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- From: rjw@disco.rgm.com (robert willis)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: Green Golf Ball Joke
- Message-ID: <921118506@disco.rgm.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:39:53 GMT
- References: <BxtCwt.C0v@mach1.wlu.ca> <2836@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
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- filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM (Fil Feit) writes:
-
- >It's time to set the record straight on the Green Golf Ball Joke.
-
- >The GGBJ has never appeared in this group or any other. Internet
- >is set up to recognize and delete the GGBJ whenever it is sent.
-
- >It cannot be sent translated or uuencoded. It cannot be transmitted
- >in text, zip, lha, compress, or any other coding method.
-
- >This was originally done as an experiment in Artificial Intelligence.
- >The goal was to have the net check and reject the GGBJ. It now does
- >so in over 350 permutations and a total of 72 languages and dialects.
-
- >I, personally, translated it to Mandarin, scanned it into a gif file,
- >converted it to jpeg, broke it into four pieces, each rotated ninety
- >degrees, and it STILL REJECTED IT, although part one did get through
- >before the rest were stopped. My account, however, was cancelled.
-
- >If you really want the GGBJ, try giving a snail mail or fax address.
- >Maybe someone will send it that way.
-
- Hahaha, Like anyone is going to actually believe this?? Or does
- this artificial inteligence program crack encryption too (ya right!),
- if it does exist encrypt it with crypt, DES or something and send the
- key in a seperate message.
-