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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 05:57:37 AM

Title: Hacker
Post by: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 05:57:37 AM: Good luck to him as long as he restricts himself to keeping Isists, homophobes and racialists under attack. I wish I had the know-how!

http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151023_tecnologia_hacker_racistas_lb
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Hope on October 26, 2015, 09:06:41 AM: Does the BBC website have an inbuilt translation service?
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 12:01:42 PM: Quote from: Hope on October 26, 2015, 09:06:41 AM
Does the BBC website have an inbuilt translation service?

Dammit, I've done it again! So sorry, Hope ... my forgetfulness is getting beyond a joke! :(

I don't think they do, but briefly this guy is somehow blocking access to websites he doesn't agree with, including KKK, and other racist and anti-gay sites.
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Owlswing on October 26, 2015, 12:55:39 PM: Quote from: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 12:01:42 PM
Quote from: Hope on October 26, 2015, 09:06:41 AM
Does the BBC website have an inbuilt translation service?

Dammit, I've done it again! So sorry, Hope ... my forgetfulness is getting beyond a joke! :(

I don't think they do, but briefly this guy is somehow blocking access to websites he doesn't agree with, including KKK, and other racist and anti-gay sites.

The technology cannot be that hard to use - governments do it all the time and, let's face, intelligence is not exactly a prime rerquirement for membership of government.
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Hope on October 26, 2015, 04:33:41 PM: Quote from: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 12:01:42 PM
... including KKK, and other racist and anti-gay sites.
That sounds to me to be a rather odd mix of topics he doesn't like!! ;)
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Leonard James on October 27, 2015, 05:25:43 AM: Quote from: Hope on October 26, 2015, 04:33:41 PM
Quote from: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 12:01:42 PM
... including KKK, and other racist and anti-gay sites.
That sounds to me to be a rather odd mix of topics he doesn't like!! ;)

Being odd is the hallmark of homo sapiens! :)
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: Owlswing on October 27, 2015, 02:22:41 PM: Quote from: Hope on October 26, 2015, 04:33:41 PM
Quote from: Leonard James on October 26, 2015, 12:01:42 PM
... including KKK, and other racist and anti-gay sites.
That sounds to me to be a rather odd mix of topics he doesn't like!! ;)

Why?

Do you really not consider the Klu Klux Klan to be racist and homophobic?
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: jeremyp on October 27, 2015, 02:52:05 PM: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fmundo%2Fnoticias%2F2015%2F10%2F151023_tecnologia_hacker_racistas_lb&edit-text=&act=url

I have to say, this makes me uneasy. Who appointed him to be the Internet's Official Censor? I didn't have any say in the matter.
Title: Re: Hacker
Post by: OH MY WORLD! on October 27, 2015, 04:56:51 PM: "Internet's Official Censor" Yikes, if such a position ever does exist, I hope that ours don't try and move up the ladder.