[Wikimedia-l] Who invoked "principle of least surprise" for the image filter?

Bjoern Hoehrmann derhoermi at gmx.net
Sun Jun 17 02:01:08 UTC 2012


* Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>Am 17.06.2012 01:21, schrieb Anthony:
>>> I have never seen a "censorware" that works
>>> flawlessly (not even china can do this right). Either it allows to much
>>> (incomplete blacklist) or it is unnecessary limited (incomplete whitelist
>>> producing angry mob). Additionally it has to suite the view of the parents
>>> and match the age of the child. The only "software" which does this
>>> perfectly is the brain of the parents that tracks the actions of the child,
>>> stops them when necessary and gives useful advice (even better then Clippy).
>
>> What parent tracks every action of their child?  You seem to have a
>> very unrealistic picture of how parenting works.
>
>I guess i have to really wrap any comment inside the 
><sarcasm><irony><takeItNotToSerious> tag stack to avoid confusion...

No, the Wikimedia Foundation should develop a personal sarcasm filter
for this mailing list so nobody is surprised or confused by what they
(don't) read here.
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