Encryption would be one possible application for Markov's algorithms -
although that wasn't his original goal. He was developing formulae to
attempt to explain the random motion of particles in liquids (aka
Brownian motion), and various other stochastic processes. His
algorithm is most loved by spammers, who use it to create blocks of
text which pass right through spam filters. Apparently, some artists
have used it to write song lyrics and prose....

73, Leo

On 29 Mar 2004 05:16:30 -0800, (William) wrote:

Leo wrote in message . ..
What you are looking at here is called "Markov Text", generated by
mathematical algorithm run on a batch of words. It is commonly used
to produce random blocks of text for insertion into SPAM emails, which
will fool many SPAM-detection programs.

You can play around with an online Markov generator at the following
web site:

http://www.eskimo.com/~rstarr/poormfa/markov.html

A minor radio link: Markov was a student of Chebyshev (of filter
fame)!

73, Leo

Thought it was developed for encryption.