Hi Tyler, I don't mind in the least, in fact that's why I'm doing this at all so maybe others who can do with less spam can get a little more effective against it. Rot47: <;F56]52D9:6==@?2GJ]>:=> -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:02 To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Linux Again Importance: Low I hope you don't mind, but I just threw that in the end of mine. I get tons and tons of spam from c-prog and places, so I'm hoping it helps. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Feb 3, 2010, at 9:34 AM, DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26 wrote: > Actually yes, it's supposed to poison spam harvesting data bases. The > spam harvesters go after signature texts in an automated fashion and > they specifically grab any whole string containing an (@) character in > it. On previous messages before I was doing this, the spam harvesting > software was grabbing the (<) and (>) signs normally used to wrap a > signature and sending email to me with those wrapper characters still > intact. Rot47 since you ask is an extension of rot13 that covers all 94 > printable characters but does not encode or decode the (@) character > leaving that intact. > hion > > > Rot47: <;F56]52D9:6==@?2GJ]>:=> > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:55 > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Linux Again > > Seriously? > oh, and what is the string of characters at the end of your mail? Is it > supposed to do something? > --le > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1, 26" > <jude.dashiell@xxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:45 AM > Subject: RE: Linux Again > > > That's called licorice. > > > > Rot47: <;F56]52D9:6==@?2GJ]>:=> > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:37 > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Linux Again > > I forget the name, but Microsoft also makes what it views as a > competitor to > cygwin, a little linux that runs on windows. Someone on program-l, > probably > Mark Long who was the microsoft employee, I believe was the one who > called > attention to it. But like a lot of things microsoft puts out, I forget > the > details. > Sorry I'm not more help. Maybe someone else knows what I'm talking > about. > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: Linux Again > > > Cygwin is what you want. It is virtually a full-fledged Linux. My > computer is Vista also and Cygwin runs fine. Jaws does nicely with it. > > John > > On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:50:05AM -0500, James Homme wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would expect not to have reliable sighted help. Is it possible to >> somehow get a feel for Linux on a computer that runs Vista? 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