Chinese Censors Accidentally Block Shanghai Index

New submitter Vulcan195 writes "Now this is amusing in so many ways ... Today (June 4, 1989 ... i.e. 6/4/89) is the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Naturally, the Chinese Censors were working overtime to block anything that made remote or oblique references to that event. Well, sometime during the day the Shanghai Composite Index dropped by 64.89 points; You can guess what happened next."

at least it wasn't a search-and-replace

[Trepidity]

Much like the fate that befell Olympic runner Tyson Homosexual, the Shanghai Stock Exchange could've found itself falling Harmonious Society points today.

Today?

[kwiqsilver]

I thought today was June 4, 2012. If it's 1989 still, I should probably get out of this office and head to high school.

Simple answer

[arcite]

The reverse engineers copied the errors. ;)

Re:at least it wasn't a search-and-replace

[identity0]

At least he wasn't made to be Nookd for a bonfire.

Counterespionage

[Sloppy]

Does 6489 this 6489 mean 6489 I have 6489 discovered 6489 a way to 6489 keep my 6489 industrial 6489 data 6489 from being 6489 stolen 6489 by Chinese 6489 spies?

Re:Not like the USA

[Capsaicin]

...so says "X0563511", "email not shown publicly", with a broken website.

That's funny. The website was working fine before he made that post.

Re:Not like the USA

[exa]

Well, if the Nazis had won, the world would still have a fascist global superpower, but one with much sharper uniforms.

Re:Not like the USA

[DriedClexler]

What are you talking about? It's perfectly legal in China to announce "Fuck the US, and fuck the US government."