"The New Zealand town of Whakatane has found itself censored in cyberspace because the pronunciation of the word is close to the offensive F-word.The censorship was uncovered when a visitor to the tourist town on the east coast of the North Island tried to connect to the local council's wireless service called Freenet.His Internet searches for "Whakatane" were rejected, with the Freenet website offering the explanation that: "The content is filtered so this service is for legitimate use."Whakatane District Council spokesman Barney Dzowa said the problem lay with the pronunciation of the town's name where the "wh" takes an "f" sound."The content filter is an American-based product, and it does a phonetic analysis of what has been typed in," he said."Whakatane, to the system, sounds like an F-word.""http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/od_afp/nzealandnameoffbeat_080801161645
"The New Zealand town of Whakatane has found itself censored in cyberspace because the pronunciation of the word is close to the offensive F-word.
The censorship was uncovered when a visitor to the tourist town on the east coast of the North Island tried to connect to the local council's wireless service called Freenet.
His Internet searches for "Whakatane" were rejected, with the Freenet website offering the explanation that: "The content is filtered so this service is for legitimate use."
Whakatane District Council spokesman Barney Dzowa said the problem lay with the pronunciation of the town's name where the "wh" takes an "f" sound.
"The content filter is an American-based product, and it does a phonetic analysis of what has been typed in," he said.
"Whakatane, to the system, sounds like an F-word.""
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/od_afp/nzealandnameoffbeat_080801161645
>>7776Just wait until governments decide to ensure that all ISPs make sure their service is for legitimate use only.
>>7776 How the hell does a computer do a phonetic analysis? And who the hell spells ANYTHING "Fuckatane?"
I am so confused. What >>7779 said! Even if the name of the town was Whuck or Guckyou. Certainly if it was Phuck or Fack or Fook. But Whakatane? Sounds like somebody wrote a glitchy filter.
There's no such thing as a non-glitchy filter. They're modern-day snake oil bought only by moronic governments trying to keep employees/hobos/students away from porn and by Jesus freaks because they're...well, Jesus freaks.
>>7782Can't we get a filter to keep Jesus-freaks away from employees/hobos/students instead?
>>7779Soundex matching. Oldest trick in the book. Also really really primitive especially for content filtering.
in school i used to search for "ponography" because porn was filtered
>>7789I used to just look over a dopey teachers shoulder, nick the password, and use an admin account for anything I didn't want filtered. Proxied so the idiots wouldn't get fired for surfing crap or otherwise draw attention to my illicit use.
>>7789
I used to just look over a dopey teachers shoulder, nick the password, and use an admin account for anything I didn't want filtered. Proxied so the idiots wouldn't get fired for surfing crap or otherwise draw attention to my illicit use.
>>7780 Just like those who spell it 'WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!', but pronounce it 'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!', amirite?
>>7780
Just like those who spell it 'WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!', but pronounce it 'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!', amirite?
>>7779 >>7780 What about a certain city in Thailand? If people want to search for travel information to there, they'll be Phuket....I'll get my sarong.
>>7779 >>7780
What about a certain city in Thailand? If people want to search for travel information to there, they'll be Phuket.
...I'll get my sarong.
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