[Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Service Provider Changeover

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Simple as logging in to fill out a web form. Just takes a few min to
activate. Easy peasy ..

On 14 July 2010 20:14, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> I thought that the process of opening a site through Netspace necessitated
> contacting them centrally. If that is not the case then I certainly will
> suggest to our techs that they do that in future.
>
> Laurie
>
> Just recently, on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +1000  in fact, Roland
> Gesthuizen mentioned:
> > Just a suggestion, when you whitelist a good education site, submit it
> the
> > entire Netspace ISP network and not just your own school campus so that
> > everybody benefits. If you are not sure how to do this, ask your tech or
> > drop Netspace a line.
> >
> > Remember many years ago in the age of BG when Yahoo was a hand-compiled
> > index? I recall somebody saying over a beer that these lists are compiled
> by
> > two USA based groups (Florida / Utah) that have a rather interesting way
> of
> > viewing the web using a mix of robots (to score game / chat / gambling
> > sites) whilst others have to manually hunt for odd body parts amongst the
> > images. The thought was that ISPs and services such as
> > http://OpenDNS.orgpurchase these lists as nobody has the time to
> > systematically compile it
> > themselves. At least we are free to collectively whitelist the good stuff
> > that we run into.
> >
> > Whilst it is easy to poke fun at Conroy, a rather scarey thought is who
> > compiled his black list and are they Australian? How do we reconcile and
> > recompense the long-term moral damage that just compiling the list will
> > inflict upon the censors? Lastly, does wearing special glasses with red
> and
> > blue filters really help?
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> > On 14 July 2010 08:38, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > >   Just a brief off-topic question. Has anybody had a trouble-free
> > > changeover to Netspace? Ours has been horrific. I sent my students off
> to
> > > devzone.zend.com to look at some of the great tutorials there (
> > > devzone.zend.com/article/627) and access was denied because the
> web-site’s
> > > content was deemed “inappropriate: contains computing and IT chat”!
> That’s
> > > almost as good as the time our filters denied access to the Vatican’s
> Art
> > > Gallery because it contained “Nudity, Lingerie and Profanity”. Roll on
> > > Conroy’s firewall!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We did fix it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Laurie Savage
> > >
> > > Pascoe Vale Girls College
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change
> > the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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> Laurie Savage
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> A few hours grace before the madness begins again.
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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