Army says "Free thineself from innArwebs"

Post by **complacent** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:41 am

...while you're using a DoD computer.

There will be a few troops (in theater) who will not be able to get "full on" innerwebnets from now on.

Article hmah.

The Defense Department will begin blocking access "worldwide" to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:54 am

ha! ha! teh armiez can't uze teh innarwebz!!1

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:12 am

but they can still get to www.FoxNews.com, right?

(i just checked to be sure that the link was in fact Fox News and damn their site is UGLY!)

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:29 am

well that sucks...

oh and gabe. i bravely went to fox.... my god.. i should offer to redo their site!

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:29 am

something something lowest common denominator.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:34 pm

for a minute I thought it was a fake site, it's just that ugly. like wearing magic glasses that allow you to see inside Bill O'Reilly's soul...

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:55 pm

I heard for a while that they were talking about blocking anything that wasn't on a .gov or .mil domain.

Post by **Sabre** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:49 pm

Just think of all the bandwidth they'll save! I mean hell, with all that money saved they can buy another one of these:

Post by **complacent** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:45 pm

To be honest I think it's a good thing. I can't even begin to touch on over-saturation issues that are worldwide right now... Talk about a PITA to support!

mah pipes r beink clogg'd.

WANGAN_X · Post by **WANGAN_X** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:13 am

man all those sites were already blocked at lee when i was in...

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:16 am

Man, I have the opposite problem at work. I get all those sites and foxnews.com is blocked or nonexistent.

I can't get fox news website

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:41 am

sirwilliam wrote:Man, I have the opposite problem at work. I get all those sites and foxnews.com is blocked or nonexistent.

I can't get fox news website

your job's just looking out for your best interests

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:54 am

chicken n waffles wrote: your job's just looking out for your best interests

That is my third job.

So you must not get fox news either. Don't be sad.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:02 am

i don't get fox news by choice

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:07 am

chicken n waffles wrote:i don't get fox news by choice

It was a joke...Geez!

Not as bad as having the south american dictator/leader take away the only opposing/free speech tv station for that country.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:25 am

sirwilliam wrote:
chicken n waffles wrote:i don't get fox news by choice
It was a joke...Geez!

Not as bad as having the south american dictator/leader take away the only opposing/free speech tv station for that country.

obviously your sarcasm detector is offline for maintenance.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:28 am

chicken n waffles wrote:
sirwilliam wrote:
chicken n waffles wrote:i don't get fox news by choice
It was a joke...Geez!

Not as bad as having the south american dictator/leader take away the only opposing/free speech tv station for that country.
obviously your sarcasm detector is offline for maintenance.

Yeah, I think it is the 3.5 hrs of sleep I got last night. Oh well, better luck next time, huh?

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:28 am

i'm running on 4.5 so i feel your pain

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:41 am

^^^/\/\^^^ I got you both beat. 3 hours and a can of Red Bull are that are keeping me running right meow. Needless to say, the temper's a bit short today.

/hijack

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:45 am

Libra Monkee wrote:^^^/\/\^^^ I got you both beat. 3 hours and a can of Red Bull are that are keeping me running right meow. Needless to say, the temper's a bit short today.

/hijack

Yeah, I hear that. I have been a little blunt to some individuals at work this morning.

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:19 pm

sirwilliam wrote:Not as bad as having the south american dictator/leader take away the only opposing/free speech tv station for that country.

To their defense, the station was broadcasting a Julia Roberts movie while the palace was being overrun. Here the FCC and Press Corps would have suspended their license and revoked their credentails. Biased news reporting is one thing, but covering up a major political overthrow is quite another.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:45 pm

zaxrex wrote:
sirwilliam wrote:Not as bad as having the south american dictator/leader take away the only opposing/free speech tv station for that country.
To their defense, the station was broadcasting a Julia Roberts movie while the palace was being overrun. Here the FCC and Press Corps would have suspended their license and revoked their credentails. Biased news reporting is one thing, but covering up a major political overthrow is quite another.

See, I only got one side of the story...hard to get an unbias news report nowadays.