Idiot software

I have noticed a number of blogs and other websites that are using various collections of characters to suggest the word PORN when discussing the issue (not offering the stuff for sale or rent, mind you, just discussing the abstract of it). I couldn't figure out why: was this some crazy thing where folks are afraid of uttering the word, lest they fall into temptation? Then I realized that there are probably computers that will not load a page with the words PORNOGRAPHY or PORN in them.

I am all for censorship, but this is outlandish. I will not go along with such silliness and will write the word "porn" and "pornography" as well as "smut", "scum-sucking exploiter", "pervert", "deviant", and all those other proper terms for this industry. If your computer cannot handle them, it is time to change the settings to "all growed up" and join the conversation.

This sort of thing is just an example of parents wanting the machines to do the thinking for them. If you want to monitor what junior is looking at on the internet, then monitor it, but to resort to this sort of silliness is only fit for half-wits.

In the words of the General, "Gimme Eat."
Carthago delenda est.

I need a new browser!

I really hate the ie browser that comes bundled with AOL. People have recommended non-IE, non-Netscape browsers to me before, but I do not remember which ones. I would really appreciate any recommendations on this, as I hate what this one does to my site, and one of my favorite sites, Flos Carmeli is rendered almost completely unreadable by this stupid browser.

So, if anyone has had any great experiences with some of the free browsers out there, please let me know. Thanks. Obrigado. Grazie. Dankesehr.

41.02564% - Major Geek.

41.02564% - Major Geek. Thank God they are clueless on the realm of music geeks, otherwise I think that would have put me completely over the top. Still, 41% for someone who is not a computer geek is pretty bad. I may have to think of the ramifications of this.