• Tom Scott's 'Why Web Filters Don't Work'
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[video=youtube;CcZdwX4noCE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcZdwX4noCE[/video]
[QUOTE=Qbe-tex;50465404]That's an unfortunate thumbnail.[/QUOTE] Absolutely intentional.
Nintendo products have this problem, they use a word filter so I have to use the name "whom0bile" because it picks up the word "homo".
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50469323]Nintendo products have this problem, they use a word filter so I have to use the name "whom0bile" because it picks up the word "homo".[/QUOTE] better than being one of those people that replace o's with 0's because they think it's cool or something.
what's wrong with scunthorpe
[QUOTE=artDecor;50469409]what's wrong with scunthorpe[/QUOTE] s(cunt)horpe
Web filters are full of more holes than swiss cheese, we had video game design as part of my IT course at college and while it could block the obvious such as a search for Bioshock it wouldn't block out results for any of the characters or even certain game elements provided the article lacked the hints that it was a mechanic. I'd argue we lost a lot of time overall because of these filters and the only let up we got was when they mysteriously vanished for a few hours before Fallout 4's reveal (Then they went back up quickly) and hell at the end of the day this filter was so woefully inconsistent it still allowed us to download a third party OSRS client so we could piss about in class anyway.
[QUOTE=artDecor;50469409]what's wrong with scunthorpe[/QUOTE] what isn't wrong with it? Its Scunthorpe ffs
These town names make me snigger
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50469323]Nintendo products have this problem, they use a word filter so I have to use the name "whom0bile" because it picks up the word "homo".[/QUOTE] Nintendo taught me that you can't spell "basement" without "semen."
[QUOTE=Stinky;50471507]Nintendo taught me that you can't spell "basement" without "semen."[/QUOTE] Wow, this shit is more intricate than you'd think: [URL]https://dpadblog.com/2014/03/29/censored-names-in-pokemon-x-and-y/[/URL]
people who think web filters work make me snigger [editline]7th June 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Lolkork;50471536]The name filter in dark souls 2/3 is even worse. If you name your character "Chosen Undead" (The protagonist in the original dark souls), it will censor "ho" and "ead" (Acronym for "eat a dick").[/QUOTE] it's funny too because if you use caps you can get around it "NiGgEr FuCkEr420"
I hate word filters, I tend to get around the one for Squad Names in Verdun by using the British Phonetic Alphabet to make words, So things like Charlie Uncle Nut Tommy [editline]7th June 2016[/editline] Also like you can't use Nigerian or Nigeria, so I can't ever have a squad named "Nigerian Princes" :(
[QUOTE=Lolkork;50471536]The name filter in dark souls 2/3 is even worse. If you name your character "Chosen Undead" (The protagonist in the original dark souls), it will censor "ho" and "ead" (Acronym for "eat a dick").[/QUOTE] Or if you name yourself "Knight <whatever>", it'll be "K***ht <whatever>" Seriously the most aggressive filter in a game I've seen.
In Blacklight you can't say happened without the middle of it being censored.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;50471313]These town names make me snigger[/QUOTE] sure could use a lemonparty
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