But it only takes one person to respond out of a huge number to have made the spam worthwhile. We're talking one in a million here. Even if the response is something like 'Please remove me', it's of value to the spammers, as they've captured a current email address.
A few years ago, in London, during the Internet silly season, somebody had the bright idea of gathering sysadmins and web developers together and plying them with free beer. This happened on the first Tuesday of each month for about a year or so.
So I went to Techie Tuesday, as it was known, once. Of course the majority of the punters were recruiters who had rapidly changed into sweatshirts on their way up west from the city. There was the odd nerd, though. After some deeply unfulfilling chit-chat with one such low-life, I was asked the question 'So, what is your favourite browser'.
I left and never went back.
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Could it be that people who have a vested interest in the adoption of ipv6 are more likely to try and alarm us about the impending IP crisis?
Here's an alternative view from Paul Wilson, director general of APNIC, which suggests that we have 20 years left at the current growth rate.But it only takes one person to respond out of a huge number to have made the spam worthwhile. We're talking one in a million here. Even if the response is something like 'Please remove me', it's of value to the spammers, as they've captured a current email address.
A few years ago, in London, during the Internet silly season, somebody had the bright idea of gathering sysadmins and web developers together and plying them with free beer. This happened on the first Tuesday of each month for about a year or so. So I went to Techie Tuesday, as it was known, once. Of course the majority of the punters were recruiters who had rapidly changed into sweatshirts on their way up west from the city. There was the odd nerd, though. After some deeply unfulfilling chit-chat with one such low-life, I was asked the question 'So, what is your favourite browser'. I left and never went back.