Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.056 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.89; '*S*': 0.00; 'cpython': 0.05; '(especially': 0.07; 'odd': 0.07; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'guys.': 0.09; 'windows': 0.15; '"blue': 0.16; 'formerly': 0.16; 'likewise': 0.16; 'oyster': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'url:%a0': 0.16; 'worst': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'url:%4': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'artist': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'that.': 0.31; 'usually': 0.31; 'searches': 0.31; 'stuff': 0.32; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'keyword': 0.36; 'reflect': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'somebody': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'expect': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'even': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'day.': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'smith': 0.68; 'results': 0.69; '3.3.1': 0.84; '9.1': 0.84; 'freebsd': 0.84; 'subject:Making': 0.84; 'url:%a1': 0.84; 'url:last': 0.84; 'url:music': 0.84; 'url:%bc': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tuZJ+W/uhGYl3dIQTkWt+X8sQQJvoB7Pxx3VnyD6IUY=; b=IEECZiHWrAz2Lnn9oTyGsnAwzQnsUy5ZWrK9jrBypHgGzq3ARRj19Awuykh3oukl0R 4x08amxYADKrCUiKIeNoUtd35pKtcmK+kXRjhMqPDKY3OweiloxvYkTxM++1n4302dT/ +GCo9LREkHpCG7mpJV6B0DnNg6aIIxgVxHt9/RxLLhwv+Jnn6mIvtkllAJ6l4bvwH4Nh jvBgKjjhSs3kB2agpc+LWnt4Oi6aJaTIV96SwgoCXfpotDw5o5dMcxzFQlfOtZjy8lTA R1Qguzx4vqHvMFebFzwfuClsNHH0TNbZ7JjjIPv5fKdkkYUSCEf2EI07MFTdWnQGNK9c kzXQ== X-Received: by 10.50.59.178 with SMTP id a18mr7015027igr.61.1368065491858; Wed, 08 May 2013 19:11:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 21:11:28 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Making safe file names References: <51895D03.4000300@gmail.com> <518989E1.8010701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1368065495 news.xs4all.nl 15904 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48258 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44990 On 2013.05.08 19:16, Roy Smith wrote: > Yup. At Songza, we deal with this crap every day. It usually bites us > the worst when trying to do keyword searches. When somebody types in > "Blue Oyster Cult", they really mean "Blue Oyster Cult", and our search > results need to reflect that. Likewise for Ke$ha, Beyonce, and I don't > even want to think about the artist formerly known as an unpronounceable > glyph. > > Pro-tip, guys. If you want to form a band, and expect people to be able > to find your stuff in a search engine some day, don't play cute with > your name. It's a thing (especially in witch house) to make names with odd glyphs in order to be harder to find and be more "underground". Very silly. Try doing searches for these artists with names like these: http://www.last.fm/music/%E2%96%BC%E2%96%A1%E2%96%A0%E2%96%A1%E2%96%A0%E2%96%A1%E2%96%A0 http://www.last.fm/music/ki%E2%80%A0%E2%80%A0y+c%E2%96%B2t -- CPython 3.3.1 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1