A Visual History of Spam

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 18, 2004 @04:55AM from the but-is-it-art? dept.

Cristiano writes "Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has saved every spam message and virus-laden e-mail he's received at work since 1997 and graphed the spams and viruses to create a cool visual representation of one man's malicious traffic."

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"one man's malicious traffic" by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-18 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

"one man's malicious traffic"

Sounds like a cool title for a future book about Gill Bates.
Obvious by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-18 05:01 · Score: 2, Funny

If only MS employees spent more time working on their software, and less time doing these kinds of things...
...it was a slow day on slashdot... by Fjornir · 2004-09-18 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny

...pretty pictures though, did anyone else try the "magic eye" deal and see what I saw?

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1. Re:...it was a slow day on slashdot... by derrith · 2004-09-18 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  A sailboat?
  
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2. Re:...it was a slow day on slashdot... by Xzzy · 2004-09-18 05:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's a sailboat!
3. Re:...it was a slow day on slashdot... by Loligo · 2004-09-18 06:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  A schooner IS a sailboat, stupidhead.
Good work by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-18 05:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Now he'll get even more spam.
It's the Visual part that scares me by superbondbond · 2004-09-18 05:09 · Score: 5, Funny

I think if I were to actually see what went into Spam I'd never be able to eat it again.
Let's get this message out! by Phat_Tony · 2004-09-18 05:19 · Score: 1, Funny

Hey, that graph's some important news (it made it on Slashdot!)
I think we should all email it out to everyone we know.

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Re:Single worst spam day by number of messages: Au by mrak+and+swepe · 2004-09-18 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Although we all hate spam, at least we can engage in some harmless macho posturing re the amount of it that we get.

I'm a mere minnow in comparison to your good self: Just 57 per day, on average.

Me off to stuff a pair of socks into my pants...
another graph by DuctTape · 2004-09-18 05:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Cristiano writes "Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has saved every spam message and virus-laden e-mail he's received at work since 1997 and graphed the spams and viruses to create a cool visual representation of one man's malicious traffic."
I'd like to have saved every BSOD that I've received since 1997 and make a cool visual representation, too, but the system crashes each time I get one... so much for data retention.
DT

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This has been done before by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-09-18 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

THIS site even has an animation of the propagation of spam.
Irony by thrills33ker · 2004-09-18 05:51 · Score: 4, Funny

A Microsoft employee keeps a record of his ever-increasing levels of spam and viruses?

Aargh! My irony meter has gone off the scale!!
He saved copies by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-18 06:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Does that mean that Bill Gates will be sending me the money he owes me for forwarding all those emails?
2002 was a big year for spam by Basehart · 2004-09-18 07:44 · Score: 3, Funny

2002 must be the year when Florida got connected to the internet.
Engineers. Gotta Love 'Em by reallocate · 2004-09-18 11:24 · Score: 1, Funny

>>"...saved every spam message and virus-laden e-mail he's received at work since 1997."

O-o-kay. Step away from the keyboard.

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