Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Jibber-Jabber of the Spambots

One of the greatest things about the Internet has to be spambots. Oh, don't get me wrong, I hate spam as much as everybody else, but the folks who program these spambots have to be commended for their level of ingenuity.
In order to avoid detection, these spam generators produce nonsensical paragraphs composed of random words to allow them to slip past your filters, or at least confuse the bejeezus out of them. Every once in a while, though, you get one that produces almost avant garde material. Witness, if you will, this little ditty received in my ancient Yahoo account...


Notice how it arranged it like a poem. The real message was an image that Yahoo's filters stripped out, leaving this bizarre text. Here is that section of the email that contained the "poetry"...

Just high a today.
Line day us knew good means our.
Large their kind came school answer.
Thing back since air.
School go often since.

At until often across hard.
Point any life name parts.
Should were another called near means top a.
Large something important ways up he going far of.
Next which himself had since did through.
While way might can her.

Important both many soon show top air.
Took being all like.
Until also last since thing enough three father.
There before sea i get sentence right.
Line today enough means against way.

Far like hard whole last may see why.
After well know then a near live picture why.
With sea small should show get before life she.
I through far since.
First below want line.

Men best miles make men many each.
Again may a find which was white.
Did change i off these picture years like.

Reads like James Joyce. On acid. I'd love to take credit for this, but somewhere out there is a spambot that is churning out prose of a surreal variety. Impressive.

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