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Poor Spelling Beats Google's China Filter

antifoidulus writes "CNN's money section contains a blurb(among other blurbs) about how poor spelling can beat Google's Chinese filter. The example given in the article is that a search for "Tiananmen" will yield peaceful pictures of the square, but a search for common mis-spellings such as "Tienanmen" will yield plenty of photos of tanks."

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  1. Re:That's unpossible! by xerid · · Score: 0, Troll

    have you paid any attention to the last two US presidential elections?

  2. Re:Spelling Nazi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your suggestion would make him look like a negro and not just a poor speller.