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Submission + - Canadians ban funny site

dsmall writes: "This story is from ZDNet and is -not- my scoop. But still, it's part of the ongoing battle between the censors and the sites and what should be free speech. It's all the more painful because this site really is funny.

The French-language site is at this link: http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/

— ZdNet's story is at:
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=851&tag=nl.e550

February 16, 2007

Canadians ban popular comedy animation site

Education Technology Students
Canadian school officials have banned students from viewing the popular Têtes à Claques comedy website, after it was deemed to be without education value and unsuitable for children, reports the CBC.

More than 25,000 people visit the French Canadian comedy show online, but recent complaints about the show from the superintendent of a New Brunswick school district prompted the Department of Education to review the site.

The Department of Education contracts with a private company to screen websites for inappropriate content, such as nudity, sex, gambling, illegal activity, hate and racism, violence and weapons and tastelessness.

"The site was reviewed and some content was found to be inappropriate as a result of coarse language — and as a result the access is restricted," said Education Department spokesman Hugues Beaulieu.

Josee-Anne Doucet, a student at École Secondaire Népisiguit, says she is sympathetic with the district but that the ban is too restrictive.

"They always ban all sorts of sites that we need for research," Doucet said. "I have a friend, she wanted to do research on tattoos because it was for school and she couldn't go on the sites because it was tattoos."

— end —"
It's funny.  Laugh.

Submission + - Man attempts pr0n rescue with sword

jas_public writes: A Wisconsin, US, man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.

James Van Iveren said Tuesday that he heard a woman "screaming for help," grabbed the sword, bounded up the stairs, kicked in the apartment door and confronted the man who lived there.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2892628&CMP= OTC-RSSFeeds0312
The Internet

Submission + - Open List: Coming To A Domain Near You

An anonymous reader writes: Marchex, the NASDAQ-listed company that owns 75,000 ZIP code domains (90210.com — LA, 10041.com — NY etc) is getting ready to launch a new content engine, Open List, across its massive portfolio of parked domains, including Remodeling.com and LasVegasVacations.com. How does this compare to Yahoo's wii.yahoo.com, to Demand Media's Photography.com, and to "regular" parked domains?

http://www.dailydomainer.com/200747-marchex-direct -navigation-open-list.html
Software

Submission + - hd dvd commercial copy software

heper writes: Slysoft, the same people who have coded AnyDVD (TM) and Clonecd (TM) bring us something new: AnyDVD HD (TM)

We all knew that this was possible, but now the public has an all-in-one tool to backup their Hi-def material and/or to watch it on a non-HDCP compliant system.

The complete list of features can be found on AnyDVD HD (TM) products page
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Prosecutors seek OK to create phony files 2

Florida's prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records -- with a judge's approval -- for undercover law enforcement purposes.

Spurred by Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle, the draft bill would limit the authority to manufacture and plant fake documents in court files to 180 days.

Feed New Crackdown on Student Piracy (wired.com)

The music industry redoubles its efforts to drop the hammer on college students who illegally download music, leaning on the universities for support. By the Associated Press.


Microsoft

Submission + - Windows Genuine Advantage Notification

ribman writes: Latest auto-update download from MS ... """ The Windows Genuine Advantage Notification tool notifies you if your copy of Windows is not genuine. If your system is found to be a non-genuine, the tool will help you obtain a licensed copy of Windows. More information for this update can be found at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39157 """
Space

Submission + - 'Dead' Rocket Explodes In Orbit

Jacob writes: "A rocket which malfunctioned during launch a year ago recently exploded in orbit over Australia, and a number of amateur astronomers, including Rob McNaught (discoverer of Comet McNaught) were able to photograph the explosion and the resulting debris. NASA are now tracking over 1000 fragments, meaning that this has produced more space junk than China's recent ASAT test, it's possible that the fire and explosion were triggered by an encounter with space junk in orbit, and it's also possible the new junk cloud could impact other satellites in the future."
Security

Submission + - Colorado prison turns to inmates to run Help Desk

PetManimal writes: "A Colorado prison system has an unusual solution to handle help desk support issues in the face of antcipated budget cuts: Assigning inmates to handle telephone support, PC tracking, and PC imaging and repairs. Besides training the inmates to take over help desk duties, one of the main challenges was convincing staff to trust the help desk:

The transition wasn't entirely smooth, noted Kim Withers, a help desk supervisor for the agency. "It was a big obstacle in the beginning for the staff to call [the inmates] and ask for help," said Withers. Some corrections workers were also concerned about how much information inmates would be allowed to see on their screens during a help desk call.
The article says the agency used a software tool to limit some of the information that the inmate workers could see. No word on how much the inmates are paid, though."

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