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Is the CAN-SPAM Act Working?
DynaSoar writes "Lance Ulanoff of PCMag.com offer his opinion on the success, or lack thereof, of the CAN-SPAM Act. It doesn't appear to be working, though spammers have noticed, in that they try to make their spam look "legit". What might make a real difference, according to US Senator Conrad Burns, co-author of the bill, is international standards and enforcement."
GNAA (sung to the tune to Y.M.C.A. by the Village People)
... you'll find it at the G-N-A-A.
... you'll find it at the G-N-A-A.
Black man, there's no need to feel bad.
I said, black man, c'mon don't be so drab.
Don't let those bloggers ruin your day.
There are still pla-ces to be gay.
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I said, black man, fire up IRC.
There's this channel, that I'm sure you will like.
Every-thing is gonna be all-right.
It's fun to hang with the G-N-A-A!
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You can go as you please,
Feel your hair in the breeze,
Crapflood Live Journal with ease!
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You can write a good troll,
For the next Slashdot poll,
You can jerk off to goatse's hole!
Black man, why be here all alone?
I said, black man, you can get yourself boned.
I said, black man, you can get on teh spoke,
With thou-sands of gay nigger blokes.
Black man, are you down with this funk?
I said, black man, why you touching your junk?
Just go there, go to #gnaa
And apply for membership today!
It's fun to hang with the G-N-A-A!
It's fun to hang with the G-N-A-A!
You can go as you please,
Feel your hair in the breeze,
Crapflood Live Journal with ease!
G-N-A-A
Black man, there's no need to feel bad.
I said, black man, c'mon don't be so drab.
G-N-A-A
Black man, are you down with this funk? I said, black man, why you touching your junk?
why all the complaints about spam? i think it tastes great! -my kung-fu is good
Yes, I can First Post!!!
No, politicians are too corrupt.
Early Post
I stretched CowBoyNeal's anus to the diameter of Mr. Goatse.
first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...
If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!
Join the fun!!!
Do you know gamespy.slashdot.org???
It's much tougher to get spam out of a bottle than a can.
Dogma - "let's just say we'd like to avoid any empirical entanglements."
Cunt-Rod Burns in high school?
I would have.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
what's it all about? is it good or is it whack?
Hi <?$name/>,
About what we talked about in the meeting yesterday.
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Off main topic but on topic with what this poster is claiming.
A little perspective for you on poverty in the United States.
Understanding Poverty in America
by Robert E. Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1713
January 5, 2004 | Executive Summary | |
Poverty is an important and emotional issue. Last year, the Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States declaring that there were nearly 35 million poor persons living in this country in 2002, a small increase from the preceding year. To understand poverty in America, it is important to look behind these numbers--to look at the actual living conditions of the individuals the government deems to be poor.
For most Americans, the word "poverty" suggests destitution: an inability to provide a family with nutritious food, clothing, and reasonable shelter. But only a small number of the 35 million persons classified as "poor" by the Census Bureau fit that description. While real material hardship certainly does occur, it is limited in scope and severity. Most of America's "poor" live in material conditions that would be judged as comfortable or well-off just a few generations ago. Today, the expenditures per person of the lowest-income one-fifth (or quintile) of households equal those of the median American household in the early 1970s, after adjusting for inflation.1
The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.
As a group, America's poor are far from being chronically undernourished. The average consumption of protein, vitamins, and minerals is virtually the same for poor and middle-class children and, in most cases, is well above recommended norms. Poor children actually consume more meat than do higher-income children and have average protein intakes 100 percent above recommended levels. Most poor children today are, in fact, supernourished and grow up to be, on average, one inch taller and 10 pounds heavier that the GIs who stormed the beaches of Normandy in World War II.
While the poor are generally well-nourished, some poor families do experience hunger, meaning a temporary discomfort due to food shortages. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 13 percent of poor families and 2.6 percent of poor children experience hunger at some point during the year. In most cases, their hunger is short-term. Eighty-nine percent of the poor report their families have "enough" food to eat, while only 2 percent say they "often" do not have enough to eat.
Overall, the typical American defined as poor by the government has a car, air conditioning, a refrigerator, a stove, a clothes washer and dryer, and a microwave. He has tw
What good is a used up world, and how could it be worth having? --Sting
From the look of contents of these emails, these people are about as educated as the average armadillo. That current funding for education is dropping like a rock (California will go from 34th to 46th in per student spending) it's no surprise I'm getting all this spam with horrible spelling and grammar. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar