On 05-17-98 Terry May wrote to Maureen Goldman... 
 
 MG> Does this lock certain programs or certain channels?  Let's 
 MG> say that I have no objection to my local CBS channel, but this 
 MG> Saturday afternoon they are showing ALIEN.  Don't want to 
 MG> take the chance that the kids might see something yucky. 
 
 TM> I believe my cable box locks out the entire channel.  My current VCR's 
 TM> lock locks out the VCR's power.  There are different types of locks in 
 TM> different devices, though.  I'm pretty sure you could get one that 
 TM> allows you to lock out channels during specific times.  If it was 
 TM> important enough to you to keep your kids from watching, say, ALIEN, I 
 TM> don't think it would hurt anything to lock out that entire channel 
 TM> while you're away, though. 
 
 Just to clarify things, I was speaking of a hypothetical family. 
 My youngest will turn 21 in a couple of weeks. 
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