At 9:17 AM -0800 3/6/03, Daniel Garcia wrote: >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Don Davis wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2162414185 >> i saw this on the boing-boing blog. > >Interesting, when i try to look at this from work (over in brighton, >actually), i get: > > Dear User: > > Unfortunately, access to this particular category or item has > been blocked due to legal restrictions in your home country. > Based on our discussions with concerned government agencies and > eBay community members, we have taken these steps to reduce the > chance of inappropriate items being displayed. Regrettably, in > some cases this policy may prevent users from accessing items > that do not violate the law. At this time, we are working on > less restrictive alternatives. Please accept our apologies for > any inconvenience this may cause you, and we hope you may find > other items of interest on eBay. > >But I can hit it from my dsl line at home (right up the road). > >I guess Verizon T1-land is restricted...
I got that on my Safari beta browser. (Safari is Apple's new browser.) On the same machine with the same IP address I got the page using Netscape 4.77. There seems to be some strangeness with eBay. (I looked for a way to report the problem, but lost interest after shuffling through a few of their web pages.) Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the | 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | American way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
