e_SEmD e-sluthing

August 5, 2009 2:31 PM

I was browsing a favourite blog of mine, and inserted seemingly randomly was this text: e_SEmD. Being curious, I did a quick google search and found that tag littered throughout thousands of sites. Anyone have any idea what this is?
posted by ChefQuix to computers & internet (4 comments total)

Some publishing system messing up when attempting to escape (or unescape) an em dash? You'll find instances of e_SEnD too, on some of those sites.
posted by effbot at 2:42 PM on August 5

(escenic, most likely)
posted by effbot at 2:44 PM on August 5

Well, that does seem pretty logical. And no where near as interesting as I was hoping it would be.
posted by ChefQuix at 2:49 PM on August 5

It's like when you get your newspaper and there's some errant LaTeX in it.
posted by dhartung at 3:04 PM on August 5