Please add *.met4filter.org to the DNS tables

May 7, 2002 6:18 PM

Some customers sites I work at block MetaFilter. Thankfully, Met4filter.org works as a backdoor to the front page, but *.met4filter.org doesn't seem to be in the DNS tables. Can we get that, please?
posted by costas to bugs at 6:18 PM (17 comments total)

Does the assclown backdoor work?

That sounds so wrong.
posted by adampsyche at 6:37 PM on May 7, 2002

Activate assclown countermeasures!

(that would be http://i.am.a.notalentassclown.org, by the way)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:57 PM on May 7, 2002

Or http://stavrosthewonderchicken.is.a.notalentassclown.org/

or
http://mr_crash_davis.is.a.notalentassclown.org/

or whatever.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:43 PM on May 7, 2002

Heh, the last thing I need is for the guy going through the proxy cache on my network to see notalentassclown.org as a url being visited from my IP address.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:52 PM on May 7, 2002

or... maybe you could *work*?
posted by jcterminal at 9:26 PM on May 7, 2002

*looks confused for a moment, grabs dictionary*

"hmmmm.....W....Wi....Wo.... here it is 'work'.... ughhh, that's a horrible thing to say jcterminal."
posted by eyeballkid at 9:52 PM on May 7, 2002

Whats this no talent ass clown stuff?
posted by Keen at 4:07 AM on May 8, 2002

Keen, as Matt has said, it's a long story.
posted by Catch at 4:59 AM on May 8, 2002

or... maybe you could *work*?

*makes Home Alone face*

Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!
posted by adampsyche at 5:57 AM on May 8, 2002

Due to the way that domain is setup, I can't put a wildcard entry in for that other domain.

Why would your workplaces block metafilter in the first place?
posted by mathowie at 8:10 AM on May 8, 2002

Why would your workplaces block metafilter in the first place?

Ummm.... 'cause its amazing crack-like properties cause us to spend all our time wildly hitting the refresh button, leaving us slaves to the written word and our actual assigned tasks lying strewn across the cublicle, undone and unremembered?

The blocked message that I get when I try to access MeFi from work says "{employer's name} does not allow access to Mature Sites."
posted by anastasiav at 8:27 AM on May 8, 2002

Mature?
posted by ColdChef at 8:59 AM on May 8, 2002

Mature?

Yep, that's what it says.
posted by anastasiav at 9:02 AM on May 8, 2002

"{employer's name} does not allow access to Mature Sites."


Best laugh I have had all week.
posted by adampsyche at 9:55 AM on May 8, 2002

Well, my current customer's firewall just says that it's not a "work-related site".

Hah! I say.
posted by costas at 6:29 PM on May 8, 2002

That has to be the first time MeFi has been accused of being mature.
posted by rusty at 11:09 PM on May 8, 2002

or even work related.
posted by clavdivs at 8:38 AM on May 9, 2002