your article forecasting genetically engineered, four-legged chickens [GENETICS, May 10] reminded me of the story about a farmer who accomplished the feat through selective breeding. When asked how the four-leggers tasted, he was forced to reply, "Don't know. Haven't caught one yet." JOHN CAUGHRON Center Point, Iowa...
...Soon after, the rockets' reliability improved dramatically. State and Defense Department officials found out about the Loral fax, went ballistic and called in the Justice Department. Loral executives insist the fax was a clerical error, but federal and congressional investigators want answers: Did Loral vips deliberately choose not to know too much so China could get what it wanted...