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Spam Costs U.S. Companies $22B Annually

KoReE writes "According to this CNN article, a study at the University of Maryland says the loss of productivity from spam is costing U.S. companies $22 billion per year." Of course, they also say people get 18.5 spam per day, and I'm tipping in at 20x that.

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  1. GNAA unveils new 2005 product line by Yahweh+Seba'ot · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    GNAA unveils new 2005 product line

    The Gay Nigger Incestual Average rose fifteen points today in a sudden upswing Wall Street investors are crediting to GNAA-ANUS's unveiling of what's to come in the new year.

    Development has continued on what is perhaps GNAA's best-known product, the popular Internet application Lastmeasure. New features and functionality will help to ensure that users will be able to enjoy Lastmeasure, even with the most modern of browsers.

    Gay Nigger musos eagerly await the release of YHBT, the upcomming GNAA album that promises to be the new standard in trolling music. The album will include cuts such as the Ripper-inspired "S~H~O~A" and the stirring ballad, "Zionist Oppressors and You".

    Perhaps the most impressive of the new products is known only as the "Drilldo."

    Described by GNAA president timecop as "Six barrels of sixteen-inch niggercock fury", the device is mounted on a small set of tank treads - mobility technology licensed from the US Army robotics program.

    "We've found the Drilldo to be effective in a number of uses," said GNAA researcher Turkback. "Both Goatse and Mr. Hands were found to be adequately fulfilled. Our special Ass-Sabot rounds are designed to directly pentrate deep into the rectal core."

    GNAA researchers expect to see battlefield testing of the Drilldo as early as Febuary, with insertion into OSDN headquarters. Military experts are predicting these real-world tests to go "catastrophically erotic."

    GNAA has also announced plans to sponsor a Bug Chasing team in 2005, supporting the Montrose Area Chasing Team in their goal to infect themselves with as many different strains of AIDS as possible.

    The Montrose team has generally lost to bigger cities such as San Francisco and New York, but have high hopes for taking the lead in 2005 with their new GNAA backing. "With GNAA behind us, we'll be able to achieve our goal by engaging in reckless cocaine use and unprotected anal sex with anonymous partners in bookstore bathrooms," said an unnamed representative of the Montrose team.

    In other news, The spiritual leader of the ANUS collective, Prozak/gasjews, announced Friday that he would be leading his team of Neitzchian uber-trolls on a quest to find the Holy Asshole. No word has yet been recieved on his progress, as immediately after this announcement the leader climbed to the top of Mount St. Helens in Washington State.

    "He's been up there for days," stated ANUS operative Iconoclast. "We can't really make out what he's yelling from up there, but we think it's something about 'infinite return'. He's probably not comming down until he manages to set the damn thing off."

    Authorities say that no resolution has been reached, but that regular shipments of burritos, ammunition and weapons-grade marajuana continue to be brought to the peak of the volcano.

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    1. Re:GNAA unveils new 2005 product line by stpitner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hey look, a perfect way to start off posts about an article on spam, a comment full of spam!

  2. Gmail out of beta? (offtopic) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Looks like gmail is now out of beta; or very close to it. I had 6 invites for several months, and yesterday, I finally managed to get rid of 1. So I was rather shocked to see today that one of my gmail accounts now has _50_ invites (the other is stuck at 10 invites). Seems I am not the only one.

    As for invites. Bah. 50 is going to take 1 metric forever to send all of them out. Nevertheless, if you have been living under a deep, dark rock, and you don't yet, somehow, have a gmail account, leave first name, last name, and email address to send the invite to, and I will send invites to as many people as I can be bothered to.
    (Note: first name and last name can be anything. You can change it after you sign up. Secondly, in the past hotmail and yahoo email have placed invites in the spam folder. Check there if your expected invite does not appear.)

    1. Re:Gmail out of beta? (offtopic) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Gmail was all cool and nifty for like 2 weeks.

      It's played out.

      No one gives a shit.

  3. Re:The question begged... by Cainjustcain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    semantics nazi

  4. KoReE by sig11 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jesus, who spells their name Koree? :P