Comments on: Your page is blocked due to a security policy that prohibits access to category Gambling. http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html Training poker players into professional players Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-15918 Anonymous Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:47:28 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-15918 Your page is blocked due to a security policy that prohibits access to Category Games Your page is blocked due to a security policy that prohibits access to Category Games

]]> By: Arthur http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12146 Arthur Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:07:27 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12146 40ozslushy: The error message was explicit: "...due to a security policy that prohibits access to category Gambling." Not drug-related, but gambling. 40ozslushy: The error message was explicit: “…due to a security policy that prohibits access to category
Gambling.” Not drug-related, but gambling.

]]> By: 40ozslushy http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12143 40ozslushy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:27:44 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12143 Has anyone one stopped and considered that the site was blocked because of a false positive flag on the word "pot" due to its drug related definition? This seems like a more likely scenario. At least Ed should hope this is the reason because it would greatly reduce the number of government sponsored body cavity searches in his future. Has anyone one stopped and considered that the site was blocked because of a false positive flag on the word “pot” due to its drug related definition? This seems like a more likely scenario. At least Ed should hope this is the reason because it would greatly reduce the number of government sponsored body cavity searches in his future.

]]> By: AKQJ10 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12142 AKQJ10 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:21:55 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12142 Well, point taken that this isn't strictly a First Amendment issue because the government isn't censoring anything. But when power becomes very concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, a censorship can result that's almost as pernicious. To give an example, I occasionally need to make a transaction using an online payment service. I would prefer to choose a provider that isn't <a href='http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198610,00.html' rel="nofollow"> advocating the destruction of online poker</a>. But because eBay's PayPal service commands, what?, 90% of the market or something, and because both clients and vendors expect me to use PayPal, I don't really have a choice in the matter. eBay is a vile vile company and I'd like to see them destroyed, but I still have to use their services. (Apparently PokerTracker <a href='http://pokertracker.com/regpth.html' rel="nofollow"> feels the same way</a>, and they <strong>certainly</strong> have more of a vested interest in the health of online poker than I do.) Well, point taken that this isn’t strictly a First Amendment issue because the government isn’t censoring anything. But when power becomes very concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, a censorship can result that’s almost as pernicious.

To give an example, I occasionally need to make a transaction using an online payment service. I would prefer to choose a provider that isn’t advocating the destruction of online poker. But because eBay’s PayPal service commands, what?, 90% of the market or something, and because both clients and vendors expect me to use PayPal, I don’t really have a choice in the matter. eBay is a vile vile company and I’d like to see them destroyed, but I still have to use their services. (Apparently PokerTracker feels the same way, and they certainly have more of a vested interest in the health of online poker than I do.)

]]> By: AFish http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12140 AFish Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:18:49 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12140 Why did your post include a homeland security seal, when you make clear that the censorship was not by the Government? Why did your post include a homeland security seal, when you make clear that the censorship was not by the Government?

]]> By: 2weiX http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12139 2weiX Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:41:36 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12139 One of the few things even worse than censorship is <i>self-censorship</i>. The proprietor of said coffeeshop succumbed to "popular opinion" that <i>"public access to teh internets needs to be filtered to protect teh innocent childrens"</i> and installed the nannysoft that was marked down that day. While I too wouldn't approve of my children (5 and 2) being subjected to pr0n (what would my kids be doing in a coffeeshop anyways?), it's the price I would be willing to pay for potentially unrestricted access to information. It's a matter of civil courage, as well, to leave it to some government (or, in this case, some company) to decide what you should not be looking at. If I find my neighbor surfing pr0n with my children attending, I'd point him out in a manner that would leave him wishing he'd rented a DVD or something :-D Anyhow... what was it I wanted to say... it's a sad state of affairs, when a coffeshoppe owner needs to block loads of content lest he be declared "Ye Olde Porne Shoppe" by the towns religious fanatics. It's early and I'm rambling, but you get my meaning. /2 One of the few things even worse than censorship is self-censorship.

The proprietor of said coffeeshop succumbed to “popular opinion” that “public access to teh internets needs to be filtered to protect teh innocent childrens” and installed the nannysoft that was marked down that day.

While I too wouldn’t approve of my children (5 and 2) being subjected to pr0n (what would my kids be doing in a coffeeshop anyways?), it’s the price I would be willing to pay for potentially unrestricted access to information.

It’s a matter of civil courage, as well, to leave it to some government (or, in this case, some company) to decide what you should not be looking at. If I find my neighbor surfing pr0n with my children attending, I’d point him out in a manner that would leave him wishing he’d rented a DVD or something :-D

Anyhow… what was it I wanted to say…
it’s a sad state of affairs, when a coffeshoppe owner needs to block loads of content lest he be declared “Ye Olde Porne Shoppe” by the towns religious fanatics.

It’s early and I’m rambling, but you get my meaning.

/2

]]> By: Arthur http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12136 Arthur Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:38:34 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12136 joxum: At least as regards the selection of our president, the popular vote here has <b>zero</b> meaning. The two dominant political parties both use a delegate system to decide who will receive their respective nominations, then our electoral college elects a president. While we can vote directly for our congresscritters, our congress is essentially worthless unless/until they can achieve a 2/3 supermajority capable of overriding a presidential veto or impeaching. These things are designed into our Constitution, so the net benefit of casting a ballot is the small amount of physical exercise we get from standing in line at the polling place. joxum: At least as regards the selection of our president, the popular vote here has zero meaning. The two dominant political parties both use a delegate system to decide who will receive their respective nominations, then our electoral college elects a president.

While we can vote directly for our congresscritters, our congress is essentially worthless unless/until they can achieve a 2/3 supermajority capable of overriding a presidential veto or impeaching.

These things are designed into our Constitution, so the net benefit of casting a ballot is the small amount of physical exercise we get from standing in line at the polling place.

]]> By: joxum http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12133 joxum Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:00:27 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12133 Two things you can do about the situation: 1) Get the h... off your couches and vote! Even on a slow election day we scandinavians have a turnout rate double than an average american. 2) Get your own coffee maker, then the problem goes away. /j. Two things you can do about the situation:

1) Get the h… off your couches and vote! Even on a slow election day we scandinavians have a turnout rate double than an average american.

2) Get your own coffee maker, then the problem goes away.

/j.

]]> By: veertje http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12128 veertje Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:37:34 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12128 <strong>He who would trade an ounce of freedom for a pound of security loses both and deserves neither Benjamin Franklin He who would trade an ounce of freedom for a pound of security loses both and deserves neither

Benjamin Franklin

]]> By: Ken http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html/comment-page-1#comment-12127 Ken Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:38:14 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/about-the-site/your-page-is-blocked-due-to-a-security-policy-that-prohibits-access-to-category-gambling.html#comment-12127 Ay Ay Ay...more big brother BS. This kind of crap is happening everywhere. The fuzz busted up my low-stakes home game 2 weeks ago in San Mateo, CA after a 3-month sting by the Sheriff's Dept. We played tourneys with $20-$50 buy-ins for Pete's sake! CRAZY!!!! Ay Ay Ay…more big brother BS. This kind of crap is happening everywhere. The fuzz busted up my low-stakes home game 2 weeks ago in San Mateo, CA after a 3-month sting by the Sheriff’s Dept. We played tourneys with $20-$50 buy-ins for Pete’s sake! CRAZY!!!!

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