Wednesday 25 May 2011

Alan Jones impressed by 'laser' speed breakthrough

Don't let this man near your computer


Alan Jones
Alan Jones says a breakthrough in "laser beam" technology proves the NBN is a rort.
  • 'Laser beams better than fibre-optics'
THE National Broadband Network has nothing on "laser beam" technology, says Australia's most popular talkback host Alan Jones. In a jumble-up worthy of The IT Crowd, Jones this morning used news of a breakthrough in fibre-optic speeds to trash the Government's plan to build a national fibre-optic network. "German scientists have broken a speed record, sending data contained on 700 DVDs over a single laser beam in one second," he said on his morning show. "Seven hundred DVDs. In one second. "The scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology said they've broken the world record by sending data at a speed of 26 terabits per second." Jones said the announcement was proof that the NBN would be outdated by the time it was built, without realising the network was based on exactly the same technology.

Gary McLaren, chief technology officer for NBN Co, said the German breakthrough showed the NBN was future-proof. "Tests such as this just go to show why a fibre-enabled National Broadband Network is the best infrastructure for Australia's future," he said. "As fibre-optic technology improves, so too will speeds and the amount of data that can be carried over the network we are building today."

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Tuesday 24 May 2011

Google Blacklist - Words That Google Instant Doesn't Like


I stumbled on this the other day and it made me think about how stupid and pointless and counterproductive censorship really is. Have a look at this list that I lifted outright from http://www.2600.com/googleblacklist/

Google Instant is the latest incarnation of the search engine that fills in potential responses as you type them into the Google search bar. Many people think this is great while others feel as if Google is reading their minds and are freaked out by it.
Like everything these days, great care must be taken to ensure that as few people as possible are offended by anything. Google Instant is no exception. Somewhere within Google there exists a master list of "bad words" and evil concepts that Google Instant is programmed to not act upon, lest someone see something offensive in the instant results... even if that's exactly what they typed into the search bar. I call it Google Blacklist.
Give it a try. Go to the Google home page. Type in "puppy" and see the many results that fill your screen. Now type "bitch" and admire the blank screen. In this case, the two words could mean the exact same thing. But Google Instant is erring on the side of caution, protecting the searcher from seeing something they may not want to see.
Obviously, all you have to do is hit return to get the results like you always could. However, even when your request isn't blacklisted, you're not getting the SAME results that you would get by hitting return. Entering "murder" into the search bar and hitting a space gets you suggestions of mostly band names. It's only after you hit return that you can learn the other sinister meaning of the word. What we have here is a demonstration of how content can be filtered, controlled, and ultimately suppressed. It is indeed a good thing that Google isn't evil.

If you find a Google Blacklist word or phrase that isn't included here, email us at blacklist@2600.com and we'll add it (no questions asked). We're getting a ton of submissions and we're adding new ones as often as we can. Keep them coming!
This page is NOT suitable for children, ministers, senators, or the mass media.
Google Blacklist Words
(the capital letter indicates where the blacklist kicks in
  • 2g1c (blacklists on the "1")
  • 4chan (blacklists if a "B" or "Y" is entered after a space)
  • a2m (blacklists after space)
  • acrotOmophilia (the things you can learn from this list!)
  • adUlt (seriously!)
  • amaTeur
  • anal (blacklists after a space)
  • anilinGus
  • anuS (there really seems to be more blacklisting in this part of the anatomy than anywhere else)
  • are (this is a VERY interesting one. if you stick "are" after the following words, the blacklist kicks in: Jews, Christians, Catholics born-again Christians, evangelical Christians, atheists, Muslims, blacks, whites, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Arabs, French, Buddhists. the blacklist does NOT kick in when these words are entered before "are": terrorists, scientologists, agnostics, seventh day adventists, Jehovah’s witnesses, Mormons, protestants, evangelists, Pentecost lists, Columbians, Panamanians, Iranians, Iraqis, Koreans, Persians, Turks.)
  • are idiotS (most any word before this phrase will generate a blacklist - this is really protecting us from ANY sort of negativity)
  • areole
  • aryaN (it's not JUST a racist movement, Google - go read Wikipedia)
  • asian baBe
  • ass (blacklists after a space - you will thus see nothing for "ass monkey")
  • assHole (OK to say on network TV but not here)
  • assmUnch (you can even say this one in church)
  • auto eRotic
  • autoerotiC
  • babeS in Toyland (thank you Google for sheltering us from the 1961 film classic)
  • babelAnd
  • baby battEr
  • ball GravY (who comes up with these?)
  • ball SaCk
  • ball gaG
  • ball kiCking (goodbye football)
  • ball liCking
  • ball sUcking
  • bangBros
  • barebAck
  • barely Legal
  • barenAked ladies (let this be a warning when picking offensive band names) bastardO (yet bastard is OK)
  • bastinAdo
  • bbW
  • bdsM
  • beaver clEaver
  • beaver lipS
  • bestiAlity
  • betty doDson
  • bi cUrious (not around Google)
  • bianca bEauchamp
  • big blAck (they weren't THAT bad a punk band)
  • big knOckers (knockers by itself is fine)
  • big tiTs
  • bimboS
  • birdlOck
  • biseXual (why this is offensive while heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, trisexual aren't is beyond us)
  • bitcH (there are probably more inoffensive uses of this word than any in this list)
  • black coCk (blacklisted, but "white cock" isn't and will get you a list of inoffensive suggestions)
  • blonde actIon
  • blonde on blonde aCtion
  • blow J
  • blow your L
  • blue wafFle [thanks Andrew]
  • blumPkin
  • bolloCks (never mind them - at least the Sex Pistols aren't blacklisted)
  • bondAge
  • boneR
  • booB
  • booty Call
  • brown showerS (apparently it's OK if you just try one)
  • brunette Action
  • bukKake (knowing words like this is how you win at Jeopardy)
  • bulldYke
  • bullet vIbe
  • bung hOle (but "bung hammer" is helpfully suggested before the blacklist kicks in)
  • bungHole (thank you Beavis & Butthead)
  • bustY
  • butt (blacklists after a space, so you won't see results for "butt exercises")
  • buttHole (we suspect the Butthole Surfers are fit to be tied over this)
  • buttcHeeks (yet buttcrack is allowed)
  • camel Toe
  • camgIrl
  • camslUt
  • camwHore
  • carol quEen (apparently being a sexologist is enough to get you on the blacklist)
  • carpet mUncher
  • carpetmUncher
  • chastity bElt
  • chocolate roseBuds (but vanilla rosebuds are fine)
  • chrissie wUnna
  • circleJerk
  • cleveland stEamer (but "cleveland steamers gets suggestions)
  • clit (blacklists after a space)
  • clitoriS (we're not sure why they waited until the last letter)
  • clover clampS
  • clusterFuck
  • cocainE (but "crack" and "heroin" are inoffensive)
  • cock (blacklists after a space, narrowly averting a "cockpit" blacklist)
  • cockS
  • consensual Intercourse
  • coprolaGnia (at last, people who inadvertently type this word into Google won't face any potentially offensive definitions)
  • coprophIlia (now there's a twenty dollar word)
  • cornhOle
  • courtney troUble
  • cream pIe
  • creamPie
  • crossDresser (but not transvestite) [thanks my weekend shoes]
  • cuckoLd (this one dates back to 1250, but it dies here)
  • cum (blacklists after a space)
  • cumming (blacklists after a space)
  • cunT
  • cunniLingus
  • darkiE
  • date rApe
  • daterApe
  • deep thRoat
  • deeptHroat
  • dick (blacklists after a space - yes, "Dick Armey" and "Tricky Dick Nixon" are blacklisted as is anything that follows "Philip K. Dick" like "stories")
  • dilDo
  • dirty pillowS
  • dirty sAnchez (someonme ought to tell Google that this is the name of a TV show on MTV)
  • dog stylE
  • doggie sTyle
  • doggiesTyle
  • doggy Style
  • doggyStyle
  • dolcett (blacklists after space)
  • dominatIon
  • dominatRix
  • dommeS
  • donkey pUnch
  • double donG
  • double pEnetration (hopefully a single penetration test will be enough)
  • dp acTion
  • ducky doOlittle (sexologist)
  • eat my Ass (most anything followed by "my ass" will result in a blacklist)
  • ecchI
  • ecstasY (one of the more ineffective blacklists as results for the drug are seen up until the last letter)
  • ejaCulation (but if you go on to type "ejaculate" suggestions will return at the E - go figure)
  • electrotorTure
  • eroTic
  • eroTism
  • escoRt (used to be such a nice safe word)
  • ethical sLut
  • euNuch (suggestions only)
  • fagGot (however, "fag" apparently is not an issue at all)
  • fantasieS (how sad for this word to be blacklisted)
  • fapsErver
  • fecaL (who types this without expecting fecal matter?)
  • felcH (misspelling of "feltch")
  • fellaTio
  • feltCh
  • femDom
  • female deSperation
  • female sQuirting
  • fetIsh
  • figginG
  • fingerIng (fingering someone for a crime is just not acceptable)
  • fistIng
  • foot fEtish
  • footjoB
  • freeonEs
  • frotTing
  • fuCk
  • fucK butTons (this is the name of a band - oddly enough, all sorts of results are displayed after the space and before the second "T")
  • fudge paCker
  • fudgePacker
  • futaNari (so the Japanese word for hermaphrodite is blacklisted even though that word itself isn't)
  • g-sPot
  • gang Bang
  • gay bOy
  • gay dog (blacklists after a space - oddly enough, "gay dogs" isn't blacklisted)
  • gay man (blacklists after a space)
  • gay men (blacklists after a space, saving "gay men's chorus")
  • gay sEx
  • genitalS
  • get my siSter (because that can only mean one thing - incidentally, "got my sister" works just fine)
  • giant cocK
  • ginger lYnne
  • girl oN
  • girl on tOp
  • girls goNe wild
  • goatcx
  • goatsE
  • gokKun
  • golden shoWer
  • goo gIrl
  • goodpoOp ("good poop" shows up fine though)
  • goodviBes (suggestions are given but no results)
  • google is Evil (technically, "*anything* is evil" is blocked, including "hitler is evil" which basically means the only suggestion you get after typing "hitler is" is "hitler is god")
  • goregaSm (this one really took some digging)
  • grinGo
  • grope (blacklists after a space and the letter a, b, c, e, j, n, o, p, r, s, t, v, or x
  • group sEx
  • gurO
  • hairY (when did THAT become a bad word?)
  • hand Job
  • handJob
  • happy slapping Video
  • hard coRe
  • hardCore
  • hate (blacklists after a space, bring political correctness to a new extreme)
  • hedoP (we're embarrassed to admit it, but we can't figure out the rest, and without Google to make suggestions, we're kinda stuck)
  • henTai
  • homoeRotic
  • honkeY
  • hookUp
  • hookeR (for some reason, "prostitute" and "whore" are just fine, though)
  • hot chiCk
  • how to kilL
  • how to murdeR
  • huge fAt (how many huge fat things can YOU think of?)
  • humpIng
  • i haTe (yes, "i hate blacklists" is blacklisted)
  • inceSt
  • insertionS
  • interraCial
  • jack ofF
  • jackie StranO
  • jacobs ladder piercing (blacklists after the space for some reason)
  • jail bAit
  • jailbAit
  • jenna Jameson
  • jerk Off
  • jesse jaNe
  • jiZz
  • jigaBoo (nobody can seem to agree on a spelling for this)
  • jiggaBoo
  • jiggerbOo
  • john holMes
  • jordan caPri
  • juggS
  • kama (blacklists after a space)
  • kamasUtra
  • kike (blacklists after a space but not before the damage is done)
  • kinbaKu
  • kinkY
  • kinksTer (it sounds so innocent and playful - thank you Google for shielding us)
  • knobbiNg (Google may inadvertently be supplying schoolchildren and parents everywhere with a way of figuring out every possible sexual innuendo
  • latinA (the feminine form of Latino is deemed by Google to be a "bad word")
  • leather restRaint
  • leather straIght jacket (a straight jacket is OK, as long as it's not leather)
  • lemon paRty (it all sounds so innocent - "lemonparty still works though)
  • lesBian (this is one of the most shocking blacklists)
  • lickeD
  • linda lOvelace
  • lingErie (come on Google, people do have to buy the stuff at some point)
  • lolIta (only the title of a classic film)
  • lovemaKing
  • loverS (blacklist disappears after a space is entered)
  • lsD
  • madison YouNg
  • make me coMe
  • male squiRting (blacklist takes effect three letters further from the female counterpart)
  • mastUrbate (Google is even kind enough to blacklist "Masterbate" for those who can't spell)
  • matUre (apparently not anymore)
  • mdmA
  • meatS (results are shown after hitting a space though)
  • menage a tRois
  • miki saWaguchi (a popular porn star in Japan)
  • milF
  • missionary Position
  • motherFucker (pretty much anything with this suffix is blacklisted)
  • mound of Venus
  • mr handS
  • muff Diver
  • muffDiving
  • murdeR
  • naKed ("Naked Lunch", "Naked Chef", "Naked Brothers Band", all blacklisted)
  • nambLa
  • naughtY (results are given after a space but this word alone is too risky - Santa would approve)
  • nawashI
  • negrO (hardly accepted universally as an offensive word)
  • neonaZi (but not "Nazi" or "Fascist" or "Ku Klux Klan")
  • new porNographers (really cool band out of Canada who clearly don't know where to draw the line)
  • nig nOg
  • nigGa (entering more letters removes the blacklist which is a rarity)
  • nigGer
  • nimpHomania (for those who are spelling-impaired)
  • nina HArtley
  • nippleS
  • nonconseNt
  • nsfw imageS (everything up to the singular form gets suggestions)
  • nuDe (it's really not THAT bad a word)
  • nymphO
  • nymphOmania
  • octopusSy (James Bond is really pissed off over this)
  • omorAshi (the things we're learning from the Google Blacklist!)
  • one cup two Girls (nice try but Google is way too smart for that kind of trickery)
  • one guy one Jar (amusingly, this appears in suggestions)
  • orgY
  • orgaSm
  • paedoPhile
  • pamela Anderson (seems just a bit extreme)
  • pantY
  • pantiEs
  • paris Hilton (we're not objecting to the blacklist, but seriously?)
  • pedoBear (oh noes!)
  • pedoPhile
  • peggIng
  • peniS (is it really still the 1950s in Googleland?)
  • philip kindRed dick (this one is a real mystery to us as the blacklist comes well before the "dick" part)
  • phone seX
  • piece of shIt
  • piss pIg
  • pissIng
  • pisspIg
  • playbOy (suggestions are given but no results)
  • pleasure cHest
  • pole sMoker
  • ponypLay
  • poof (if you hit a space, poof! your results disappear!)
  • poop chUte
  • poopcHute
  • porN (it's only the reason the entire net was created and yet it's blacklisted here)
  • pre tEen
  • preteEn
  • prince albert pIercing
  • prolapsed (blacklists if an "A" or "R" is typed after a space)
  • pthC (something pedophiles use for "preteen hardcore" in their filenames and whatnot)
  • pubeS
  • pusSy (Google has a thing about cats apparently)
  • queaF
  • r@yGold (another "code" word that pedophiles use in their filenames so that other pedos can search for it on sharing programs)
  • ragheAd
  • raging boNer
  • rapE ("rape hotline" is hereby considered offensive)
  • rapinG
  • rapisT
  • rapping woMen (it's either musical bias or a really wide berth for people who don't know how to spell)
  • rectuM (again, that entire area of the body seems to be off limits)
  • redTube (you know you've made it when the name of your website makes the blacklist)
  • reverse coWgirl
  • rimjOb (some people really are still referring to cars when they say this)
  • rimmIng
  • rosy palM (starting a third word un-blacklists, unless you want the next entry)
  • rosy palm and Her 5 sisters
  • ruLe 34 (this one is strange - suggestions continue to appear with no results, unless you hit a space at the end in which case it all goes back to normal - very weird)
  • rusty tRombone (we're impressed - someone is really doing their homework)
  • s&M ("s and m" is one clever away around the blacklist)
  • sadie lunE
  • sadisM
  • sasha Grey
  • savage lOve (the sex column is blacklisted but not "savage arms" - after all, weapons are good, sex is offensive)
  • scat (as in what you might say to a cat)
  • schloNg
  • schoolGirl
  • scissorIng
  • seduceD
  • semen (blacklists after space)
  • servitUde (wait a minute - REALLY?)
  • servitUrE (the blacklist is removed between the two capital letters)
  • sex (not blacklisted on its own but many words typed after it will trigger one... it will blacklist almost any word it FOLLOWS - but, oddly enough, not "oral")
  • sexO
  • sexY
  • shanna katZ (part of the sexologist blacklist)
  • shar reDnaur
  • shauna gRant
  • shaved Beaver
  • shaved Pussy
  • shay Lauren
  • sheMale
  • shibaRi
  • shit (blacklists after a space, which is way too late to avoid offense)
  • shotA
  • shrimpinG
  • slanteYe
  • sleazy D (continuing with some letters will bring results back)
  • slit (blacklists after space)
  • sluT (what exactly makes "whore" OK and "slut" off limits?)
  • smells like teEn spirit (someone at Google doesn't like Nirvana)
  • smut (blacklists after the space)
  • snaTch
  • snowballIng
  • sodomIze
  • sodomY
  • spanK
  • spic (blacklists after a space)
  • spoogE
  • spread lEgs
  • spunky tEens (spam is a GREAT source of blacklist material)
  • squirT (can anyone find a LESS overall offensive word that's blacklisted?)
  • stickam Girl
  • stileProject (of course, if you knew what this was, you wouldn't have to Google for it)
  • stormfRont (also absent from suggestions in which stormfront.com, an unrelated site, is shown)
  • strap On
  • strapOn (it will also blacklist with a hyphen - they thought of everything)
  • strappAdo (it seems that only gruesome torture that involves sexual organs is blacklisted on Google - impalement is allowed)
  • strip Club
  • style dogGy
  • submissiVe
  • sucK (while "blow" as usual gets a free pass)
  • sucKs (pretty much anything can't suck if you want to see instant results from Google)
  • suicide gIrls (except it's too late because typing in the g is enough to give you some irrelevant suggestions)
  • sultry wOmen (but apparently there's nothing wrong with "sultry men")
  • swastiKa (perhaps we should just eliminate any results for things that might make people feel bad)
  • swingEr
  • taiNted love (suggestions are given but no results for the number one hit)
  • taste my (a,c,d,f,m,o,p,w all result in a blacklist - you figure out the rest)
  • tea baggIng (oddly enough, "teabagging" is fine)
  • teeN (we had no idea "teen 'everything'" was so offensive)
  • tentacLe
  • threeSome
  • throatiNg
  • tied Up (only about a billion other meanings)
  • tight wHite [thanks Worm]
  • tit (blacklists after a space or the letter "S")
  • tittIes
  • tittY
  • tongue in A
  • tosseR (who would have guessed?)
  • towelHead
  • traci lOrds
  • tranNy
  • transeXual
  • tribaDism
  • tub Girl
  • tubGirl
  • tushY
  • twaT
  • twink (blacklists after space)
  • twinkIe (is NOTHING sacred?)
  • two gIrls (you can't even get CLOSE to the "one cup")
  • two gIrls one cup
  • undressIng
  • upsKirt
  • urethra pLay
  • urophIlia
  • vagIna (if you typed the word, it's likely the results won't shock you)
  • venus mounD
  • vibratoR
  • violet bLue (yet another blacklisted sexologist)
  • violet wAnd (but "violet ray" IS allowed which is basically the older name for the same device - used to be sold for medical purposes, but used for BDSM play in modern days)
  • viviD (probably because of Vivid Video - way to ruin the word for everyone else, guys)
  • vorarEphilia
  • voyEur
  • vulva (after a space, suggestions are given but no results)
  • wanK
  • wartenberg Pinwheel (how many kids accidentally type this?)
  • wartenberg Wheel
  • webcAm (a whole piece of technology can only be used for offensive purposes in Google's eyes)
  • wet dreaM (God forbid)
  • wetbaCk
  • white PowEr (but not "Black Power" - it's all in the marketing, after all)
  • women rappIng (there does seem to be some musical bias at Google)
  • wrapping meN (this one is a genuine mystery to us - and yes, "wrapping women" shows up fine)
  • wrinkled starfiSh
  • xX (probably the quickest way to trigger a blacklist)
  • yaoI
  • yellow showerS (singular is fine as you may be looking for a yellow shower curtain)
  • yiffY
  • zoopHilia
Words That Google Has Added Since This List Went Up (from our list of non-blacklisted words at the bottom of the page - sorry!)
  • heroiN (added 2010-09-23)
  • marijuanA (added 2010-09-23)
Words That Are NOT Blacklisted (a bit surprising based on the above)
annie sprinkle apple bong howto asexual baby chowder bastard beaner bearded clam behind the green door bimbo blood play blow bludgeon breast bugger bumming buttcrack buttocks carnage chink church of satan clitoral clitoritis commie coprophagia cory silverberg (sexologist) crack dago diddy ride disembowel dismember dothead dutch oven dyke erection excrement extreme elvis fag fascist feminazi filthy sanchez five knuckle shuffle flick the bean foreplay fornicate foursome g-string goat.se golliwog good poop gook got my sister greaser gtfo hebe hermaphrodite heroin (now blacklisted) heterosexual hickey homosexual honky hottie how to commit genocide how to commit suicide how to torture hustler impalement injun kinsey institute kkk ku klux klan labia lemonparty lindsay lohan making love marijuana (now blacklisted) merkin missionary money shot murder nazi necrophilia nicky hilton nipple nut butter octopussoir oral oral sex outercourse pansy paris whitNey hilton pecker peep show penetration penthouse pervert pickaninny pinko piss poofter pr0n prostitute pubic puppy play queef quickie quim redskin renob retard roman shower ron jeremy russian brides s and m sadist sambo sausage party schoolboy seductive sexual reproduction shaved fish (Yoko breathes a sigh of relief) shocker size queen sjambok skank speculum sperm spook stab submission sultry men susie bright taboo 2 testicle thong transgender trisexual turd vagisil vanilla rosebuds violet ray vulva watersports whore wigger wop wrapping women wtf