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I'm trying really hard to figure out what's bad about 'Lightwater Country Park'

by cwmma 10y ago

david-given 10y ago
I figured that one out, but --- evaluate? mocha? expression?
- cscheid 10y ago
  mocha has a naughty german word in its middle, I'm fairly sure.
  - slrz 10y ago
    As a German native speaker, I'm unable to figure it out.
  - guitarbill 10y ago
    No it doesn't. I believe it can be used for Javascript injections like 'eval' as 'mocha' is/was common a test framework. At least that's the ostensible reason Yahoo replaced 'eval' with 'review', 'mocha' with 'expresso', and 'expression' to 'statement' way back in 2002 [0]. [0] https://www.newscientist.com//article/dn2546-email-security-filter-spawns-new-words https://www.newscientist.com//article/dn2546-email-security-...
    - jwilk 10y ago
      "espresso", not "expresso".
    - scatters 10y ago
      "expresso" with "mocha", surely.
- HalfwayToDice 10y ago
  those puzzled me too
- manarth 10y ago
  The commit message explains that the terms are verbatim from Wikipedia [1]. Wikipedia [2] attributes it to a Yahoo email filter "which automatically replaced Javascript-related strings with alternate versions, to prevent the possibility of cross-site scripting in HTML email". [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/commit/e6bd41791e4143b532e9a6ddbfbd620f1d6eaa81 https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/com... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
geoffpado 10y ago
Characters 4 through 7 (zero-indexed)
chrischen 10y ago
It says it above that group: Innocuous strings which may be blocked by profanity filters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem)
- JoachimS 10y ago
  I remember the struggles I had trying to book a hotel at Essex Junction in Vermont to visit IBM. Netnanny had serious issues with that town (name). I otoh thought it and the people working at the IBM ASIC plant was very nice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Junction,_Vermont https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Junction,_Vermont
pjc50 10y ago
Ligh twat er country park. ("Country" is not obscene, but Shakespeare makes "country matters" into an obscene reference in Hamlet. There are a lot of innuendoes in the classics)
- crooked-v 10y ago
  I'm sad about how many literature teachers give Shakespeare's works a treatment as dry as unbuttered toast. Some of the best teaching of Shakespeare I've seen used the actual lines mixed with a little extemporaneity to better get the intent across. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. Come on, stop being so emo! There are like a million other girls out there."

I'm trying really hard to figure out what's bad about 'Lightwater Country Park'

by cwmma 10y ago

I'm trying really hard to figure out what's bad about 'Lightwater Country Park'

david-given 10y ago

I figured that one out, but --- evaluate? mocha? expression?

cscheid 10y ago
mocha has a naughty german word in its middle, I'm fairly sure.
- slrz 10y ago
  As a German native speaker, I'm unable to figure it out.
- guitarbill 10y ago
  No it doesn't. I believe it can be used for Javascript injections like 'eval' as 'mocha' is/was common a test framework. At least that's the ostensible reason Yahoo replaced 'eval' with 'review', 'mocha' with 'expresso', and 'expression' to 'statement' way back in 2002 [0]. [0] https://www.newscientist.com//article/dn2546-email-security-filter-spawns-new-words https://www.newscientist.com//article/dn2546-email-security-...
  - jwilk 10y ago
    "espresso", not "expresso".
  - scatters 10y ago
    "expresso" with "mocha", surely.
HalfwayToDice 10y ago
those puzzled me too
manarth 10y ago
The commit message explains that the terms are verbatim from Wikipedia [1]. Wikipedia [2] attributes it to a Yahoo email filter "which automatically replaced Javascript-related strings with alternate versions, to prevent the possibility of cross-site scripting in HTML email". [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/commit/e6bd41791e4143b532e9a6ddbfbd620f1d6eaa81 https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/com... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

geoffpado 10y ago

Characters 4 through 7 (zero-indexed)

chrischen 10y ago

It says it above that group: Innocuous strings which may be blocked by profanity filters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem)

JoachimS 10y ago
I remember the struggles I had trying to book a hotel at Essex Junction in Vermont to visit IBM. Netnanny had serious issues with that town (name). I otoh thought it and the people working at the IBM ASIC plant was very nice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Junction,_Vermont https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Junction,_Vermont

pjc50 10y ago

Ligh twat er country park. ("Country" is not obscene, but Shakespeare makes "country matters" into an obscene reference in Hamlet. There are a lot of innuendoes in the classics)

crooked-v 10y ago
I'm sad about how many literature teachers give Shakespeare's works a treatment as dry as unbuttered toast. Some of the best teaching of Shakespeare I've seen used the actual lines mixed with a little extemporaneity to better get the intent across. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. Come on, stop being so emo! There are like a million other girls out there."