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Happy Spamiversary!

Posted by timothy on from the it-would-have-been-someone dept.

Shippy writes "Ten years ago today, a pair of Arizona attorneys launched a homemade marketing software program that forever changed the Internet. It was the birth of spam. They did this by whipping up a Perl script that flooded message boards advertising their legal services." Update: 04/14 05:26 GMT by S : That'd be ten years ago, not twenty.

15 of 345 comments (clear)

  1. fp by gav1n · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fP!?

  2. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT DOWN

  3. Magnificent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Having my headphones on really sucked. You are a true champion of humanity, thank you.

  4. 9/11-esque? by (exu)+$viality$ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it should be a national memorial type day like 9/11. the day a national tradgedy occur. except the memorial would have everyone's name on it.

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  5. Re:And here's the US government's response... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Of course I had to see what the fuss was all about. Bad mistake. I think a few people will get curious and make the same mistake I made. If you must, be sure your volume is turned way down!

  6. Re:And here's the US government's response... by jdifool · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Can't we just permanently ban those people ?

    I almost puked on my desk.

    Sheesh, I don't know what drove mankind to those extremes... it's sick.

    jdif

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  7. Re:And here's the US government's response... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YHBT YHL HAND

    and may I just say, AHAAHAHAHAHAHA

  8. Re:And here's the US government's response... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gnaa. lorf.

  9. Re:And here's the US government's response... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And that link is a pretty good argument some people should be denied free speech. Wrong beyond belief

  10. All life begins with PERL and ends with PERL... by Tezkah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All life begins with PERL and ends with PERL... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now.

  11. Re:Where is she buried? by rubicon7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Score:2, Interesting"?

    WTF? How the hell did *that* happen? Are the moderators sleep-clicking?

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  12. Re:LOL, so fucking owned by jdifool · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    My poor boy, I pity you.

    Hope you will die in relief.

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  13. Re:Where is she buried? by gkuz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You and your big mouth. Now it's up to 3, Interesting.

  14. Re:Where is she buried? by seanadams.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ++interesting.

    A massive expedition of oridnary folks to piss on her grave won't yield any solution to spam, but would at least make us all (not just geeks) feel better.

  15. Re:And here's the US government's response... by isorox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK I've got that morbid curiosity, but also value my job and respect here at work. Can anyone say what's so bad about a page on a .GOV website?