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Spelling Sigmas
August 28, 2003

In looking for a way to catch the "new" breed of spam that uses randomly-generated words to foil bayesian filters, I came up with an idea to use a vowel/consonant word ratio.

Basically, a filter would compare the number of vowels in a word with the number of letters in a word to compute a ratio.  If the ratio for a message falls within a certain threshold, the message is good.  Otherwise, it's spam.

Weird Spam
August 28, 2003

Here's a spam message I got today that was somewhat amusing.  Enjoy.

Welcome to the site http://www.darkprofits.com, it's us again, now we extended our offerings, here is a list:

1. Heroin, in liquid and crystal form.

2. Rocket fuel and Tomohawk rockets (serious enquiries only).

3. Other rockets (Air-to-Air), orders in batches of 10.

4. New shipment of cocaine has arrived, buy 9 grams and get 10th for free.

5. We also offer gay-slaves for sale, we offer only such service on the NET, you can choose the one you like, then get straight to business.

6. Fake currencies, such as Euros and US dollars, prices would match competition.

7. Also, as always, we offer widest range of child pornography and exclusive lolita galleries, to keep out clients busy.

Everyone is welcome, be it in States or any other place worldwide.

ATTENTION. Clearance offer. Buy 30 grams of heroin, get 5 free.
Prepay your batch of rockets (air-to-air) and recieve a portable rocket-lacuncher for free.

http://www.darkprofits.com

This offer won't last! Only until 20th of August all our clients will also recieve a pack of 2 CDs, with best selection of child pornography.

Busy Day
August 27, 2003

Yesterday was extraordinarily busy.

I had to go to the school bookstore at lunch to pick up my two 80-pound texts for class.  Then after work I went to two classes, Discrete Math and Intro C++.  I think Discrete Math might be fun.