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I'm a lister. I admit it. I like to make lists and analyze lists to see if I can determine a trend, a trend that I then might be able to take advantage of to help my business.
The very first time I made a comment in a blog at Active Rain, the spam prevention system asked me to type the graphic into the little box. If I stay logged in and make additional comments, it usually doesn't ask me to type more graphics into the box.
Most such systems are totally random, using thousands, sometimes even millions and billions of text and number combinations. Rarely, if ever, do they spell a word. My first graphic did spell a word, sort of:
moosewood
So I've been making a list of all the graphics to see just how random they were and if the same graphic ever came up twice. The results might surprise you. I've even separated the graphics into categories and the number of times that I have had to type the graphic. Additionally, I did an Internet search on many graphics and increased my knowledge base since some of the ones I didn't know actually are things.
Vegetation and foods
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allspice (twice)
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almond
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anonilla
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avocado
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azarole
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banana
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bilimbi
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breadfruit
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bunya-bunya
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cacoa
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cactus
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calabura
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canistel (also known as eggfruit, see 23)
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carambola
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chempedale
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cheremai (three times)
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clove
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cocoa
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cocoplum
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cuachilote
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cupu-assu
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dasheen
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effgruit (see 13)
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farkelberry
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ginseng (twice)
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grumichama (twice)
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grumixameira
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guabiroba
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guama
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hackberry
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jackfruit
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jojoba
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jostaberry
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juneberry
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kenaf
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ketoepa
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koorkup
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lime
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lingaro
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lingonberry
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loquat
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louvi (twice)
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lucuma (twice)
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maprang
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moringa (twice)
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myrobalan
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okra
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orangeberry
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pacay
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pandanus
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papaya
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peanut
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pecan
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pejibaye (twice)
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persimmon
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pineapple
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pitanga
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quince (twice)
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rambai
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ramontchi
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raspberry
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rata
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rukam (twice)
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sachamango (twice)
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salal
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sapodilla (also known as sapota, see 67)
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sapota (also known as sapodilla, see 66)
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sepiaia
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shaddock
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sheepberry
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stemberry
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sweetsop
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tagua-tagua
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tamarillo
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tampoi
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tayberry
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tioepa
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ume
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yanagi-ichigo
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yucca
Others, including possible definitions from an Internet search:
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amra - acronym for Australian Music Retailers Association
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caimo - Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer (1545-1584)
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cas - acronym for Chemical Abstract Service
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ciruela
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ciruelo - Ciruelo Cabral, an Argentine fantasy artist (b. 1963)
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corozco
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dalison
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escobillo - Evangeline Escobillo, Philippine insurance commissioner charged with corruption in 2007
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grauba
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hilma - Hilma of Kent, a Swedish artist and mystic
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imbe (twice) - acronym for Improved Multi-Band Excitation
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kawa - computer scheme environment written in Java
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luma - represents the brightness of an image
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mocambo - West Hollywood nightclub
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moosewood (four times) - restaurant in Ithaca, New York
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mowha (twice) - acronym for Mid-Ohio Walking Horse Association
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paco - nickname for Francisco
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pacura
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pama - acronym for Professional Aviation Maintenance Association
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paterno - Joe Paterno (b. 1921), Penn State University football coach
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roway - a trademarked term for a computer Right-of-Way Permitting System
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sorb - acronym for an Australian group, Save Our Riverfront Bushland
Now let's analyze this in greater detail:
Someone at Active Rain is intimately familiar with plants and fruits, including some of the rarer ones, and some of the more esoteric names for those rarer plants and fruits.
Out of 102 times that I've been asked to enter the graphic, 80 of them, a whopping 78%, have been related to vegetation and fruit.
So let's presume that the spam system is left up to the head Active Rain programmer and make some deductions about him. We already know that he has an intimate knowledge of plants and fruits.
Based on the other 22 graphics, here's what else we can deduce about him:
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He's Australian because many of the plant and fruit names, especially the weird ones, were Australian. Addtionally, we have references to Australia. See 1 and 22.
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He likes music and art. See 1, 2, 5, 10, and 14.
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His favorite composer is Italian. See 2.
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His favorite artists are Cabral and Hilma. See 2 and 10.
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He likes the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York. See 15.
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He might have a relative in the Philippines or lived there himself before coming to the U.S. See 8.
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He lives in Ohio (see 16) but likes Penn State football (see 20).
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He has a horse and is a member of the Mid-Ohio Walking Horse Association. See 16.
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He partied at Mocambo in West Hollywood (see 14) when he arrived in the U.S. from Australia (see 1 and 22) or the Philippines (see 8).
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Someone in his family is a professional aviation maintenance technician. See 19.
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Someone in his family is a chemist. See 3.
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Someone in his family, perhaps even he himself, is named Francisco and might go by the nickname Paco. See 17.
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He has a nice computer programming résumé. See 11, 12, 13, and 21.
There you go. A lesson in making lists and analyzing them.
Or am I just weird?
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