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UN Takes Aim At Spam Epidemic
clester writes "CNN reports 'The United Nations is aiming to bring a "modern day epidemic" of junk e-mail under control within the next two years by standardizing legislation around the world to make it easier to prosecute spammers, a leading expert said Tuesday.' The full story reports that as much as 85 percent of all e-mail may be categorized as spam and that the problem is rapidly spreading to cell phones in the form of text messages..."
i think i would rather deal with the spam then with the UN getting into my computer...
Why is it that everytime some glitch comes along the first thing ppl want is for government to solve thier problem....hey i don't get spam. SHould i have to suffer draconian UN regulations beocuse some idiot can't install spam assassin??
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Freaking AT&T. These bastards have been spamming my phone with their stupid "updates" since I got the service. It's "opt out", of course, even though I never "opted in" and the bastards STILL haven't moved on the request to knock it the hell off. Nothing is more irritating than when I'm doing something, here a text come in, drop what I'm doing to check it, and it turns out to be some stupid sales pitch from AT&T.
Here's some "standard" protocol a lot of people would probably back: shoot any marketeering moron who is ever responsible in any way for any unsolicited pitch EVER.
Alito: A vote for Alito is a punch in the eye to put that bitch back in her place!
and about 20 or 30 other countries
Wow, those banana republics were promised some pathetic compensation by the US and then sent, like, 50 soldiers each. But "20 or 30 countries" sure sounds like a helluvalot, doesn't it?