[extropy-chat] SPAM: Post-modernist filter avoidance

[Mike Lorrey]

In addition to a solicitation to meet my soulmate, got a message today
which contains the following text:

"Please enjoy your postmodern story of the day: 

I didn't have to say: can we change the meeting from 6 to 11?  My kids 
have a music recital and I dont want to miss it for the world.  Are you

getting pieces of this?  Sounds good to me, I said.  Just tell me your 
answer, even if it sucks.
The continuation of our species matters more than you can imagine.  It 
is the single most important thing we can do.  Just tell me your 
answer, even if it sucks.  Suddenly, he disappeared.  (I'd seen
something 
really weird. :) 
  How embarrassing.  He extended his hand by way of introduction.  The 
continuation of our species matters more than you can imagine.  It is 
the single most important thing we can do.  How embarrassing.And
someone 
was waiting for me, just around the corner.  But this was a long road, 
and should I walk down it, I might never come back.  The same thing we 
do every night, he replied.  And someone was waiting for me, just 
around the corner. How embarrassing.
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Now, note the repetition of certain sentences. The creator is obviously
operating on a limited database of sentences, which are being randomly
strung together (as opposed to stringing random words together), in
order to avoid any grammar-scoring filter. Each sentence itself is
grammatically accurate. 

What is needed now is a filter for context within a paragraph, in order
to score each sentence in relation to each other for context.

The danger of emplacing such a context filter is that it may cause
legit messages by individuals, who do not understand the purpose of
paragraphs fully, to be filtered out.

A positive result of this, though, will be a selective pressure for
people to develop better grammar and better paragraph discipline. 1337
h4x0rz will have to grow up.

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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