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Commenting on ‘Automatic Content Filtering Is ****ing Difficult’:

I've generally used a whitelist when doing this. It's a bit of a cop-out, but it's the simplest way I've found of handling the false matches. I remember Scunthorpe catching me out. Some websites I've seen using simple matching don't like the word 'specialist' as so many spammers are trying to promote a male enhancement drug which is buried in the word.
For anyone really interested in making a good spam filter - the one in 'Slash', the code that runs slashdot.org and some other social news sites, has a very good filter which includes handling ASCII art. It's all in Perl, which is a bit painful for us non-Perl coders, but it's well worth a look just to see all the different types of spam they've had to cover.

— Paul Silver, 25th Jun, 1:47pm

Commenting on ‘Twittering On’:

Waffles for lunch? Sounds good.

— Bev, 23rd Mar, 9:22am

Commenting on ‘Login/Log In, Logout/Log Out’:

Or "setup" and "set up"....

— Bev, 19th Mar, 2:58pm

Commenting on ‘Login/Log In, Logout/Log Out’:

"Web site" is another favourite of mine.

— Bev, 18th Mar, 9:16am

Commenting on ‘How Subcontracting Works’:

And the fresh-faced, young web developer bought the site for $99 from 1-and-1 site builder...

— Bev, 3rd Mar, 3:40pm

Commenting on ‘Happy Birthday To MD’:

- The bloke who says "Wonga!" in the Envirofone ad
- Ex-members of girl band Vanilla
- Guy Goma
- The three fans Brian Clough punched during a pitch invasion
- Gary Clegg, inventor of the Slanket
- Mr. Udigawa from Neighbours
Only the best would do.

— Matt Round, 6th Feb, 1:29pm