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This is a link post Bullshit detector: Identify bureaucratic bullshit in web pages I made this!
bullshit

It pretty much does what cool chart cat asked for in last week's newsletter, except it only works on web pages for the time being.

It's still a bit buggy, but generally works OK as long as it doesn't hit any redirects. Have fun :-)
 (I helped save b3ta! revolution now 👊, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Mission Statement
To work together with Local Government to produce a Compact, outlining the need for setting the Bullshit Detector (hereinafter referred to as the "Community Language Clear Communication Sustainability Analyzer") as the default homepage for all web browsers installed on Council computers.
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:02, Reply)
This is a normal post That is awesome!
*clicks*

Edit Found the winner...
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:13, Reply)
This is a normal post That is bloody marvellous
Thanks very much!

p.s. it's chart cat, although "cool cat" is good too.
 (I helped save b3ta! chart cat has an itch, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:13, Reply)
This is a normal post oops :-)
cool idea though
 (I helped save b3ta! revolution now 👊, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Aceness.
Councils should pay you for finding all the BS on their webshites. Clcik.
 (UltimateMonkey Ban this sick filth!, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:18, Reply)
This is a normal post threadjacking (thought this was an appropiate thread to bring this up)
Anyone know how to get round Netsweeper Internet Filter ( www.netsweeper.com/Education/Internet%20Filter%20for%20Education )

All videos are banned. most sties posted here are banned. Would really like to get past it if poss.

Any help would be appreciated.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, ...
I made a quick-&-shit URL translator that might help you get through to some sites.

But don't get your hopes up.
 (I helped save b3ta! revolution now 👊, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:05, Reply)
This is a normal post "The site you have chosen has been categorized as: Proxy Anonymizer "
but thank you for the attempt
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Just a thought
but having a filter in place isn't usually done just to annoy you. It's usually done for sound legal reasons, and if they find you bypassing it they will throw the book at you.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I work at a school
I'm an IT technician.

My Boss is ignorant and he konws it. He reacts by doing everything in his power not to let me or my college do anything admin related.

He's also a petty minded jobsworth who's skill at passive aggressive emails is the only thing worth admiring about him. (sending out an email about how nasty ccing is and adding cc's to it is fine in his book)

He has his lunch then takes an hour lunch break ffs!

Also the magegement above him know's this and doesn;t give a shit.

anyways. If I intend to survive his reign of drudgery I need escape. Please help me!
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Great stuff, I just got Walsall to #7 in the top bullshitters :)
The problem is that they hide a lot of their bullshit in linked pdfs - is it possible to write a little component to scan those too?
 (I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:23, Reply)
This is a normal post you;d need to run a .pdf -> text converter
not really effective for a website I think
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:38, Reply)
This is a normal post :D
Brilliant work. HAVE THAT Exeter City Council!
 (jlkgjsfhoj, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 12:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I find
that their homepages aren't too bad, but their About Us pages blow the lid off.

Solihull Council's front page is quite low, but their About Us page scores 35...
 (I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 13:47, Reply)
This is a normal post talk vs board
just put talk and board into it
board: 3
talk: 28
draw your own conclusions
 (I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 14:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I got a score of 32 from the Direct Marketing Associations 'about us' page.
pretty high but better than expected
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 15:26, Reply)
This is a normal post brilliant
could do with a bullshit density score - I put in a short article from the manchester council website and there were about 5 bullshit terms per paragraph!
 (bobming, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 15:58, Reply)
This is a normal post I did consider that, but
(a) without some sort of crafty algorithm for handling pages with very small word counts, the results would have been skewed towards splash pages and the like.

(b) excessive verbiage ought to be penalized in any case.

(c) I'm a lazy sod.
 (I helped save b3ta! revolution now 👊, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 16:32, Reply)
This is a normal post This works great on mission statements on company websites.
"Synergistic liason cohesion" and whatnot.
 (I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 19:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Has auntie made a mistake?
Using this on the original BBC list reveals there are only 199 terms detected there. It doesn't seem to miss any, so it looks like the BBC list is missing a word.

Any suggestions as to what that word might be?
 (I helped save b3ta! GarbageFan didn't know what to have as a board sig on, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Here's another one
which can analyze chunks of text. Between the two of these, there is no longer any excuse for using bullshit.

Well done everyone, I think *cricket applause* is in order.

www.b3ta.com/links/295053
 (I helped save b3ta! chart cat has an itch, Wed 25 Mar 2009, 7:40, Reply)