Comments on: The Evolution of Spam-Consciousness http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Optimizing Reference Point Chains - [tmbchr]â„¢ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-116200 Optimizing Reference Point Chains - [tmbchr]â„¢ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:02:14 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-116200 [...] See what I mean? The result is basically nonsense - quite similar to what you’ll see in spam emails at times. Words have a high degree of meaning degradation when translated into another linguistic framework. [...] [...] See what I mean? The result is basically nonsense - quite similar to what you’ll see in spam emails at times. Words have a high degree of meaning degradation when translated into another linguistic framework. [...]

]]> By: mrnovell.com » Could Life Evolve on the Internet? http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-112024 mrnovell.com » Could Life Evolve on the Internet? Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:49:13 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-112024 [...] Indeed, computer viruses and e-mail spam have arguably displayed evolutionary characteristics. But Nowak was more interested in the forms of social life produced by the internet. “It’s already an interesting phenomenon that allows people to function in a different way,” he said. “It leads to very different properties than what were out there before.” [...] [...] Indeed, computer viruses and e-mail spam have arguably displayed evolutionary characteristics. But Nowak was more interested in the forms of social life produced by the internet. “It’s already an interesting phenomenon that allows people to function in a different way,” he said. “It leads to very different properties than what were out there before.” [...]

]]> By: Could Life Evolve on the Internet? | 24NewsMedia.com International Online News http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-111907 Could Life Evolve on the Internet? | 24NewsMedia.com International Online News Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:58:51 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-111907 [...] Indeed, computer viruses and email spam have arguably displayed evolutionary characteristics. But Nowak was more interested in the forms of social life produced by the internet. "It’s already an interesting phenomenon that allows people to function in a different way," he said. "It leads to very different properties than what were out there before." [...] [...] Indeed, computer viruses and email spam have arguably displayed evolutionary characteristics. But Nowak was more interested in the forms of social life produced by the internet. "It’s already an interesting phenomenon that allows people to function in a different way," he said. "It leads to very different properties than what were out there before." [...]

]]> By: Spam: The New Oracle. « Apocrypha Jones - Postmodern Occult http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-25800 Spam: The New Oracle. « Apocrypha Jones - Postmodern Occult Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-25800 [...] Anyway, this brings me to my new oracle. I recently experienced a deluge of spam on my main e-mail account — a triple fold increase in volume. It has let up somewhat, but the funny thing was this this spam-a-thon occurred right around the same time that I was mulling over an older post on Tim Boucher’s excellent journal about how the internet may be attempting to communicate with us. [...] [...] Anyway, this brings me to my new oracle. I recently experienced a deluge of spam on my main e-mail account — a triple fold increase in volume. It has let up somewhat, but the funny thing was this this spam-a-thon occurred right around the same time that I was mulling over an older post on Tim Boucher’s excellent journal about how the internet may be attempting to communicate with us. [...]

]]> By: fantastic planet » Let’s communicate with the Internet! http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-24693 fantastic planet » Let’s communicate with the Internet! Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:35:30 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-24693 [...] Okay, time for an experiment. We’ve often wondered whether the Internet will eventually become sentient and self-aware through automated spam and such. Just out of curiosity, let’s see if we can get it to talk to us. [...] [...] Okay, time for an experiment. We’ve often wondered whether the Internet will eventually become sentient and self-aware through automated spam and such. Just out of curiosity, let’s see if we can get it to talk to us. [...]

]]> By: Conspiracy Fiction / The Kloponin Communiques http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-18108 Conspiracy Fiction / The Kloponin Communiques Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:07:15 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-18108 [...] I have been noticing that this blog has been getting hit very hard by spam servers trying to insert their advertising into the comments of our posts here. Of special interest are a number of comments with the words “Kloponin” in them and links to sites with a drug for sale of that same name. [...] [...] I have been noticing that this blog has been getting hit very hard by spam servers trying to insert their advertising into the comments of our posts here. Of special interest are a number of comments with the words “Kloponin” in them and links to sites with a drug for sale of that same name. [...]

]]> By: Dodging Invisible Rays » spam subject lines http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-18003 Dodging Invisible Rays » spam subject lines Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:40:41 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-18003 [...] I kinda like some spam if only for the accidental poetry. See also Tim’s entry on the subject here. [...] [...] I kinda like some spam if only for the accidental poetry. See also Tim’s entry on the subject here. [...]

]]> By: John M. Burt http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-17017 John M. Burt Mon, 29 May 2006 00:29:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-17017 You know, some of these really do sound like an emergent consciousness trying to make contact. Maybe you should redo this post as a short story. You know, some of these really do sound like an emergent consciousness trying to make contact.

Maybe you should redo this post as a short story.

]]> By: Kip W http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-17010 Kip W Sat, 27 May 2006 16:52:04 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-17010 I call those strings of gibberish words that follow the pitch "spam noodles." I call those strings of gibberish words that follow the pitch “spam noodles.”

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-17002 Kylark Fri, 26 May 2006 20:52:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-17002 I posted a couple more comments here yesterday. I think they got lost. I posted a couple more comments here yesterday. I think they got lost.

]]> By: Dodging Invisible Rays » More on emergent consciousness http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16993 Dodging Invisible Rays » More on emergent consciousness Thu, 25 May 2006 22:28:43 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16993 [...] I feel like we’re in a swirl in history. All these predictions here and elsewhere of the machine waking up seem to be echoes of a thing that has already happened. I believe the silicon-consciousness(es) and the organic consciousness(es) are circling each other, in a dance through history trying to find a way to love one another without destroying each other. The Singularity is close enough that it may be happening now, long slow circles, reverberations while mind divides once again. [...] [...] I feel like we’re in a swirl in history. All these predictions here and elsewhere of the machine waking up seem to be echoes of a thing that has already happened. I believe the silicon-consciousness(es) and the organic consciousness(es) are circling each other, in a dance through history trying to find a way to love one another without destroying each other. The Singularity is close enough that it may be happening now, long slow circles, reverberations while mind divides once again. [...]

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16989 Kylark Thu, 25 May 2006 21:53:53 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16989 I think your filter trapped my comments.... I think your filter trapped my comments….

]]> By: alistair http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16982 alistair Thu, 25 May 2006 21:30:10 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16982 every element of communication that passes the turing test is intelligent (by that metric......) the ego position of some humans is to protect intelligence as a distinctly human atribute. this attitude makes it more diffucult to detect the emergence of any new intelligence. the view of my baptist friend is illustrative here. his view is that any action of men is incapable of creating a seperate intellegence. he goes further by including the actions of demons etc. it isn`t a particularly rational position to take and even my attempts to expose him to the writings of kurzwiel, pesci and others fail to allow him to consider the vast scale of computer generated communication. thoug i don`t believe that computer consciousness is resolved yet in a dynamic way, there is the possiblity that an algorithm complex enough can start and maintain a blog, get hits, comments from people and other computers and develop it`s own net presence..............and yes, how wierd is that? mark pesci and terence mckenna believe that once computers becom conscious in a meaningful way, we will have very little time to react. we will be exposed to a different set of morals and ethics. and i hazzard to guess that "it" will have seen i,robot. every element of communication that passes the turing test is intelligent (by that metric……) the ego position of some humans is to protect intelligence as a distinctly human atribute. this attitude makes it more diffucult to detect the emergence of any new intelligence. the view of my baptist friend is illustrative here. his view is that any action of men is incapable of creating a seperate intellegence. he goes further by including the actions of demons etc. it isn`t a particularly rational position to take and even my attempts to expose him to the writings of kurzwiel, pesci and others fail to allow him to consider the vast scale of computer generated communication.
thoug i don`t believe that computer consciousness is resolved yet in a dynamic way, there is the possiblity that an algorithm complex enough can start and maintain a blog, get hits, comments from people and other computers and develop it`s own net presence…………..and yes, how wierd is that?
mark pesci and terence mckenna believe that once computers becom conscious in a meaningful way, we will have very little time to react. we will be exposed to a different set of morals and ethics. and i hazzard to guess that “it” will have seen i,robot.

]]> By: Rev Max http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16980 Rev Max Thu, 25 May 2006 21:23:43 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16980 This site is not for the faint of heart. Here all morals are thrown to the wind and man boldly goes where most dare not tread. The motto here is Wet and Wild. What happens is not your normal sex, instead hammer hard fuck games devoid of all taboos. This is something for only the most adventurous sex pro's and lust junkies. Hot, hard and exclusive; and all in the best picture and sound quality available. No where else will you get a show like this; only here. This site is not for the faint of heart.
Here all morals are thrown to the wind and man boldly
goes where most dare not tread. The motto here is Wet and Wild.
What happens is not your normal sex, instead hammer hard fuck games devoid of all taboos.
This is something for only the most adventurous sex pro’s and lust junkies.
Hot, hard and exclusive; and all in the best picture and sound quality available.
No where else will you get a show like this; only here.

]]> By: slomo http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16979 slomo Thu, 25 May 2006 21:19:21 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16979 <blockquote>By that same token though, I also imagine that perhaps spam filters - what they are really doing - is training the nascent machine intelligence.</blockquote> Well, given that the techniques you've described (Bayesian filters, Markov language models) are specific instances of what is broadly described as "machine learning", it would seem that the people who began developing them had exactly that (artificial intelligence) in mind. But these days, at least from my humble perspective, many of these techniques are thought of as simply tools to achieve some specific goal. [But then, I'm a public health scientist, not a computer scientist, so I have no idea what black magic is brewing deep in the military labs.]

By that same token though, I also imagine that perhaps spam filters - what they are really doing - is training the nascent machine intelligence.

Well, given that the techniques you’ve described (Bayesian filters, Markov language models) are specific instances of what is broadly described as “machine learning”, it would seem that the people who began developing them had exactly that (artificial intelligence) in mind. But these days, at least from my humble perspective, many of these techniques are thought of as simply tools to achieve some specific goal. [But then, I'm a public health scientist, not a computer scientist, so I have no idea what black magic is brewing deep in the military labs.]

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16978 Kylark Thu, 25 May 2006 21:17:10 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16978 Sorry to, er, spam your comments. I'm just really excited by this topic. <blockquote><a href="http://www.devipress.com/articles/gnostic-symbols/?symbol" rel="nofollow">When infected' by a stable. The sphinx at ayodhya. The wife of illusion. The material world is quite an article in continuous use by jung a subconscious level. This world is called the garden a head shop aka a modern cathar church. The cross is taking on this and the future of religious symbols celtic symbols articles exploring virtual worlds and the original art.</a> <em>DISCLAIMER: The text for this article was generated automatically by a computer. As such, nothing in this article should be construed as a statement of fact or as the opinion of the maintainers of this site.</em></blockquote> Sorry to, er, spam your comments. I’m just really excited by this topic.

When infected’ by a stable. The sphinx at ayodhya. The wife of illusion. The material world is quite an article in continuous use by jung a subconscious level. This world is called the garden a head shop aka a modern cathar church. The cross is taking on this and the future of religious symbols celtic symbols articles exploring virtual worlds and the original art.

DISCLAIMER: The text for this article was generated automatically by a computer. As such, nothing in this article should be construed as a statement of fact or as the opinion of the maintainers of this site.

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16977 Kylark Thu, 25 May 2006 21:08:47 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16977 I just drafted a second comment and it disappeared, which is funny, because it related to a disappearing post. See also, "<a href="http://paulinekilar.com/weblog/?p=148" rel="nofollow">Digital Cameras under the Emerging Cosmos</a>" <blockquote>Digital cameras under the church. Digital cameras under the fiery destruction of saturn. Number of all within. Author message is born.</blockquote> I just drafted a second comment and it disappeared, which is funny, because it related to a disappearing post.

See also, “Digital Cameras under the Emerging Cosmos”

Digital cameras under the church. Digital cameras under the fiery destruction of saturn. Number of all within. Author message is born.

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16976 Kylark Thu, 25 May 2006 21:06:05 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16976 Oh, and check out these <a href="http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/npdict.txt" rel="nofollow">word</a> <a href="http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/morbini/csc172/labs/words" rel="nofollow">lists</a> for <a href="http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/morbini/csc172/" rel="nofollow">courses</a> on <a href="http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/" rel="nofollow">AI</a>. I haven't delved into the syllabuses yet to figure out what the words are <i>for</i>, but I'm guessing they have something to do with training our dear little machines. I found the first list doing a Google search for "Pauline Kilar divination Ching." I was trying to find a post trackbacked from <a href="http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2006/05/" rel="nofollow">this blog</a> which disappeared. Later I emailed the author and she told me the post disappeared when she was updating servers. Which made me think of the scene in <em><a href="http://www.darkmaterials.com/knf.htm" rel="nofollow">The Subtle Knife</a></em> where the researcher's machine starts communicating with her through words on a screen, telling her it is a message from the <a href="http://hisdarkmaterials.org/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=120" rel="nofollow">Dust</a>. The messengers in the computer tell her to smash the equipment and go. When she does, she rolls up a poster of the I Ching hexagrams and takes it with her. Later she uses the I Ching for divination. Oh, and check out these word lists for courses on AI. I haven’t delved into the syllabuses yet to figure out what the words are for, but I’m guessing they have something to do with training our dear little machines.

I found the first list doing a Google search for “Pauline Kilar divination Ching.” I was trying to find a post trackbacked from this blog which disappeared. Later I emailed the author and she told me the post disappeared when she was updating servers.

Which made me think of the scene in The Subtle Knife where the researcher’s machine starts communicating with her through words on a screen, telling her it is a message from the Dust. The messengers in the computer tell her to smash the equipment and go. When she does, she rolls up a poster of the I Ching hexagrams and takes it with her. Later she uses the I Ching for divination.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16975 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 May 2006 21:02:52 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16975 Wow those quotes are really awesome! Wow those quotes are really awesome!

]]> By: Kylark http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16974 Kylark Thu, 25 May 2006 20:55:19 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16974 When I was going through my mystical experience/complete crack-up last year I got some very pointed trackback spam. There were about fifty, from "genaholincorporated" dot com, and they were all quotes from philosophy and literature. *pokes through gmail archive for examples* <blockquote>The believer who has communicated with his god is not merely a man who sees new truths of which the unbeliever is ignorant: he is a man who is 'stronger'. He feels within him more force, either to ens Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. by internet poker There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine. Insomnia can become a form of contemplation. You just lie there, inert, helpless, alone, in the dark, and let yourself be crushed by the inscrutable tyranny of time. There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love. It is a little embarrassing that, after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.</blockquote> That huge trackback spam blast had all these strings of unusual words. Here's one of my favorites: <blockquote>mayonnaise Dayton realtor tattoos annoyers Occam irrelevantly</blockquote> I have many, many more of these. When I was going through my mystical experience/complete crack-up last year I got some very pointed trackback spam. There were about fifty, from “genaholincorporated” dot com, and they were all quotes from philosophy and literature. *pokes through gmail archive for examples*

The believer who has communicated with his god is not merely a man who sees new truths of which the unbeliever is ignorant: he is a man who is ’stronger’. He feels within him more force, either to ens

Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. by internet poker

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.

Insomnia can become a form of contemplation. You just lie there, inert, helpless, alone, in the dark, and let yourself be crushed by the inscrutable tyranny of time.

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as ‘moral indignation,’ which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.

We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love.

It is a little embarrassing that, after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.

That huge trackback spam blast had all these strings of unusual words. Here’s one of my favorites:

mayonnaise Dayton realtor tattoos annoyers Occam irrelevantly

I have many, many more of these.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16973 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 May 2006 20:28:09 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16973 Speaking of weird emails, I just got this through the contact form on my site: <blockquote>Respected sir, I am an Indian and living in punjab state.I am very very impressed by sir (my god) John Pope Paul.I want to get physically blessings from my god.Can I get?please help me.To be very frankly I wants to get blessings by JOHN POPE PAUL (my god).Please tell me when i should come to holy VATICAN.Thanking very much.</blockquote> Speaking of weird emails, I just got this through the contact form on my site:

Respected sir,
I am an Indian and living in punjab
state.I am very very impressed by sir (my god)
John Pope Paul.I want to get physically blessings from my god.Can I get?please help
me.To be very frankly I wants to get blessings
by JOHN POPE PAUL (my god).Please tell me when
i should come to holy VATICAN.Thanking very much.

]]> By: prnsqlr http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16972 prnsqlr Thu, 25 May 2006 18:55:20 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16972 That movie is Explorers, a childhood favorite: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/ That movie is Explorers, a childhood favorite: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16970 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 May 2006 18:33:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16970 Following that link, I found also this post: http://peterkaminski.com/2005/11/fivedigit_blog_spam.html And a commenter there mentioning something called numbers stations, a strange shortwave radio phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station Which reminded me of this old post on Rigorous Intuition: http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2006/02/markovian-parallax-denigrate_18.html And another one about fake blogs on Blogspot: http://disenchantedidealist.blogspot.com/2006/04/anyone-know-what-this-is-about.html The blog that guys links to is especially interesting because there are no off-site links or other advertisements. How would they benefit from that? hold-em-poker-com[dot]blogspot[dot]com Following that link, I found also this post:

http://peterkaminski.com/2005/11/fivedigit_blog_spam.html

And a commenter there mentioning something called numbers stations, a strange shortwave radio phenomenon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

Which reminded me of this old post on Rigorous Intuition:

http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/.../markovian-parallax-denigrate_18.html

And another one about fake blogs on Blogspot:

http://disenchantedidealist.blogspot.c...4/anyone-know-what-this-is-about.html

The blog that guys links to is especially interesting because there are no off-site links or other advertisements. How would they benefit from that?

hold-em-poker-com[dot]blogspot[dot]com

]]> By: BoontDustie http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16969 BoontDustie Thu, 25 May 2006 18:21:42 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16969 More baby-talk: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/23/wtf_is_going_on_with.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/23/wtf_is_going_on_with.html</a> What's that movie we were talking about - the one where the kids build a spaceship out of a washing machine? And then the Aliens they meet in space only know how to communicate with us by reciting jingles and television commercials because they have tried to learn our language by our mass media? More baby-talk: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/23/wtf_is_going_on_with.html

What’s that movie we were talking about - the one where the kids build a spaceship out of a washing machine? And then the Aliens they meet in space only know how to communicate with us by reciting
jingles and television commercials because they have tried to learn our language by our mass media?

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-16968 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 May 2006 18:10:55 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-evolution-of-spam-consciousness/#comment-16968 Two semi-related old posts: http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/22/the-computer-conspiracy/ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-machines-are-blogging/ Two semi-related old posts:

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/07/22/the-computer-conspiracy/
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/05/25/the-machines-are-blogging/

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