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Long ago I was a consultant for a large church. One of their IT guys got a call from the pastor, who was worried about being hacked... The IT guy had been worki

Long ago I was a consultant for a large church. One of their IT guys got a call from the pastor, who was worried about being hacked... The IT guy had been working on the desktop and had left up a browser window. The pastor read the URL as ExpertSexChange...

RankingMember 8y ago
I mean, if I was going to have that kind of surgery I'd definitely be looking for an expert. You put a regular cosmetic surgeon in there and you risk having no wrinkles on things that should have wrinkles and other such catastrophes. All this to say maybe they missed an opportunity when they ditched that domain. ;)
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briffle 8y ago
Around 1997 or so, I got called into a meeting with my boss, director, and head of IT security. I worked night shift in a wafer fab, and someone was accessing the computers in the office, and visiting inappropriate sites at night (that their new sophisticated monitor found). I was young, and into computers, I guess they assumed it was me. I pointed out that I didn't have a keycard that gave me access to the office area, so it couldn't be me, asked if they checked it. While they were quickly apologizing, I asked what site they accessed. www.excite.com The look on their faces when I suggested they actually verify the site before firing whoever it was.....
- giltron 8y ago
  I had a similar experience during school. One real life troll told a substitute teacher I was accessing porn sites. Teaching sub only looked at the website url before kicking me off the computer. Unfortunately there was no follow-up for me to call them out on being lazy/ignorant. Funny thing was the "troll" did get banned later for accessing porn sites on the school network.
- JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
  How dare someone be excited! I used to have an excite.com email.
  - ToFundorNot 8y ago
    Can't forget the susanalbumparty: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cbd0fd47-3f92-494e-8154-da08a565498e https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cbd0fd47-3f92-494e-81...
- kjs3 8y ago
  I once was called in by HR to investigate an 'incident' like this. I had to explain it wasn't PenisLand.net, it was PenIsland.net, a (presumably) fine purveyor of quality pens, and that maybe they could do a little homework before grabbing the torches and pitchforks.
- astura 8y ago
  I remember seeing a news story back in 1995 about how content for the current Super Bowl (Super Bowl XXX) was being blocked by parental filters because it assumed 'XXX' was adult content.
  - richardhod 8y ago
    What kind of content could there have been then for the superbowl: Blinking tags and daily updated grey-background text? Are you sure parental filters really were a thing in 1995. I remember 1995. I was using mosaic.
DonHopkins 8y ago
You used to be able to discretely order high quality low cost ink writing implements from a piece of land surrounded by water at "PenIsland". Edit: I'm glad to see they're still up and working hard to service customers at: http://www.penisland.net http://www.penisland.net (totally safe for work, trust me)
- dabockster 8y ago
  Q: Can I provide my own wood? A: In most cases we can handle your wood.
  - techdragon 8y ago
    That’s either impressive levels of deadpan, utter inability to notice the double entendre, or and impressive job of “leaning into the joke”.
    - astura 8y ago
      The whole site's a joke, it doesn't actually sell pens.
  - mirimir 8y ago
    If it's "clean [and] free of parasites".

RankingMember 8y ago

I mean, if I was going to have that kind of surgery I'd definitely be looking for an expert. You put a regular cosmetic surgeon in there and you risk having no wrinkles on things that should have wrinkles and other such catastrophes. All this to say maybe they missed an opportunity when they ditched that domain. ;)

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briffle 8y ago

Around 1997 or so, I got called into a meeting with my boss, director, and head of IT security. I worked night shift in a wafer fab, and someone was accessing the computers in the office, and visiting inappropriate sites at night (that their new sophisticated monitor found). I was young, and into computers, I guess they assumed it was me. I pointed out that I didn't have a keycard that gave me access to the office area, so it couldn't be me, asked if they checked it. While they were quickly apologizing, I asked what site they accessed. www.excite.com The look on their faces when I suggested they actually verify the site before firing whoever it was.....

giltron 8y ago
I had a similar experience during school. One real life troll told a substitute teacher I was accessing porn sites. Teaching sub only looked at the website url before kicking me off the computer. Unfortunately there was no follow-up for me to call them out on being lazy/ignorant. Funny thing was the "troll" did get banned later for accessing porn sites on the school network.
JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
How dare someone be excited! I used to have an excite.com email.
- ToFundorNot 8y ago
  Can't forget the susanalbumparty: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cbd0fd47-3f92-494e-8154-da08a565498e https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cbd0fd47-3f92-494e-81...
kjs3 8y ago
I once was called in by HR to investigate an 'incident' like this. I had to explain it wasn't PenisLand.net, it was PenIsland.net, a (presumably) fine purveyor of quality pens, and that maybe they could do a little homework before grabbing the torches and pitchforks.
astura 8y ago
I remember seeing a news story back in 1995 about how content for the current Super Bowl (Super Bowl XXX) was being blocked by parental filters because it assumed 'XXX' was adult content.
- richardhod 8y ago
  What kind of content could there have been then for the superbowl: Blinking tags and daily updated grey-background text? Are you sure parental filters really were a thing in 1995. I remember 1995. I was using mosaic.

DonHopkins 8y ago

You used to be able to discretely order high quality low cost ink writing implements from a piece of land surrounded by water at "PenIsland". Edit: I'm glad to see they're still up and working hard to service customers at: http://www.penisland.net http://www.penisland.net (totally safe for work, trust me)

dabockster 8y ago
Q: Can I provide my own wood? A: In most cases we can handle your wood.
- techdragon 8y ago
  That’s either impressive levels of deadpan, utter inability to notice the double entendre, or and impressive job of “leaning into the joke”.
  - astura 8y ago
    The whole site's a joke, it doesn't actually sell pens.
- mirimir 8y ago
  If it's "clean [and] free of parasites".