norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2004/01/19/vocabulary/comments.atom2012-02-13T08:35:49.672681ZComment 1 on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012004-01-19T11:41:59Z2004-01-19T11:41:59ZSilvestre Zabalada39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Well, you're probably looking at the mail using mutt or another sensible MUA.

The words are in text/plain variant of the multipart/alternative mail. The real spam is in the text/html version and is a big image loaded from the web.

Comment 2 on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022004-01-19T16:42:51Z2004-01-19T16:42:51ZTobi

Mutt rocks :)

Comment 3 on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032004-01-20T09:14:30Z2004-01-20T09:14:30ZPaul Downey

There could be a secret message hidden in there intended for agents in the field - stenography!

Comment 4 on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042004-02-01T05:38:26Z2004-02-01T05:38:26ZAdam da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I think you mean steganography, Paul. Steganography involves hidden messages, whereas stenography is writing or transcribing rapidly using some special technique such as shorthand or a stenograph machine.

Sorry. I know I'm being incredibly anal-retentive, but sometimes I just can't curb my logolepsy. ;-)

Comment 5 on /2004/01/19/vocabularyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052004-05-18T01:12:00Z2004-05-18T01:12:00ZJonathan Noelda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Those spam messages aren't 'pointless' if they help people to build their vocabularies!