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READ ee spammings
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you are very i wish i could get you
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please reply me back i have
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(i came) here to look for my second half,
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i am young (good) with of love and carring
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hello (greetings) my is a young girl
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u in good i come across your
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i got to touch you i like us
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decide touch become more believe today
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i am are you fine in perfect i
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i in my in box in you more my will
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my is free open like life
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i am love,well today
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loving is really for seeking my (or with)
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are you i that is you as is my
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fine? dead drugs(Cocain)
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to come (hurry) for me one left
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this today passed late
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you today?,i (hope)
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god? you you i you you (more) miss
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your today your day? mine together?
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we? i: for you? is it our first?
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i did this born to be in search of something
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my one hope is you you, who you are,
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why me? your response (answer)a
you, please can you?my
i wish (to) this i know this (to)
day to week and year deceive me
jesus orphans: motherless babies
the lord always suffering
lord: i am old suffering the years in heaven
our jesus old (&) a new convert,
lord jesus god jesus christ divine away way
i am aging from time
god, i have it deep in(to) i have
in search for more
women and fire. made to cure
i became you. so you
is my pleasure you today just you easy and new
you reach (through) my (private) something
i don't want this surprise
this grief heart will cost my life
i am you you are?
love good i'm good girl
i got friends to know
never tall slim fair
to get your happy
are you? i am looking for
easy-old world come share my side
how good is life with you i know you feel new
I am searching for contact help me you
The star ratings are my own evaluation of the quality of each ee spamming.
contribute
Contribute your ee spammings!
Send the original spam and its ee spamming to Martin Krzywinski. Or, submit your alternative to the ee spammings for spam shown here.
ee spammings - Beautiful Language Of Spam Poetry
The world doesn't need more spam. But it needs more poetry. Given the excess of one and shortage of the other, I thought it would be useful to develop a process that turned spam into poetry.
The ee spamming project recycles spam into poetry. The availability and permanence of spam suggests that this is a sustainable effort.
ee spammings — two examples
Below are two examples of ee spammings. The first was extracted from a slightly ghoulish Russian spam and the second from a religiously constrained romantic advance.
fine?,000,000
dead drugs(Cocain)
bag and money and banks
money
let me have you
you
you
god?
you
you
i you
you (more)
miss
ee cummings — a modern interpretation
ee spammings are spam edited into a format reminiscent of the poetry of ee cummings. Unwanted solicitations for questionable endeavours and products suddenly turn into heady words of the new literature. Art suddenly freed from the husk of spam.
Literature 2.0 — from unlikely origins.
rules for creation of ee spammings
All the ee spammings shown here are based on actual spam I have received. ee spammings are created by manual editing (not by an automated system — a trickier challenge) of the spam using the following rules
- all text is transformed to lowercase
- line breaks and spaces between words can be added
- punctuation, including brackets, can be added or removed
i think we can → (i think) we can - words can be removed from the spam
i amayoung goodlooking girl... → i am young (good) ... - existing words can be repeated
click together → click,click,click (together) - form of word (e.g. singular/plural, tense, etc) can be altered (applied infrequently, extends rule 2)
thank's for your... → thank's for you ...
Several rules can be applied at once, or iteratively, such as in example of rules #4 where (a) words were removed and (b) punctuation was added.
As you can tell by the form of these rules, the content of the spam is not significantly altered. These rules work to extract ee spammings from spam. Each spam has a multitude of ee spammings — consider extracting your own.
creating an ee spamming
Below is an example of how a spam (shown on the left) has one if its ee spammings extracted.
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original spam
Hello My name is susan i am a young good looking girl with full of love and carring also romantic and faithful,well i saw your profile and i love it,i think we can click together please i will like you to email back through my email adderss thus:(susan.momodu02@yahoo.com) i will like you to use your email address to contact me directly to my emailbox.at the same time i will show you my photo and you also know more about me. thank's for your understanding, susan
original spam marked with edits
thank's for you susan |
ee spamming i am young (good) with of love and carring also romantic and faithful ,well,well,well i saw (and) i love it, (i think) we can ,click,click,click (together) please i will like you to i will like you to to me to my i will show you my and you about me thank's for you |
ee cummings
ee cummings is one of my most cherished poets. His words tickle the language center, and their ambiguity and mis-un-grammatical-ness send them straight into that part of the brain that gives me the feeling, more than meaning, for what the words stand for.
Reading him is reading (and) feeling(s). And being closer to feelings and further from thoughts is a good way to pass time.
This project is my ongoing love-affair with words, loose structure, tangents, and, of course, ee cummings. The ee spammings here do not do justice to his work — indeed nothing else can. The best they can do is echo and hint, and abandon the limit of their lowly origins.
index of ee spammings
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you are very i wish i could get you
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please reply me back i have
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(i came) here to look for my second half,
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i am young (good) with of love and carring
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hello (greetings) my is a young girl
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u in good i come across your
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i got to touch you i like us
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decide touch become more believe today
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i am are you fine in perfect i
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i in my in box in you more my will
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my is free open like life
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i am love,well today
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loving is really for seeking my (or with)
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are you i that is you as is my
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fine? dead drugs(Cocain)
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to come (hurry) for me one left
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this today passed late
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you today?,i (hope)
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god? you you i you you (more) miss
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your today your day? mine together?
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we? i: for you? is it our first?
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i did this born to be in search of something
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my one hope is you you, who you are,
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why me? your response (answer)a
you, please can you?my
i wish (to) this i know this (to)
day to week and year deceive me
jesus orphans: motherless babies
the lord always suffering
lord: i am old suffering the years in heaven
our jesus old (&) a new convert,
lord jesus god jesus christ divine away way
i am aging from time
god, i have it deep in(to) i have
in search for more
women and fire. made to cure
i became you. so you
is my pleasure you today just you easy and new
you reach (through) my (private) something
i don't want this surprise
this grief heart will cost my life
i am you you are?
love good i'm good girl
i got friends to know
never tall slim fair
to get your happy
are you? i am looking for
easy-old world come share my side
how good is life with you i know you feel new
I am searching for contact help me you
without contention
Answering questions about friendship and love
What is friendship? What is love? This poem answers this concretely. Friends respect, admire and suffer no contentions.
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From: silvia awad
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010 1:32 PM
Hi dear,
you are very nice
I wish i could get to know you for
it is my pleasure to have you as my friend
for a friend is all about Respect,,,Admiration,contentious and
affectionante also friendship is consist of sharing of ideas and
showing true affection without cheats,,,lies and betray so can you
welcome me, lets get to the ocean of love ?????????????
I am miss silvia by name
ee spamming —
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Wed Apr 27 2011 / v2 Mon 2 May 2011
you are very
i wish
i could get you
for my pleasure
have you
as my for all
respect,,,admiration,contentious and
affectionante
also
of sharing
of ideas
and
showing true affection
without
cheats,,,lies
and
betray
so can you
welcome me?
I love the awkward invitation of this phrase, wet with cliche.
lets get to the ocean of love
i am miss by name
is there anyone there?
Urgent communicator
What if you know something important, but nobody will listen?
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From: Miss Ruth Umar
Date: Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:27 PM
please reply
me back i have
something to tell
you inmportant
Ruth
ee spamming —
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Wed Apr 27 2011
Beautiful in its original form.
please reply
me back i have
something to tell
you (inmportant)
we are two halves
First came the first half, then the second
We are quantities, ratioed by a line between us.
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From: Suzzy Benju
Date: Friday, October 1, 2010 3:39 PM
Hello
Greetings,
My name is suzzy, I came here to look for my second half, my soulmate, my friend is to tell about my self as i haven't seen you in person but i feel something inside, i feel like a little sign of hope that am not doing this in vain, please if you don't mind i will like us to be friends and know each other, i will tell you more about my self and also send you my photos as soon as you reply this letter, Remember Age, Colour or Distance are nothing when it comes to a true Friendship, So am waiting for your lovely response !
Thanks from Suzzy
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Wed Apr 27 2011
(i came) here to look for my second half,
my soulmate,
my friend
to tell about my self (as i haven't seen you in person but)
Profoundly sad, to me. The idea of someone sending spam, but feeling something inside, moistens the eye.
(i feel) something inside
(i feel) like a little sign of hope
am that not doing this in vain
please
(if you don't mind)
(i will) like us to be friends
(i will) tell you more about my self
I've removed mentions of photos. Too base.
and (also) send my soon as you reply
distance are nothing to true friendship
lovely you am waiting so
click3
interface to love
Peripherals as conduits for emotion.
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From: Susan Momodu
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010 7:00 AM
Hello
My name is susan i am a young good looking girl with full of love and
carring also romantic and faithful,well i saw your profile and i love
it,i think we can click together please i will like you to email back
through my email adderss thus:(susan.momodu02@yahoo.com) i will like
you to use your email address to contact me directly to my
emailbox.at
the same time i will show you my photo and you also know more about
me.
thank's for your understanding,
susan
ee spamming —
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Wed Apr 27 2011
i am young (good)
with of love
and carring
also romantic
and faithful
...in anticipation of the clicks below
,well,well,well
i saw (and) i love
it,
I am enjoying the emphatic repetition of 'click' to mean 'compatibility', but also the suggestion of the of a mouse, if this be some online affair.
(i think) we can
,click,click,click (together)
please
I was happy to see this phrase repeated in the spam, removing the need to duplicate it myself.
i will like you to
i will like you to
to me to my
i will show you
my
and you about me
thank's for you
we got to know
interest brings closeness
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From: Charity Ramson
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:03 PM
Hello greetings
My name is Princess Charity R. a young girl with a free sensual mind,
lover of emotion, articulation, compatibility and compassionate are my
features. Am seeking for a long term friendship with you because i derived
interest at your profile write up via Andorra Homepage. Friendship brings
favor and unity.So lets see if we have the same taught and
feelings.Contact me via my private mailbox below so that we got to know
each other better. My email address is:- charity_luv2010@hotmail.fr
Thanks and take care,
Charity
ee spamming —
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Wed Apr 27 2011
Hello
(greetings)
My is a young girl
free sensual (mind), with
lover emotion, of
articulation, in
compatibility, my
compassionate, my also
seeking term with you
interest at your write up
friendship brings
favor
unity. So lets see
we have the same taught and feelings
me via my box
"Below" is closer to "know" than to "box". Not lost on me.
below
This is my favourite part, taken from "we got to know each other better."
we got to know
mind happiness
but there are others
Repeated references to long-lasting suggests requirement for stamina.
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From: precious s
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:06 AM
Hi Friend.
Hope this email finds u in good health.I come across your name and
profile in love site as I have interest In u i deem it very necessary to get in
touch with u for a long-lasting relationship.beside My name is Precious Sary
22yrs old female,has decent hobbies like reading and swimmimg and i desires to
make long-lasting friendship with you.Do u think age,colour or distance is any
bar to make such friendly relationship with you?If not,then stretch your hand
to me and accept mine. If you feel like we will be friends fine,then u mail me
back so that I will forward u my photos and Introduce myself to u more, So from
there we will get to know each other very well.just bear in mind that there is
only one happiness in life,to love and be loved.I will always remain yours in
love. With Big Kisess And Hugs! From Precious Kindly Reply At
pro30ameve@hotmail.com
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Wed Apr 27 2011
u in good
i come across your
Love is a need for interest and an interesting need. Both necessary. Fun word games ensue.
in love (as interest) very necessary
to get
in touch
u long-lasting
relationship.beside my
hobbies
desires
long-lasting you.do
to make such with you?if not,
stretch your hand to mine.
you feel like friends fine,then
me back i will to u more
there we will get to each
other
very well.just
Incredibly insightful, taken from "just bear in mind that there isonly one happiness in life.
mind is one happiness
in,
to,
be loved.i
always in love.with big reply
today ok!
mindful in the present, hopeful for the future
Use of recontact suggests request for second attempt. First one lacking, or forgotten?
Oh, and who isn't waiting for happy?
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From: Tonia Osah
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:06 AM
Hi dear,
i got your contact today,and decide to get in touch with you,and i will like us to become friends and know other the more. I believe you will recontact me through my e-mail address (tonia_kon66@yahoo.com) today ok!
(Remember distance, colour or age does not matter, but love matters in a relationship.)
Waiting for your response.
Happy new year.
Tonia.
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Wed Apr 27 2011
i got
to touch you
Reminds me of ee cummings' 'i like my body when it is with your body' poem.
i like us
and know the more.
believe
recontact
me
today ok!
but matters
We are all.
waiting for
happy
ee spamming —
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Thu Apr 28 2011 / v2 Fri Apr 29 2011
I could see this as lyrics in an Enigma song.
decide touch
become more
believe today
For the science nerds, who don't mind the occasional cliche.
remember matter
love matters
you fine in perfect i
love hopes and is willing to wait
This poem emphasizes the need for a meeting of both mind and body. It is short and leaves much to the imagination.
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From: babskd1@katamail.com
Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010 2:22 PM
Hi! I am Charity!
how are you!
hope you are
fine and in
perfect condition
of health. I
went through
your profile
and i read it
and took intersest
in it,if you don't
mind i will like
you to write me
on this ID:
(charityskd@hotmail.com)
hope to hear from
you soon, I will be
waiting for your
mail because i
have something
VERY important
to tell you.
Lots of love Charity!
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Thu Apr 28 2011
i am
are you
fine in perfect i
through i your mind
(i will) like you to me soon
(i will) wait for something of love
my my my
possession is 90% of love
Starts suggestively and ends certainly, but creepily.
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From: helen Vaye
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:01 PM
Hello
My name is Helen
i saw your email today in my inbox and became intrested in you, i will also like to know you more, and if you can send an email to my email address, i will give you my pictures here is my email address (helen_3b4@yahoo.com.ph)contact my gmail pls so i can reply u I believe we can move from here! Am waiting for your mail to my email address above because i have a lot to tell you,
Lot's of love, Helen
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Thu Apr 28 2011
This feels like pure ee cummings to me, particularly the suggestive 'in box'
i in my in box in you more
my will
and if you to
will my
Emphatic possession ends this piece in a slightly creepy tone.
my my we my
i have you
to be your mind
get into the brain and stay there
Once again, love anchored by meeting of the minds.
original spam
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From: Judy Peterson
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:27 AM
Hello sweetie
My name is judy, i'm a free minded, open hearted girl, i like to take life as easy as i could, i'm one of the few that still belives in friendship,love, trust and signs, am very much single and ready to mingle. was browsing through the internet and came across your contact at (www.yasni.at) belive me i like what i see and i am attracted to you, it will be my sincere pleasure to be your friend if you don't mind, i hope you will not take my request for granted, feel free to email me,i will appreciate it if you can send me some pics, i look forward to hear from you soon.
Take care.
Judy.
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Thu 28 Apr 2011
my is free open
like life
one few love
very much
and to through
your like i
see
i
am
to
you
This combination just works. Really well, too.
be my pleasure
to be your mind
you feel free
i will
if you can
i to
from you
cool self.kisses
everything just comes together
I can't believe how well "cool self.kisses" works here. Notice the original even has the theatrical period between "self" and "kisses". I love spam.
original spam
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From: Pacasline Diane
Date: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:52 AM
Hello Dear,
How are you hope fine,My name is pascalin.i am a beautiful young girl with full of love Well, i saw your profile today at www.yasni.at and i was interested on it,i hope we can make good friend,i will like you to contact me back through my email address:,(pascalin.2@hotmail.com)
so that i can tell you more about myself and also send to you my photo,hoping for your lovely reply soonest,yours in love,stay cool and enjoy your self.kisess
yours
Miss pascalin. PLZ CONTACT ME IN MY E-MAIL BOX(pascalin.2@hotmail.com)
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Thu 28 Apr 2011
Love can burn briefly, the sender suggests.
i am love,well
today
i was hope,like
back through
soonest,yours in
This phrase turned out stunning. Self kissing in a box. Cool.
cool self.kisses
me
in my box
this i in a we
two lovers contain each other
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From: Alicia Harry
Date: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:05 PM
Hello
Dearest, I'm a loving girl who is really seeking for my true friend or partner to share with, am very gentle, kind,and responsible young girl.Please permit me to contact you through this medium,I believe in a future we will share some Important experience of our life.Pls kindly contact me through my private e-mail address below (mis_alicia20001@yahoo.com) ,I will be expecting your urgent reply.I have something very important to tell you. stay blessed. Lovely,
Alicia.
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Fri 29 Apr 2011
loving is really
for
seeking my (or with)
very me to you
Works really well.
this i in a we
some
of (our) me
i will (your)
i have to
to you in you i you
a sandwich of you and me
The column of pronouns stacks nicely.
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From: Blessing Blessing
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:43 PM
Hi Dear,
how are you today i hope that every things is ok with you as it is my great pleasure to contact you in having communication with you, please i wish you will have the desire with me so that we can get to know each other better and see what happened in future.
i will be very happy if you can write me through my email for easiest communication and to know all about each other, and also give you my pictures and details about me, here is my email (blessingb96@yahoo.com) i will be waiting to hear from you as i wish you all the best for your day.your new friend.PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO EMAIL ME HERE (blessingb96@yahoo.com)FOR MORE EXPLANATION
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Fri 29 Apr 2011
are you i
that is
you
as is
my
to you
in you
i you
with
me
so we to each
i will you
me
and
also my
me
here my will
to
you
you
you
me
dead drugs(Cocain)
fine white love
While most other ee spamming are about classic, pure love between two people, this one is about pure love between one person and pure.
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From: borisskalou@cantv.net
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:09 AM
Hi friend,
How are you and other memebrs of your family, hope fine?.Please I need your help to assist me and claim out this $23,000,000.00 USD from a finance firm who is oweing me and you will benefit from it with 30% of the money because you will claim to be the beneficiary of this money since my Boss is dead he deals on drugs(Cocain)or Big C as they call it.I am just his bag man(one who flys his money abroad and to banks to deposit his money. Let me have your name address and mobile telephone number. I shall send you my contact as soon as I hear from you.
Yours
Mr.Boris Kalou
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Fri 29 Apr 2011
fine?,000,000
dead drugs(Cocain)
bag and money and banks
money
let me have you
you
you
for me one left
a lover's instructions
The content of the original spam is lost in this ee spamming. In extracting this ee spamming, I didn't want to choose the obvious stranded victim theme.
Often, once the first line of the ee spamming is extracted, the rest follows. In this case, I knew that I wanted to include "hurry" and paired it with "to come", when I saw that both "left" and "right" appeared in the spam.
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From: Amanda Tatum
Date: Monday, March 7, 2011 7:52 AM
I am truly sorry to bother you with my problem,this has to come in a hurry. I had traveled out of town on a personal trip,
Unfortunately for me I happenned to be one of the Haiti victim,but i have travelled to UK England before the incident happenned, I had an Emergency call up presentation seminar in London and then left immediately but i lost my family including my properties there,right now am stranded here I don't know what to do or where to go to.that is why I am sending you an email. Please can you loan me about $450Dollars today? so I can return to the State, As soon as I get to the State I would refund it immediately,ipromise.
Amanda.
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Sat 30 Apr 2011
to come (hurry)
for me one left
my my right
now here to do
to go
that is i you
you (today?) can soon get it
,ipromise
and in sorrow god
lamentations of the unfairness of existentialism
Seeing "God" appear twice forced the theme, and in particular the proximity of "sorrow" to the second appearance of "God". Fortunately, enough words offered a complete symmetry in "and in your god" and "and in sorrow god".
Unlike in the ee spamming to come (hurry) for me one left, this one had its last phrases written first. Having ended in sadness and angst, the mood of its start was fixed and it was just a matter of extracting the words.
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From: JULIE DAVE
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010 5:56 PM
From Dave's Wife, Julie
Hello My Dear,
This is Dave's wife, Julie. I am writing this message to you today because my husband Dave passed away on December 17 2009. My late husband was diagnosed with cancer and heart attack just before he was admitted to the hospital. He did begin treatment, but suffered a blood clot and heart attack after his first treatment. After all he died on the same sickness.
It is my desire and enthusiasm to donate a token/huge amount of money he told about for the less privilege as he instructed me when he was at the point of death. Being a devoted christian family i have no other option than to use this amount is $22 million to help those that is in need. so I would like you to think over this huge privilege that i am entrusting to your hand for the survival of the casualties and homeless, just send me your full names, home address, telephone number, occupation and more information about you in your next message for the service of God in your country and for the less privilege one's.
Finally, I know you join me and the rest of Dave's family in our sorrow and ask God to accept him in his kingdom. Kindly reply immediately together with your complete address which will be used for the transferring of the money to your country.
Reply to this address: juliebliss@mysinamail.com
Best Regards,
Mrs. Julie
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this today passed late
with
and just before
begin
after first
after all
the same
desire the less of death
being no other than you
think over this privilege
and in your god
God is at his best in our sorrow, which is like seeds we feed him.
and in sorrow god
him (in his best)
i give you you (more) myself new
god makes his way into every theme
Two ee spammings from this spam. After extracting the first, I wanted to find a much shorter one, with a single and unambiguous message.
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From: bridget johnson
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:39 AM
Hello
Complement of the season and happy new year.
Hi My Dear contact me at(birdgtet@ymail.com)
How are you today?,I hope you are fine.If so thank be to (God) almighty.My name is Bridget I am looking for honest and nice person.Somebody who care and fear God whom i can partner with I don't care about your colour or ethnicity. I'm sending you this beautiful mail with love and happiness.I am looking forward to hear from you, Dont forget to write me directly to my email address on (birdgtet@ymail.com) so that i can give you my pictures and tell you more about myself.
Thanks Yours new lover,
Miss Bridget.
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you today?,i (hope)
(you) thank
(god)
(god)
love to
from you
i give you
you (more)
myself new
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god?
you
you
i you
The better choice.
you (more)
miss
you and i i miss
hanging out at the hip is fun
The exquisite "relation-hip" makes this spam a prime candidate for an ee spamming.
"Miss miracle" is, too, an auspicious combination allowing for "you and i i miss" and "miracle waiting".
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From: miracle_m-t@katamail.com
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:54 PM
Hello;
give me your time today.How was your day?,Mine is a little bit hot over here .How about your family not forgetting friends and work all together?hope all are okay.please bear with me.I Really like to have a good relation-hip with you,and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you.My
name is Miss miracle John rang.I am 24 years old girl.,waiting to read from you .
thanks
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your today
your day?
mine together?
relation-hip
you and i i miss
miracle waiting
.
is it our first?
wondering whether it will work out
The colon and question marks are preserved, as are the numbers of the itemized questions, which form a rarely seen structure in spam.
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From: Alisa
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:38 AM
I am Alisa (ID 256723), I like your profile, can we meet?
Hello, I am Alisa, my Id 256723
I like your profile, I would like to know:
1. if the age difference important for you?
2. where is it comfortable to organize our first meeting?
3. do you wish to visit me at my place?
4. do you like my profile and new photos?
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we? i: (1) for you?
(2) is it our first?
(3) do you wish (my)?
(4) do you like (my)?
suffer a brain to death
lamentations in the evening of possibility
The land of ee spammings is not all rosey. Not at all.
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From: philippe.martini08
Date: Monday, January 11, 2010 7:48 AM
Hello,
I will contact you as true today as they did not know that does this gesture on my part. My name is Mr. Philippe Martin born in Canada, but I have special reason to be an adventurer in search of something. The reason that drives me to you is: I want to go through your channel to a charity in your department. I was born April 25, 1940 in Alberta. It is a gift in some way and it is the sum of 7.2 million euros. My marital status is such that I have no wife and fewer children to whom I could bequeath this legacy, and I now suffer from a malignant brain tumor I am condemned to certain death. That's why I want so graceful and in order to help poor children told you this legacy to carry out this charity. If you agree I would have the following information:
Your full name,
Your contacts
A fax number if available;
I count on your goodwill and also the proper use of these funds for this work.
Mr. Philippe Martini
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i did this
born to be
in search of something
born in
some way
no wife and
children
i and i now
suffer a brain to
death
why i and
poor
this i
have: a number
for this
i am now just seams
from nowhere, something special
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From: anita goodluck
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:37 AM
Hello My dear one
How are you? i hope all is well with you, i hope you may not know me, and i
don't know who you are, My Name is Miss Anita goodluck, i am just
broswing now i just saw your Email it seams like some thing touches me
all over my body, i started having some feelings in me which i have
never experience in me before, so i became interested in you, l will
also like to know you the more,and l want you to send an email. so l can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.
I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
miss Anita
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my one hope is
you ,
who you are,
i am now
A fortunate misspelling, suggesting a coming apart at the seams.
just seams
some touches
me my body
feelings
in me
never
in me
before you
l in you
to you (more)
want you (to so)
you
my
you
l am (i we)
can (here!)
am (your or not)
love (life)
why me?
request for explanation
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From: Edward Fitzgerald
Date: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:17 AM
why havent you contacted me ?
looking forward to your urgent response...
Regards
Edward Fitzgerald QC (Esq)
Doughty Street Chambers
1 Crown Office Row, Temple, London EC4Y 7HH
Tel: 020 77977111
Private Email: edwardfitzgerald02@gmail.com (your answer should be sent to my email Private)
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why me?
your response (answer)
simple need, a feel
request for sensory input
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From: Anita Amor
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:05 AM
Hello Dear , I hope you are in good health , please can i get to know you?my name is Anita,i am just a simple lady,in need of a good friend,if you feel the same,think about it and get back to me so that i can send you some of my picture and also tell you more about me. Thanks and remain bless. Anita
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you, please
can you?my
simple need, a feel
it
me you
you me
most odds, the odds, all odds. good
easy is better
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From: clara23@katamail.com
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009 5:24 AM
Am Clara Omarsani, I wish to communicate with you through this medium, i know this mail will come to you by surprise,I wish to get in acquittance with you, to be closer and may discover ourselves as real partners in life. for easy and better communication, reply With my personal email adderss (clara4luv@gmx.com) you know having a prophesy of love over someone there most be odds around the corner, but no matter the odds, love survive all odds.I am responsible and courageous, sexy, romantic and with good looking statue, I know with good mind you will admit my request.
Thanks and God bless you,
Yours new friend
clara.
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Thu 12 May 2011
i wish (to) this
i know this (to)
surprise
i wish (to) you (to be)
closer
ourselves
real
in
easy
better
my
love
most odds,
the odds,
all odds.
good
deceive me through this picture
time flows and lies
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From: Grace William
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010 2:43 AM
Hi friend,
compliments of the day to you. I Wish You A Memorable week And A
Wonderful, Glamorous And Fruitful New Year (2010),I am Dr Grace William, am
deceive,I'm positive, quiet, communicative,young looking lead,I wish to have a
good and meaningful relationship with you,permit me to contact you through this
medium,here is my private email so that i will tell you all about myself and a
picture of myself. looking forward to
hear from you Thanks and God bless.
Dr Grace
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day to week and year deceive
me through
this picture
myself looking
to you
humanity (not people)
nobody upstairs is listening, or cares
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From: Nanna Lewis Orphanage Home.
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010 1:36 AM
dear beloved one,
Calvary greetings to you in Jesus name amen. I know this letter might come as a surprise to you but I was inspired to do so as a result of the Orphans and motherless babies under my care.
Initially, I stated this work with few children and I was able to take care of them. It was later many children were brought to me and I was making every effort to meet up with their daily needs.
Based on this, I started sending financial appeal to Individuals, Government, Corporate bodies and Organizations for financial support to enable me continue with this God work and services to humanity.
If not that people some times listen to my cry for financial help, in fact, there is no way I would have continued.
My Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, if you receive this letter and God touches your heart, kindly assist the orphans and motherless.
No amount is too small, we will continue to remember you in prayer and God will not forget your contributions to the orphans and motherless.
Thanks and be blessed as you render services to God and humanity.
Yours in the service of God and humanity
nanna lewis orphanange home.
Mime-Version: 1.0
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This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
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jesus orphans:
motherless babies
children
humanity (not people)
my cry for fact
god touches
heart,kindly
you in prayer
god will forget:
your orphans
and thanks
and you
and humanity
god has been and is believed
you am me in the new now
god decides to take possession
Two very different ee spammings. In the first, god is asking to take you and in the second, the roles are reversed.
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From: michael adex
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 7:59 AM
Dear Beloved,
may the peace of the lord always be with you . my name is Rev Tony
from England; I am 76 years old now. I have been suffering in the sick
bed for the past 7 years. Now I believe that my time has come to join
my ancestors in heaven.
I got your email address from the Internet, as the spirit of Almighty
God directed me to contact you for this charity work. I have $
4,000,000.00 deposited in a safe location which I want you to claim on
my behalf for an important charitable project.
Can you honestly do this for me, if yes please forward to me your bank
particulars and your contact informations like private phone fax and
copy of your identity so that i will send it to the oraganization as
the new beneficiary of the said funds.
finally, i will like to know what you do as a living so that i can be
able to know if your work will allow you to handle this projact that
am comitting into your hand. get back to me through my privte email
adress below.
kamaraconte@live.com
Remain bless in the Lord.
Rev. Tony
__________________________________________________________________
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the lord always
Both powerful and likely true.
suffering the sick bed (heaven)
i (as god)
for this
have a claim
on you for me
yes (please) me
Another option was 'have a claim on your your your identity' which would be equally creepy.
your your your
identity
as the new finally
i will like you
as a living
that i can know
you am me
in the
new now
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lord:
i am
old
suffering the years in heaven
There is something very Leonard Cohen about this phrase. I can almost hear him singing 'Lord, I got a spirit for you to claim.'
i got spirit
for you to claim
can you do this for me?please
as beneficiary (finally)
i will like
that you am me
get back to me, my privte lord
i need your help.me
asking jesus to be more useful — can't hurt
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From: Ukadi Toyo
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:02 AM
Greetings in name of our Lord Jesus Christ.I am Mrs Ukadi, 69years old
widow & a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of
the blood.I have the sum($5.1m)USD in COTE D'IVOIRE i need your
help.Contact me for more information on how you will get it and how
you will use the money.
- Ukadi Toyo
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our jesus
old (&) a new convert, (suffering) of blood
i need your help.me
for more
you
you
use
save the little War here
another uncomfortable conversation with the man upstairs
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From: Mr. MICHAEL BERGERON
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:45 PM
Re: Grace Divine Orphanage / from Mr. Bergeron Michel
GRACE DIVINE ORPHANAGE
No. 12 Rue des Chevaliers de Plateau, Cocody
Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire
Direct Phone: +225-4534-7225
Good Day Sir/ Mrs ;
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus the son of the living GOD,
Jesus Christ of Nazareth. We the Grace Divine orphanage here in West
Africa precisely in Ivory Coast come this time to implore for your
assistance in away way that The Lord GOD will put in your heart.
We have hundreds of kids dying every day due to lack of nutrition,
clothes, materials for their education, financial most important etc…
We come down on our knees asking for help from you to help us save the
lives of these little ones that are victims of the War here in Ivory
Coast. If the Lord has placed something in your heart to assist us
with please email us and we shall instruct you how it can get to
us. The reason of all the demand is so that the Gospel of our Lord can
be preached.
Below are the links of these children/women/men:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc2L2DkIK-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqlfdXfyxwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt4aWojF9Rg
For the sake of GOD help us to rescue the sick ones and save them from
these lacks. May the Lord bless you and enrich you the more.
Shalom,
Yours in God’s vineyard,
Director of Divine Grace Orphanage
Mr. Michel Bergeron
Tel : +225-4534-7225
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lord jesus god
jesus christ
divine
away
way in your heart
dying every day
for most,
on our knees
asking
for (help) you (help)
save the little War here
(in) if the lord
has your heart
to please it (us)
the reason
the demand
the gospel
lord preached these
for sake of rescue the sick
these lacks enrich you (the more)
illness, i have and husband, i needed
sometimes a partner is better than an affliction
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From: melisalogan342444@virgilio.it
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:07 AM
I am Mrs.Melisa Logan an aging widow suffering from long time illness,(Cancer).
I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of US$15m and I
needed a very honest and God fearing person that will use the fund for God's
work to help the Charity and the less privileged. Bless you
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Wed 18 May 2011
i am aging from time
illness, i have and
husband, i needed
and god,
fear(ing) that work less
now dying. i decided you
death bed change of mind
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From: diane lynn
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:11 AM
God Bless, My name is Diane Lynn,
I have been diagnosed with cancer and it has eaten deep into my system,
I have undergone laryngectomy,now I'm dying.I have decided
to donate the sum of $15.5 million to you for the good work of the lord and humanity.
I want this last act of mine to be an offering unto GOD.
contact my lawyer using email:
Peter J.Wallace
p.wallace117@gmail.com
send this ref number as well ht/Dlyn/x001 may the good LORD bless you abundantly,
always extend the good work to others. I got your email from my personal search.
Regards,
Diane lynn
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god, i have it
deep in(to) i have,
now dying.
i decided you for good
i want this
in search for more
brevity is the soul of impatience
A short spam yields the shortest ee spamming so far.
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From: Castle Metal Uk
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:49 PM
We are in search of a foreign Agent. Reply for more details
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in search (of)
(for)
more
women and fire
elements of the cure
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From: jean sapeur
Date: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:17 PM
toward me, leaving the women and children at the fire. I made were possible to cure that natural antipathy, which every
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women and fire.
made to cure
(natural)
(every)
i became you
there and here, thanks for both
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From: adira2 gabriel
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011 9:00 AM
Hi dear
my names is Ms adira . i saw your personal data became interested in you.
i wait for your mail so that i can send my pictures to you and tell you all about me also we can start from there.
hope to here from you
Thanks
Ms adira.
adira196@yahoo.in
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i became you
so you
and you all me
also
we
from
there
to
here
thanks
Easy and New
We all want it to be that, forever
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From: Evelyn Sober
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:43 PM
Hello Dearest,
My name is Evelyn, Is my pleasure to contact you today just to express my feelings to you, If you don't mind I would like to build a relationship with you, if you are interested please contact me back for easy communication and from there I will scan my photo and send to you. thanks from your new friend Eve.
God bless you.
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is my pleasure
you today
just you
easy and new
reach my (private) something
it seems that you have permission
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From: babylove4u1@libero.it
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:13 AM
HELLO
happy to get your email, will be happy if you will reach me through my private
email here,
(brendaamoyo21@yahoo.in)
there is something i want to let you know,
thanks,
Brenda.
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you reach (through) my
(private) something
i (want to) let you
I don't want this surprise
A refund on life
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From: Liza Kofi
Date: Monday, October 31, 2011 2:38 PM
Cavalry Greetings,
Dear please I don't want this mail to come to you as a surprise OK, it is not intention to turn a beggar but situations push me to do this so i can be a reasonable person in life and to enable me help my mum and my little ones too, I'm from family of 4, a girl which is me and 3 boys.we lost our father 4 years ago in a car accident that took over 7 lives and he was the driver of the vehicle,ever since he died life has not been easy for us, and right now my younger ones are all at home no money for school and even me i could not finish my university. in fact life became so terrible so i feel i use go into net to source for any one that can just assist us with what ever you feel you can contribute to our live thank you so much and God will bless you.
Regards.
Liza Kofi,
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i don't want this surprise
a life
and little too
from which is me
lost ago
a life
not been for us
and even me
my life
so terrible so
i feel i
what ever you feel
This grief heart
A plea for help and revival
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From: deborahpeters@rediffmail.com
Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:50 AM
16 BP Lome Republic of Togo
Beloved
I wish you and your family happy moments of life now and forever more
amen. I am writing you this mail with grief in my heart,but let all the
glory be to God as I am lead to contact you today. Yes according to the
doctors this cancer of the lungs will cost my life but before I die, help
me to serve the Lord while I am here on earth.
Write me back for more details.
Regards
Mrs Deborah Peters
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this grief heart
will cost my life
i die while i am
help me
you are?
are we each other?
The classic role reversal, as an interrogative.
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From: Ms Tuma Ahoussou
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012 6:39 AM
Hello my Dear
I am Ms Tuma
how are you doing,
I hope you are in Good Health?
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i am you
you are?
Love Good — I'm Good Girl
A special deal, just today
Being a contributor to CPAN not only brings the satisfaction of contributing to open source software, but also spam fodder for the poetry grinder. Perl is wonderful.
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From: daisy
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010 10:30 AM
Hello with love, Good morning ,how are you and your health?,my name is Daisy I'm nice and
good looking girl i just decided to drop you some words just to say hello
and how was today,I got your cpansearch.perl.org/src i will like you to introduce yourself,
please i will be very happy if you can reply me so that we can go further
to known each other,we can be good friends. thanks I'm waiting for your reply,
From Daisy
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love good
i'm good girl
to you
just today
you to please
i will go further
to other good
I got friends to know
Time to chat
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From: RITA WILFRED
Date: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:34 PM
My name is rita i got your mail from friends.web search , am
intrested in you ,plz wite me back to know that you get my email ok
before telling you more about myself ,send my photo to see who is
talking ,till i hear from you
yours Rita
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i got
friends to know
myself to see
talking
Never tall, slim, and fair
Missed opportunities
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From: Glory Babe
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:35 PM
Hello Dear,
i am glory,single never married, tall slim,and fair,that loves sightseeing and reading,i viewed your contact at and got interested in knowing you more for important discussion,could you please reply to me so that we will know each other very well.i will send my picture later.
Thanks,
glory
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never tall
slim
fair
and
knowing well
later
To get your happy
A time-honored recipe
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From: babylove4u1@libero.it
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:13 AM
HELLO
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This month I look at how creating effective figures is similar to the process of writing well in the Points of View column Elements of Visual Style.
▲ Nature Methods Points of View column: Elements of Visual Style.
(download, more about Points of View)
Using Strunk's Elements of Style as an example of writing guidelines, I look how these can be translated to creating figures.
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(download talk)
The fractal tree was created with OneZoom, which received the best poster award at the conference.
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▲ Try to focus on a spot in these posters that celebrate Pi day.
(download posters)
The posters were inspired by the beautiful AIDS posters by Elena Miska.
For the Love of Type
I am always drawn to type and periodically I must do something about it.
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▲ Finding intrigue and consensus within and among letters.
(typography posters)
Return of Nature Methods Points of View
I take over from Bang Wong as primary contributor to the Points of View column, a monthly advice and opinion piece about data visualization and information and figure design in molecular biology.
Nature Encode Explorer
▲ Nature uses Circos motif on cover and interactive ENCODE data explorer.
(read more)
Nature's special issue dedicated to the Encode Project uses the Circos motif on its cover as well as the interactive Encode Explorer, which is available as an app at iTunes.
Bloomberg Businessweek Design Conference
Together with Alberto Cairo, and then in conversation with Sam Grobart, I presented about science and design at Bloomberg's Businessweek Design Conference in San Francisco.
▲ Science loves design, but doesn't always know it.
(download talk)
ICDM2012 Keynote — Needles in Stacks of Needles
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▲ Computers compute but humans are ultimately responsible for identifying what is relevant and useful.
(abstract, download talk, ICDM2012)
Genome Research cover
Creating strings of genome jewelery. Read about how it was done.
▲ Cover image accompanying Spark: A navigational paradigm for genomic data exploration. Genome Research 22 (11).
(details, Genome Research)
The design accompanies Cydney Nielsen's Spark manuscript, which appeared in Genome Research.
Biovis 2012 — Getting into Visualization of Large Biological Data Sets
Guidelines for data encoding and visualization in biology, presented presented at Biovis 2012 (Visweek 2012).
▲ 20 imperatives of information design. (Krzywinski et al biovis2012)
2012 Presidential Debates — a Lexical Analysis
Building on the method I used to analyze the 2008 debates, I look at the 2012 Debates between Obama and Romney, lexically speaking. Obama speaks to "folks", while Romney fearmongers with "kill" and "hurt".
▲ Analysis of word usage by parts of speech for Obama and Romney reveals insight into each candidate.
Trends in Genetics cover
Making things round, not square. Read about how it was done.
▲ Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? —Henry David Thoreau
A Circos-based design for the cover of the human genetics special issue of Trends in Genetics (Trends in Genetics October 2012, 28 (10)).
Schloss Dagstuhl - Visualization: communicating, clearly
My talk — Visualization: communicating, clearly from the Biological Data Visualization seminar at Schloss Dagstuhl.
Science needs words
And usually, really long and funny ones.
▲ Scientists love new words, when the old ones aren't long enough.
My neologisms were picked up by James Gorman of the New York Times in an article Ome, the sound of the scientific universe expanding.
PNAS cover
Biology or astrophysics? Read about how it was done.
▲ Hint: biology.
The image was published on the cover of PNAS (PNAS 1 May 2012; 109 (18))