MAJOR BUMMER!!

[wizstars]

For the last seven years, I have been checking out DU in my spare time at work. Two days ago, I went to open DU in my browser, only to get this message:

"THIS SITE IS BLOCKED BY "

because it was now classified as a social networking site!!

CA-RAP-OLA!! What do I do now when I can't get my daily DU fix??? My options are limited; I don't have high-speed access at home (out here in the sticks, there's no cable, and I can't afford satellite service), only dial-up at about half the speed of the rest of the world, so sessions on DU are going to be few and far between at home. I can only get to a library (like now) on rare occasions. So I'm kinda hosed, folks. Looks like I won't be visiting with you much in the foreseeable future (Man, I'm gonna miss NanceRants, MadFloridian, DavidSwanson, kpete, and so-o-o-o many others...!) This definitely isn't goodbye forever, but it's gonna be goodbye for now, at least. But I'll be back, and giving the repiglickin's hell offline in the meantime!!

I-B-C-N-YA, DU!! KEEP THE FAITH, BROTHERS & SISTERS!! KEEP HOPE ALIVE!!

Russ
:argh:

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. Find a good proxy...

...if a room full of 7th graders can do it, so can you.

[madmax]

2. That happened to me when I used my brother in laws

laptop his internet provider is AOL. They suck. Do you use AOL?

He's an idjit. His home page is Drudge. :crazy:

[hlthe2b]

3. AOL blocks DU? Really?

[madmax]

4. Yes, I used his laptop while we were on

vacation in Myrtle Beach. I thought, wtf!! I can't get DU? I didn't try very hard afer all we were at the beach so, I just let it go. Came home and got my DU fix.

[dgibby]

7. No.

I use AOL, and it's never blocked DU, although if it did, I'd probably have a much cleaner house!:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

10. Yeah... I'd be much more productive too without the DU temptation...

Oh, well...

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Get a wireless hot-spot aka a MiFi or get a USB Modem/Air card

You live in Grain Valley, Mizzou right?
You are not THAT far from Kansas City home of a BIG telecom company that has affordable plans and get the device for free.
You be online and happy.

[gateley]

6. Major bummer is right! I'm so sorry! What Republican at your work decided

to do that? I wonder if Free Republic is blocked (I'm so suspicious!)

I have no idea what "find a proxy" means, but it sounds as though you should look into it.

Do you have a laptop? Lunch at a place that has WiFi?

Keep us posted. We'll wait while your posts load. :7

Good luck! :pals:

[SoCalDem]

8. Probably a right winger where you work, complained

try www.freerepublic.com
and if it's available, I would go complain & ask why a site that routinely supports assassination of the president is ok, and DU not ok.

[LWolf]

9. Approaching 8 years, I've never once tried to get DU at work.

Every second of my work day, plus a few hours each day outside of my contract, are micro-scheduled. There isn't a moment to take a breath, except at lunch, and I usually work through lunch, the only difference being that everyone has to leave me alone so I can actually get something done.

I can't imagine having a job where I'd have the time to use the computer for personal stuff.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. This is all the fault of the DU Lounge

Some people use it for social networking, instead of serious lounging.

Or, from the right, this site might look like a socialist networking site, if not a social networking site.

You got any free wifi out there in the sticks? A starbucks or bookstore or public library or something?

I wonder if some network wizard could get you to DU via some sort of intermediate hop, maybe an anonymous link in Finland or something. I'd spend a lot of time at work researching this sort of thing.

:hi: