Comments on: Something Is Gained in the Translation http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Tue, 22 May 2012 00:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10480 John Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:15:14 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10480 marta: A more recent round of duplicate spomments says:<blockquote>Early to <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">best flat iron bed</span></span> and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy,and wise.Art is limitness,but <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">[brandname] hair straighteners</span></span> life is limit.As long as stick to it, you’ll succeed. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">chi hair straightener</span></span>.All work and no play makes smart child to a dull boy.</blockquote> This verges on a sort of Dadaist poetry. fg: After the most recent round, I installed a very clever spomment filter, which seems to have made the problem go away. We'll see, though; as DarcKnyt says, these folks are awfully clever! marta: A more recent round of duplicate spomments says:
Early to best flat iron bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy,and wise.Art is limitness,but [brandname] hair straighteners life is limit.As long as stick to it, you’ll succeed. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try chi hair straightener.All work and no play makes smart child to a dull boy.

This verges on a sort of Dadaist poetry.

fg: After the most recent round, I installed a very clever spomment filter, which seems to have made the problem go away. We’ll see, though; as DarcKnyt says, these folks are awfully clever!

]]> By: fg http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10455 fg Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:25:37 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10455 "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." Wow, that's profound for a Chinese footwear company, based in ostensibly non-religious city, hah ha PS hope they give up and leave you in peace. “It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
Wow, that’s profound for a Chinese footwear company, based in ostensibly non-religious city, hah ha
PS hope they give up and leave you in peace.

]]> By: marta http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10414 marta Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:13:39 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10414 I read crazy English every day. Those spomments are brilliant--and so is the word. I read crazy English every day. Those spomments are brilliant–and so is the word.

]]> By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10412 John Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:47 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10412 Darc: Yeah -- spommentors and hackers both. If they didn't exist, why, who knows? We IT people might be regarded (at least among the ill-informed) as gods! :) (<em>Spommenting and hacking</em> sounds like something a sickly housepet does.) Moonie: It IS funny (so far!). With as much traffic as you must get over at your place, though, I bet it's a lot more tedious keeping it at bay. Your assistant may need to dig up an appropriate small-furry-animal photo just for the occasion... maybe a meerkat, its eyes bulging, up to its neck in a swarm of termites. Jules: <em>7Impterview</em>. Damn. Wish I'd thought of that! You've mentioned the Russian spam before, here and there. I get a lot of that, too, but the Wordpress software seems to catch nearly all of it. Maybe it's got something to do with our different templates? or... or... or Wordpress plugins or something? (Heck, if Blaine hasn't figured it out yet, it's probably unsolvable!) Darc: Yeah — spommentors and hackers both. If they didn’t exist, why, who knows? We IT people might be regarded (at least among the ill-informed) as gods! :)

(Spommenting and hacking sounds like something a sickly housepet does.)

Moonie: It IS funny (so far!). With as much traffic as you must get over at your place, though, I bet it’s a lot more tedious keeping it at bay. Your assistant may need to dig up an appropriate small-furry-animal photo just for the occasion… maybe a meerkat, its eyes bulging, up to its neck in a swarm of termites.

Jules: 7Impterview. Damn. Wish I’d thought of that!

You’ve mentioned the Russian spam before, here and there. I get a lot of that, too, but the WordPress software seems to catch nearly all of it. Maybe it’s got something to do with our different templates? or… or… or WordPress plugins or something? (Heck, if Blaine hasn’t figured it out yet, it’s probably unsolvable!)

]]> By: jules http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10409 jules Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:08 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10409 Ha. That is a particularly funny spomment, trying so hard to be deep. (By the way, I love that word --- thank you --- much in the way I like that yesterday Little Willow coined "7Impterview." Brilliant of her.) 7-Imp keeps getting Russian spam. OH MY GOD so much of it. Craziness. Ha. That is a particularly funny spomment, trying so hard to be deep. (By the way, I love that word — thank you — much in the way I like that yesterday Little Willow coined “7Impterview.” Brilliant of her.)

7-Imp keeps getting Russian spam. OH MY GOD so much of it. Craziness.

]]> By: moonrat http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10408 moonrat Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:40:39 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10408 hahahahhahaha. i suppose i shouldn't be laughing, only this happened to me a couple months back. eventually i blocked comments on old posts because they were competing with one another faster than i could delete them. it is kind of funny. i mean, in theory, someone's paid to do that... hahahahhahaha. i suppose i shouldn’t be laughing, only this happened to me a couple months back. eventually i blocked comments on old posts because they were competing with one another faster than i could delete them.

it is kind of funny. i mean, in theory, someone’s paid to do that…

]]> By: DarcKnyt http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/something-is-gained-in-the-translation/comment-page-1/#comment-10405 DarcKnyt Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:31:57 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5922#comment-10405 These spommentors are very clever, aren't they? I have no idea how they get past the defenses, but MAN! ... now, if they'd just dedicate their minds to <i>good</i> instead of spomments ... These spommentors are very clever, aren’t they? I have no idea how they get past the defenses, but MAN! … now, if they’d just dedicate their minds to good instead of spomments …

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