From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Mar 16 2003 - 13:18:42 MST
This CNN article describes the handwringing by parents
who have discovered that the porn filters they have on
their kid's internet connections can be easily defeated:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/14/downloading.porn/index.html
This gave me an idea for a fun and educational little
game we could play. Divide a group of extropian
contestants into two teams, the Ps and the Ks. The
Ks write up an essay describing their first sexual
experience, or if they haven't had one yet, a
fictional idealized sexual experience. The Ps write
up a list of words or phrases that will filter out
the Ks essays, these being "porn".
Mix the Ks essays with a number of texts that have no
specifically sexual subject matter, such as news
articles, extropian messages in the archives or
essays on medical topics from the internet.
Winner of the P team is the one who writes the filter
which most effectively identifies the Ks porn while
filtering the fewest non-porn articles. The winning
K is the one who writes the most provocative "porn"
that makes it thru the most filters.
Actually anyone could compete on both teams, writing
an essay and a filter. This sounds like a fun little
exercise in creative writing, as well as surely
producing some hilarious material.
Who wants to play?
spike
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