#blocking

While there have been terrific advances in the state of technology around heuristics, behavior blocking, and things like that, technology is only a part of the approach to solving the problem with the more important aspect involving putting the right process in place. ↗

— John W. Thompson

#approach #around #aspect #been #behavior

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#bank #because #block #blocking #closing

Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#any #blocking #conflict #continent #could

I think at some point during the course of the game, I will have an impact - whether it's blocking or whether it's catching the football. ↗

— Terrell Owens

#catching #course #during #football #game

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun. ↗

— Stephen Spender

#church #religion #stands #sun

I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims. ↗

— Robert Iler

#avenue #being #being there #blocking #escape

If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#actually #blocking #capture #city #defenders

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#begins #blocking #ends #his #man

We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#blocking #gulf #gulf war #humanitarian #iraqis

I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#business #came #casino #exit #fire