Nonsense. That parser would route XFree85 and XFree87 to porn searches too. I tried XFree80 without problem and the individual terms also work.
M$ is clearly manipulating their search results in stupid and strange ways. This is not the first time someone has noticed this, nor the first time Slashdot has published it for all to see. The way Microsoft operates, I'm sure they are Google bombing too. It's just what to expect from a company that wants to be "the software". They have a long, court proven, history of malice as well as incompetence. On 2004.03.03 20:36 Edmund Cramp wrote: > > I find it useful to never assume malice when incompetence will achieve the > same result... > > Let's M$ parse XFree86: > > <X><Free><86> > <X>::= clearly naughty > <Free>::== bad word > <X>+<Free> :== naughty and bad > <86> :== looks like some hacker code ... reverse is 68 ... 68 is 69-1 ... > you do me and I'll owe you one. > PRINT$ "You have entered a search term that is likely to return adult > content." > > Edmund Cramp > -- > >
