Daily Archives: November 17, 2003

Spam Referrers

By | November 17, 2003
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I’ve gotten a few suspicious URLs in my website referrer logs today, but the number this morning was much higher than usual. For those unfamiliar with the personal website egomania revelry of scanning your referrer logs for evidence that people like you, they really like you, … here’s the scoop. Of course, the real world… Read More »

Speech Reco for S’uthern English

By | November 17, 2003
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CNN.com – Southern drawls don’t compute – Nov. 17, 2003 Southern drawls have thwarted voice recognition equipment used by the Shreveport Police Department to route non-emergency calls. “In Louisiana, we have a problem with Southern drawl and what I call lazy mouth. Because of that, the system often doesn’t recognize what [callers] say,” [Capt. John… Read More »