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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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