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University Networks Block Student Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the be-less-creative-next-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A computer science student at University College London put together FitFinder as a bit of a joke — it's been described as a cross between Twitter and personal ads, and it rapidly became very popular. The university took exception to this and started by blocking the site from being accessed on campus. Not content with this, a few weeks later it fined the student £300 and had him take the site down completely. Currently, the site is still offline, although there is a petition with several thousand signatures requesting its return. In the meantime, a site called PhitFinder has appeared, claiming to have no link to the original."

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  1. GAWD THIS IS NOT NERD NEWS IT'S ADFUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sloooooooo nerdnews day.

  2. what has the university to do with it? by allo · · Score: -1, Troll

    what has the university to do with the students privat project? is this an american thing? Here in europe, the university has nothing to do with their students privat projects. I would have thought its in america the same thing, as long as its not hosted on uni-servers, its none of their business?

    1. Re:what has the university to do with it? by Tanuki64 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Never said media. But Slashdot is part of a world wide society. And if something stupid like this happens, many people automatically think 'America'. So what do you think this could mean?

    2. Re:what has the university to do with it? by allo · · Score: 0, Troll

      you are good at not answering the question. okay it was in london, but what has the university to do with the student's project?

    3. Re:what has the university to do with it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      No shit, you fat ignorant cunt?

    4. Re:what has the university to do with it? by PopeRatzo · · Score: -1, Troll

      It tells that in their elitist Eurohubris they are sure that the knuckledragging Yanks really ARE the Great Satan

      It's their understandable embarrassment over having to have the US save their asses twice in the last century.

      Very often, those that are uncomfortable showing gratitude display hostility in its place. Actually, I think it's kind of cute the way Euroweenies show contempt for a culture that they so obviously try to emulate.

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  3. Re:Stop having control by girlintraining · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop "babysitting" and let students do whatever they please.

    Yeah, and turn the other cheek when they do lines of coke off each other's asses! *cough* The university isn't there to babysit -- but they are there to make sure they aren't spending resources on frivolous activities not related to education, as well as to provide a safe environment conducive to learning. By hosting this non-entertainment project on university servers, not only does the university become liable should someone complain (read: lawsuit), but it has no educational value.

    Host the damn thing on a proper server, and you'll probably hear a collective yawn from the administration. It's not their problem anymore, then.

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