Well, It's Official...
 

this forum is now blocked/banned by our school district's "filter" program. The reason? It's an :Online Gaming" site! I bet that's news to most of you, huh? That means I can no longer access NF at work, ever, which sucks beyond belief.

pitbulllady

Are you serious? That's completely ridiculous. I would love to see these alleged "games" they're talking about; I certainly can't find them anywhere. :P

So they saw the site in the school's browser history or something and decided to investigate it? Perhaps they saw my BFAHP guide and assumed the game itself was here. (Considering all the people who think I *run* BFAHP just because I have a guide AND the site's domain name sounds official, it wouldn't surprise me.) They would have looked at the index page first I'm sure, not the forum.

Pardon my French, but, what the HELL is up with your workplace?? :madwilt:

I've long since decided that my workplace IS Hell, so that's probably a large part of the problem!

Incidentally, Sparky, "online gaming" is supposed to mean, according to the software's definitions, games of chance, i.e, GAMBLING. You know, things like online Texas Hold 'Em tournaments, where money is wagered in the millions of dollars. South Carolina bans such sites in public places(like public schools) or places of business. So, I guess BFAHP is right up there with video poker now!

pitbulllady

Hmmm, did you try using a public proxy? That might get though the block. That is if you want to try to get around it, I don't know if you'll get in trouble or anything =\

How do you do that? It will be worth a try, anyway. You can PM me to tell me how to go about doing that, since there are a LOT of sites, including my own Photobucket site, that are blocked.

pitbulllady

That does suck; This isn't an "Online Gaming" site at all. It's a fansite/forum.

I think I know why your school district blocked the site. I think the program sees most unrelated, not really educational webpages as "Gaming sites", meaning sites where students and other people can goof off. Your school district probably wanted to limit this sort of use, hence the "filter" program, and hence...the blocking of Never Forgotten.

My school district does something like this, so that's my reasoning behind your situation. My two cents on the problem here.

Aw man, that does suck. Sorry to hear that PBL. :madwilt: A "gaming" sight? That's possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Unless people start betting on the longevity of some of the threads in the spam section or something. But why'd we want to do that? We don't need to bet money to have fun!

If it gets her into serious trouble, it's not worth the risk at all; even though I think the block of this site is quite ridiculous. :edmad:

Well, if one goes through the right site, one may be able to squeak by the block. Trust me-- I've watched kids used a proxy to check their MySpace page and not get caught.

Oh wow. We at Never Forgotten are officially a menace to the education system. That's very gratifying to know.

Well, I'm on right now, thanks to a PM with a link to a proxy server, heehee. Don't know how long, though, before I get caught, but if they want to argue the point, I think I can defend myself AND NF in that it's NOT a "gaming" site, nor is it detrimental to kids.

pitbulllady

Hurrah! Glad my idea worked! Now I know watching The Lab with Leo on G4 so much was worth it XD

Well, my victory was short-lived...now the proxy server I was able to use to access this site is blocked for being "Unknown":jk: It's totally stupid; I honestly don't know why the district bothers to have the internet at all, other than to show off for the visitors from the state's Dept. of Education that they have computers and technology in use in the classroom.

pitbulllady

Well, in the words of Nicholas Cage in The Ant Bully, Craznocks. (I'm weird like that. Consider stratching out "Craznocks" and substituting "Crud" if need be...) Guess it's a matter of taking what victories come our way...

I tend to wonder why school's have the 'Net at all, too-- I recently discovered that DA got blocked for "games." :wiltshock: Huh?

we are allotted 10 minutes of Youtube/day at our Glorious People's Publik (re)Education Center.

LAME!

but it means i get to listen to Holy Diver twice a day 8D

Maybe they misinterpreted the donation part of the site as a function to wager money online. All I can suggest is to use your own online devise, like a laptop, to go around the locks. But I'm not too knowledgeable about how those locks would work, say, if you used their hot spot or something.

If you use the district's WiFi, you are subject to THEIR rules, which means that all of the blocks in place on the PC computers will be in effect on the laptops. I know teachers who have thought they could get around that by bringing their laptops, only to find out that it didn't work. Cell phones are strictly prohibited; if you're caught with one, the administrators can take it and you will be written up, whether you're a student OR a teacher. Yeah, it's THAT bad, folks.

pitbulllady

Why would you access the site at work anyway? >:(