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    It just struck me that there are people out there who do this as part of their jobs. Heck, there might even be database compilers who specialise in obscenities. Now how would you describe that on your CV? Anyone else here use Eduora as a mail client? It has these little chille pepper ratings as to how abusive/naughty/obscene an email is, both for incoming and outgoing emails. Someone must be not only compiling the list to check against, but also rating it! I like Eudora, but it's quite amusing when you compile an email, try to send it and it warns you that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect. I think you can switch this "feature" off, but I quite like clicking on the "send anyway" button after the warning. It must be the rebel in me :~ Debbie

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    Does it tell you what words may cause offence? I remember a famous case (that may turn out to just be urban myth) about the employees of Scunthorpe City Council discovering that they were no longer able to send emails after a new profanity filtering system was installed -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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      Does it tell you what words may cause offence? I remember a famous case (that may turn out to just be urban myth) about the employees of Scunthorpe City Council discovering that they were no longer able to send emails after a new profanity filtering system was installed -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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      :-D Don't forget the Arsenal fans!


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        It just struck me that there are people out there who do this as part of their jobs. Heck, there might even be database compilers who specialise in obscenities. Now how would you describe that on your CV? Anyone else here use Eduora as a mail client? It has these little chille pepper ratings as to how abusive/naughty/obscene an email is, both for incoming and outgoing emails. Someone must be not only compiling the list to check against, but also rating it! I like Eudora, but it's quite amusing when you compile an email, try to send it and it warns you that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect. I think you can switch this "feature" off, but I quite like clicking on the "send anyway" button after the warning. It must be the rebel in me :~ Debbie

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        Debs wrote: that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and boring in their emails, ugh, liven it up! Sex sells people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them. :rolleyes: See, even this post needs toning up. Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking.

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        Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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          Debs wrote: that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and boring in their emails, ugh, liven it up! Sex sells people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them. :rolleyes: See, even this post needs toning up. Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking.

          Paul Watson
          Bluegrass
          Cape Town, South Africa

          Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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          Paul Watson wrote: Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking. :-D My sig's hardly get time to settle in anymore!


          Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking - Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts

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            Debs wrote: that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and boring in their emails, ugh, liven it up! Sex sells people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them. :rolleyes: See, even this post needs toning up. Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking.

            Paul Watson
            Bluegrass
            Cape Town, South Africa

            Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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            Paul Watson wrote: Frankly it should be the opposite Or at least the settings should be tunable - allow, disallow or require. Paul Watson wrote: even this post needs toning up Actually, it doesn't. It already contains too many "swear" words - spam, sex, swear, Hollywood, ball and sucking. And two exclamation marks too, for good measure. :rolleyes:
            Regards,

            Rohit Sinha

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              Paul Watson wrote: Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking. :-D My sig's hardly get time to settle in anymore!


              Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking - Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts

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              Megan Forbes wrote: My sig's hardly get time to settle in anymore :-D We try our best Meg. Megan Forbes wrote: on the merits LOL! The merits... hehe :rolleyes: Funny but apart from lunch time Half Life in "real life" I hardly ever swear and when it comes to sex I am never lewd or crude. Y'all bring oot the wurst in me!

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              Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                Debs wrote: that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and boring in their emails, ugh, liven it up! Sex sells people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them. :rolleyes: See, even this post needs toning up. Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking.

                Paul Watson
                Bluegrass
                Cape Town, South Africa

                Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                Paul Watson wrote: See, even this post needs toning up. Enter The Pornolizer![^] Paul Watson wrote: Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be titty fucked to get 3 chilli browns that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and assfucking in their aardvarks, ugh, liven it up! Sex cuntlicks people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them.

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                  Paul Watson wrote: Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking. :-D My sig's hardly get time to settle in anymore!


                  Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking - Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts

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                  Maybe it's time to make a random quote thingy for your sig. Does anyone keep a log of amusing CP quotes? I do on irc, as it's always amusing to pull up the bizzare people say when they're drunk (me, vindictive? Never!) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                    Paul Watson wrote: See, even this post needs toning up. Enter The Pornolizer![^] Paul Watson wrote: Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be titty fucked to get 3 chilli browns that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and assfucking in their aardvarks, ugh, liven it up! Sex cuntlicks people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them.

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                    The Man. The Legend. The Bored, Narcissistic, Whiteboard-marker Sniffing Programmer.

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                    Shog9 wrote: Enter The Pornolizer![^] :laugh: :laugh: :laugh::rolleyes::wtf::omg::-D:-O:eek::~ Hilarious. We should make an Internet Explorer plug-in version that just automatically converts all pages you load. Put that on some unsuspecting guys PC... :-D

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                    Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                      Maybe it's time to make a random quote thingy for your sig. Does anyone keep a log of amusing CP quotes? I do on irc, as it's always amusing to pull up the bizzare people say when they're drunk (me, vindictive? Never!) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                      benjymous wrote: Does anyone keep a log of amusing CP quotes? I toyed with the idea of a "sig graveyard" at one point, but never got around to doing anything about it. Perhaps now, with the personal message boards available, it is an idea whose time has come...

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                      The Man. The Legend. The Bored, Narcissistic, Whiteboard-marker Sniffing Programmer.

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                        Maybe it's time to make a random quote thingy for your sig. Does anyone keep a log of amusing CP quotes? I do on irc, as it's always amusing to pull up the bizzare people say when they're drunk (me, vindictive? Never!) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                        I think that's David does with his - pretty cool :)


                        Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking**-Paul Watson on the merits of swearing, sex and obscenities in CP posts** ...they assumed that reasonably intelligent adults would know enough to leave the building if it was burning. Those who did not were, presumably, expendable, and there was less paperwork involved than trying to fire them**-Roger Wright on fire drills at work**

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                          benjymous wrote: Does anyone keep a log of amusing CP quotes? I toyed with the idea of a "sig graveyard" at one point, but never got around to doing anything about it. Perhaps now, with the personal message boards available, it is an idea whose time has come...

                          Shog9

                          The Man. The Legend. The Bored, Narcissistic, Whiteboard-marker Sniffing Programmer.

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                          I guess we need a handy "save highlighted text in a logfile" macro / plugin for IE. I've got a simple popup in mIRC that brings up my quotes file, which means it only takes a fraction of a second to save something amusing -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                            Shog9 wrote: Enter The Pornolizer![^] :laugh: :laugh: :laugh::rolleyes::wtf::omg::-D:-O:eek::~ Hilarious. We should make an Internet Explorer plug-in version that just automatically converts all pages you load. Put that on some unsuspecting guys PC... :-D

                            Paul Watson
                            Bluegrass
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                            Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                            ROTFLMAO!!! I like the idea! Especially for managers... The only other thing we might need to complete the fun is a pig latin translator[^] plug-in for Word! Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
                            Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

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                              ROTFLMAO!!! I like the idea! Especially for managers... The only other thing we might need to complete the fun is a pig latin translator[^] plug-in for Word! Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
                              Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

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                              Roger Wright wrote: The only other thing we might need to complete the fun is a pig latin translator[^] plug-in for Word! LOL, combine Pig Latin Translator and Pronoliser and we will probably end up with American English... ;p

                              Paul Watson
                              Bluegrass
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                              Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                                Roger Wright wrote: The only other thing we might need to complete the fun is a pig latin translator[^] plug-in for Word! LOL, combine Pig Latin Translator and Pronoliser and we will probably end up with American English... ;p

                                Paul Watson
                                Bluegrass
                                Cape Town, South Africa

                                Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                                Close, but the plug-ins will probably spell better than most Americans. Nobody wants to read a diary by someone who has not seen the shadow of Bubba on the prison shower wall in front of them!
                                Paul Watson, on BLOGS and privacy - 1/16/2003

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                                  Debs wrote: that the content "might need toning down", or words to that effect Frankly it should be the opposite. I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. Everyone is so staid and boring in their emails, ugh, liven it up! Sex sells people! And swear words work, otherwise Hollywood would not still be using them. :rolleyes: See, even this post needs toning up. Throw in a bit of S&M or eye-ball sucking.

                                  Paul Watson
                                  Bluegrass
                                  Cape Town, South Africa

                                  Roger Wright wrote: Using a feather is kinky; using the whole chicken is perverted!

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                                  Paul Watson wrote: I would be thrilled to get 3 chilli emails that were not spam. What you want to do is head on down to yahoo and subscribe to a few groups. You'll get lots then! Given the abundance of very obscure special interest groups, you may even find one for eye-ball sucking afficianados. Hey, you may even find an S&M one for those with an eyeball sucking fetish! I'm not sure whether Eudora could rate the vagaries of those emails though. Debbie

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