Stolen postings?

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely familiar.
In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings that have
been copied then disguised by random transposition of letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown
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Sheldon Brown wrote:

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely familiar. In
fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings that have been
copied then disguised by random transposition of letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".

--
Benjamin Lewis

Now is the time for all good men to come to.
-- Walt Kelly

Benjamin Lewis wrote:

Sheldon Brown wrote:

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely
familiar. In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings
that have been copied then disguised by random transposition of letters
in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".

Heh. I'm "fat free pork"...

--
Benjamin Lewis

Now is the time for all good men to come to.
-- Walt Kelly

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says...
I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely familiar.
In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings that have
been copied then disguised by random transposition of letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

It sure *looks* like someone trying to jump-start their web forums
through massive copyright infringement. I imagine if you give it
enough time to be indexed by Google, it will appear to be a large,
successful set of bike forums.

Then what? Ads? Spam to those who are fooled into signing up?

--
is Joshua Putnam
http://www.phred.org/~josh/
Updated Bicycle Touring Books List:
http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/tourbooks.html

Benjamin Lewis wrote in
:

Sheldon Brown wrote:

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely
familiar. In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings
that have been copied then disguised by random transposition of
letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".


Cool. I salhl hecnefotrh be knwon as "1888."

Hank Wirtz wrote:

Benjamin Lewis wrote in
:

Sheldon Brown wrote:

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely
familiar. In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings
that have been copied then disguised by random transposition of
letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".


Cool. I salhl hecnefotrh be knwon as "1888."

And I shall call myself "skelhorne"

Who *are* these douchebags?
--
Live simply so that others may simply live

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called ....

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?


Suspicious
If you check the date and time the posts were created, these indicate
that the posts were created (or perhaps) uploaded through a program.

Archie A.

In article , Neil Brooks
) wrote:
Hank Wirtz wrote:

Benjamin Lewis wrote in
:

Sheldon Brown wrote:

I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely
familiar. In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings
that have been copied then disguised by random transposition of
letters in keywords.

Anybody got any idea whazzup with this?

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".


Cool. I salhl hecnefotrh be knwon as "1888."

And I shall call myself "skelhorne"

Who *are* these douchebags?

They are , apparently

Here, little Spambot...

--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
It would appear apparent, to me at least, that dinosaurs were largely
burrowing creatures.

Sheldon Brown wrote:
I received an invitation to join a "new forum" called
http://www.biketalks.com/

When I glanced at some of the postings they seemed strangely familiar.
In fact, they seem to mostly be rec.bicycles.tech postings that have
been copied then disguised by random transposition of letters in keywords.

That letter replacement and it's lack of formatting for replies makes it
*really* hard to read. Here's a good example: "Now load both wehels
radially, i.e. Therefore by putin each one on a bike." And there's no
indication which part of each post is quoted, and which part is the reply.

Can that compete with the real thing? I hope not.

--
Dave "EdDx"
dvt at psu dot edu

Neil Brooks wrote:
Hank Wirtz wrote:
Benjamin Lewis wrote in
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Sheldon Brown wrote:

Sheldon "Is Jobst Really 'Tsunami'?" Brown

I have no idea, "angelx".

Cool. I salhl hecnefotrh be knwon as "1888."

And I shall call myself "skelhorne"

Hey, they gave me a pretty cool name: "EdDx." Close enough to Eddy for
me. Maybe I'm not quite a cannibal, but...

--
EdDx "the carnivore"