[bryanthompson]

That was my parents' approach back in the day. The first time they unplugged me, I just whipped out another phone line and connected from another room. The next day after school, the modem had been uninstalled from my machine. Luckilly, I always carry a spare and was back up and running in no time. Eventually, they settled for logging my internet use, and when they found out that most of it was spent learning programming and things, they gave up.

of course... if I had a kid I'd probably be pretty strict these days too. pr0n and misc. predators weren't as prevalent 7 years ago as they are now.