No shit! 14 Dec 2008 Here’s an article, by MSN no less, that explains the problems with broad filtering. A fellow named Herman Libshitz can’t get an email account from Verizon because his name contains “shit”. Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. God only knows what the residents of Testiclebreastpenisvaginaville can do… Censorship Humor Internet filtering Politics Technology
Humor Oops! 14 Dec 200818 Sep 2017 I think maybe they’ve taken filtering a bit too far this time… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Roundup – not just for weeds! 13 Sep 2008 Here is a roundup of links and stuff that I don’t have time to blog on right now. A. C. Grayling replies in a piece of beautiful snark to Steve Fuller’s response to his review of Dissent over Descent. Thony is not permitted to point out any further historical inaccuracies…… Read More
Evolution A final note on Expelled 24 Mar 2008 This is a nice review in New Scientist, obviously “framed” more in sorrow and confusion than in anger, which ends with Throughout the entire experience, Maggie and I couldn’t help feeling that the polarised audience in the theater was a sort of microcosm of America, and let me tell you… Read More
‘Tisn’t the first time something like that has happened (and gotten media attention), and I doubt it’ll be the last. Google `babpenis’ and laugh/cry/whatever.
‘Tisn’t the first time something like that has happened (and gotten media attention), and I doubt it’ll be the last. Google `babpenis’ and laugh/cry/whatever.
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. But that’s the least of their problems, living in Scunthorpe is bad enough. It’s such an awful place, even the football team moved out. Guess where I grew up. 🙂
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. But that’s the least of their problems, living in Scunthorpe is bad enough. It’s such an awful place, even the football team moved out. Guess where I grew up. 🙂
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. But that’s the least of their problems, living in Scunthorpe is bad enough. It’s such an awful place, even the football team moved out. Guess where I grew up. 🙂
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. But that’s the least of their problems, living in Scunthorpe is bad enough. It’s such an awful place, even the football team moved out. Guess where I grew up. 🙂
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. But that’s the least of their problems, living in Scunthorpe is bad enough. It’s such an awful place, even the football team moved out. Guess where I grew up. 🙂
In the meantime, the filtering programme at my university is still blocking Julia Anderson’s gardening blog We’re Going to Need a Bigger Pot because it has decided for some unknown reason that it’s a porn site. Julia and I were trying to work this one out – the only thing I can think of is that may be the offending word is “bigger”…
I bet it would have accepted Peter North. Try “Dick Cummings” or hell, how about “Richard Head”? Hahaha. Too funny! What about all those people who live in Black Butte, Montana?
I bet it would have accepted Peter North. Try “Dick Cummings” or hell, how about “Richard Head”? Hahaha. Too funny! What about all those people who live in Black Butte, Montana?
I bet it would have accepted Peter North. Try “Dick Cummings” or hell, how about “Richard Head”? Hahaha. Too funny! What about all those people who live in Black Butte, Montana?
I bet it would have accepted Peter North. Try “Dick Cummings” or hell, how about “Richard Head”? Hahaha. Too funny! What about all those people who live in Black Butte, Montana?
Guess where I grew up. 🙂 If you’re a Scuny lad Bob you should definitely read Mike Pearson’s In come I, which amongst other things is about the natural history of and growing up in North Lincolnshire. It’s a wonderful book that I highly recommend.
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. I hesitate to think what the residents of Fucking, Austria will make of this.
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. I hesitate to think what the residents of Fucking, Austria will make of this.
Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. I hesitate to think what the residents of Fucking, Austria will make of this.
@#5: Yep, that’s the one I was thinking of. (Holy crap, 2000? I’m too young to be remembering things from that long ago.)
God only knows what the residents of Testiclebreastpenisvaginaville can do… Scowl at the unsophisticated ruffians in Balltitschlongtwatburgh?
God only knows what the residents of Testiclebreastpenisvaginaville can do… Scowl at the unsophisticated ruffians in Balltitschlongtwatburgh?
God only knows what the residents of Testiclebreastpenisvaginaville can do… Scowl at the unsophisticated ruffians in Balltitschlongtwatburgh?
Well, Mr. #3, a link at the link (BlackPlanet.com) that would not let Ms. Babcock register her filthy name, has among other things on its front page: “Daddy’s little girls” (not necessarily a reference to one’s father’s cute little kids), members with names that include “pimp”, and a link to “The Best Video Game Sex Scenes of 2008”. Clearly a very, very high class hangout.
#11: That can only mean one thing – overeager censorware is a first step in the slide into debauchery! Let that be a lesson to overeager internet filterers everywhere! (Well, either that or the domain got taken over by somebody with lower standards at some point in the past eight years…)
#11: That can only mean one thing – overeager censorware is a first step in the slide into debauchery! Let that be a lesson to overeager internet filterers everywhere! (Well, either that or the domain got taken over by somebody with lower standards at some point in the past eight years…)
#11: That can only mean one thing – overeager censorware is a first step in the slide into debauchery! Let that be a lesson to overeager internet filterers everywhere! (Well, either that or the domain got taken over by somebody with lower standards at some point in the past eight years…)
Having no expertise in codewriting, I am at a loss to understand why this problem exists. Why can’t they just ban the undesired letter sequences only where they appear as stand-alone words — i.e., following and followed by spaces or other non-alphabetic characters? Of course, that would still be a problem for people whose last is name is Fuck….