> I came to RinkWorks this afternoon and I noticed that Sam had added a new dialect, specifically ahcker or whatever the official title is. I clicked on the link, only to get the message of doom:
>
> WEB RESTRICTED
> You do not have access to this page as a result of the current Parental Control settings. To change or review the Parental Control settings, the master account holder must sign on, then visit the Parental Controls area online.
>
> Yes. That's right. AOL, in all their infinite wisdom, has decided that the Dialectizer is inappropriate for my eyes.
>
> My Parental Controls -- and I know this for a fact -- are set at "Mature teen", the highest you can be set at without getting access to everything the Internet has to offer. The Mature Teen setting goes like this: access to everything, minus these sites we don't like.
>
> What, may I ask, is so bleeding wrong with the Dialectizer?
>
> -eric "of course, for a time last summer they blocked me from RinkWorks completely" sleator
> Fri 23 Jun A.D. 2000

Good question. Apparently they think a Hacker dialect means it'll contain information on unethical hacking...or something.

That sounds to me like typical reasoning used by America Offline, anyhow...

-- codeman"adn teh ahX0r dfialect r0XXoRs, t00!!!~"38