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Library Censorware Blocks Own Site

Posted by timothy on from the poignant-and-fleshy dept.

squiggleslash writes "The Daily Dayton News reports that a demonstration of a new website for a library in Piqua, Ohio, went horribly wrong when the site was blocked by the library's own censorware. Why? Because the library, founded by and named after businessman Leo Flesh 70 years earlier, had the domain name www.fleshpublic.lib.oh.us. And that key word, 'Flesh,' was a no-no as far as Flesh Public Library's copy of Net Nanny was concerned." And for an extra dose of tragicomic priority reversal, the library actually decided to change its domain name rather than have Net Nanny fix the erroneous blocking. I hope no one at the library wants to read about the fleshpots of Egypt.

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  1. Ummm.... by espresso_now · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok... Great.... and what was the point?

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  2. Don't hire slashdot proofreaders by johnlcallaway · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's Dayton Daily News, not Daily Dayton News. Of course, being a native, the error was was easy for me to pick up on.

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  3. I think that the Dayton Daily News editor... by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    needs to spend less time on the 'net and more time at the library brushing up on English grammar. Surely they can't be serious about the following item on the right side of the page (under "Special Reports"):

    Ohio's broken mental retardation system

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  4. Re:ARGH by kubrick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1) Nobody likes a punctuator. If you really have nothing better to say then you're even more of a dull person than you make yourself out to be.

    Oh, I have much better to say. I just enjoy the irony of someone too stupid to spell common words abusing someone in a position of power over him or herself.

    2) It has already been pointed out by another person with too much time on their hands that I used the wrong form of principal. Maybe certain shut-ins should try reading entire threads before they waste their time.

    Yes, I should lower my 'Score' threshold... to read more pearls of wisdom from twits like yourself?

    Re: 3) Have you ever used a dictionary?

    4) For the love of God, GET A GIRLFRIEND.

    Already have one. Now, if I weren't working today instead of being with her, maybe I wouldn't be goofing off on Slashdot instead.

    5) Briefly looking at some of your other comments, you seem to think that "..." at the end of most sentences is good English. I do hope somebody laughs at you for it one day.

    It's poor style, but at least I know what an ellipsis is. :) I use it to indicate a pause -- as message boards like this have some of the immediacy of speech, at least as far as I'm concerned.

    You took the time to look over my past posts, and you're calling ME a shut-in? :)

    [PS: Moderators, please mod this post Offtopic... it definitely is.]

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