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August 25, 2003

spam?

Having recently installed the SpamBayes Outlook Addin I give spam a bit more attention, especially that which the filter classifies as ‘unsure’.

And it’s not wrong, I’d be unsure about this one too:

> —–Original Message—–
> From: xx@xx.com
> Sent: 24 August 2003 20:49
> To: xx@xx.com
> Subject: Dimensional Warp Generator Needed jes gcumuhw gf
> Importance: High
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I’m a time traveler stuck here in 2003.


> Upon arriving here my dimensional warp generator stopped working.
> I trusted a company here by the name of LLC Lasers to repair my
> Generation 3 52 4350A watch unit, and they fled on me.
> Since nobody in this timeline seems to be able to deliver what I
> need (safely here to me), I will have to build a simple time
> travel circuit to get where I need myself. While it might be hard
> to find parts in this time to build anything decent, I need easy
> to follow schematics from the future to build one which is safe
> and accurate that will not disrupt the time space continuum with
> both forward and backward capability accounting for temporal
> location settings (X, Y, Z,) which can be built out of (readily
> available) parts here in 2003. Please email me any plans you
> have. I will pay good money for anything you send me I can use.
> Or if you have a dimensional warp generator available, and are
> 100% certain you have a (safe secure) means of delivering it to
> me please also reply with a secure way to contact you. Send a
> separate email to me at:
> xx@xx.com
>
>
> Do not reply back directly to this email as it will only be
> bounced back to you.
>
> Thank You
> Brian Appel
>
> twinkszzjcgjjh xyq ocvj ucz
> f nre kcwsfivie

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Posted 5:14 pm by Wrighty


4 Comments

  1. Bollocks - I sold my last flux capacitor last week to some white haired old geezer…

    Comment by Matthew — August 28, 2003 @ 10:53 pm

  2. Hmmm. I got one of them things too. Surely if he has mastered time travel he would be able to manage with something more complex than an “easy to follow picture diagram"…

    Comment by Piers — September 1, 2003 @ 5:31 pm

  3. Need I point out that the concept of time travel voilates a good number of the laws of physics?

    Comment by Tom Baker — September 4, 2003 @ 2:47 pm

  4. I made one once out of lego….

    Comment by Doug — September 16, 2003 @ 1:29 pm

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