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All Sourceforge.net Being Blocked by SmartFilter
An unnamed reader writes: "I just noticed that all sites. '*.sourceforge.net' are being blocked by all corporations using SmartFilter including mine. SmartFilter lists all of them as 'MP3' sites. Below is the error I get. How come they do not block Microsoft? I can download an MP3 player from there, too (Media Player does play MP3s)." Here's the error: "Access is restricted to the site (http://www.sourceforge.net/) you requested. Per the firm's Information Security & Privacy Policy, all Internet browsing is monitored and logged. Please contact the Information Security Center at ext 7114 for more information. SmartFilter Control List category MP3 Sites is restricted. " The aptly named SmartFilterWhere tool shows which sites are painted over by SmartFilter's broad brush; in this case, software development site (and Slashdot sister site) SourceForge is blocked by the latest SmartFilter versions -- 3.0, 3.0.1 and 3.1 -- but not version 2. You might also be interested in The Censorware Project's analysis of the efficacy of SmartFilter as applied to Utah schools and libraries, or Peacefire's explanation of how and how well SmartFilter works.
Is that a klez virus, no, its a beowulf cluster, no its SETH F to the RESCUE!!!
He'll save us from the evil lurches of the corporate smartfilter.
(I don't mean anything by it, Seth:)
Think nothing is impossible? Try slamming a revolving door.
I like your .sig There are a lot of people who don't quite understand what "America" is. It's actually considered one continent by most geologists (correct me if I am wrong, but I clearly remember it being pretty much one giant plate).
The problem lies in that the United States of America was named after the fact that a bunch of colonies united and made a big country that happened to be in America. Many other countries are named after the people that live there. (Francs lived in France, Mongols in Mongolia, etc.) Since the US is comprised of so many different nationalities and very few people that live here have roots more than few generations deep or are scattered throughout most of Europe, it's hard to have an indentifiable name like that.
People can't accept that their country doesn't have a neat name like France because there aren't peoples to name it after. (American Indians don't really work either, they weren't the first ones here, and they aren't Indians either. Although they are probably related to them.)
This is so wildly off topic I'm posting it at 1, I would post at 0 if I could, but I don't wish to remain anonymous.
What?