Comments on: My Blogspot/Typepad block theory http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: gbnhj http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21775 gbnhj Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:48:49 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21775 A few years ago, a fellow that I used to work with had installed Win XP on one hard-drive of his computer, while keeping Win 98 on a physically separate hard-drive of the same computer. That second hard-drive also had the code for a computer-aided language learning tool that he was writing (which ran on Win 98, which is why he was keeping that Windows version on the drive). He couldn't connect to the Net using XP, so he called up his service provider. The guy came out, and clearly nervous about working with a foreigner, set about the task of installing. Or, at least, he tried to make it look that way: first, he told my coworker that his system couldn't connect to the Net because of its physical structure (?) - so the fellow promptly connected via Win 98. Then, he said that he couldn't connect with Win XP, because there were no drivers for it - so my coworker showed him the drivers from the install disk that the fellow had brought! So the workman proceeds to take apart the computer (?!), and - perhaps you've guessed - drops the hard-drive with all the code! Gone, gone, and gone - with the last backup a month old. Anyway, careful there, Kushibo :) A few years ago, a fellow that I used to work with had installed Win XP on one hard-drive of his computer, while keeping Win 98 on a physically separate hard-drive of the same computer. That second hard-drive also had the code for a computer-aided language learning tool that he was writing (which ran on Win 98, which is why he was keeping that Windows version on the drive).

He couldn’t connect to the Net using XP, so he called up his service provider. The guy came out, and clearly nervous about working with a foreigner, set about the task of installing.

Or, at least, he tried to make it look that way: first, he told my coworker that his system couldn’t connect to the Net because of its physical structure (?) - so the fellow promptly connected via Win 98. Then, he said that he couldn’t connect with Win XP, because there were no drivers for it - so my coworker showed him the drivers from the install disk that the fellow had brought!

So the workman proceeds to take apart the computer (?!), and - perhaps you’ve guessed - drops the hard-drive with all the code! Gone, gone, and gone - with the last backup a month old.

Anyway, careful there, Kushibo :)

]]> By: Kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21774 Kushibo Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:05:18 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21774 I'm still unable to get into Typepad. I'm sure, though, that if I called someone over and asked them to fix the problem, they'd take one look at the iMac and tell me that Typepad isn't accessible because I'm using an Apple machine. I’m still unable to get into Typepad.

I’m sure, though, that if I called someone over and asked them to fix the problem, they’d take one look at the iMac and tell me that Typepad isn’t accessible because I’m using an Apple machine.

]]> By: hardyandtiny http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21773 hardyandtiny Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:44:56 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21773 Typepad still blocked. SK is coming to my house this evening to change my modem! Yep, that will do it! Typepad still blocked. SK is coming to my house this evening to change my modem! Yep, that will do it!

]]> By: Kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21772 Kushibo Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:57:02 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21772 I can get into blogspot.com, but I still can't get into typepad.com. (I'm using Megapast). I can get into blogspot.com, but I still can’t get into typepad.com. (I’m using Megapast).

]]> By: Juggertha http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21771 Juggertha Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:32:06 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21771 From what I can gather, it was only blogspot that was affected and only by KT. Hanaro and other ISPs could access at will but KT seemed to have a 5 day hate on for blogs. From what I can gather, it was only blogspot that was affected and only by KT. Hanaro and other ISPs could access at will but KT seemed to have a 5 day hate on for blogs.

]]> By: Simon World http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21770 Simon World Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:38:37 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21770 Daily linklets 17th August Feedster have a monthly Top 500 blogs, and somehow yours truly came in at number 408. Flattered but undeserved. Right, on with the show... * Harry Hutton: lucky bastard. Exploiting Communists and loving it. * Stocks or real estate for China's middle c... Daily linklets 17th August

Feedster have a monthly Top 500 blogs, and somehow yours truly came in at number 408. Flattered but undeserved. Right, on with the show… * Harry Hutton: lucky bastard. Exploiting Communists and loving it. * Stocks or real estate for China’s middle c…

]]> By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/08/17/my-blogspottypepad-block-theory/#comment-21769 Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:38:28 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1924#comment-21769 But if I had to offer a probably wildly unfounded theory, it??s that a recent story run in a certain local newspaper criticizing the government for failing to properly enforce a block on pro-North Korean websites on overseas servers resulted in someone getting the bright idea to shut down access to whole blog engines. The other problem with this theory is that it's probably a safe guess that no one in the current government reads the aforementioned local paper (i.e., the Ye Olde Chosun). But if I had to offer a probably wildly unfounded theory, it??s that a recent story run in a certain local newspaper criticizing the government for failing to properly enforce a block on pro-North Korean websites on overseas servers resulted in someone getting the bright idea to shut down access to whole blog engines.

The other problem with this theory is that it’s probably a safe guess that no one in the current government reads the aforementioned local paper (i.e., the Ye Olde Chosun).

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