Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google

mike.rimov writes "I saw that part of the brand new Windows Live package is the Family Safety Filter, so I decided to give it a spin. Turned it on, set it to 'basic filtering' (their lowest level), and went to Google ... oops, it blocks Google! So I logged into the settings and added Google as an exception. Google still wouldn't come up. Just in case, I turned off the family filter: voila, Google. As we all know, 'Don't be evil' is not part of Microsoft's motto! Oh yeah — and with the filter on, Microsoft's own search engine, live.com comes up." Anomaly?

First Post!

[GeorgeMonroy]

Google is evil so thank you Microsoft!

This is perfectly valid

[Oxy the moron]

Google is unsafe... for Microsoft's monopolies.

It's the Os

[camperdave]

It's the "O"s in Google. They look like boobies.

Anomaly?

[omar.sahal]

Anomaly?
I dont't know mike.rimov but the word anomaly in the English Oxford dictionary is defined as

• noun (pl. anomalies) something that deviates from what is standard or normal.

so no its not an anomaly for Microsoft, if thats what you getting at. No news here move along

Re:It's the Os

[Yvan256]

What good is the joke if you don't give a link to the picture [fundromeda.com] (NQSFW).

Re:It's the Os

[ChunderDownunder]

Not to mention the fact it's pronounced 'Go-ogle'.

Re:This is perfectly valid

[Thelasko]

Sure, it blocks Google... but it does it safely.

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Anomally

[RemoWilliams84]

Anomally?

Sounds like smart marketing to me. Just block your biggest competitor.

I wonder if they blocked Mozilla too?

Re:Anomaly?

[Anonymous Coward]

Rhetorical

• adjective, (of a question) asked for effect or to make a statement rather than to obtain an answer.

Re:It's the Os

[Dmala]

Yuck. If she bent over, she'd resemble a cow with hanging udders. Blech. Give me natural As or Bs anyday rather than fakies.

If you're the typical Slashdot reader, you probably have natural As or Bs already.
http://www.instantrimshot.com [instantrimshot.com]

Sorry, how could I resist?

Sure...

[Greyfox]

You could accidentally search for "Live goat Porn" on google. Microsoft's search engine doesn't index any porn (Or much of anything else,) that's why no one uses it.

Re:Well...

[John Hasler]

> It's boorish at best and plainly poor software testing at worst.

We already know it's a Microsoft product.

Ballmer Family Rules

[CodeBuster]

Didn't Steve Ballmer say that using an iPod or Google in his house is a punishable offense?

And just why not?

[macraig]

Since I can use Google to find some really nasty anal porn and, what's even worse, those awful sinful bittorrents, why wouldn't the Family Safety Filter block it? Of course unless my parents lock me in the basement I can still find porn and all sorts of life-shortening stuff everywhere else. Since I'm so driven to get this mind-wrecking stuff, maybe they should lock me in the basement?

Re:First Post!

[Idiomatick]

Voting for the lesser evil is a lie and a sin against the libertarian party. The only right answer is to NEVER use the internet.

Wow, can you say "Microsoft desparation"

[Dan667]

That is just pathetic.

Re:First Post!

[sakdoctor]

We could always use Ask Jeeves

Re:First Post!

[coopaq]

Thanks for reminding me.

http://www.google.com/search?q=food [google.com]
http://www.google.com/search?q=water [google.com]
http://www.google.com/search?q=shelter [google.com]
http://www.google.com/search?q=people [google.com]
http://www.google.com/search?q=midget [google.com] wrestling

Re:Well...

[pohl]

This is most certainly not intentional simply because it's so dumb and in-your-face.

You must have never seen the Gates/Seinfeld commercials they unintentionally made.

Re:First Post!

[Foofoobar]

I know I definitely didn't need to read your post. Let's start there. :)

Re:First Post!

[Golddess]

Google is only free if your privacy is worth nothing.

Which, well, it is.

Said the Anonymous Coward.

:P