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Old 08-05-2009, 12:24 PM   #1
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apple rejected/then rates a dictionary as 17+ do to bad words
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/...ictionary-app/

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After being rejected a first time, the programmers removed most of the bad words, missed one, and got rejected again. Finally, they took out all the words including .... Finally, after a long wait they got into the app store but on double-secret probation with a 17+ rating and warnings of potential objectionable content.
hmm. based on what was on mobile crunch I can kind of see there point. im not sure it is right but I can see there point.
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Old 08-05-2009, 01:40 PM   #2
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I can't even see their point. It's incredibly stupid.
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I can remember looking up all the "bad" words in Merriam-Webster, as an adolescent in jr. high! If it's good enough for a high school library it should be good enough for Apple!
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Old 08-05-2009, 02:01 PM   #4
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hmm. based on what was on mobile crunch I can kind of see there point. im not sure it is right but I can see there point.
Okay, I don't see their point. Maybe I'm missing something. It's a dictionary, something designed to help someone discover the meaning or words and their usages. If you remove all the words someone might find objectionable you're going to end up with something rather limited in scope for its intended purpose.
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I can't even see their point. It's incredibly stupid.
Yeah, I agree. This may actually be the stupidest thing I've ever heard!

It's up there with Apple deleting an ebook app because you could download the Kamasutra with it.

So Apple's in a head-to-head competition with *itself* for stupidity.

So much for "Think Different(ly)"
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I suppose if I can't look up the words in a dictionary, I could go and ask the nearest 10-year old what they mean - most kids of my acquaintance know vastly more than their parents care to believe. More to point, what constitutes "objectionable"? Crude slang, colloquial, polite/medical?
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I suppose if I can't look up the words in a dictionary, I could go and ask the nearest 10-year old what they mean - most kids of my acquaintance know vastly more than their parents care to believe. More to point, what constitutes "objectionable"? Crude slang, colloquial, polite/medical?
Well, you may not talk about



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Old 08-06-2009, 11:08 AM   #10
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becuse it is apple. it want to look hip but still be good with the mom and dads to get the next gen hooked on there products.
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Show me where the word 'burro' is mentioned in the Bible.
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