> From: Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Uh Fool? > > I know you're twitchy about them mighty corporate baddies, but some > actual hands on experimentation showed that what you posted is wrong. > > I was able to access: > http://www.breakyourchains.org/aol_blocking.htm > >From AOL's v. 7 and v. 8 internal Browser, as well as: > http://www.breakyourchains.org > > > AOL has been blocking access to this website. > > So, no they haven't.
Perhaps they changed. > In addition, > > > PositiveAtheism.org: Why Is AOL Blocking Our Website? > > http://www.positiveatheism.org/mail/eml9292.htm > > They're not. I got in to that page and the main page at: > http://www.positiveatheism.org > > > AOL Blocks NRA Web Site > > http://www.packing.org/news/article.jsp/1450/ > > Nope. Got in there, too. Saw their main page as well. > > > AOL blocks political information > > http://www.oblivion.net/oblivion/9/aol.php3 > > > > ASSESSING FOR BIAS IN AOL'S INTERNET-FILTERING SOFTWARE FOR > KIDS > > http://www.politicalamazon.com/aol-candidates.html > > This is a problem only for people who have the 'young teen' setting > engaged on their AOL *5* software. AOL is up to version 8 on PC's and X > on Macs. AOL 5 was out in 1999, I think? I'm not going to bother > switching my account settings to try this one. The software they're > complaining about is at least four years old. It's still political censorship, and I doubt they changed what they filter in those catagories very much between versions. > FYI: AOL 7 used dialup. AOL 8 used cable modem. > I normally use either IE or Opera at home or Safari or IE at work on the > macs. Been an AOL member since at least 1994, I think. I have never, > ever had AOL block a website, and I surf constantly. I only rarely use > the internal browser supplied with AOL, 'cuz it sucks, but, again, have > never, ever been forbidden from reaching a site by aol. Can you ever be totally sure that every 'host name lookup failure' or '404 not found' was Not AOL blocking? > Better luck next time. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
