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- From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
- Subject: Re: CAN WE REALLY BE SURE THAT...
- Message-ID: <BtuqED.GvB@cs.dal.ca>
- Keywords: not quite sure...
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- Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- References: <BttKqF.B0D@cs.dal.ca> <g_hn#ac.rdc@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:18:13 GMT
- Lines: 78
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- In <g_hn#ac.rdc@netcom.com> rdc@netcom.com (Rachel Dafni Christy) writes:
- >franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:
- >>
- >> the posts in talk.bizarre actually come from real posters, rather than
- >> some complicated Artificial Intelligence algorithm gone haywire?
-
-
- >Why do you say the posts in talk? Is it because do I say some
- >complicated artificial intelligence algorithm gone haywire that you
- >came to me?
-
- Well, at first the meaning of this post eluded me. I mean, what could
- it possibly be saying? Something cryptic? Encoded? Special messages maybe?
- Well, being the suspicious guy I am, I tried to CRACK the code, and
- CRACK the code I did.
- First, I ran it uudecode, without any luck. Tried uuencoding it...Hmmm,
- better. Then I took file.uu and ran it through rot13 - now THAT"S more
- like it. Then I played it on my record player backwards (always worked
- before with my old elvis records). Well, this was getting me
- somewhere, but I saw that I would need to pull out the old UNIX script
- called "translater_for_bizarre_posters.sh". Well, here's what the
- script in ALL of it's glory looked like:
-
- #--------------------------------------------------------
- #!/bin/sh
- #(okay, so i don't use bash! sue me)
- if
- $letter != (something normal)
- /usr/bin/change $letter
- fi
- if
- $letter = (something normal)
- mail rdc@netcom.com < congratulations
- #Note - congratulations is ta long file which
- #rewards and praises the poster
- #for something in talk.bizarre that actually made
- #sense (something normal). Okay, so it's only
- #one letter, but it's a start right?
- fi
-
- echo 'all done, and boy, was this post ever bizarre'
- #have to remind yourself what kind of people you're
- #dealing with
- end
- # awhh comeon - go easy on me, I'm no programming geek!
- # feel free to polish up the code with any tips you
- # might have!
-
- #-------------------------------------------
-
- and you know what I came up with? The REAL truth about Rachel. It reads
- as follows:
-
- "I am Satan. I occassionally work at macdonalds where I can do evil deeds.
- I like to spit in people's special sauce, and sometimes - just sometimes,
- throw my exhausted hamsters into that deep-fry vat. Ahhh, the tangy
- flavor they provide is priceless! Being Satan isn't all that bad - sometimes
- I get some frill benefits. God and I play poker once in a while, and of course
- I always win, because I can cheat. Besides, since I get all the sinners,
- I usually get the really hot babes, when God gets all the ugly virgins
- and stuff who couldn't get sex even if they wanted to.
- In any case, I should really stop writing this, because no one's going
- to be reading it in any case. I mean, I don't there's one individual on
- earth who is INTELLIGENT enough to decrypt this. Well, there is that
- Steve Franklin guy, but he doesn't spend much time on talk.bizarre. Time
- will tell... Now if I could only get RICHH and KIBO to sign their soul
- over to me, I'd be happy to help them out with some of their posts..."
-
- There you go! What a find eh? I am a UNIX God... Well enjoy folks, and
- realize that some day you may consider yourself a super-sleuth like me
- (hahaha - NOT!)
-
- steve
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