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Brad Templeton On Spam's Silver Anniversary

Posted by timothy on from the silver-bullets-for-spammers dept.

Brad Templeton writes "This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the first spam I was able to find, and one month ago was the 10th anniversary of the first time a USENET posting was called a spam and the birth of the term (at least beyond mudds)." Templeton was also cited in the American Scientist article featured last Sunday.

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  1. Re:umm... by fjordboy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yeah, you're right. Their first product would have been canned pork (I thought that was the same as spam)...spam came about in 1937 (proof). My bad.

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  2. Interesting discussion involving Stallman and spam by pardasaniman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Read Richard Stallmans view on spam also mentioned in the article
    He also predicts the first online dating service!!!!!

  3. Re:So.. by tfinniga · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I haven't bought a can of Spam for the last three years. Guess why.

    Because it's nasty?
    That's why I don't buy any..

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