Bebo bannage

kaimera

So was this passed and when does it come into effect?

Afaik, not completely but from 9am-6pm in college.

Let my people spaek.

chubba1984

Was in UL last year and that Bebo was a plague to be honest. Up in NUIG now, they've it banned from 9 to 7:30, seems to work ok, plenty of open proxies to get around tho.

Funkstard

Will it be banned on my laptop too or is it just the library computers?

It should be banned for computers in the library, but if the ban carries over onto my laptop that's a bit unfair.

kippy

Will it be banned on my laptop too or is it just the library computers?

It should be banned for computers in the library, but if the ban carries over onto my laptop that's a bit unfair.

I am assuming if you connect through UL networking hardware it will be banned on your laptop (since it is at the network or proxy side that the site will be blocked).

440Hz

Yeah if you use your lappie in college you wont be able to access it. Not unless you know what you are doing of course.. and we cannot condone that behaviour. Sites are blocked for a reason you know... so before anyone starts a 'hey IT heads how do I get around the block' thread... dont bother.. it WILL be deleted.

(ooohhhhh look at me being all mod-like)

ergonomics

I can understand the call for it but I think they should work it so that if you're in a student village you can still access Bebo. If you're going on it from your home (even if your home is on campus) you're not keeping anyone else from their work so why should you be punished, as it were?

kippy

I can understand the call for it but I think they should work it so that if you're in a student village you can still access Bebo. If you're going on it from your home (even if your home is on campus) you're not keeping anyone else from their work so why should you be punished, as it were?

I assume network traffic would come into it in some way.
Without actually knowing the infrastructure layout itss pretty hard to give a definitive answer to your query.
Kippy

kaimera

It won't be banned in student villages.

Just the college.

chubba1984

In NUIG you can access bebo on laptops over the wireless network, not on the plug-in wall connection yoke whatever tis called.

kaimera

Ethernet port/LAN port

Tar.Aldarion

chubba1984 wrote:

In NUIG you can access bebo on laptops over the wireless network, not on the plug-in wall connection yoke whatever tis called.

Just use a proxy site.

rmacm

ergonomics wrote:

I can understand the call for it but I think they should work it so that if you're in a student village you can still access Bebo. If you're going on it from your home (even if your home is on campus) you're not keeping anyone else from their work so why should you be punished, as it were?

It's pretty trivial to allow this they can block Bebo on the machines in college but allow it to pass through to the villages. I'd imagine it's up to ITD as to how they'll block it and wheather it'll be for the whole college including villages or just for ITD managed machines.

Cheers
Rory

440Hz

440Hz wrote:

so before anyone starts a 'hey IT heads how do I get around the block' thread... dont bother.. it WILL be deleted.

(ooohhhhh look at me being all mod-like)

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Just use a proxy site.

^^ Leave the exact instructions for that out eh! Enough there for someone to google a solution and piss ITD off. No issues with that, just dont go writing tutorials for it k

IrishMike

To be honest im shaggin delighted its banned
Site is a curse
A few years back it was online poker that everyone was addicted to
now its bebo and its an epidemic
/me pats itd on the back

Tar.Aldarion

It's still poker here! Hehe.

440Hz: Yeah, I just gave the bare essentials, ooh yeah!
I have to explain enough already for arts students... :P

ninty9er

IrishMike wrote:

To be honest im shaggin delighted its banned
Site is a curse
A few years back it was online poker that everyone was addicted to
now its bebo and its an epidemic
/me pats itd on the back

It's not for sure yet. While drunk lastnight I had a lightbulb moment...ITD technically don't have to do what CRC says, and Gordon Young has previously stated that he's not going to do it, so I wonder if it will ever be banned

5uspect

I'm really not in favour of banning websites but when I'm teaching in a computer lab where there is usually high demand for specialist software I've zero tolerance for bebo, if I see it on anyones screen they're out, other people want to work.

Luckily I'm finished my 5 semesters of teaching today so no more evil TAing. I think its fair to limit access to the internet in computer labs (AM061 used to have limited access in my day) while leaving the likes of the library open to abuse.

Dave

They're putting in swipe locks into AMO61 after christmas I think. Thank christ!

McSween

i've been out there with a view to going next year

there was a queue going out the door of the computer lab, good riddance that this site full of people who spell "like dis and dat and isnt it gr8" is banned

StephenInsane

99% of UL Bebo users are moronic nitwits. I'm guessing even the concept of a proxy site would give them a blinding headache.

bubblicious

I totally agree that Bebo should be banned in college - it's an absolute nightmare to access a computer anywhere in the college cos the majority of people on them are on Bebo.

but...

StephenInsane wrote:

99% of UL Bebo users are moronic nitwits. I'm guessing even the concept of a proxy site would give them a blinding headache.

Get over yourself. I, like many other people, use Bebo. What gives you the right to call us moronic nitwits??

StephenInsane

It is obvious to me that Bebo is a tool to cater for the adult-infant class that modern Irish society has bred. If you want to indulge in such bubble-gum for the brain, I will not criticise. I however will spend my time on my more worthy persuits!

Peteee

StephenInsane wrote:

It is obvious to me that Bebo is a tool to cater for the adult-infant class that modern Irish society has bred. If you want to indulge in such bubble-gum for the brain, I will not criticise. I however will spend my time on my more worthy persuits!

Careful you dont fall off your high horse! Seems to be an awfully long way up!

Claasman

Dave wrote:

They're putting in swipe locks into AMO61 after christmas I think. Thank christ!

Thank god for that, nothing worse that seeing others, espically business and Law students in here when engineering classes are trying to complete work...

Jumpy

StephenInsane wrote:

It is obvious to me that Bebo is a tool to cater for the adult-infant class that modern Irish society has bred. If you want to indulge in such bubble-gum for the brain, I will not criticise. I however will spend my time on my more worthy persuits!

Such as learning to spell perhaps?

ARGINITE

Bebo rotes the brain!

and here is my bebo page.....

ARGINITE

and it does it so quick that I can't spell rots or edit my post

440Hz

ARGINITE wrote:

and it does it so quick that I can't spell rots or edit my post

you need help. like seriously :P

(for anyone who is taking me seriously, he knows im joking)

missgwish

*whispers meekly* i like bebo............................*whimper*

ARGINITE

I come here for a quick taunt of the bebo people and next thing I know I have some power hungry mod breathing down my neck. It doesn't sound like a joke to me *runs off to the feedback forum to report that a mod in picking on me because im wearing shoes*. We are sorry for this interruption and normal programming will now return shortly!

440Hz

ARGINITE wrote:

I come here for a quick taunt of the bebo people and next thing I know I have some power hungry mod breathing down my neck. It doesn't sound like a joke to me *runs off to the feedback forum to report that a mod in picking on me because im wearing shoes*. We are sorry for this interruption and normal programming will now return shortly!

lmao

you looking for a ban?

well?


are ya?


PUNK