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kelx
08-09-2003, 04:21 PM
Am i the only one who is bothered by the fact that the shout box is censored??

Do you feel we have the right to swear when logged in?

Do you prefer the tone to be polite and civil??

Only one way to find out..................
SP
08-09-2003, 04:55 PM
Fine for members, but what about kids looking at the site?!

We can swear here though!

Ezy

SP :mrgreen:
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 01:32 AM
Fine for members, but what about kids looking at the site?!

We can swear here though!

Ezy

SP :mrgreen:

Like the forums, the shout box is only readable once logged in.
SP
10-09-2003, 10:31 AM
Yeah, your right actually!

In that case, I don't know why they bothered censoring it!

Ahh, who give a fuck!! :mrgreen:
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 10:48 AM
Why does nobody understand that its almost gaurenteed that they didnt bother to censor it (and not the forums), it just happened, as a random undesired result of such a complex system as a nuke portal?
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 10:52 AM
Oh, and what experiment causes those side effects? sounds fun :).
SP
10-09-2003, 11:02 AM
Kelx,

Albert discovered ACID!!

Here's the full extract (couldn't fit it all in my signature!):

I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colors became more glowing. Even self-perception and the sense of time were changed. When the eyes were closed, colored pictures flashed past in a quickly changing kaleidoscope. After a few hours, the not unpleasant inebriation, which had been experienced whilst I was fully conscious, disappeared. What had caused this condition?
- - Albert Hofmann
- - Laboratory Notes (1943)

SP :mrgreen:
SP
10-09-2003, 11:03 AM
Tyrant,

Sorry, brain not working ... hangover!

Didn't mean to mix up names!

SP
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 11:20 AM
Ah I see :)
Blink
10-09-2003, 11:49 AM
Why does nobody understand that its almost gaurenteed that they didnt bother to censor it (and not the forums), it just happened, as a random undesired result of such a complex system as a nuke portal?

I think you are confusing lack of interest with lack of understanding.

And why was it undesired, is your vocabulary so limited that you cannot function without resorting to the vulgar and the vernacular?

:wink:
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 01:06 PM
I'll admit interest is minimal, even mine, Im just trying to explain to the few who do seem to care, but dont seem to understand / read / believe me.

I have no interest in being able to swear in either the forums or shout box, but the "undesirable" was because I somehow doubt that the slimes webmaster desired, and sat down deliberatly to create, a situation where one box is censored and the other isnt, which is, sadly, what people imagine was the intention, and are rightly puzzled over it.

Webmasters are not all gods, especially when dealing with box-of-presets type software, its often more dificult to get a box-of-presets type system to perform as you want, than writing the whole thing from scratch. Not that Im putting down the slimes webmaster, the site is rather impressive considering its a nuke portal, but it could still benifit from a completely new custom writen solution :). Not goina happen obviously, but it would fix many tiny errors like the censorship, various font iregularities, the differing smilies on the forums and shout box (which incidentally are all hideously ugly), etc.
Blink
10-09-2003, 01:55 PM
Must confess, I do find the smilies on here a bit disappointing.

*shrugs* what ya gonna do?
kelx
10-09-2003, 03:21 PM
And why was it undesired, is your vocabulary so limited that you cannot function without resorting to the vulgar and the vernacular?

:wink:

Blink,

I like to be able to choose. that's all.

I think personal choice of words is a basic right not a priviledge. :)
Vampira
10-09-2003, 03:27 PM
Kelx wrote -

I think personal choice of words is a basic right not a priviledge.

Out of interest Kelx, do you believe in self-censorship? i.e. do you censor yourself in certain circumstances, or do you just always use the words you want?
7thStranger
10-09-2003, 03:37 PM
'Censorship' is the dirtiest word i know... amongst one or two others... LOL
Vampira
10-09-2003, 03:41 PM
7thStranger -

'Censorship' is the dirtiest word i know...

You've been sleeping with the wrong people :wink: :twisted:
7thStranger
10-09-2003, 03:47 PM
7thStranger -

'Censorship' is the dirtiest word i know...

You've been sleeping with the wrong people :wink: :twisted:

ROFL

I did'nt tell you the other words :wink:
Vampira
10-09-2003, 03:48 PM
Not tempted to list them and see how many are censored? :lol:
7thStranger
10-09-2003, 03:57 PM
OK.. but you should brace yourself

$Ł&*#
@%"!*
&*$%

i hope those don't offend anyone... i apologise in advance
7thStranger
10-09-2003, 03:58 PM
FUCK

i've been censored 8O
Blink
10-09-2003, 05:08 PM
[quote=Blink]
I think personal choice of words is a basic right not a priviledge. :)
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True, and no-one is denying you your right to chose whatever words you like, they are merely (selectively) protecting my right not to have to read words which are, in the general populous, considered inappropriate.

:wink:
Rivetmike
10-09-2003, 05:47 PM
But is that applicable here on this site Blink where the general populous of this site may be a little more open minded with regard to colourful language?

Rivetmike
Blink
10-09-2003, 06:01 PM
But is that applicable here on this site Blink where the general populous of this site may be a little more open minded with regard to colourful language?


I was

a) (suprise suprise) being slightly sarcastic
b) Addressing a larger issue of the fact that although someone may have the right to do something, they do not, necessarily, have the right to force other people to experience the consequences of those actions. (The best example of this, I think, is smoking, I have no issue with people smoking, but surely my right not to inhale dangerous fumes is more important than someone's right to smoke....I would never support an all-out ban on smoking, merely that people should have to "opt in" to a smokey environment, as opposed to "opt out")
c) It would be fine if there was a warning when you joined the site
d) I really actually don't give that much of a fuck about this pissing stupid wanky-bollox of an issue, and I am just too far up my own arse, and am a complete prick who justy likes annoying the fuck out of the other tossers on this board :wink:
Vampira
10-09-2003, 06:03 PM
nicely put, I must say. I especially like point (d) :twisted: :wink:
Rivetmike
10-09-2003, 06:49 PM
But is that applicable here on this site Blink where the general populous of this site may be a little more open minded with regard to colourful language?


d) I really actually don't give that much of a fuck about this pissing stupid wanky-bollox of an issue, and I am just too far up my own arse, and am a complete prick who justy likes annoying the fuck out of the other tossers on this board :wink:

Same here I just like to argue :) mass-debates were always my favourite at school ;)

Rivetmike
Blink
10-09-2003, 08:10 PM
Same here I just like to argue :) mass-debates were always my favourite at school ;)

Rivetmike

Whereas I am just a contrary bastard
Skylizard
10-09-2003, 08:40 PM
Same here I just like to argue :) mass-debates were always my favourite at school ;)

Rivetmike

Whereas I am just a contrary bastard

And i'm just a sarcastic fuck...
Blink
10-09-2003, 10:32 PM
And i'm just a sarcastic fuck...

Good job I don't want to fuck you then really, isn't it?
Tyrant
10-09-2003, 10:47 PM
And i'm just a sarcastic fuck...

Good job I don't want to fuck you then really, isn't it?

Nicely put

"Be strong and do as you will. The swords of others will set you your limits"
Skylizard
11-09-2003, 02:16 PM
And i'm just a sarcastic fuck...

Good job I don't want to fuck you then really, isn't it?

You just pissed at me that i said no to you.... :lol: