Ron’s Blog

Every breath I take, every move I make

So, I’ve been setting up new versions of the blogs using WordPress. They’re not linked to anything, and there just sitting in some directories there with a couple of test posts on them. A day or so later, they already have comment spam. I actually haven’t had a big problem with comment spam in the past, but both the test blogs have gathered about a dozen bits, all from some online gambling place. So I’m both disgusted with this, but also a little impressed with their efficiency.

But what really blows me away is the content. They of course use content that might not trigger filters, and then insert a link to their business. (This is largely to pump up their Google standing.) But the first bit I look at has as its dummy text the following:

Cut the pie any way you like, “meanings” just ain’t in the head!

Shit! The most famous line from an article (Hilary Putnam’s “The Meaning of Meaning”) that I’ve taught both directly and indirectly more times than I can count. Now, that’s just creepy. I hate those spammers, but man, either they’re really lucky or really good.

So what’s the second one I open?

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

What, the Chommer? Do they know where I went to school or something? The creepy factor just jumped up an order of magnitude.

One more, I say. They can’t get that lucky 3 times in a row; so I look:

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.

Nuff said.