Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gB4L0uX25763; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:00:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:00:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3DEE6B7D.156FB001@nslsilus.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Carol Morris <cmorris@nsls.info> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2683] Internet censorship X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 400 Lines: 10 A little off topic, but one of my favorite "censorship stories" in working with adult learners is: I was signing up a student for a free Hotmail account. His last name contained the letters "anal". Hotmail would not accept his name. I had to explain why. He was forced to change the correct spelling of his last name to meet the requirements. Seems ridiculous! Carol Morris Waukegan Public Library
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