"My work here is done."

[Ron Edwards]

During a G+ Kicksnarker conversation, Eric Franklin discovered that he was initially blocked from accessing Adept Press from work due to a pornography warning. Upon trying some internet end-run magic (apparently he is skilled at this, from work), he was then blocked again with an occult warning. I am amused and rather pleased to know these things.

[Moreno R.]

Well, you often talk about Sex and Sorcery...

[Ron Edwards]

I can't stop speculating about what an occult pornographer's life must be like.

I'm like Sterling Archer in the first episode of the show:

Malory (his mom and boss): ISIS isn't your own personal travel agency. It doesn't exist just so you can jet off to... Whore Island!
Archer: That's not ... a real place.
Malory: I have fifty agents who would literally kill to move up to your position. And if you don't square up your operations account by Monday, they won't need to. Your position will be vacant! [He's not listening.] Sterling!
Archer: Hm? Sorry, I was picturing Whore Island.

[Gamethyme]

During a G+ Kicksnarker conversation, Eric Franklin discovered that he was initially blocked from accessing Adept Press from work due to a pornography warning. Upon trying some internet end-run magic (apparently he is skilled at this, from work), he was then blocked again with an occult warning. I am amused and rather pleased to know these things.

... and yet I can still reach the Indie-RPGs forums, which are much more profane than the main Adept Press site is.

Go figure. :-)

[Ron Edwards]

Long, long ago, and subject to possible memory failure, I think Clinton told me he set up the Forge in a weird way that evaded employers' scrutiny. This was to keep people from getting Googled and outed as gamers or, I suspect, visiting the Forge during working hours. (Not that people did that, ever. Heavens!) There have been at least two major site/server disasters and a site manager turnover since the time I think I'm remembering, so I don't know if that still applies, and assuming I'm remembering right and it ever did.

Or it could be a matter of simple keywords in the URL, as "forge" is less likely to make the red lights spin and the sirens go "whoop whoop" than, you know, sorcerer, adept, demon ... Although where they get the porn warning for the Adept site, I guess it's because at least a couple of pictures have tits & stuff.

[Dragon Master]

The "Do Dragons Have..." link on The Forge, is the only thread I've ever run across there that web filters have blocked (Websense in particular). Never had trouble accessing the Adept Press site though. Other RPG forums though, are firmly blocked by all the filters I've run into at schools and places of employ.

[Ron Edwards]

... ...

Uh! What, er? Sorry, I was picturing occult pornography.

Oh you guys so walked right into that one.

[Christoph]

I stumbled across a search engine a few years back where you'd give your name and it'd deduce what your name was most associated with. I can't seem to find that search engine any more, since I've no clue who actually built it up. I think it was a group of researchers at a US university, but I'm not sure. It was quite accurate, role-playing games scored high, physics too, but really high was "illegal activities" or something like that. I calmed down by rationalizing that "The Forge" was probably being mis-associated with "forgery" or "forged goods". Crazy what that could do to the reputation of a lot of guys...

[Gamethyme]

... ...

Uh! What, er? Sorry, I was picturing occult pornography.

Oh you guys so walked right into that one.

Oh?  Not Vianca van Bokkem?  Or did you get past that one already?

[glandis]

"Picturing" occult pornography. Ha, ha - very funny.

'Cause you can't - see it, that is.

Because it's occult, right - the site occults it, you said.

Right, everyone? That's what he said, right?

(um, hello?)