...but if you're publishing links to other websites in your own website, my understanding was that you can only link to the home page of other websites, as linking to specific pages/sections/items within the website does breach copyright unless you have obtained permission.

I might have missed someone…

So UK *and* GB are arguably reasonable abbreviations, although UK is probably more pedanticaly correct.

The "GB" plate has always been used on the back of British cars when driven overseas. GB is the ISO code…

Should we sue the Wachowski brothers on his behalf?

not unless you're willing to sue hjortsberg on behalf of descartes.

and ended up meeting himself, sometimes in multiples.... and ended up engaging in some steamy self-love.

Followed by Audrey Niffeneger, who MUST have read this book.

Not too bad for a book written in 1974

Should we sue the Wachowski brothers on his behalf?

Wearing them as necklaces?

Now, that was definitely on Futurama!!

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From memory, the novel was called something like Grey Matters, and involved a lot of Futuramaesque heads in jars.

Okay, see, now I'm curious. What are heads in jars doing with anal beads?

Ahh, nobody, what a wonderfully mendacious bit of evasiveness.

You're calling me a liar – what have I lied about?

Nor would you have to look to far to find people who think gay porn should be available to adults. If you weren't trying to ignore the point, it isn't…

]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:23:46 +1200 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-on-receipt-of-a-not-so-nastygram/?p=13922#post13922 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-on-receipt-of-a-not-so-nastygram/?p=13922#post13922 DFP:

so why, seeing as the UK already had .uk given to them to use, and was using .uk, did the ISO standard have .gb?

Or is this another great example of standards being a graveyard for the efforts of people with nothing better to do (speaking as aomeone who…

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Why is that?

For example, Queens' Uni, Belfast is in .uk, as it should be since the UK is "the United Kindom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland", so if .uk should be .gb and ireland is .ie then Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, would have to…

Would it really hurt to have otago.ac.nz point to a webpage?

Have you tried looking at publicaddress.co.nz or publicaddress.net.nz? Surely I'm not the only one to screw this up :-)

I suspect youtube has a policy of removing anything that anyone complains about automatically, so long as it looks like…

what in the hell is an anal bead?

Well, odds are against the book still being in the Tokoroa High School library after 20 years, so I can't send you to the original source. From memory, the novel was called something like Grey Matters, and involved a lot of Futuramaesque…

Nor would…

Incidentally .uk should be .gb

Why is that?

For example, Queens' Uni, Belfast is in .uk, as it should be since the UK is "the United Kindom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland", so if .uk should be .gb and ireland is .ie then Northern Ireland, which is part of…

Oh noes!

ME: I think the line is easily drawn: would you want a 10 year old child to access this site?
ROGERD: Well, apparently a fair few people think Mel Gibson's gorefest Passion of the Christ was suitable for 13 year olds, but a porn flick of guys sucking each other's…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4554083.stm

.uk had started up two years earlier in July 1985. .com a bit before that in Jan 1985. Incidentally .uk should be .gb

As I understand it John, probably consulting with some colleagues, chose to…

Pretty reasonable given their huge size and global reach, there is no way they could take the necessary time to research this properly.

I recall finding one or two distinctly R rated sci fi novels in my old school library.

And who can forget the rush to get copies of the Clan of the Cave Bear series as they were plonked into the school library for the delectation of 13 year old boys…

I think the line is easily drawn: would you want a 10 year old child to access this site?

Well, apparently a fair few people think Mel Gibson's gorefest Passion of the Christ was suitable for 13 year olds, but a porn flick of guys sucking each other's dicks shouldn't…

a very special kind of YouTube embedded content

I'm not a lawyer but the practical difference over whether you host the actual clip, or YouTube does, is none-at-all to the user. If you were paying YouTube to host the clip, surely you…

what in the hell is an anal bead?

is it like being fixated on someone's buttocks, or more serious?

I'm not sure what the appropriate age is for my kids to become aware of the uses of anal beads, but as a kid it was certainly educational.

Riiiiight.......

You know what, I really don't want my 8-years-old-but-reading-age-around-12plus-years daughter happening upon those books.

But I'm with Emma on this one.…

I really like the strictly allocated .au domains.

For example, looks how neatly organised this local council web address is:

www.richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au

And not to mention that .com.au domains are only available to registered Australian companies.

This order pleases me greatly, but I still like the free-for-allness of .coms and other…

and that.... will have no effect whatsoever.

.x
.xx
.xxx
.xxx_but_ugly_chicks
.xxx_gay_blokes
.xxx_but_arguably_arty
.xxxx_frankly_puke_inducing

That should drive up our mistaken Google search counts quite nicely.

Seriously I don't quite understand how Germany (90 mln people) manages with a single level .de but we need multi level domains for 4 million?

I really like the strictly allocated .au domains.

For example, looks how neatly organised this local council web address is:

www.richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au

And not to mention…

Seriously I don't quite understand how Germany (90 mln people) manages with a single level .de but we need multi level domains for 4 million?

Argh!!!! I think that's a horrible horrible idea. Oftentimes, being able to search second level domains is hugely helpful. I frequently do google searches with…

I'm not 100% sure the library knew the literature was in anyway erotic though. The erotic stuff was all of…

Your argument is rejected.

If you talk about the library as being a metaphor for a site it still holds. The very fact that it has erotic fiction would turn it into a pron library, despite the fact that a kid could walk in, grab a tintin book and walk…

etc..

Seriously I don't quite understand how Germany (90 mln people) manages with a single level .de but we need multi level domains for 4 million?

ME: I wouldn't leave hard copies (paperback!) lying around for children to read so why should the internet be any different?

EMMA: But would you ask for them to all be removed from every library and put in a special porn-only library so kiddies couldn't touch them?

Last time I…

But would you ask for them to all be removed from every library and put in a special pron-only library so kiddies couldn't touch them?

A porn-only library. Can't see that getting through a city council budget meeting ;)

Also. The site I work on has ONE section devoted to Erotica. This section is security-protected and only accessible to paying users over eighteen. We have other sections devoted to…

Would you move erotic lit sites to xxx domains? And if not, then why erotic pic

Damn straight I'd move 'em! I think the line is easily drawn: would you want a 10 year old child to access this site? I've no problem with Erotic Lit but I wouldn't leave…

So just tell them to go jump...

Pornographers argued they were a 'legal' enterprise with zillions of consumers (no argument there) but moving them to xxx. would not have stopped them trading surely? It certainly would have made it easier for parents/schools to block — not a bad thing surely?

The problem being finding a borderline for…

It seems they haven't grasped the difference between me hosting content and me linking to content...

Of course they grasped the difference, they're not stupid. They just wanted to see how stupid you were ie can you be intimidated by their 'threat' of action. Yay you for not buckling immediately.…

I mean the computing power we had…

But almost every day I see big chunks of text being quoted by bloggers which probably exceed the width of the fair use defences.

I've often wondered about this, thanks for that clarification Steven. I don't mind so much if someone quotes my stuff, as long as they link to…

I assume the reason for this is that it's bloody difficult to say "govt" aloud, something that probably wasn't considered back in the '80s.

I can't see a mere link being an infringement of copyright. But almost every day I see big…

we use ".govt", oztraylia uses ".gov"

and, i would addressed my email to air new zealand, "dear andrea, how about we spend your salary providing decent customer service..."

. Welcome to the 1990's

:)

More information on the Gray Book naming scheme is available on Wikipedia.

You could also try contacting John Hine at VUW, since he's apparently been around from the beginning.