The end of an era

Just when I had thought that internet censorship on the hostel server had hit rock bottom with the banning of sites like Cricinfo & ESPNStar.com , comes an unexpected relief. The era of stupid censorship is over and now I can freely access my orkut account and download videos from YouTube without having to use a gazillion proxy servers. More importantly I can visit the website of the Middlesex Cricket Club myself * and thats a great relief.
Along with the freedom, however, has come a warning. All those downloading or watching porn will be strictly punished. I, for one, welcome this because the new system still (hopefully) manages to keep a track of the amount of porn being downloaded and also helps innocent users like me to use the web without any restraints. And now I shall say something I never thought I'd say, "Long Live the COEP Web Administrator".

*- I wanted to download the Middlesex CC logo from their website. However the site was blocked by the url filter as the url contained the letters 'sex'. Hence I had to ask Gadre to download it and then mail it to me. Other perfectly harmless sites that were effectively blocked were Sensex and the dictionary.com page for sextant. How all this prevented downloading of porn still beats me.


P.S: I would also like to take this chance to thank, and bid farewell to, the following sites which have been good friends in the past but whom I shall not be visiting anymore:
1. stupidcensorship.com
2. backfox.com
3. safelizard.com
4. safehazard.com
5. KProxy
and most importantly,
6. calculatepie.com - the first proxy server I ever used. You showed me the path to enlightenment. I am greatly indebted to thee.