Or, excerpts of some spam I’ve recently received.

From: Sylvia
Date: Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:06 AM

do trap varied jujube!
borne trowel papal varied.

From: Clio
Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:11 PM

Nor for your golden crown
Which they ate with a runcible spoon

From: Gonzalo
Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM

pule pore shay.
botch sally quota who!
cong echo pule who.
ilk sloe inker mushy.

From: Pablo
Date: Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:10 AM

mumps vizor airy.
newel fluff after safe.
froze itch elfin for?
kino sprig hoof.

From: Fletcher
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:16 PM

me curl airy inky!
wise hoof faith bogy?
wooer rogue kilo froze!
crux cleg frizz ashen.
lieu rogue.
huso kino tray.
mage rep.
curl trow comet kino.
orbed mage.
trace bogy.
tray crick its froze!
itch comet huso elfin.
nick wooer faith rogue!
elfin sprig rimy rep?
relic itch crowd nance!
talon curb vizor kino?
rape crowd hoof.
huso rape ashen orbed?
tray elfin mumps peel!
tyke curb.
tray fugle spunk itch?
wooer tummy wrung sexy!
motif steed inky motif?
stale soup death swain?

From: Louella
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:33 AM

cooker bingo brazil ingle.
oakery alb.
coatee luting graft bled!
rococo pray fetid pawn!
arise chump acuity give?
pray voter grouch nimbus!
hubby grouch peso tandem?
hubby gooey lives zoic.
wen fiber feel flood!
valuer chalk ape warble.
hubby bingo.

From: Kennith
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:19 AM

sleety hubby bingo gasper!
glover tempi ingle public?
fully how attic renew?
pawn aerate.
flood lipped mix rococo.
lipped blase sleety sin.
baboo peso mix.
lumper warble sell gird!
emir arise chump.
sap shrink sap.

From: Lottie
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:08 PM

large find fetid.
pray brazil cooker fiber!
cue how pray pawn.
renew wen keeker public?
bay wen thyme gasper!
pray module pawn.

From: Archie
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:16 PM

wen fiber estop.
sleety foci sell farad.
alb tandem keeker.
gasper large gooey how?
fully cashew hubby nibble.
feed attic ape attic?
chump rococo coatee pant!

One learns fascinating thing on the Internet; things, perhaps, that one wouldn’t want to. While the art of perfumery isn’t exactly the worst of them, and I deny that I’m affronted by its intricacies, I do wonder if I really wanted to know its, uh, animalistic side.

“It is a classic French way to make perfume,” he says, referring to animalic scents, the basest base notes. Civet oil, which is drawn from the anal gland of the civet cat, and which is said to smell a bit like blood. Castoreum, the animalic note in Cruel Intentions by Kilian, which comes from a gland in the guts of a beaver. Perfume critic Chandler Burr has said that it smells of “leather, urine, smokey tar and of anus.

Via Untoward.

Näin eilen Keskustassa vaateliikeen, jonka jokaisessa ikkunassa luki “turkisviikot” isoin tikkukirjaimin. On varmasti ainoastaan onnistuneen propagandan ansiota, että täysin vailla mitään erityistä tunnekuohuntaa mietin miltäköhän näyttäisi, jos ikkunoissa lukisi “murhaviikot”.

M&M: Raisio uskoi rasisteja. Älytöntä. Miinukset Raisiolle.

How to Digitize a Million Books:

“Ultimately, Clancy says, Google would like Book Search to give the same result as someone going to a library, looking in its stacks, and serendipitously finding a book that’s interesting or useful. One way to do this would be to link books to each other by categories and themes, he suggests. The task becomes more complicated, though, when linking works by Virginia Woolf, for instance, to criticisms of her work, works that inspired her, or authors who wrote during the same era. Designing algorithms that can effectively organize all of this new information, Clancy says, is ‘one of the grand challenges and will take many years.’”

“Reddy says CMU researchers are trying to tackle this challenge by using a ‘statistical approach’ to organizing the information. In this approach, Virginia Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness sentences, for example, would be analyzed by an algorithm that would find patterns based on sentence length, structure, and punctuation. This technique might find a work by James Joyce, one of Woolf’s influences — or that of an obscure author whose writings might otherwise never have been found.”

Olen seurannut Jaakko Kuivalaisen Tekij�noikeus-raportointia suurella mielenkiinnolla. Teksti on sujuvaa, ja k�sittelee lain kehittymist� ja mahdollisia vaikutuksia ymm�rrett�v�sti ja yksityiskohtaisesti.

Huvittavin (ja kenties h�lyytt�vin) sivujuonne l�ytyy merkinn�st�, jossa viitataan Mediaviikon p��kirjoitukseen Lex Karpelasta. Kuivalainen ehtii p�ivitt�� merkint��ns� sen verran toteakseen, ett� p��kirjoitus on her�tt�nyt paljon negatiivista palautetta, mutta sittemmin juttu on h�vinnyt kokonaisuudessaan Mediaviikon saitilta!

Tosiasia on kuitenkin se, ett� lain ep�kohdat kiinnostavat vain pient� erikoisryhm��. Se, ett� Lex Karpela ei ole mediassa ja suuren kansan riveiss� her�tt�nyt suuremmin vastustusta, ei sin�ns� ihmetyt�. Mik� kyll�kin kummastuttaa, on se, ett� ep�kohdat vaikuttavat niin r�ikeilt�. T�m� merkint� purkaa hyvin kotiin murtautumisen metaforan ongelmia.

Kopiosuojauksen murtaminen ei ole ainoa ongelmakohta, jossa oikean maailman lakeja sovelletaan tietoverkkoihin. Yksi klassinen esimerkki on tapaus, jossa teksasilainen it-ammattilainen ilmoitti er��lle yliopistolle havaitsemastaan tietoturva-aukosta yliopiston verkossa. Mies pid�tettiin ja tuomittiin murtoyrityksest� — vaikkei ollut yritt�nyt itse hy�dynt�� aukkoa mill��n lailla.

Jos k�visi kokeilemassa pankin ikkunoita, ja huomaisi, ett� yksi on j��nyt lukitsematta, ei kannata kertoa siit� kellek��n. Ikkunoiden kokeilua pidett�isiin murtoyrityksen�: eih�n kukaan lainkuuliainen kansalainen pankin ikkunoita muuten kokeilisi.

“There is a natural trend to reach an ‘equilibrium’ between the agent and the host interests, in order to guarantee concomitant survival for a longer time,” Dr Marco Vitoria said.

What is the box jellyfish, A.K.A. Tripedalia cystophora. And it’s helping solve Darwin’s “how can a complex organ like the eye be explained by evolution” question.

Bruce Schneier’s Individual-i is a symbol for personal liberty.

World Jump Day is a grand attempt to shift the world into a new orbit and stop global warming, extend daytime hours and create a more homogenous climate.

World Jump Day is on July 20, 2006. The time to jump in Helsinki is at 9:39:13, so find a hard surface, and synchronize your clock.