Binky
08-08-2006, 08:03 PM
U.S. FISH AND ( BLOCKED ) SERVICE
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service folks can forget about online gambling or learning about cultivating weed or watching porn at work. There's a new computer filter that will "block inappropriate use of the Internet," acting deputy director Kenneth B. Stansell writes in a recent memo.
Yes, indeed, it's time to focus on fish and furry creatures. "What types of websites will be blocked?" the memo asks. Plenty of your favorites, is the answer. Sites with "nude or semi-nude human forms" or ones "that describe sexual acts or activity," as well as those focused on "sex-oriented businesses such as clubs, nightclubs and escort services."
And no more Victoria's Secret. "Lingerie & swimsuit sites offering views of models in suggestive but not lewd costume" will be blocked. "Suggestive?"
In a blow to employees wanting to supplement their incomes, the filter will block "sites that provide information about . . . the cultivation, preparation, or use of marijuana" or "online gambling" and even "online games." Bridge players will have to bring their own cards.
The filter will also block sites that "provide instruction in or promote crime or unethical or dishonest behavior or evasion of prosecution thereof" as well as racist sites and those "sponsored by groups advocating anti-government beliefs or action."
EBay? Gone! "Personals dating"? Gone!
From now on, stick to sites focusing on fish and furry creatures -- unless they engage in "offensive, grotesque, frightening or lurid" activities.
Washington Post (DC)
Copyright: 2006 The Washington Post Company
Contact: letters@washpost.com
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service folks can forget about online gambling or learning about cultivating weed or watching porn at work. There's a new computer filter that will "block inappropriate use of the Internet," acting deputy director Kenneth B. Stansell writes in a recent memo.
Yes, indeed, it's time to focus on fish and furry creatures. "What types of websites will be blocked?" the memo asks. Plenty of your favorites, is the answer. Sites with "nude or semi-nude human forms" or ones "that describe sexual acts or activity," as well as those focused on "sex-oriented businesses such as clubs, nightclubs and escort services."
And no more Victoria's Secret. "Lingerie & swimsuit sites offering views of models in suggestive but not lewd costume" will be blocked. "Suggestive?"
In a blow to employees wanting to supplement their incomes, the filter will block "sites that provide information about . . . the cultivation, preparation, or use of marijuana" or "online gambling" and even "online games." Bridge players will have to bring their own cards.
The filter will also block sites that "provide instruction in or promote crime or unethical or dishonest behavior or evasion of prosecution thereof" as well as racist sites and those "sponsored by groups advocating anti-government beliefs or action."
EBay? Gone! "Personals dating"? Gone!
From now on, stick to sites focusing on fish and furry creatures -- unless they engage in "offensive, grotesque, frightening or lurid" activities.
Washington Post (DC)
Copyright: 2006 The Washington Post Company
Contact: letters@washpost.com
Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/