Appellate Law

Miller Test Google Poker

By S. COTUS

Dear S.Cotus:

What game can I play at work with Google and an understanding of constitutional law? 

Hugs and Kisses,
Professor Twoyearsbehindthetimesbutstillblogs.

Dear Professor, Have I got a game for you.  It is called Miller Test Google Poker.

1. Agree amongst the players on a constitutionally acceptable operative definition of ?obscenity.? It cannot be vague. This is the easy part.  Note, of course, that not all obscenity is illegal.  However, some people think that all pr0n is obscene.  You are free to choose that definition.   As you become a better player, you will learn how to define things that best suit your interests.
2. The ?dealer? selects an ordinary word with no sexual connotations. (In each game the dealer changes.)  The decision as to which word to choose is a matter of strategy. It, however, must be a word in the English language.  Again, better players will know the best words to pick that suit their interests. 
   
3. The player to the dealer?s right (hereinafter the ?point player?) places a bet, by putting an amount of money or chips (depending on what jurisdiction you are in) into the pot.
4. The word chosen in step 2 is entered into Google Image Search. WITH SAFESEARCH OFF ! Be sure and use the ?American? version of Google. Even versions of Google in seemingly liberal democracies are filtered differently than we in America have our Google filtered.
5. If an obscene thumbnail (matching the definition in step one) is found on the first Google results, the round is over, and each player takes the amount he bet back.
6. If, however, no obscene picture results, the player to the dealer?s right places an additional bet (by putting money or chips into the pot). If he chooses not to, he may ?fold? and will not place further bets this game. Each player must match that bet or ?fold.?
7. The Google Image search box is advanced to the next page. If there is an obscene image on that page, the players divide whatever money is in the pot, and the game ends.  If not, the game continues.
8. The new ?point player? becomes the point player to the right of the current point player. If he does not choose to fold, he places a bet, which the other players must match.
9. If an obscene thumbnail (matching the definition in step one) is found on this Google results, the round is over, and each player that placed a bet in this round takes an even share of the pot.  If no obscene image is found, continue from Step 6.

Variations:

• Use other search engines
• Strip Miller Test Google Poker
• Miller-Rabin Primality Test Google Poker (please write to me if you figure this one out.
• Confine the search to certain domains using the ?site? imitation. E.g. ?tree site:.gov?
• Load the Customize Google extension into Firefox

Full post as published by Appellate Law and Practice on February 24, 2008 (boomark / email).