Wikipedia:Administrators’ noticeboard/2008 IWF action : WP commentary on the repercussions of the IWF censorship
(tags: iwf wikipedia censorship http proxies transparent-proxies cleanfeed uk)IWF blocked Wikipedia; Wikipedia blocks UK ISPs : ouch. IWF decided an image on WP (specifically a “Scorpions” album cover) was illegal. Due to bugs in the “Cleanfeed” implementation, this caused a block of WP’s editing infrastructure for ~95% of UK ISP users. fiasco
(tags: wikipedia wikimedia cleanfeed iwf blocklists uk filtering proxies http censorship fiasco incompetent duh)Install Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on a T61p – ThinkWiki : lots and lots of gotchas :( avoid Ubuntu 8.10 on a T61p! I’m finding it buggy as hell
(tags: ubuntu 8.10 intrepid-ibex thinkpad lenovo t61p linux bugs)