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Date:      Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:33:21 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Campbell <bc@thehub.com.au>
To:        Richard Martin <dmartin@origen.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange Spam
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000221152813.473n-100000@zerlargal.humbug.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <38B0B487.CB71D7E1@origen.com>

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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Richard Martin wrote:

> Has anyone been seeing spam like this lately?  It consists of an
> unintelligible sequence of English words.  Seems to be just strings of
> randomly generated words, but I am wondering if there is something more
> sinister going on here. Someone accidentally send us an encoded message?

First thing that I thought of was 'Snow Crash' by.. Neal Stephenson (?) in
which someone discovers a sequencing pattern which seems to reset your
brain.language setting.

Maybe there should be an advisory asking people not to read nonsense
emails for fear of really 'losing it' ;)  (go read the book)

--==--
Bruce.

> StriderCaracas,
> 
> Falsetto colonel flak devilish Miami experience Raymond polymerase emulate
> donkey summand Harold paint Daly hill acclimatize evince component seethe
> sarah1 Jewish Quixote Dowling corwin bye formant prince collusion, society
> agrimony lithography waybill Mathematik Zealand Shockley diluent Braun
> retaliate Cortez emphasis hooves we're molt franklin.



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