The Burqua Ban

For women who observe very strict Purdah, a burqua or other face-and-body-concealing garment allows them to leave their homes, go to their children's schools, go to the hospital, and participate in society in other ways that would normally entail too much public exposure.

Take away the garment and you take away the freedom it offers. Sure, some women will respond by going out in public with bare faces, Vive la République! But others will respond--whether by their own choice or someone else's--by not appearing in public at all any more.

So those pricks in the French government are most likely sentencing a small number of their countrywomen to lifetime house arrest, and doing it in the name of liberté.  That's pretty fucked up.

Gaming the "I Write Like" analyzer

Ok, various people are feeling insulted by the "I write like" analyzer.  Let's go pick on it!

If you put in a string of 5 to 10 words, that's enough to get it to tell you an author.  I'm certain it's looking for keywords, not analyzing structure.

To get Dan Brown, I put in this string: 

"crucifix mountain scientist handsome foggy climbed archives raced"

James Joyce was even easier to get:

"the west song bridal faded potato"

And to get Shakespeare:

"thee thee thee thee thee thee thee thee thee thee" (it won't let you post a single word, but apparently repeating it is ok)

Go on, try it, and post your strings here if you're willing.  I know it has Hemingway, Lovecraft, Ian Fleming, and Bram Stoker, but I'm sure there are a bunch more results that can be extracted.  Anyone get Jane Austen yet?