Re: TECH: porno site and math site

["dtissair@snet.net" <dtissair@SNET.NET>]

At 08:39 AM 10/25/2001 -0400, Ruie Chehak wrote:
>This is a constant problem. Sometimes you might not know even if you are
>careful about looking at the URL.  I was reviewing a book recently and
>randomly checking out websites listed in the appendix.  I came across a very
>useful site but when I clicked on one of the links, it sent me to a Teen Slut
>site, which I know the webmaster did not intend.  As media specialists we
>need to constantly remind our teachers and ourselves to do our homework.  We
>need to look at sites ahead of time so they know the pitfalls.  We can't
>eliminate all of them but this certainly is a good way to eliminate most of
>them.  BTW, I contacted the webmaster of that particular site and he fixed
>the link as soon as he read my e-mail.

And it is not by chance that these scum bags chose these slight variations
of good sights.  It was extremely blatant in the case cited in the original
posting.  The math sight is owned by Ernst & Young, one of the five largest
accounting firms in the world.  On the lower half of the porn page is the
question, "Want to buy this URL?"  Obviously, the person putting up the
porn site is not above extortion either.  The pornographer obviously thinks
that the accountants will be willing to pay much more than it would have
cost them to register the alternative domains when they put up the kid's
math site as a public service.  Let's be sure to keep this in mind when we
put up our own creative sites.

Dorothy E. Tissair, M.L.S.
Library Media Specialist

Old Saybrook, CT  06475

dtissair@snet.net

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