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A Linux-Based "Breath Test" For Porn On PCs
Gwaihir the Windlord writes "A university in Western Australia has started beta testing a tool that's described as 'a random breath test' to scan computers for illicit images. According to this article it's a clean bootable Linux environment. Since it doesn't write to the hard drive, the evidence is acceptable in court, at least in Australia. They're also working on versions to search for financial documents in fraud squad cases, or to search for terrorist keywords. Other than skimming off the dumb ones, does anyone really expect this to make a difference?" The article offers no details on what means the software uses to identify suspicious files.
It looks for files like "guyongirlonsheep37.jpg"
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Quick! Whats the RGB color value for "pink" ?
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
Now everybody in Australia is guilty until proven innocent!
I thought that was the founding principle of Australia :)
For kiddie porn you want to scan for small swaths.
<cheesysoundtrack>
*WEEW*
"License and registration please...are you drunk ma'm?"
"No Ociffer, I swear to Drunk I'm not god"
"Step out of the car please. I'm giving you a breathalyzer test. I need you to blow on this"
"Wait...wut...come on I just want to go home"
"Well if you don't want to do the breathalyzer I can give you a balance and mental aptitude test..."
"Come on just cut me a break, I live just down the road, outside of these dark woods on this lonely country road"
"Well OK, but if you want me to skip the breathalyzer, I need you to blow on _this_"
</horribleacting>
</cheesysoundtrack>
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Remember, we were selected by the best judges in England...
The difference between the USA and Australia - first, England rounded up all of it's religious fanatics, and sent them to the American colonies, then they rounded up all of these criminals, and send those to the Australian colonies....
What the parent poster is trying to illustrate is that when a particular type of humor that roughly fits the phenotype of a reductio ad absurdum, or farce, in modern parlance, and, further, is based upon the implication of knowledge, which creates the perception of an 'inside joke', magnifying said statement's entertainment potential, has the piece of knowledge, previously conveyed via implicit communication, explained explicitly the statement so doing actually assumes the full weight of the previously mentioned 'absurdum', leaving only a fact and a non sequitur.
:)
In other words, it's not funny when you explain it, but thanks!
(Notes to subsequent posters: a formulaic representation where the function of the humorous statement is subsequently undermined by the explanation and proved untrue (or similar), while funny, would have taken a bit more time than today's actual work-a-day requirements would allow. I would however be pleased to enjoy another's attempts to compile such an argument.)
Disclaimer: This message is intended as humor and not flamebait, contrary to the anonymity assumed during the posting of said message. Furthermore, contrary to what is stated above, this post is the opinion and property of Slashdot. (Just kidding on that last part.)
-HH
#include
#include
int main()
{
printf("Searching for stuff the user isn't supposed to have...\n");
sleep(30);
printf("Illegal material found! Seize computer and arrest owner!\n");
return 0;
}
on a flight from DFW to LAX, I was recently asked by the American in the seat next to me 'where New Zealand got it's heritage - because, you know, Australia was a criminal colony'.... my answer: oh, dont mess with New Zealand...
Australia rounded up its worst criminals and sent them there...
So the Australians won the coin toss and got to pick?
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
The mentally deficient, ruthless, and inbred of course remained safely at home (and in noble circles, more often than not).
Well technically, I think we've all been IN one at least once in our lives, females included. However I suspect that's not the point you were going for.
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The difference between the USA and Australia - first, England rounded up all of it's religious fanatics, and sent them to the American colonies, then they rounded up all of these criminals, and send those to the Australian colonies....
In those grand traditions I propose the following test...
Turn the laptop on, tie a large weight to it. If it floats, it's a witch! Burn it! If it sinks it's innocent. Pity it didn't survive.
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Your post contains invalid markup: you can't interleave tags like that.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
I was a C-Section baby, you insensitive clod!
3 words. British prison colony
The big question is -- can this program tell the difference between a porn photo and a photo of Fidel Castro eating a banana?
You just solved the CAPTCHA problem.
Remember, we were selected by the best judges in England...
The difference between the USA and Australia - first, England rounded up all of it's religious fanatics, and sent them to the American colonies, then they rounded up all of these criminals, and send those to the Australian colonies....
So where did they send the dentists?
<ducks>
...oh, and your mom.
(Sorry, had to)
3 words. British Penal Colony There, fixed that for you
Don't anthropomorphize computers. They *hate* that.
Now you will get a ton of Ubuntu backgrounds....