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Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: Novice on October 13, 2010, 04:14:40 PM

Title: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: Novice on October 13, 2010, 04:14:40 PM: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/13/apple.sexting.patent/index.html

"Grammarians may cheer this innovation. The texting interface also could prod kids toward better grammar, requiring them to identify and fix spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes before sending a message."

We need.
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: sociald1077 on October 13, 2010, 06:35:47 PM: I hate going to CNN. I end up spending more time reading the comments than it takes to read the article. And I just want to strangle some of those bickering bastards sometimes.

The sad part is I can't help myself when I go there either. I have some perverse need to know what people will bitch and moan about.
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: 12AX7 on October 13, 2010, 07:14:37 PM: Quote from: sociald1077 on October 13, 2010, 06:35:47 PM
I hate going to CNN. I end up spending more time reading the comments than it takes to read the article. And I just want to strangle some of those bickering bastards sometimes.

The sad part is I can't help myself when I go there either. I have some perverse need to know what people will bitch and moan about.
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: 12AX7 on October 13, 2010, 07:15:22 PM: Except I would have to replace "CNN" with any news site. Even Yahoo. :|
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: pbsaurus on October 13, 2010, 08:13:02 PM: Don't go to Fark then.
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: Demosthenes on October 13, 2010, 09:52:59 PM: Duty Calls (http://xkcd.com/386/)
Title: Re: Apple patents 'anti-sexting' technology.
Post by: Clear_Runway on October 13, 2010, 09:57:51 PM: and parents would put this on their kids phones? and the kids somehow wouldn't figure out how to override it? right.