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A Conference About Spam

Posted by timothy on from the universal-convergence dept.

zonker writes "January 17th will be the first (annual?) meeting of the Spam Conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The informal meeting will feature Paul Graham, John Graham-Cumming, John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper among others (possibly including ESR though he hasn't yet confirmed). The free conference will consist of a number of talks about new ways to combat the growing spam problem, after which everyone's going out and getting some Chinese food. Should be an informative and fun meeting and a chance to meet some interesting people."

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  1. Re:It's called "advertising" by buss_error · · Score: 5, Insightful
    still don't get why people get their panties all in a bunch about a few emails

    Try this on for size: If your received just one e-mail from every business in the US, you would get 1,200 per day.

    Say it with me. Just hit delete. 1,200 times. Oops! Just deleted the e-mail from your (mother/father/brother/sister/spouce/SO/boss/once in a life time confidential offer).

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  2. I know you're trolling, but.. by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For the last goddamned time:

    This is not a free-speech issue, it's a property rights issue. Advertisers are no more entitled to use my computer to send me an ad at my expense, than they are to break into my house and paint a billboard on my living room wall.

    No, advertising isn't illegal, but using other people's property without their consent is indeed illegal.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."