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New Spam-Scanning Technology Finds Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

Anjonika writes "Eridani Star System claims they've got a new technology that'll allow them to find where the highest spam concentrations are on Earth." If the photos are any indication, they really are on the right track with this one.

39 comments

  1. For once... by PMJ2kx · · Score: 1

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. FINALLY! Something that makes sense.

    1. Re:For once... by all+your+mwbassguy+a · · Score: 1

      no no no, this is all wrong. shouldnt there be a big dot over nigeria?

    2. Re:For once... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Read the article! The map points out recipients, not senders.

  2. Someone fix the goddamned cron! by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 1

    it's */30 NOT */3

  3. Like slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    on april fools!

  4. Anybody moving with me... by nsasch · · Score: 1

    to Alaska?

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  5. Quite logical by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1

    In fact, the Vulcan philosophy applied to this planet becomes IDIC (infinite dicontin-adverts in infinite (a)'ccounts).

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  6. Highest amount of spam? by The+Spoony · · Score: 1

    Well, right now...

  7. Lights by bryan8m · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Looks awfully similar to that "Earth at Night" picture showing artificial human lights http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html

    1. Re:Lights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's because it IS the same picture.. This has to be an April Fool's joke.

    2. Re:Lights by TheLevelHeadedOne · · Score: 0

      yes, but I'm waiting on the picture of the REAL human lights...

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    3. Re:Lights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe that's because it is. If you look at the caption of the picture, you will see that it says "Image: NASA/APOD"

    4. Re:Lights by sepluv · · Score: 2, Funny
      No. You don't say?

      Are you suggesting that this could be a common garden satellite image based on visible-spectrum photons as opposed to a genuine map of bogon emissions?

      I would have never have even considered such an outlandish possibility. CmdrTaco would never be fooled by such a thing or wish to fool us, as he upholds such high standards of journalism and fact-checking especially on April Fool's Day.

      OK, Kids. Own up! Who modded the parent `insightful'?

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    5. Re:Lights by sepluv · · Score: 1

      Also, while we are on this topic, please don't forget to do your bit to combat light pollution by making sure your lighting fixtures shine below the horizontal were the light is needed, as opposed to into the sky.

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  8. SHUT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The.
    Hell.
    Up.

    It got boring 10 hours ago FFS.

  9. 04/01 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    04/01

  10. Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Um, this is a photo of the Earth at night, and it has been around for awhile. About the only think it will show you is population density.

    1. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No! There's no such thing as "Earth at night"... it's always night on one half and day on the other half. You fail!!!

  11. Obligatory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Nuke it from orbit! It's the only way to be sure!"

  12. So ... by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 1

    /. is posting dups, and storys that doesn't make sense, are false, are badly written, and have lots of typos ... They forgot that today is Aprils 1st?, They should be doing something special ;-)

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  13. The highest concentration of spam is found.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    in my inbox...

  14. cool beans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Unleash the orbital lasers!

  15. Enough by the_sidewinder · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think I will go listen to some Vogon poetry now, /. is boring at the moment as no one is here. The jokes are funny the first, maybe the second time, but to muuuuch

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  16. This is stupid by NeonRonin · · Score: 1

    It's amazing how slashdot can loose its creditability, if it ever had any, by posting all the bullshit april fools jokes in 1 day.

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    1. Re:This is stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Would you rather the front page looked like this every day?

  17. The Next Step by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    this sequence

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  18. It finds spam, eh? by Wild+Bill+TX · · Score: 1

    What a bummer. Everybody knows spam scanners should find Butterball.

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  19. april fools? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    fucking bullshit

  20. /. on 04/01 by Cyclometh · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm just imagining the /. folks watching virtual heads asplode every time they post something, quaffing some more beer and pulling another one out...

    [scene: impropmptu party in Taco's office. Several people are standing or sitting around, watching /. go apeshit over all the April Fools' stories.]

    CmdrTaco: Wow, THAT got them riled up.
    Rest of room: Huzzah!
    CowboyNeal: How long you think we can keep doing this?
    CmdrTaco: Hell, we run the site. *glick glick glick* As long as we want. It's funny to get all these people with their knickers in a knot.
    CowboyNeal: What's next?
    CmdrTaco: I think we've got something about dinosaur fossils found crucified...
    Rest of room: Huzzah!
    CowboyNeal: Post that bad boy!
    Rest of room: Huzzah!

  21. Wish it was April Fools everyday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Man I wish it was April 1st every day, I've got loads of work done today by not reading all these stupid april fools jokes!

  22. Nah. by NotoriousQ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is clearly a hoax. Nigeria is way too dark.

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    1. Re:Nah. by Altrag · · Score: 2, Informative

      Read the article closely.. this is attempting to map where the _recipients_ are, not the senders.

      Unsurprisingly enough, it matches fairly well with the areas that I'd think to be more densely net-connected. Except Australia. Thought more of that one would be lit up, but then I don't know Australian geography all that well so maybe its true that there's only a handful of smallish areas along the coastline with high concentrations of net users.

  23. Dear SIR, please give me your back acct # by rhaikh · · Score: 0

    If this were real, some parts of Africa would be lit up like a christmas tree.

  24. how about by Christoff+Ka+Sin+Chu · · Score: 0
    How about, for a change, a news site that delivers news?

    CC

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  25. every user is a spammer until proven innocent by krunk4ever · · Score: 1

    I actually saw this at a google infosession. each dot represented where there was a search being done on google at that location at that given time. and they would move time and you could see when people in europe would goto sleep and when the americans would wake it as more and more dots appeared.

    pretty neat. guess every internet user is inherently a spammer until provent innocent.

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  26. 2L8, spam-seeking cruise missiles are on their way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Thanks for being a test target for our new EMP warheads (codename "Burger Buster").

    Sincerely,

    General Failure

  27. The picture can't be right... by bergeron76 · · Score: 0

    NIGERIA, ISN'T BRIGHT ENOUGH my beloved DEAR FRIEND of late slashdot reader muhammed III with a sum of 96 Million us dollars

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    1. Re:The picture can't be right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Read the article! The map is where the recipients are, not the senders!