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Re: Linux users banned from accessing the ad on australia.com

  • Subject: Re: Linux users banned from accessing the ad on australia.com
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:08:41 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <1141916363.466918.13430@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
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__/ [ Grzegorz Karwowski ] on Thursday 09 March 2006 14:59 \__

> Hi all,
> 
> I tried to see the "Where the bloody hell are you?" ad on
> http://www.wherethebloodyhellareyou.com/. When I clicked on "VIEW THE
> TV AD" link to see it I was presented with the "Unfortunately, the
> Operating System you are currently using is unsupported." message. I
> noticed that if I am fast enough and manage to click on Stop button in
> my browser before the error message is displayed and then click on
> Windows Media Player or Quicktime link everything works fine and I can
> see the ad. I use Mozilla on Mandriva.
> 
> I thought that the days of banning non-Win**** and non-Internet
> Expl****  users are gone after the MSN was caught sending screwed pages
> to Opera users, but Australian government continues the fight.
> 
> whois wherethebloodyhellareyou.com returns:
> Admin Name........... Mark Davis
> Admin Email.......... mdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Admin Phone.......... 61.29361124
> 
> The Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources is Hon Ian Macfarlane:
> Ian.Macfarlane.MP@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> I sent an email to Mr. Mark Davis and CC to Hon Ian Macfarlane with
> complaints.
> 
> Other contacts at http://tourism.australia.com/, select About Us ->
> Contact Us.
> 
> Grzegorz

If it was merely an advertisement that snubbed you, didn't Linux actually
/protect/ you? That aside, I'll send an E-mail. Care to give us something to
tweak and then re-use?

Thanks for sharing.

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