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I guess this really is an adult site now

Last week I had a couple days off school, so a friend and I went to visit a teacher at my old high school. One of my Ibles came up in conversation, so I borrowed a computer to pull it up. Guess what?

My senior year of high school Ibles had no restrictions. In the last year and a half Instructables has been reclassified as Adult. As a result, nobody in the Topeka school district can access Instructables.

Hmmmm, I wonder why they would think Ibles contained adult content, which might not be appropriate for the elementary school students? Such a mystery...

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Kiteman says: Oct 31, 2011. 9:37 AM
If your school filters Instructables feel free to send me a PM with contact details for your school's network manager (or similar), and I'll drop them a line requesting that they allow the site through the filters.
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DJ Radio says: Oct 30, 2011. 7:59 PM
ROFL, my school has the exact same internet filter.
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ilpug says: Oct 30, 2011. 11:43 AM
I am proud to report that my school, even though it allows no personal electronics, clothes with logos, has 14 active security cameras, and sends kids home for chewing gum; still allows us to access this site with no blocks. Pretty much everything else on the internet is blocked though, including Wikipedia, any image-search programs, and any advertisements.
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Kiteman says: Oct 27, 2011. 3:33 AM
Probable reasons:
  • Body casting projects.
  • Many weapon projects (yes, I know most of them are K.NEX, but see here).
  • Many references to drugs (sorry, partly my fault - see comments)
  • Many questions about hacking, especially school networks (yes, I know we don't answer them, but the questions exist, so the site is guilty by association).
  • A number of projects of questionable safety / legality (schools may be fearful of prosecution if a pupil reads it at school and then goes home and hurts themselves)
  • etc...
If you want to PM me some contact details for the school / district, I would be happy to drop them an email to explain why the site should be exempt from their filters.
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Lithium Rain in reply to KitemanOct 27, 2011. 7:50 PM
Edible underwear...
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caitlinsdad in reply to Lithium RainOct 28, 2011. 9:40 AM
Citing previous discussion for full disclothesure.
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caitlinsdad in reply to caitlinsdadOct 28, 2011. 9:41 AM
and this.
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Kiteman in reply to caitlinsdadOct 28, 2011. 10:23 AM
Both those threads get more interesting in light of the ridiculous UK plan to make ISPs responsible for filtering internet content.
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Lithium Rain in reply to KitemanOct 28, 2011. 8:04 PM
And the sister plan in Congress (too lazy to look it up at the moment; it's currently called the E-PARASITE act if memory serves).
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Kiteman in reply to Lithium RainOct 29, 2011. 1:16 AM
I'm pretty sure that the people making these rules have either never used the internet themselves, or have never shared a home with children using the internet.

As you know, I'm generally ignorant of code or indeed anything I can't actually see happening on the screen but even I know that there is no mechanism that will actually, selectively, filter "inappropriate" content, especially when no two people (or politicians) can agree on where to draw the line between "appropriate" and "inappropriate".

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caitlinsdad in reply to Lithium RainOct 27, 2011. 8:04 PM
http://www.instructables.com/id/20-Geeky-Costumes-That-Will-Get-you-Laid-at-Comic/
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gmoon in reply to caitlinsdadOct 28, 2011. 5:39 AM
Isn't just being female at Comic-Con enough?
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caitlinsdad in reply to gmoonOct 28, 2011. 7:05 AM
Remember, always use a pocket-protector.
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gmoon in reply to caitlinsdadOct 29, 2011. 12:50 PM
Makes a great costume, too.
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Goodhart in reply to caitlinsdadOct 28, 2011. 7:12 AM
my shirts rarely have "breast pockets" so I just park the pen in the collar. Honestly !
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frank26080115 in reply to KitemanOct 27, 2011. 7:32 PM
When you said "drugs" and the link said "Jet", I thought it was going to be about Fallout.
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Flintlock in reply to frank26080115Oct 27, 2011. 9:17 PM
Heheheh.

I don't think that chem would be that difficult to synthesize. All we need are some double headed cows to produce waste...
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Flintlock in reply to KitemanOct 27, 2011. 12:35 PM
The references to drugs also extend to projects on how to "make a bong from *insert object here*".

Schools usually don't allow sites that show people how to make pipes from sharpie highlighters.
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rimar2000 in reply to KitemanOct 27, 2011. 9:42 AM
Regarding that site,I don't favor guns, but think should have a "zero tolerance law" against human stupidity.

But that would be the end of humanity, we would all go to jail ...
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iceng says: Oct 26, 2011. 8:57 PM
Do you think a clap-off bra scares education types ?
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steveastrouk in reply to icengOct 27, 2011. 12:50 PM
That's a health and safety issue. In the wrong hands they could knock your eyes out.....
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caitlinsdad says: Oct 26, 2011. 8:36 PM
.
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Goodhart in reply to caitlinsdadOct 27, 2011. 9:31 AM
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frenzy says: Oct 27, 2011. 9:20 AM
For every school we are blocked at, a script kiddie gets his wings...
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James Longpaw says: Oct 26, 2011. 10:05 PM
maybe they found the Ibles on byassing school security.
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