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Christmas Spam Level Skyrocketing

Posted by timothy on from the bring-back-the-stockade-please dept.

dbolger writes: "ZDNet has this brief, but interesting article about how the amount of spam we recieve in our inboxes has increased 650% since this time last year. Nice to know that that anti-spam legislation passed a while back is having an effect (not)." For PINE users, just remember the magic spell: "m s r f a."

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  1. all-linux rendering shop -- and free software?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Wow, not only will the Terminator 3 team use an all-Linux render farm for generating special effects and CG animations, but there's a rumor on the ILM IRC channel that custom graphics software is being developed using the GPL. Who says that Open Source isn't viable for business? :-)

    -- The_Messenger

    1. Re:all-linux rendering shop -- and free software?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Don't forget Timmah!

      -- The_Messenger

  2. Re:Send your letters to the DOJ before it's too la by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now that there's a nice fine first psot.
    snot me baby one more time!

  3. Re:Spam or junk? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you have a small penis, don't you?

  4. You have troll breath! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Trolling slashdot may be fun, but your oral health should still come first. Bad breath can lead to serious health problems, not to mention monitor damage. Thankfully, you can take use the 20 second formkeys delay to your benefit! Next time you're going for frost pist, take a swig of Listerine and swish it in your mouth... When the stinging becomes unbearable, spit (in a bowl or bucket, not on your computer) and click post - works everytime! You'll get frost pist and have minty fresh breath! Horay for Listerine and the formkeys delay!

  5. Re:Am I not loved? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    don't worry my friend,

    jesus love you
    mohammad love you
    god love you
    allah love you
    bin laden love you
    monica lewinsky love you

  6. random spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I keep getting "get a university diploma cheap and easy!" emails in my college email account. If I wanted to get a diploma cheap, and easy, then I probably wouldn't be going to college now, would I?