There once lived four wise men on a small island in the sea. Each wise man believed in a different philosophy, and lived according to his own personal ideals. One day, an earthquake shook the seas around the island, and sent an enormous tsunami barreling towards its shore.
The first wise man screamed, stood up, and ran. He ran and ran to the top of the highest mountain on the island, and hid in a cave at the summit. In the darkness of the cave, he did not see that the tsunami was taller than the mountain, and that he was not safe.
When the wave hit the shore, the first wise man died, cowering and terrified.
The second wise man laughed pompously at the wave. He gathered every piece of wood, stone, and shell he could find on the beach, and began to construct a wall to stop the wave, and hold it back from engulfing the island. The tsunami approached, and was soon mere meters away. The second wise man’s wall was barely a foot high.
When the wave hit the shore, the second wise man died, humiliated by his defeat.
The third wise man grumbled, and did not move from his seat. He closed his eyes and covered his ears, so that he would not notice the wave approaching. He occasionally relented, opening his eyes for a moment to see the tsunami continuing its approach, before cursing under his breath and shutting himself from reality once more.
When the wave hit the shore, the third wise man died, bitter and angry.
The fourth wise man was barely a man at all, being the youngest of the four. He fashioned a surfboard out of a palm tree, and ran out into the ocean. He swam atop his board out to meet the wave head-on, and at last, finally reached it. He stood up atop his board and allowed the wave to carry him, at thrilling, breakneck speed, sending adrenaline rushing through his veins.
When the wave hit the shore, the fourth wise man died, an elated smile on his face.
Yahoo Mail is Censoring Emails About #OccupyWallStreet (UPDATE: Yahoo responds)
Any time you try to send an email from Yahoo Mail with the text string “occupywallst.org” in it, it will be blocked from being sent due to “suspicious activity”.
What.
I first heard about this from this post, and as you can see in the video, I can confirm that it is, indeed, happening. David, our Chief Operating Plankhead, also confirms that this is happening from his Yahoo account.
UPDATE: Another good example courtesy of slybster. This one’s a bit clearer:
UPDATE 9/20 2:56 PM EST: @Yahoo tweeted:
I figured it would end up being explained as a bug. But that’s a really weird bug. I think we need more of an explanation, Yahoo.