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to: Mike `/m`
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2005-06-01 20:29:14
subject: Re: Is this possible

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Have to put that in a locked box with the powerplug inside.  He'd just
unplug it from the timer before turning it on to play....

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Glenn M.
"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>
>
> Put the XBox on a lamp timer.
>
> /m
>
> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:05:10 -0500, "Glenn Meadows"

> wrote:
>
>>Well, the issue, as it turns out, is the filter won't CUT OFF a
>>connection,
>>only prevent a NEW connection from happening.
>>
>>For example, web surfing and such can be blocked on the fly. I just tested
>>it with a deny rule that kicked in while he was on the XBox, and I was on
>>the computer using the web browser.  Web Browser barfed, couldn't find the
>>site, but the XBox just chugged along.  Reading at the D-Link website,
>>they
>>state that continuous connections will not be broken, just new ones can't
>>be
>>established.
>>
>>Back to the drawing board.
>>
>>We do have the link to the Bungie website though, where ALL online games
>>are
>>logged, with the time that the last game was played, so we have an
>>after-the-fact check.  More extraordinary measures can be taken, like
>>removing the controllers for several days till he "tows the
line" .
>

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