James just sent me this link to an article about the "[Flesh Public Library], named 70 years ago for businessman Leo Flesh, who donated the money for the library's current location. But Net Nanny, a filter the library uses on all the children's department computers, did not care much for 'flesh' linked to 'public.'" Net Nanny prevented anyone from accessing the library's own web site from within the library. To solve this problem, they renamed the web site. Genius.

I love Net Nanny stories. I remember a few years ago there was a government study to determine the effectiveness of these systems. They found that all of the net monitoring systems allowed most porn to pass, and blocked useful sites (including the site of the agency conducting the study). Closer to home, I believe Rachael had some trouble with Net Nanny last summer, when her father surreptitiously installed it on her laptop. It prevented her from exchanging messages with Dave, because his last name is "Dick."