Re: Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2

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On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 13:36 -0500, MOLINA,TOM wrote:
> The problem is not just with Fedora Core; it is also in 
> RHEL 3.  I am introducing RH into a culture only used to 
> Solaris and Windows, so my Linux activities get a lot of 
> attention from my co-workers.  I have the coolest 
> screensavers on my desktop RHEL machine.  However, I was 
> embarrased one day when a vulgar word was pointed out to 
> me in the barcodes screensaver.  I decided to recompile 
> and distribute a new version of the screensaver to the few 
> boxes around.
> 
> It wasn't that anyone was offended, but it was certainly 
> not "professional".  It isn't appropriate for a commercial 
> setting, especially in an environment where our customers 
> are government and military.
> 

Now that you mention it, the barcodes screensaver may actually have more
offensive content than glsnake; here's a comprehensive list:

boobies
cock
cthulu [okay, just kidding on that one]
[several drug references, though those are probably less of a problem]
pussy
rectum
vibrator


-- 
Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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