Back in the 'Boro, we have a much dumber version (http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/weareteesside/2004/04/spectra/index.shtml) of your application. It probably could be programmed - specifically, it could be a software change rather than a hardware one - to display text rather than just patterns, but you just know that 80% of the time it would be used to display either libellous comments or comments intended to scare passing horses - and, should these be censored, you know that 80% of the time would be spent with people trying to produce the saltiest messages that can survive the filter. (The likes of "PHU Q" and so forth.)
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Date: 2008-11-16 03:06 pm (UTC)Back in the 'Boro, we have a much dumber version (http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/weareteesside/2004/04/spectra/index.shtml) of your application. It probably could be programmed - specifically, it could be a software change rather than a hardware one - to display text rather than just patterns, but you just know that 80% of the time it would be used to display either libellous comments or comments intended to scare passing horses - and, should these be censored, you know that 80% of the time would be spent with people trying to produce the saltiest messages that can survive the filter. (The likes of "PHU Q" and so forth.)