I had heard about this theory, but never believed it. Then I saw a Nova show on PBS called Magnetic Storm. It's very well made and very interesting. By the end of the show, I believed the poles are set to reverse and it's just a fact of nature. Nothing we can do about it except research and prepare our way of life so things don't go to Hell in a handbasket.
Lucasfilms does have THX certification and specifications for certain home-theatre amplifiers (namely $$$ ones), supposedly for utterly perfect sound reproduction. Any corelation between the movie's name and the certification?
Yes, the name for the THX sound system came from this movie as did a reference in every single George Lucas movie (that I know of).
They don't price their products very low. They sell most electronics for MSRP. It's only the occaisonal sale that they'll give you a discount on a few items, but in all actuality, their prices aren't that low. I don't know why they have to force the PSP down everyone's throats, since they're making as much money as everyone else on the same products...
So they can pay their incredibly awesome professional and polite salespeople.;-P
No, REALLY! It was a friend of mine. He was working as a tech in a computer store when the Pentium II first came out. He was troubleshooting a computer with PII processor. He had it booted into Windows and decided the next step was to swap out the processor. He had a brain-fart and didn't think to shut down the computer first, he just pulled out the processor. The computer froze, but the Windows screen stayed up. Noticing his error, he decided that if any damage occurred, it was already done, so he plugged the processor right back in again. It picked up right where he left off.
Another time the same guy somehow managed to get a Pentium 100 processor inserted into the socket rotated to the wrong position. Don't ask me how, what with the missing pin/hole in one corner, but he managed it. He turned on the PC and had sparks shooting out the side of the processor.
By Flowgo and company. Some of their other domains are send4fun.com, cutestuff.com and too many others. I already blocked them from being visited from inside the network I manage. They saw how many people forwarded "cute" emails so they started putting together cute messages that also contain web bugs and advertising links so the recipients would forward them to their friends. As much as it frightens me, it works. I see these bouncing around directly from Flowgo and being forwarded by others. Here's a sample:
Subject: Yankee Doodle Baby
1.) Yankee Doodle Baby
<link to "cute" website>
2.) Beauty of Freedom *new* <link to "cute" website>
3.) Bad Bad Puppy Poop Doggy Dawg! <link to "cute" website>
Memories are made at summer camp. Research the perfect camp for your child here! <link to advertising website>
4.) A Morning Prayer <link to "cute" website>
Tired of paying higher and higher prices for gasoline? Fight back! You can get $100 of FREE gasoline! Just click on the link below or copy it into your browser bar: <link to advertising website>
5.) Call It Kitty Love <link to "cute" website>
There is a lot more than that, but I don't want to be accused of spamming for them.
I should get to know the same information about the people "screening" me.
You can, but you have to pay for it. Go to the the database supplier's webpage and click the Privacy Policy at the bottom. I'm also including the opt-out information which I find disturbing. You will see:
You cannot opt out of our having your information distributed by LocatePLUS.com. Public records, by law, must be available from the official public records office to anyone who requests them. Accordingly, because individuals cannot opt out of public records databases generally, we do not offer individuals the opportunity to opt out of our public records databases. In order for any database of public records to be useful, the databases must contain all of the information in the public records offices, and we do not remove or suppress any information that is both accurate and publicly available.
Additionally, because we do not make any nonpublic information available to the general public, we do not offer individuals the opportunity to opt out of the nonpublic databases. Our databases are used by investigators, law enforcement agents and lawyers who are trying to locate criminals, debtors and other bad actors. Accordingly, it would defeat the purpose of our service if we gave these types of individuals the ability to opt out of being found.
Companies that make nonpublic data available to the general public do offer opt outs, and, in the event that we ever make our nonpublic databases available to the general public, we will implement an opt out for individuals who request it in accordance with the IRSG principles.
Access to nonpublic information that LocatePLUS.com distributes about you
We are happy to provide you with a copy of the nonpublic information about you that is available from our system. At this time, for security reasons, we are not able to process email requests for print outs of personal information. Instead, please send a written request to:
LocatePLUS.com
ATTN: Nonpublic information disclosure
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The request must contain the following:
* Your name and complete (current) address
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* Your signature
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When I see an ad like that, of course I close it out and don't install it. I also contact the site in question (with a disposible email address, of course) and tell them I will boycot their site. Depending on the site, I may even block it for our corporate network. I have a huge list of spyware/adware sites that are blocked. This doesn't help the general public unless the site actually cares that I won't visit again.
Advertising in dreams? Before leaving the bedroom? To get food out of the fridge? Before cooking? Before using the bathroom? I'd be moving to the wilds of the jungle long before it came to this. I just don't need all the comforts of modern life to live. If it became that much of a hassle just to live, I'm outta here.
It's getting just plain rediculous. When I started keeping track about a year ago, the email filtering system I set up was blocking about 10,000 spams per week for just under 1500 users. Last week, it blocked over 170,000. That is an average of over 100 spams per user and the vast majority of my users don't get any at all. There are a couple dozen that get the vast majority of it. Of course, these are addresses that would be a major pain in the ass to change because of all the people that would have to be notified, and only if I could convince the user they want to. Of course, with this many users, I can't get a good grasp on the number of spams that make it through, but I do know it's enough to have several people continually complaining about it. It's just plain sickening all the resources and bandwidth that gets wasted. I use three different black-hole lists, so about 110,000 of those don't get any further than initial helos, but still. Disgusting. Bring on the protocol change. I've told everyone that I would be willing to work 24 hours a day for an entire weekend to implement a server and/or gateway that uses a new email protocol if it meant most spam would disappear.
Apparently, at one point in the descent, the pilot completely lost attitude control.
Hey, losing control of one's attitude in such a situation isn't such a suprise. At least he didn't lose bowel control or bladder control. Of course, maybe he did. Something like that wouldn't typically be reported. I know I would have in such a situation.
and yes, I know that the attitude control they're talking about is the orientation of the craft in flight
If he has enough ideas to make another trek show, he might as well spend the time to create another series in the B5 universe - it will be better received.
I don't disagree with you here. The funny thing is that history is repeating itself. Remember, way back when, JMS pitched a new series to Paramount about life on a space station near a jumpgate. Paramount replied that they already had Trek and there was no way they would ever consider doing Trek on a space station. The meeting ended, JMS went out and created Babylon 5 at Warner and Paramount decided to do Trek on a space station anyway. You honestly didn't think Paramount/Berman could come up with Deep Space 9 on their own, did you?
Ok, there's no proof that Paramount stole the idea from Strazinski, but the timing sure looks suspicious to me.
Okay, so it's not Beastie Boys, but it spells it out better than any song I know of: (Sorry, can't get the double-line breaks out of this.)
Cake - Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle
Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly
How much did you pay for your bad Mato Guzzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather Jacket?
Is it you or you parents in this income tax bracket?
Now tickets to concerts, and drinking at clubs, Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of
And how much did you pay for your rock and roll T-shrit, That proves you were there, that you heard of them first?
Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Oh, tell me. Oh yeah, alright. Alright. ah yeah, alright oh.
How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar, The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar, One he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones? As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones? As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
Aging black leather - And hospital bills - And tattoo removal - And dozens of pills
Your liver pays dearly now - For youthfull magic moments - But rock on completely - With some brand new components
Now, how do you afford you rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? All-right, aw yeah. So good. Oh baby.
Excess ain't rebellion (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Your self destruction doesn't hurt them (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Your chaos won't convert them (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
They're so happy to rebuild it (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You'll never really kill it (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Aw, yeah... (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Excess ain't rebellion (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Ooh, Excess ain't rebellion, ah (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking, you drinking, aw yeah (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling Oh, yeah. All-right, Oh Yeah
I am what you would consider a serious amatuer photographer. (Note that's not seriously amatuer.) I like taking nice photos and blowing them up/enlarging the best of them to frame and hang on the wall. I've even had one professional gig where I got paid for taking official photos at a wedding. A few extra bucks for me and some decent photos at a cheap price for the couple.
Here is my perfect camera:
1. Six Megapixel. You can print out an 8X10" photo at the same quality as 35mm film. More is better, but does an amatuer really need any more than that?
2. An SLR. This is a single lens reflex. It focuses the image onto the focusing screens by using the light coming through the lens (what you see through the view-finder is what you get) and has interchangable lenses.
3. Has a nice optical zoom. How many X makes a nice optical zoom? I suppose that's up to the individual, but I think 10X or more. More is always better when it comes to optical zoom.
The Canon Digital Rebel seems to be the perfect camera for me. The price is still a bit out there, in the neighborhood of $1000, but I'm sure it will come down as time goes on. I'm thinking we are nearing the end of the major advances in digital cameras. Not that we can't improve them, but they are practically at the quality/price levels of film cameras. You can get a cheapie for less than $100 that takes "okay" 3 megapixel images. Great for 4x6 snapshots. You can also spend about $1000 for everything a non-professional could want. Any improvements beyond this are gravy and probably wouldn't profit the researcher or manufacturer much.
Oh! And ignore digital zoom. I wish it didn't exist. I can enlarge it on my computer after the fact and get the same effect.
I wonder if this is why so many people consider clowns creepy. I have never thought clowns were funny. They always creeped me out, even when I was a kid.
The other method is to go after the advertisers who hire the spammers in the first place. Spammers are bottom-feeders, for sure, but if you cut off their customers, then you cut off their income.
I'm doing this with one spammer's customer right now. Since they are a legitimate company in my town, I have collected evidence that the spammers they do business with are using dictionary attacks, web page harvesting, and zombies. I've explained to them that all this is illegal and if any of my 20 email domains receives another spam from their business, all the evidence is going to the FTC for prosecution via CAN-SPAM. The law is far from perfect, but at least legit companies can be punished for breaking it. They are listening and reconsidering unsolicited commercial bulk email as an advertising route.
I know, many people would say fsck it and just turn them in. I figure I'd be nice first. I've explained the consequences and I've convinced them I will follow through. If others out there live in the same city (not necessary, but it IS easier) as a legit business that is spamming, be professional and courteous, but make them wish they never spammed you.
I read your page. Thanks! It was enlightening. But I have a correction for you. I believe it may change your choice of what to go for on a 2 card flush draw. You said:
1/4 * 1/4 = 1/8 = 12.5%
Actually 1/4 * 1/4 = 1/16 unless I can't remember multiplication as well as I think I can. This translates to 6.25%.
Being the person that blocks spam is a lose/lose situation. They don't understand how bad the problem is when you do your job right. They complain when spam gets through and complain when legit email gets blocked, but don't want you wasting all your time on it.
I predict that this school will be forced back into filtering spam by their students (customers).
[rant]See, 3 years ago, as spam was beginning to get bad, I began filtering spam on the email system I manage. Over 2.5 years, I developed a rather intensive filter, but since I knew I was not perfect, I had to scan blocked email for false positives. It got to the point I was spending 25% of my time scanning for false positives and the boss didn't like that. He also didn't want me to spend time trying to figure out how to set up Spam Assassin. (I'm not a Linux guru. Sorry!) The board didn't want to spend the money on a purchased system and didn't want me wasting my time with spam. They didn't think it was a problem so they told me to just stop blocking spam. My boss told them that spam was a BIG problem, but they never saw it so they didn't believe him. I asked my boss 10X "Are you sure you want me to stop blocking spam? They won't like the results." He confirmed. I stopped blocking spam and about 50,000 additional spams per week came flooding into the system. The 50,000 were what was being blocked previously. I was flooded with phone calls until everyone realized what was happening. Then, just 2 weeks ago, I was instructed by the board to go back to my filtering, but only spend 30 minutes a day on it. RIIIIGGGHHHHHTTTTT! Ever try scanning for legit email among the trash, adjusting filters to make it better and taking calls and emails from people that want you to be sure an email is blocked and only spend 30 minutes a day on it? I managed to put together a Spam Assassin box and it blocks 10,000 per week, but there's a lot that doesn't get blocked. I don't know enough about it to make it better.[/rant]
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Actually, that's base 2 (2^64, also known as binary. 1^n where n=any number equals 1.
Actually, I'd say mute. Anyone saying "See? See? Mozilla isn't secure either!" should pretty much shut up after this story.
I had heard about this theory, but never believed it. Then I saw a Nova show on PBS called Magnetic Storm. It's very well made and very interesting. By the end of the show, I believed the poles are set to reverse and it's just a fact of nature. Nothing we can do about it except research and prepare our way of life so things don't go to Hell in a handbasket.
Lucasfilms does have THX certification and specifications for certain home-theatre amplifiers (namely $$$ ones), supposedly for utterly perfect sound reproduction. Any corelation between the movie's name and the certification?
Yes, the name for the THX sound system came from this movie as did a reference in every single George Lucas movie (that I know of).
They don't price their products very low. They sell most electronics for MSRP. It's only the occaisonal sale that they'll give you a discount on a few items, but in all actuality, their prices aren't that low. I don't know why they have to force the PSP down everyone's throats, since they're making as much money as everyone else on the same products...
So they can pay their incredibly awesome professional and polite salespeople. ;-P
No, REALLY! It was a friend of mine. He was working as a tech in a computer store when the Pentium II first came out. He was troubleshooting a computer with PII processor. He had it booted into Windows and decided the next step was to swap out the processor. He had a brain-fart and didn't think to shut down the computer first, he just pulled out the processor. The computer froze, but the Windows screen stayed up. Noticing his error, he decided that if any damage occurred, it was already done, so he plugged the processor right back in again. It picked up right where he left off.
Another time the same guy somehow managed to get a Pentium 100 processor inserted into the socket rotated to the wrong position. Don't ask me how, what with the missing pin/hole in one corner, but he managed it. He turned on the PC and had sparks shooting out the side of the processor.
By the way, he's not a technician any longer.
By Flowgo and company. Some of their other domains are send4fun.com, cutestuff.com and too many others. I already blocked them from being visited from inside the network I manage. They saw how many people forwarded "cute" emails so they started putting together cute messages that also contain web bugs and advertising links so the recipients would forward them to their friends. As much as it frightens me, it works. I see these bouncing around directly from Flowgo and being forwarded by others. Here's a sample:
Subject: Yankee Doodle Baby
There is a lot more than that, but I don't want to be accused of spamming for them.
You can, but you have to pay for it. Go to the the database supplier's webpage and click the Privacy Policy at the bottom. I'm also including the opt-out information which I find disturbing. You will see:
I'm not so sure. MC Hawking's Led Zeppelin Medley kicks butt. I can't find the download for that one, but here are a couple of other ones.
When I see an ad like that, of course I close it out and don't install it. I also contact the site in question (with a disposible email address, of course) and tell them I will boycot their site. Depending on the site, I may even block it for our corporate network. I have a huge list of spyware/adware sites that are blocked. This doesn't help the general public unless the site actually cares that I won't visit again.
Advertising in dreams? Before leaving the bedroom? To get food out of the fridge? Before cooking? Before using the bathroom? I'd be moving to the wilds of the jungle long before it came to this. I just don't need all the comforts of modern life to live. If it became that much of a hassle just to live, I'm outta here.
It's getting just plain rediculous. When I started keeping track about a year ago, the email filtering system I set up was blocking about 10,000 spams per week for just under 1500 users. Last week, it blocked over 170,000. That is an average of over 100 spams per user and the vast majority of my users don't get any at all. There are a couple dozen that get the vast majority of it. Of course, these are addresses that would be a major pain in the ass to change because of all the people that would have to be notified, and only if I could convince the user they want to. Of course, with this many users, I can't get a good grasp on the number of spams that make it through, but I do know it's enough to have several people continually complaining about it. It's just plain sickening all the resources and bandwidth that gets wasted. I use three different black-hole lists, so about 110,000 of those don't get any further than initial helos, but still. Disgusting. Bring on the protocol change. I've told everyone that I would be willing to work 24 hours a day for an entire weekend to implement a server and/or gateway that uses a new email protocol if it meant most spam would disappear.
Apparently, at one point in the descent, the pilot completely lost attitude control.
Hey, losing control of one's attitude in such a situation isn't such a suprise. At least he didn't lose bowel control or bladder control. Of course, maybe he did. Something like that wouldn't typically be reported. I know I would have in such a situation.
and yes, I know that the attitude control they're talking about is the orientation of the craft in flight
If he has enough ideas to make another trek show, he might as well spend the time to create another series in the B5 universe - it will be better received.
I don't disagree with you here. The funny thing is that history is repeating itself. Remember, way back when, JMS pitched a new series to Paramount about life on a space station near a jumpgate. Paramount replied that they already had Trek and there was no way they would ever consider doing Trek on a space station. The meeting ended, JMS went out and created Babylon 5 at Warner and Paramount decided to do Trek on a space station anyway. You honestly didn't think Paramount/Berman could come up with Deep Space 9 on their own, did you?
Ok, there's no proof that Paramount stole the idea from Strazinski, but the timing sure looks suspicious to me.
The above post is only the opinion of one person.
Cake - Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle
Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly
How much did you pay for your bad Mato Guzzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather Jacket?
Is it you or you parents in this income tax bracket?
Now tickets to concerts, and drinking at clubs, Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of
And how much did you pay for your rock and roll T-shrit, That proves you were there, that you heard of them first?
Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Oh, tell me. Oh yeah, alright. Alright. ah yeah, alright oh.
How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar, The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar, One he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones? As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones? As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones.
Yeah, aw, yeah, aw, yeah, all-right! Huh, oh haw how huh
Aging black leather - And hospital bills - And tattoo removal - And dozens of pills
Your liver pays dearly now - For youthfull magic moments - But rock on completely - With some brand new components
Now, how do you afford you rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? All-right, aw yeah. So good. Oh baby.
Excess ain't rebellion (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Your self destruction doesn't hurt them (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Your chaos won't convert them (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
They're so happy to rebuild it (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You'll never really kill it (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Aw, yeah... (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Excess ain't rebellion (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
Ooh, Excess ain't rebellion, ah (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking, you drinking, aw yeah (How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?)
You drinking what they're selling Oh, yeah. All-right, Oh Yeah
All........right!
If he say's "What's Slashdot?", he's out.
If he says he only lurks, or posts AC, he still could be worth hiring.
If he gives you a user ID, great! Now go find out if he's cool, a 1337 h4x0r, or a troll.
I am what you would consider a serious amatuer photographer. (Note that's not seriously amatuer.) I like taking nice photos and blowing them up/enlarging the best of them to frame and hang on the wall. I've even had one professional gig where I got paid for taking official photos at a wedding. A few extra bucks for me and some decent photos at a cheap price for the couple.
Here is my perfect camera:
1. Six Megapixel. You can print out an 8X10" photo at the same quality as 35mm film. More is better, but does an amatuer really need any more than that?
2. An SLR. This is a single lens reflex. It focuses the image onto the focusing screens by using the light coming through the lens (what you see through the view-finder is what you get) and has interchangable lenses.
3. Has a nice optical zoom. How many X makes a nice optical zoom? I suppose that's up to the individual, but I think 10X or more. More is always better when it comes to optical zoom.
The Canon Digital Rebel seems to be the perfect camera for me. The price is still a bit out there, in the neighborhood of $1000, but I'm sure it will come down as time goes on. I'm thinking we are nearing the end of the major advances in digital cameras. Not that we can't improve them, but they are practically at the quality/price levels of film cameras. You can get a cheapie for less than $100 that takes "okay" 3 megapixel images. Great for 4x6 snapshots. You can also spend about $1000 for everything a non-professional could want. Any improvements beyond this are gravy and probably wouldn't profit the researcher or manufacturer much.
Oh! And ignore digital zoom. I wish it didn't exist. I can enlarge it on my computer after the fact and get the same effect.
Heck, I just use support@doubleclick.com .
Yeah, just one bag though man.
"He's never done anything immoral....unless you count all those times he sold dope disguised as a nun."
I wonder if this is why so many people consider clowns creepy. I have never thought clowns were funny. They always creeped me out, even when I was a kid.
The other method is to go after the advertisers who hire the spammers in the first place. Spammers are bottom-feeders, for sure, but if you cut off their customers, then you cut off their income.
I'm doing this with one spammer's customer right now. Since they are a legitimate company in my town, I have collected evidence that the spammers they do business with are using dictionary attacks, web page harvesting, and zombies. I've explained to them that all this is illegal and if any of my 20 email domains receives another spam from their business, all the evidence is going to the FTC for prosecution via CAN-SPAM. The law is far from perfect, but at least legit companies can be punished for breaking it. They are listening and reconsidering unsolicited commercial bulk email as an advertising route.
I know, many people would say fsck it and just turn them in. I figure I'd be nice first. I've explained the consequences and I've convinced them I will follow through. If others out there live in the same city (not necessary, but it IS easier) as a legit business that is spamming, be professional and courteous, but make them wish they never spammed you.
I know, but his page just ignores the difference between drawing from 47 cards vs drawing from 52 cards. Point well taken, though.
I read your page. Thanks! It was enlightening. But I have a correction for you. I believe it may change your choice of what to go for on a 2 card flush draw. You said:
1/4 * 1/4 = 1/8 = 12.5%
Actually 1/4 * 1/4 = 1/16 unless I can't remember multiplication as well as I think I can. This translates to 6.25%.
Being the person that blocks spam is a lose/lose situation. They don't understand how bad the problem is when you do your job right. They complain when spam gets through and complain when legit email gets blocked, but don't want you wasting all your time on it.
I predict that this school will be forced back into filtering spam by their students (customers).
[rant]See, 3 years ago, as spam was beginning to get bad, I began filtering spam on the email system I manage. Over 2.5 years, I developed a rather intensive filter, but since I knew I was not perfect, I had to scan blocked email for false positives. It got to the point I was spending 25% of my time scanning for false positives and the boss didn't like that. He also didn't want me to spend time trying to figure out how to set up Spam Assassin. (I'm not a Linux guru. Sorry!) The board didn't want to spend the money on a purchased system and didn't want me wasting my time with spam. They didn't think it was a problem so they told me to just stop blocking spam. My boss told them that spam was a BIG problem, but they never saw it so they didn't believe him. I asked my boss 10X "Are you sure you want me to stop blocking spam? They won't like the results." He confirmed. I stopped blocking spam and about 50,000 additional spams per week came flooding into the system. The 50,000 were what was being blocked previously. I was flooded with phone calls until everyone realized what was happening. Then, just 2 weeks ago, I was instructed by the board to go back to my filtering, but only spend 30 minutes a day on it. RIIIIGGGHHHHHTTTTT! Ever try scanning for legit email among the trash, adjusting filters to make it better and taking calls and emails from people that want you to be sure an email is blocked and only spend 30 minutes a day on it? I managed to put together a Spam Assassin box and it blocks 10,000 per week, but there's a lot that doesn't get blocked. I don't know enough about it to make it better.[/rant]