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China Signs Anti-Spam Pact
Iphtashu Fitz writes "The Chinese government has joined an international anti-spam effort started by the U.S. and UK. Over the weekend China stated that it would join international enforcement efforts against spam by adopting the London Action Plan on Spam Enforcement Collaboration. The London Action Plan was launched after a conference on spam enforcement hosted jointly by the UK Office of Fair Trading and the US Federal Trade Commission in London in October 2004. It was the first international forum to focus exclusively on spam enforcement. China is well known for being one of the biggest origins of spam, with as much as 20% of all junk e-mail originating from within its borders."
In Communist China, computers spam you...
China can stop spam much more easily because the state has control over the internet... Sort of like how my parents used to have more control over me when I lived with them (what are these Kmart Brassiere Catalogs doing under your mattress) than they do now, when I live with my grandmother.
And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By
In related news, China will continue to be the world's leading supplier of hacked DVDs and CDS, they're just promising not to pester you about buying them.
Screensavers as Corporate Message Boards?
I maen seriously, the US is in on it, but what are they doing to that lamer who makes a living by running spamming servers? I mean, isn't that considered a "spam zombie"?
BTW, when will Nigeria join the anti-spam ring? I mean honestly, with the bajillion dollars that each citizen has over there that they are dying to get off their country, it's a surprise they don't agree to have better computer protection worldwide.
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Due to bad publicity, Hormel renames it's canned meat product back to its original name, Junk Mail.
...when they shoot some in the back of the head and bill the family for the bullet.
And I won't shed any tears. If they're going to be a murderous dictatorship, they could at least kill some people who deserve it. (No, I'm not defending dictatorships, I just hate spammers.)
Q: What does the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Even Spam is made in China! Is there anything that they don't make? Will they put those little gold stickers on spam?
Per capita, China is a net saint
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I hear the Amish are also very good about not polluting the internet.
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
Actually it is far more profitable for them to use the spammers for organ harvesting.
Only if spammers actually use the products they advertise, and if these products actually do work as advertised.