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Old 09-14-2006, 03:18 PM
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Default Re: Cingular bans the word "engadget" from its customer forums

Jer wrote:
> Jackzwick wrote:
>> In article <12gha0bbojqa218@corp.supernews.com>,
>> Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>>
>>> SMS wrote:
>>>> "http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/13/cingular-bans-the-word-engadget-from-its
>>>>
>>>> -customer-forums/"
>>>
>>> Sounds to me like some screwball employee wet nurse got grumpy and
>>> decided to appoint themself to pompous control freak status for a day
>>> or two. Maybe they're on the street now, selling pencils.

>>
>> Are they allowed enough time to check every TinyURL to make sure it
>> doesnt point to Engadget?

>
>
> A firewall proxy could do this nicely and automagically if wanted, I
> just can't imagine them wanting to, but I could be wrong.


TinyURL is a good way of getting around these sorts of issues, but it
doesn't have the same impact.

Of course you could also mis-spell Engagdet <sic>.


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