June 19, 2002, 13:07
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Censor Question
There was a question about a crackdown on people getting around the auto-censor in the OT today. Now I forget which thread it was and who was asking. I was going to ask as well because I hadn't seen this done in a long time, if ever, and I have used the ! for a letter from time to time in the past. The response was the usual "operators of the site want this" and I have no problem with that.
Now this brings me to the real question. I was looking at the "quotes while you wait" and noticed language I can't reproduce here without being given a warning. Now I assume the operators of the site wanted that "quotes while you wait" feature, so why the policy of sanctioned swearing, and censoring swearing?
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June 19, 2002, 13:10
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Are you alleging hypocrisy? Because from what I understand, the site owners use a third-party database for the quotes.
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June 19, 2002, 14:32
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GV...
I usually make mention of it whenever I see it. Sometimes via PM, or sometimes directly in the thread.
My standard response is to "respect the wishes of the owners of this site"
However, I can't and don't read every post...
And Anunikoba's answer is correct.
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June 19, 2002, 14:40
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Third party database, eh.
Well I just find it odd that they go to the trouble of the auto-censor, getting Ming to warn people, etc. Then don't seem to care about other content.
I am not really complaining, I just found it odd, and I am a bit bored 
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June 19, 2002, 19:25
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we use the standard, classic, installed in thousands of system, fortune cookie unix program that has a big database. i hope you didnt expect us to search 60,000 lines for something offensive. it WOULD help us though if you mentioned which quote you found offensive
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June 19, 2002, 19:37
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To a Californian, the basic difference between the people and the pigeons
in New York is that the pigeons don't **** on each other.
-- From "East vs. West: The War Between the Coasts
Does this help, Markos?
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June 19, 2002, 19:38
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Of course, it was censored when I type it!
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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he's fuzzy, let's get out of here."
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June 20, 2002, 05:37
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Tuberski, was **** in the above quote supposed to be ****, ****, ****, or ****?
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June 20, 2002, 09:43
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The third one, **** of course.
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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June 20, 2002, 10:09
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Oh, well then, that one is offensive.
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June 20, 2002, 11:03
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I didn't find it offensive. I found it logically inconsistant
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June 20, 2002, 13:14
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double psot
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June 20, 2002, 13:15
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what ever **** is supposed to be, I guess the only ones with a reason to be offended by that are New Yorkers
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June 20, 2002, 18:20
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Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Tuberski, was **** in the above quote supposed to be ****, ****, ****, or ****?
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If you can't figure it out, I ain't tellin'.
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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he's fuzzy, let's get out of here."
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June 20, 2002, 20:05
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i don't believe it was ****
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June 20, 2002, 20:05
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and just after posting... i get something about all the Chinese people jumping into the ocean?!?!
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June 21, 2002, 09:53
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<pre> /\(3)
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| t dt cos(3 * PI / 9) = ln (e )
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\/ 1
The integral of t squared, dt
From 1 to the cube root of 3
Times the cosine
Of 3 PI over nine
Is the log of the cube root of e</pre>
A totally non-random fortune from the "offensive quotes" section of the fortune database brought to you by LightEning...
.... and another quote which is a nice statement about the database in general...
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Since this database is not used for profit, and since entire works are not
published, it falls under fair use, as we understand it. However, if any
half-assed idiot decides to make a profit off of this, they will need to
double check it all...
-- Notes included with the default fortunes database
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June 21, 2002, 11:58
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Originally posted by LightEning
<pre> /\(3)
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| t dt cos(3 * PI / 9) = ln (e )
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The integral of t squared, dt
From 1 to the cube root of 3
Times the cosine
Of 3 PI over nine
Is the log of the cube root of e</pre>
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well obviously!
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