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In the early 2000s I couldn't download Winamp 3 at school because the URL contained the string 'mp3'. I'm sure the school did not care about the distinction.
by plorg 3y ago
In the early 2000s I couldn't download Winamp 3 at school because the URL contained the string 'mp3'. I'm sure the school did not care about the distinction.
- kazinator 3y agoIf you couldn't download MP3s, what good would Winamp be? :P
- umeshunni 3y agoSurely he only wanted WinAmp to listen to mp3s recorded by his school band.
- kagakuninja 3y agoHe wanted to whip the llamas ass.
- plorg 3y agoThe earnest answer is I wanted to play my ripped mp3s and recordings off the radio on my computer at home. We had slow dial-up and 4 kids fighting over it, but I had my own non-internet-connected computer and an early flash drive, and the school had fast internet.
- kazinator 3y agoI wonder if spelling the MP3 part of the path name with URL encoded characters might not have defeated the check yet still resolved on the server end. E.g. instead of /mp3/ you write /%6dp3/. Filed under Idle Questions About Past Events Next To Impossible To Answer Today (IQ APENTITAT?)
- kazinator 3y agoIf I knew then what I know about /g?urls/ today, ...
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoHa, I worked at a place that blocked ebay. Not because it was ebay, but because for some weird reason they used .dll in their extensions.