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Just got an email from Wyobadger who tells me that he can't get access to this board because the school's lichen filter won't allow it.
There's a mystery for you. Anybody seen anything that might be triggering it?
Dale
There's a mystery for you. Anybody seen anything that might be triggering it?
Dale
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Re: whistleporn
My wife always thinks the term "fipple" sounds vaguely naughty, maybe that's it?DaleWisely wrote:Just got an email from Wyobadger who tells me that he can't get access to this board because the school's lichen filter won't allow it.
There's a mystery for you. Anybody seen anything that might be triggering it?
Dale
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hmmm
Is he trying to go to the direct url, http://chiffboard.mati.ca?
I know the proxy server and filtering implementation at our school was silly. It really could be any number of things.
-Stu
I know the proxy server and filtering implementation at our school was silly. It really could be any number of things.
-Stu
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Re: whistleporn
It doesn't have to actually be anything objectionable. Several years ago I bookmarked a Scottish travel website, then my company installed a new filter and whenever I tried to access that site, I got a picture of Barney Fife wagging his finger at me, telling me I had been denied access because of lichen. It did that for several sites, no rhyme or reason to it. Finally we updated to a new filter and haven't had that problem since.DaleWisely wrote:Just got an email from Wyobadger who tells me that he can't get access to this board because the school's lichen filter won't allow it.
There's a mystery for you. Anybody seen anything that might be triggering it?
Dale
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
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Bung is a rude word? In the UK there are two meanings -Ridseard wrote:Could be anything. I tried to post something on a backpacking forum which contained the word "bungee" (as in "bungee cord"). In the post the word was replaced by an ellipsis because it contained the letter sequence "bung".
noun: a small rubber cork for sealing the hole in the bottom of a boat, or a stopper in a bottle
verb: slang term for throw, or pass. e.g. "Hey Riseard, bung me that monkey wrench"
What could it possibly refer to that is rude?
I once had the work "chink" disallowed because it is an antiquated slang term for a Chinese person. It's common to "go for a chinky" meaning to get a chinese takeaway, no insult intended.
I used it to refer to a small crack or gap in a wall (as in Shakepeare's Midsummer Night's Dream), and also the small beam of light that may shine through such a gap. For me a crack is too small and a gap too big for what I was describing.
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