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U.S. World's Foremost Spam Nation In 2004

Posted by timothy on from the then-why-is-mine-mosly-cyrillic? dept.

der Kopf writes "As reported by ZDNet, '42 percent of all spam sent this year came from the United States,' which makes the U.S. the unthreatened king of the 2004 spam hill. Number two on the list is South Korea (with 13.43%), while China can be found in third place (with 8.44%). The U.S. put out more spam this year than all the other countries in the top 12 combined." All depends who's counting, I guess.

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  1. Woohoo! by Primotech · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're good where it counts.

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    Do Not Eat iPod Shuffle
    1. Re:Woohoo! by seanadams.com · · Score: 4, Funny

      We're good where it counts.

      Where's that? The enl@rjd p3njs?

  2. Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, something to be proud of.

  3. It's funny cuz by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    The US is supposed to have a legal tool against spam, and yet it's the worst offender in the world.

    I guess we CAN-SPAM and we're mighty proud of it...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  4. Wonderful news... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So we hold the majority on manhood enhancement, hot free teens, and low low mortgage rates.

    *sniff* I've never been so proud of my country.

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    The coolest voice ever.
  5. Inspiration by CaptainZapp · · Score: 4, Funny
    The U.S. put out more spam this year than all the other countries in the top 12 combined.

    They must have gotten their inspiration from military spending.

    Fucking spammers!

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    mit taschenrechner in der hand

    kraftwerk

  6. Makes sense... by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hormel is located in the United States.