| New guidelines for schools warn of online dangers
William Fralin, R-Roanoke, sponsored the measure. The department prepared a 43-page manual that contains recommendations and cautions for school administrators, teachers and parents, as well as resources for information about online safety and potential threats to children. "We're really happy to have this in place," said Lan Neugent, the state assistant superintendent for technology. "We think that it's a great step forward." The report, which was published last month, contains several pages of Web-based links to sources covering topics such as filtering, instant messaging and identity theft. The cover has an ominous image of adult-size hands reaching through a computer screen toward a frightened-looking child behind a keyboard. Fralin said the guidelines will help parents and teachers better safeguard children, who often possess more sophisticated knowledge about computers and the Internet than adults.
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The Long Tail also sometimes doesn't work in its home category: the information-technology industries. The key issue is the question of standardization. Sometimes consumers want a diverse set of product offerings. But sometimes they prefer a standard or compatible product. Most of Anderson's examples are content firms, where product diversity is almost always a good thing. But in the information-transport industry, standardization is usually more important. Do people want 10 different types of (incompatible) Internet connections? Or just the fastest one they can get? How about 30 types of (incompatible) Ethernet cables? What the book doesn't get at is the relationship between these standards-driven industries where the Long Tail doesn't matter, and the content industries where it does.
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