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| From | snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] |
| Date | 2025-02-25 23:25 +0000 |
| Organization | Sn!peCo World Wide Wading Birds |
| Message-ID | <1r8c3hg.18ccbct12ccsp0N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> (permalink) |
| References | <vpahaf$2buae$1@paganini.bofh.team> <20250225145045.044bbb00858658522a3652b7@gmail.moc> <87jz9dq2t1.fsf@example.com> <67be3d4e@news.ausics.net> |
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote: > Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote: > > Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> writes: > >> Ian: > >> > >>> *********** To reply by e-mail, make w single in address ************** > >> > >> How long till AI becomes cheap enough for spammers to employ > >> it for unmunging such riddles? > > > > I couldn't figure out the riddle in question here. I'd take my hat to > > any intelligence that can. > > Their email has two 'u' characters, so I think you're meant to read > that as a 'w' (this might be more obvious with some fonts than > others). Then in the riddle to "make w single" means to "make w a > single character", so "uu" becomes "w". > > The w-ified domain resolves and has an MX record so it can receive > email (seen with command: "dig [domain] mx"), unlike the original. > So that's my guess. I read it as make 'double-you' (w) single i.e. to delete one of the two 'u's in "Ian <gay@sfuu.ca>" so that it becomes "Ian <gay@sfu.ca>". I don't know if that resolves. Whatever, it's an ambiguous riddle. -- ^Ï^. Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS My pet rock Gordon just is.
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Babbage and Dark Mode Ian <gay@sfuu.ca> - 2025-02-21 10:40 -0800
Re: Babbage and Dark Mode Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-22 18:04 +0300
Re: Babbage and Dark Mode Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:29 -0300
The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-25 14:50 +0300
Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 15:47 -0300
Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-26 07:59 +1000
Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-02-25 23:25 +0000
Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 05:43 -0300
Re: The use of AI by spammers [was: Re: Babbage and Dark Mode] not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-28 07:31 +1000
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