tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post7262236594694883748..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Captcha, WTF?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-71967452286858452132013-04-28T20:45:31.812-04:002013-04-28T20:45:31.812-04:00Actually, the spelling and grammar used in blog sp...<i>Actually, the spelling and grammar used in blog spam are usually intentional, designed to avoid the parsers that anti-spam tools use to identify suspect posts.</i><br /><br />These seem more like "Engrish", phrases such as "Thanks fοг shaгіng such a fastidious thinkіng, post is fastidious"Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-30459546895160829252013-04-28T19:26:20.339-04:002013-04-28T19:26:20.339-04:00Actually, the spelling and grammar used in blog sp...Actually, the spelling and grammar used in blog spam are usually intentional, designed to avoid the parsers that anti-spam tools use to identify suspect posts. They try to take advantage of the fact that humans can read things even if the characters, words and spacing are all messed up, but machines are mostly doing pattern matching, which will fail.<br /><br />/Geeksplaining Voice<br /><br />Ask Smut - he knows the scientific terms...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-85008791088902310562013-04-28T18:47:58.708-04:002013-04-28T18:47:58.708-04:00John Coulthart put up an entertaining post the oth...<i>John Coulthart put up an entertaining post the other day about spam templates and accidental poetry:</i><br /><br />There are some spam comments I plan on copying for a blog post, because they are hilarious. Most are boring, though.<br /><br /><i>Also, I think you mean "swell foop".</i><br /><br />Nah, I had that treated with antibiotics.<br /><br /><i>We're going to need satellite photos...</i><br /><br />Google Foop is a decent app.<br /><br /><i>note to self , come back to read .. after ..day sway .</i><br /><br />It's good to have you back, anne.<br /><br /><i>Perhaps relevant.<br />Perhaps not</i><br /><br />That's great, you can wear it so you can sneak up on orbs to take close-up pictures.<br /><br /><i>note to self - must come back to take a closer look at if.. . 's link, the soc ks</i><br /><br />I think you'd make a splendid ninja, anne.<br /><br /><i>What's a spambot?</i><br /><br />I turned off the "word verification" system which filters out "spam" comments, so readers would have an easier time posting comments. Every once in a while, I get a bunch of automated advertisements, usually for pharmaceuticals, posted as comments. Since it's an automated program, often originating overseas, the grammar and spelling are often hilariously atrocious.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-53140471840511638382013-04-28T16:15:27.607-04:002013-04-28T16:15:27.607-04:00What's a spambot?What's a spambot?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-32390443123765035432013-04-28T15:45:40.887-04:002013-04-28T15:45:40.887-04:00note to self - must come back to take a closer loo...note to self - must come back to take a closer look at if.. . 's link, the soc ks annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224316837055308827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-69049247421602422122013-04-28T14:58:44.664-04:002013-04-28T14:58:44.664-04:00Perhaps relevant.
Perhaps not.
~<a href="http://www.karatedepot.com/wp-ni-91.html" rel="nofollow">Perhaps relevant</a>.<br /><br />Perhaps not.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-72539913389760834692013-04-28T11:54:12.204-04:002013-04-28T11:54:12.204-04:00note to self , come back to read .. after ..day sw...note to self , come back to read .. after ..day sway .. . annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224316837055308827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-48111966682439979932013-04-28T11:24:45.131-04:002013-04-28T11:24:45.131-04:00I don't honestly think we have enough informat...I don't honestly think we have enough information to make a quantitative judgement of Mr. Bastards Foop. It might very well BE swell, but it also may only be nifty. It could be the cats pajamas, or any number of other domesticated animals sleepwear, and it might even be outtasight.<br /><br />We're going to need satellite photos...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-58256792729663694512013-04-28T09:08:25.656-04:002013-04-28T09:08:25.656-04:00Also, I think you mean "swell foop".Also, I think you mean "swell foop".Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-82998393149417466032013-04-28T09:07:40.503-04:002013-04-28T09:07:40.503-04:00HA HA first comment is from a spambot.
Why the he...HA HA first comment is from a spambot.<br /><br /><i>Why the hell is it that most captcha systems display the real word in a legible font and render the nonsense word difficult to decipher?</i><br /><br />The "real word" is your contribution to crowd-sourced document digitisation. The commentariat are collectively cheaper than OCR. <br /><br />John Coulthart put up an entertaining post the other day about spam templates and accidental poetry:<br />http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2013/04/25/behold-the-spam/Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-44999287430032888372013-04-28T06:07:23.722-04:002013-04-28T06:07:23.722-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com