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Sentynel One with The Other Place

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10 May 08 - 17:38

Try sending links to youtube.com, ebuddy.com, mediafire.com, deviantart.com, googlepages.com or xanga.com via windows live messenger. They're blocked. Those are the only ones I've found so far - other links I've tried work.
Conspiracy!
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/05/10/166204.shtml

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Apollo Marid

10 May 08 - 17:43

This small internet conspiracy shall grow into a huge, phenomenal, Internet Revolution.

And I know what group/organization/movement is to blame: Anonymous!

Actually, that might be pretty probable. ;)

Sentynel One with The Other Place

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10 May 08 - 18:45

Block on most of those has been lifted; www.googlepages.com, www.mediafire.com and www.ebuddy.com are still blocked.

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Random Utukku

10 May 08 - 18:52

Could it depend on where people live?

Sentynel One with The Other Place

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10 May 08 - 19:06

Everyone I've checked it with has been getting the same as me wherever they live.

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Luciene Higher Spirit

10 May 08 - 19:13

=o It all makes sense now!

I was suffering from this yesterday, also.

Dansariki Higher Spirit

10 May 08 - 22:46

ANON!!

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Apollo Marid

11 May 08 - 02:38

That whole thing is very confusing. I looked into it for a while, and it baffled me. Let us refrain from speaking of it.

So, do we have a reason for the blockage?

Sentynel One with The Other Place

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11 May 08 - 11:05

It's speculated that it was either an error (odd error that blocks a bunch of sites that directly compete with some of Microsoft's web 2.0 services) or linked to the launch of a similar video service, Messenger TV, by Microsoft in the same week..

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Post Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 12:12

Microsoft would nothing to gain by this...

Shame of the Super Son

Dansariki Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 14:26

In Theory, they do.
In Theory, the "massive" consumer base wouldn't be able to get to their competitors, slowing down said competitors traffic.

Stupid Microsoft. In Theory, of course.

They felt truly (and justifiably) invincable after killing.Netscape, Java, OPEN GL and such in the 90s, but their recent ventures have tanked.
The iPod sold more units in February then Zunes have sold period. So much for their iPod-killer Theory.
Vista's a "chrome-plated turd," as one review said.
So much for the Tiger-killer Theory.
Silverlight actually looks like it might have a chance, if Java, Android, and H.264 don't knock it off first. Which they, In Fact, will.

The Titanic's sinking, they're getting desperate.
Their brute force approach, and misguided attempts against rivals like this and their "bid" for Yahoo! just won't cut it.
The only cool thing they evr did was make Halo and Gears of War on the 360, the platform they still managed to loose money on...
Pfft
Fact: Abandon Ship!
Theory: WE CAN HOLD OUT!
_rant:over

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Nathaniel Djinni

11 May 08 - 14:36

Dansariki wrote: In Theory, they do.
In Theory, the "massive" consumer base wouldn't be able to get to their competitors, slowing down said competitors traffic.

Stupid Microsoft. In Theory, of course.

They felt truly (and justifiably) invincable after killing.Netscape, Java, OPEN GL and such in the 90s, but their recent ventures have tanked.
The iPod sold more units in February then Zunes have sold period. So much for their iPod-killer Theory.
Vista's a "chrome-plated turd," as one review said.
So much for the Tiger-killer Theory.
Silverlight actually looks like it might have a chance, if Java, Android, and H.264 don't knock it off first. Which they, In Fact, will.

The Titanic's sinking, they're getting desperate.
Their brute force approach, and misguided attempts against rivals like this and their "bid" for Yahoo! just won't cut it.
The only cool thing they evr did was make Halo and Gears of War on the 360, the platform they still managed to loose money on...
Pfft
Fact: Abandon Ship!
Theory: WE CAN HOLD OUT!
_rant:over

I will disagree with that mainly due because you said Fact so many times where it isn't a Fact

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Post Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 15:17

Microsoft is not some circle of despotic Overlords with a Dark Army. It's a corporation with more money reserves than even google.

Shame of the Super Son

Luciene Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 15:51

Post wrote: Microsoft is not some circle of despotic Overlords with a Dark Army.

You mean a Dork army?

Nathaniel Djinni

11 May 08 - 17:35

Read this article about it all, here.

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Sentynel One with The Other Place

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11 May 08 - 18:03

Nathaniel wrote: Read this article about it all, here.

Just a screwup, obviously. A screwup that *just happened* to block a bunch of sites that are direct competitors to some of Microsoft's services. Complete coincidence.

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Dansariki Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 18:24

Come on I was making a point.
Besides, don't we all rant at least once in awhile?

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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~Medgar Evers

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Apollo Marid

11 May 08 - 18:41

So what, your a Apple advocate then? Or something else?

I accept Microsft as my "overlord." I heart them.

I don't think it's fair to rant about the 360 etc. That's just something people pick at. They made tons of money on it, along with the Halo Franchise, and they deserve it, for the most part. It was a stroke of genius in both the fields of entertainment and Capitalism.

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11 May 08 - 18:55

*Sentynel waves a Linux sign

Open source forever!

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Nero Higher Spirit

11 May 08 - 23:52

I'm back!
Anyway, from what I just read, it seems that because the blocking wasn't requested from Mircosoft...that means they were hacked!
:P
What's up with the 360? It's allright now.

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