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From: coy@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stephen B Coy)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: X-rated GIF files
Keywords: rude censorship
Message-ID: <2662@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 18:52:49 GMT
References: <6138@ux.cs.man.ac.uk> <283@indri.primate.wisc.edu> <11609@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
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In article <11609@cgl.ucsf.EDU>, seibel@cgl.ucsf.edu (George Seibel) writes:
> In article <10707@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> bdiscoe@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Ben W. Discoe) writes:
> ]When I originally saw this posting, *I* ignored it because "X-rated" is boring,
> ]XX or XXX is more to MY taste.
> 
> Wow.  I didn't know there was a classification scheme.  Is this an ANSI
> standard?

The XX and the XXX ratings are strictly an invention of the porn
movie industry to try and generate more excitement.  The difference
between X and XXX is determined by marketing hype, not by any type
of review and rating system.  Obviously it works in some cases.  :-)

Stephen Coy
uw-beaver!ssc-vax!coy

ps  I hope I got the right people associated with the right quotes
above.  The article was getting a little messy and I might have
messed up.  My apologies if I did.