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Did You Really Want To Read That Spam?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the human-element dept.

Henn writes "The BBC is carrying a story about computers that track how much attention you are paying and the "worth" of individual messages. Based on these criterion, it adjusts how intrusive to make the alerts. The story is fairly short, however you can find more depth over here." Interesting ideas, but for me it's becomming less about time- my filters catch 80% of my spam, meaning it only takes me 10-20 minutes to deal with it, and more about bandwidth. At home, on my modem, downloading several megs of spam seriously interferes with my ability to work. Yay spam!

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  1. A day when CmdrTaco doesn't bitch about spam... by MondoMor · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is like a day without sunshine.

    1. Re:A day when CmdrTaco doesn't bitch about spam... by rf0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You ever seen a british summer?

      Rus

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    2. Re:A day when CmdrTaco doesn't bitch about spam... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Now even the spammers will have to read their own mail to influence the results .. if u knwo wot i mean :D

    3. Re:A day when CmdrTaco doesn't bitch about spam... by titzandkunt · · Score: 4, Funny


      "You ever seen a british summer?

      No. And I live there.

      T&K.

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  2. Modem?! by Splatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    CmdrTaco still uses a modem to work from home? What happened to the slashdot house? That modern oasis of nerdlyness with a mythical amount of bandwidth?

  3. Smart SPAM by stanmann · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, the more I ignore it, the more annoying it will be. I'm glad I have a reasonably spam proof e-mail system.

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  4. Re:I'm really sorry ... by 1u3hr · · Score: 2, Funny

    --well, you might also mention Taco's "becomming"

  5. Taco works?! by An+IPv6+obsessed+guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Huh?

  6. embarrasing by Photon01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That could be embarrasing, my computer knowing how much attention i pay to those "awful" pictures i get sent every day that "i have no idea why i keep getting sent them" :P

  7. Wrong approach by yatest5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is bound to impose on corporate synergy. Spam filter developers need to think 'out of the box', possibly utilising the power of OSS development.

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  8. c'mon Taco by squarefish · · Score: 4, Funny

    We know that spam has become part of your work.

    You can't fool us!

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  9. Re:I don't get it by wheany · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you ever gotten ANY email to that gif-address?

  10. I took it one step further... by Schik · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... and created a new email address for myself, and not only do I not let my address get out to stupid places on the net, I didn't give it to a single person! I have yet, in 8+ months, to get a *single* email sent to that account. Ha! Take that, you spammer bastards.

  11. OK., I'll bite :-) by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean to say you married someone who likes Celine Dion? :-)

  12. modem/work by h4x0r-3l337 · · Score: 2, Funny
    At home, on my modem, downloading several megs of spam seriously interferes with my ability to work

    You work from home and you use a MODEM? You need to find an employer that'll pay for DSL or cable...