This forum was blocked

A place for members to talk about things outside of Virgin Islands travel.
User avatar
sea-nile
Posts: 3761
Joined: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:24 pm
Location: Southeast Wisconsin

This forum was blocked

Post by sea-nile »

I just got back from a 2 day conference. I don't have a laptop so I went on one of the computers in the lobby to find that THIS forum was blocked because of sexual content, etc, blah, blah, blah.... :shock: really? hmmmm
But I could go on MySpace and Facebook and Yahoo and such.
I just fond that interesting- and frustrating! :x
Maggy
Posts: 1206
Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:27 pm
Location: Sweden

Re: This forum was blocked

Post by Maggy »

sea-nile wrote:I just got back from a 2 day conference. I don't have a laptop so I went on one of the computers in the lobby to find that THIS forum was blocked because of sexual content, etc, blah, blah, blah.... :shock: really? hmmmm
But I could go on MySpace and Facebook and Yahoo and such.
I just fond that interesting- and frustrating! :x
You have every reason to be upset and you should never go back to that place again, conference or not :lol:
User avatar
lprof
Posts: 3130
Joined: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:09 pm
Location: Florida

Post by lprof »

...what Maggy said... :lol: :lol:
... no longer a stranger to paradise
User avatar
Anthony
Site Admin
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:45 pm
Location: Clermont, NY
Contact:

Post by Anthony »

I have heard of this happening a couple of times - I think the reason may be sloppy administration of a firewall - i.e. blocking a wide range of IPs that somehow include ours... anyway I am hoping that is the case!
Anthony for Virgin Islands On Line
User avatar
mbw1024
Posts: 7347
Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:54 pm
Location: The Garden State

Post by mbw1024 »

funny. I am able to get to it on my work computer and we have pretty strict firewall rules.
User avatar
Anthony
Site Admin
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:45 pm
Location: Clermont, NY
Contact:

Post by Anthony »

But probably a good sys admin.
Anthony for Virgin Islands On Line
ifloat
Posts: 430
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:54 pm
Location: South ifloatia

Post by ifloat »

The words "coconut bra" set off screeching alarms on smut censors in many civilized societies.
Image
Joshie
Posts: 528
Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:19 pm

Post by Joshie »

...
User avatar
jayseadee
Posts: 2312
Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:16 pm
Location: New England

Post by jayseadee »

Easily remedied with an iPhone :)
janet
User avatar
Lulu76
Posts: 2310
Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:41 pm
Location: Tennessee

Post by Lulu76 »

I just want to know where this blocked sexual content is... :twisted:

All I can find is some "food porn" and too many references to drinking!
User avatar
canucknyc
Posts: 538
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:57 am
Location: Halifax, NS

Post by canucknyc »

Could it be the word "virgin" in the address? :lol:
User avatar
Lulu76
Posts: 2310
Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:41 pm
Location: Tennessee

Post by Lulu76 »

Yes, that's probably it.

I can just see Beverly's new tourism slogan now:

"Virgin Islands...like Fantasy Island, only different."
User avatar
RickG
Posts: 5396
Joined: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:06 pm
Location: Coral Bay, St. John

Post by RickG »

Hot... virgin... donkey... coconuts... in Love City.

Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes - Coral Bay - St. John, VI
User avatar
Anthony
Site Admin
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:45 pm
Location: Clermont, NY
Contact:

Post by Anthony »

canucknyc wrote:Could it be the word "virgin" in the address? :lol:
Seriously that could be it and that was what I meant by sloppy system administration. The person setting up the firewall may have added domains to block and used very broad keywords, like "virgin"...
Anthony for Virgin Islands On Line
User avatar
LysaC
Posts: 1121
Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:42 pm
Location: New England

Post by LysaC »

a few years back, i was serching for an image from "emmett otter's jugbanb christmas" (a muppet christmas movie) and my employer had it blocked for porn!!! i assume it was the "jug" in jugband. crazy stuff.
Post Reply