Okay... the good news is I got my first support contact from someone in Russia!?! The bass news is... it's in Russian!!! (I think) Can anyone here read Russian / Cyrillic?
I need a translation so I can find out what the issue is and respond appropriately (it seems to involve the constant pi ?!?). Could you also translate my response?? (And I apoligize to any Russian immigrants who may be offended if the message below happens to be inappropriate for this site - sorry.)
Exciting, huh?!?
Ваше письмо было удалено антиспам-фильтром пользователя.
Причина:
В поле "Тема" Вашего письма отсутствует ключевое число: 3.1415
Отправьте письмо еще раз, включив в тему ключевое число 3.1415 в любом месте.
Dan,
Sent PM
I don't get it? What am I missing? ???
It's an intercept that Kimmel made out on St. Clair when a Russian sub surfaced near him. They tossed out a vodka bottle with the note inside. If my Russian is correct it says something like, "Kimmel you suck. Our sonar shows you're sitting on a school of huge smallmouth and all you have in your livewell are dinkskis. In the mother land you'd be in the gulag after bringing in a stringer like that." Then they end the message with a question for him about which direction they should go to get back to the Atlantic.
I might add that I only had one semester of Russian in college. I took it to avoid taking an English credit and there were only six people in the class, (one of which was my girl friend who was great with languages) and I figured they wouldn't flunk me because they needed people to go on to Russian II.
google speaks russian:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=ru|en
"Your letter has been removed antispam filter user.
The reason:
The subject field of your letter is missing a key number: 3.1415
Send a letter again by inserting a key theme in the number of 3.1415 anywhere."
Via babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr):
"Your letter was removed by the antispam- filter of user. Reason: In the field "theme" of your letter is absent the key number: 3.1415 Send letter again, after including in the theme key number 3.1415 in any place."
Quote from: thedude on January 29, 2008, 11:39:48 AM
google speaks russian:
Awww, man. A minute late to the party.... :)
Quote from: Dan on January 29, 2008, 10:34:27 AM
It's an intercept that Kimmel made out on St. Clair when a Russian sub surfaced near him. They tossed out a vodka bottle with the note inside. If my Russian is correct it says something like, "Kimmel you suck. Our sonar shows you're sitting on a school of huge smallmouth and all you have in your livewell are dinkskis. In the mother land you'd be in the gulag after bringing in a stringer like that." Then they end the message with a question for him about which direction they should go to get back to the Atlantic.
I might add that I only had one semester of Russian in college. I took it to avoid taking an English credit and there were only six people in the class, (one of which was my girl friend who was great with languages) and I figured they wouldn't flunk me because they needed people to go on to Russian II.
Russian sub would be more fun and intriguing than an automated spam message. With all my other run-ins with various branches of the law... I'm actually kind of surprised I haven't accidently stumbled into a Canadian goby smuggling operation or even been kidnapped by KGB submarinernauts (if that is a word??) while minding my own business in a blinding rain/sleet storm on Lake St. Clair in late October.
(I'm pretty sure that day my ghost spies were Canadian Coast Guard... but you never know. They could have just been disguised as CAN CG?? Or maybe they were just sitting thinking only a crazy American would be out in a little boat on cold miserable day like that trying to convince himself he's having fun?!? Come to think of it...?? That was the day I saw the mysterious mini-tidal wave sweep across a couple miles of the lake before suddenly vanishing of the surface??)
Quote from: Cfruel on January 29, 2008, 09:47:22 AM
I don't get it? What am I missing? ???
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(Sorry if that offends anyone unless you're a member of PETA... then, in the inimitable words of my 7 year old Goddaughter, "neener neener neener...")
(Edit: I take back everything except the PETA neener neener part - sorry)
Quote from: thedude on January 29, 2008, 11:39:48 AM
google speaks russian:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=ru|en
"Your letter has been removed antispam filter user.
The reason:
The subject field of your letter is missing a key number: 3.1415
Send a letter again by inserting a key theme in the number of 3.1415 anywhere."
The number is Pi. And Pi is not Russian. It's Greek. Being 100% Greek, and being fluent in the Greek language and of course the Greek Alphabet, I should know this about 3.14159. 3.14159=Pi. Pi is also in algebraic terms. Most algebraic terms are derived from the Greek language.
BD aka Mathemagician. ;D
heres some real math for ya:
(http://media.funlol.com/content/img/0435.jpg)
That's the first algebraic proof that I really seem to understand. I think they use to call Einstein "The Dude." I think we have a mathmatician in fisherman's clothing. Maybe...just maybe you're one of those guys off the sub that Kimmel got his message from.
I got all of that. Unfortunately, those of us that got married flunked that lesson. Because if we would have stayed single, we would have all had big houses, 20 foot bass boats, and a really cool tow vehicles.
BD ;D
Dont wanna rub it in on the UAWBigDog but aint life grand!!(24 single and all that except the tow vehicle longggg story... Ill leave it at that! Im staying single for life!!!! (I HOPE)-skeeterman-
I beleive that the translation is something out of the mail order bride catalog. Good luck with that one! Sh'ell love you long time!
Wrong catalog jack... I've decided I was really tired that night (SORRY CY) and have censored myself :)
Skeeterman, let's try to get you in a Dodge. Then you won't have to tell the story. Chrysler may bring back the Employee Choice which means I could get you a vehicle for what an employee of the company pays. We'll talk as soon as the company brings it back.
BD ;D