Well if you go to http://world.altavista.com/ and stick a url into the translate a web page it will take you there. Will that get you around websense? No idea. But the more important question might be why are you trying to get around websense? I would suspect that the teachers have a way around it and would approve of legitamite research and assist you. Course, I've dealt with enough foolishness at school that I could understand them not being helpful too.

Doubtful. Not only do they block web sites, they also block web content. And going to someplace like google might help as long as the cached pages do not contain any of the key words that are blocked. Best thing to do is to surff at home.

I installed one of these (it was Bess) at a local School Division. There filters are not too smart, but very thorough. So that they students could not browse to a neighboring school district, Middlesex. The administrators can unblock sites and or even users. But I suspect you are going to need a hell of a lot of justification as it is not a technical thing, it is very political.

I would caution you against trying to find a way around the software set up on the schools computers. Very often the software is set up for very good reasons, as you state (viruses, spyware, etc). Also, the software is very often set up to enforce the terms of use standards set up by the school. So going around the software could violate the terms of use and get you into trouble. Using one of the proxy sites may set off a warning in the computer office and then they could monitor what you're watching. If it is something they don't want on their systems it could get you into trouble.

As for what is right and wrong when it comes to off limits topics, well that's a completely different debate, but the school probably doesn't want to be seen as allowing access to or promoting sites that are dedicated to extremist groups, among other things.

Unfortunately, this does affect research. I would say that your best two courses of action are -

1. Find an alternate place to surf. Internet cafe. Public library. Home. You might be able to find what you need there.

2. Request permission through the schools computer office to have a site removed from the blacklist either temporarily or permanently. You're more likely to get a temp removal than a permanent one. Then you'd be able to check out the site, get what info you need, print it out and do your work. They probably have a system set up for this already, but if they don't, it should be easy to do. You'll probably need to provide some justification and maybe even get backed up by your instructor. And then they could set up a session for you to take care of your business and then put the site back on their blacklist. Everybody wins.

Either way, you're not putting yourself in a position to break rules that may exist and get yourself into trouble for trying to do legitimate work.

Either way, you're not putting yourself in a position to break rules that may exist and get yourself into trouble for trying to do legitimate work.

yeah...but where's the fun in that?  

reason i am trtying to get around the websense is because i want to play games in my free time and i cant because of this.... lol thanks for the suggestion danny... will try it at school tomorrow

Games at school, careful with that, good way to get in trouble. Or hired to run the schools network, which is just another sort of trouble...

Most public libraries allow unfiltered access. Have you tried one of them?

(This coming from a guy who thinks kids shouldn't be allowed on the Internet and that libraries shouldn't allow them unfiltered access? What am I doing?!)

the thing is, as a senior... there is nothing to do at school but i have to wait out my 6 hours of school so i figure hey! wth, i might as well have some fun

good way to get in trouble. Or hired to run the schools network, which is just another sort of trouble...

yikes!  it's way more dangerous than id realized

(This coming from a guy who thinks kids shouldn't be allowed on the Internet and that libraries shouldn't allow them unfiltered access? What am I doing?!)

shhhh just cash the check youre being sent from the eroding 8 millenia of civilization foundation when it arrives.  your efforts on our behalf are appreciated. 

yup... finally got to install UT2004 demo on the computers so school isnt as boring as they say nowadays gonna get even more exciting when the administration figures this out

here's an idea... do that crap at home... try doing school work at school...

the thing is, as a senior... there is nothing to do at school but i have to wait out my 6 hours of school so i figure hey! wth, i might as well have some fun

you don't have a Ti-83?