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Trouble Getting to SpamCop?
geekwench writes "SpamCop was apparently the victim of a recent DoS attack. A false complaint to their domain registrar led to all primary DNS information being pulled. The problem is now fixed, but there may still be access issues for the next couple of days as ISPs clear the old DNS information out of their caches. You can read about it here and here. (Sounds to me as if SpamCop is proving to be a good-sized thorn in the sides of a number of spammers.)"
Stuffed goatse-turkey, of course.
The owls are not what they seem
I may be misinterpreting him, but I believe that the post you responded too was saying that sex is a way to maintain enough genetic variation to prevent parasites (viruses, for example) from destroying a species.
If reproduction was non-sexual, DNA wouldn't be as varied every generation, and easier for a parasite that figures out the right strategy to exploit. Think monocultures of genetic crops. All genetically identical...but if the right blight comes along, they will all perish.
However, there are some species on this planet who get by just fine without sexual reproduction. Some of the walking stick insects (Phasmatodea) can actually reproduce with or without a male! It's true!
------ What's sadder than realizing you've filtered out your own comments?
Hello,
I'm a time traveler stuck here in 2003. Upon arriving here my dimensional warp generator stopped working. I trusted a company here by the name of LLC Lasers to repair my Generation 3 52 4350A watch unit, and they fled on me. I am going to need a new DWG unit, prefereably the rechargeable AMD wrist watch model with the GRC79 induction motor, four I80200 warp stabilizers, 512GB of SRAM and the menu driven GUI with front panel XID display.
I will take whatever model you have in stock, as long as its received certification for being safe on carbon based life forms.
In terms of payment: I dont have any Galactic Credits left. Payment can be made in platinum gold or 2003 currency upon safe delivery of unit. Please transport unit in either a brown paper bag or box to below coordinates on Sunday July 27th at (exactly 3:00pm) Eastern Stand Time. If you miss this timeframe please email me.
42.4845465 & Longitude -71.1576154 and the ground is 101.4' above sea level.
Although those coordinates are a secure guarded area, these channels through email are never secure. Unfortunately it is the only form of communication I have right now. There is a good chance that sombody will try to redirect the signal. The unit must be teleported directly in a way that nobody will be able to interfere with the transference.
After unit has been sent please email me at: info@federalfundingprogram.com with payment instructions. Do not reply directly back to this email.
Thank You