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Stories · 4

  1. Analysis of Spam, and a Proposed Solution

    Yro · Spam · · posted by michael · from the enlarge-your-knowledge-now dept. · 370 comments
    2bot_or_not_2bot writes "Spam: The Phenomenon is a detailed analysis of spam: products, scams, viruses, obfuscation methods, etc. Failed, and doomed-to-fail, methods of blocking spam are described. A general solution is proposed that does not: invade privacy, perform wide censorship or blacklisting, or involve payment and cooperation with corporations (beyond the transport and storage of data)." Hmmm.

  2. Lowest Raw Score Ever on the SAT

    Education · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the lowered-expectations dept. · 673 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "Lowest Raw Score Ever on the SAT. Relax! You are practically guaranteed to have done better on the SAT than this guy! But the competition for most extreme negative raw score is just beginning..."

  3. Tetris AI System

    Games · Games · · posted by michael · from the it's-better-than-you-are dept. · 208 comments
    You've probably always wanted a system that reads a Tetris game via a webcam, decides the optimum move, and then inputs the commands to make that move, right? Well, now your prayers are answered.

  4. Developing for the Motorola T720

    Hardware · Handheld · · posted by michael · from the code-on-the-go dept. · 152 comments
    r0.ini writes "Nice step-by-step introduction guide on how to make that cool app for your T720." Worth a read even if you never intend to write a program for your cell phone, for the comparison between BREW and J2ME (and implicitly between Verizon and AT&T).