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Congress vs Misleading Meta Tags
Krishna Dagli writes "The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for Webmasters to use innocent words like "Barbie" or "Furby" but actually feature sexual content on their sites. Anyone who includes misleading "words" or "images" intended to confuse a minor into viewing a possibly harmful Web site could be imprisoned for up to 20 years and fined, the bill says." Terrible news for the Barbie/Furbie fetishists out there, to say nothing about being completely impossible to enforce globally.
"Pipes" are a very good metaphor for explaining the situation to the general public. They don't know what "pipes" are withing the context of networking, and won't be the least bit confused. You obviously don't get out much, and are a perfect example of why I am perfectly justified in "harangueing" slashdotters.
Puritans aren't so bad. The modern ones will even let you choose the type of wood you prefer for your pyre.