Even the phrase of the spam filter catcher is politically suspect: "'screws' was blocked by the net-nanny." Sounds a bit hypocritical to me. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:15 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bad filters run amok (was: success!) This is ridiculous. Context must be taken into account. And if the software isn't up to the task, dump the software. Oops, can I write "dump"? Our ATM hardware is under siege. A bolt is NOT a screw. What about nuts? Shafts? Studs? Rods? Bruce likes to use pipe fittings on his MOUNTS but he'd better not use nipples. "Unaided singularity" instead of naked singularity, when referring to certain black holes? Stupidity. Oh gosh, I suppose "black hole" is verbotten too. The people writing filering software have got to get better at it. It's just not working as it is. If it gets too restrictive then the hell with lists. I can't stand it!!! Argh!!! --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

The C14 group I'm on is having trouble with the spam filter. I just received a message from a subscriber there saying a recent post containing the word "screws" was blocked by the net-nanny.

ATMs should keep that in mind. Perchance the word "bolts" should be substituted.

And remember it's "unaided eye" not "naked eye". And as Jack Horkeimer found, better not call yourself a "Star Hustler".

Well, with that I'm going to grab my "keys" which I "drug" across the tabletop.

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