Comments on: I’m sorry. I can’t do that, Dave. [edited & disclaimed]

By: John C.

John C. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:39:04 +0000

Please note, I appear to be entirely in the wrong with my initial supposition. I don’t want to remove the post though, so bask for a time in my silliness.

By: john f.

john f. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:36:30 +0000

re # 22, that community college is a state facility where free speech laws apply so even if it is undesirable to have the person at the computer next to you looking at pornography, the institution can’t address it.

By: RobC

RobC — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:33:03 +0000

That search term is not blocked on BYU’s network.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:32:39 +0000

re # 15:

I had to turn in a student during Honor Code weak.

I absolutely loved the spelling of “weak” here. Very, very funny.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:32:16 +0000

Borough of Manhattan Community College blocks nothing.

By: John C.

John C. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:31:41 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a momentary glitch. I have occasionally run into such. I just found it interesting.

You will recall that I also called a false start on “Rough Stone Rolling” a year or so ago. You people really should check up on me.

Regarding YouTube, I have been told that it is an issue almost entirely of bandwidth. I was told that, at its height, YouTube was sucking up a very high percentage of bandwidth (i remember it as something over 50%, but we all know we can’t trust me).

By: amri

amri — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:31:33 +0000

as far as you can tell, Ronan? what kinds of things are you googling to test this hypothesis?

By: john f.

john f. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:13:51 +0000

re # 17, things might have changed since I was there but I seem to recall signing what could only be considered “standards” guidelines as a condition precedent to being able to use the University computer system at all. It’s not the same as blocking but it shows that a perfectly legitimate university also doesn’t want its computers to be used to access bad content.

By: john f.

john f. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:12:02 +0000

re # 13, If only they could just teach correct principles and let us govern ourselves…

I’m all for teaching correct principles and governing ourselves but should BYU really be criticized for attempting to block access to porn sites from its computers? I don’t see how the attempt to do so violates The Principle.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:11:19 +0000

As far as I can tell, Oxford University blocks nothing.