Seems to me you are advocating allowing Viacom to use extortion to get what they want. Frankly, I won't miss anything that DISH cut from the plate except the Daily Show on Comedy Central. MTV hasn't had any decent programming since the mid 80's. Since you seem to be a salesman for the competition, perhaps you should add that to your signature.
A spammer doesn't need you to be careless with your email address, he/she only needs a database of names and nicknames and a bot to do a dictinary attack on your mail server. While being careful with your email address may help, it certainly will not stop the inflow of spam. No effort is fool-proof, but choosing email addresses that are less dictinary specific does help.
I've had more than a little bit of experience with school systems and computers, and it would be my guess that it is not the failure of the technology that is at fault, but rather the educators. I've seen many a Parent Teachers Association plug money into new computers, only to have them sit collecting dust because those responsible for gearing this technology towards the student were too afraid of it (and too ignorant of the uses in most cases) to take advantage of the tool. That is not to say that educators don't do their job, in most cases they do-But they have not been prepared to use technology to help in their task.
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Seems to me you are advocating allowing Viacom to use extortion to get what they want. Frankly, I won't miss anything that DISH cut from the plate except the Daily Show on Comedy Central. MTV hasn't had any decent programming since the mid 80's. Since you seem to be a salesman for the competition, perhaps you should add that to your signature.
Have a nice day.
A spammer doesn't need you to be careless with your email address, he/she only needs a database of names and nicknames and a bot to do a dictinary attack on your mail server. While being careful with your email address may help, it certainly will not stop the inflow of spam. No effort is fool-proof, but choosing email addresses that are less dictinary specific does help.
I've had more than a little bit of experience with school systems and computers, and it would be my guess that it is not the failure of the technology that is at fault, but rather the educators. I've seen many a Parent Teachers Association plug money into new computers, only to have them sit collecting dust because those responsible for gearing this technology towards the student were too afraid of it (and too ignorant of the uses in most cases) to take advantage of the tool. That is not to say that educators don't do their job, in most cases they do-But they have not been prepared to use technology to help in their task.