(Announcer) The Queen approaches the SAS Officer, and pins a medal on him, a small riband and medallion, depicting an envelope with an arrow through it.
Just in the last few minutes, and checking headers, the spam I recieved came from Sweden, Korea, and one from...drum roll...Comcast. But seriously, most of the spam is coming from not just the USA.
Tracking down the spammers is not a problem. As I and many others have said, follow the money trail. I advocated setting up a credit card account and making purchases, then when the transaction is completed, the billing records will show who bought the goods, then prosecute them.
The problem with prosecuting individual spammers is that the Justice Department goes after big money criminals more agressively than small fry spammers. They are more interested in capturing the guy that embezzeled millions of dollars, rather than the guy that sent out millions of emails.
Alices Restaurant Updated:
There he was, sitting on the bench with all the bank robbers, embezzlers, serial killers,
I just saw on CNN that "The Army is preparing to notify about 5,600 retired and discharged soldiers who are not members of the National Guard or Reserve that they will be involuntarily recalled to active duty for possible service in Iraq or Afghanistan, Army officials said Tuesday."
As a former Officer who has not resigned my commission, that means I'm eligible for recall.
Maybe I can convince them to send me to Antarctica , to guard against a possible terrorist attack. (I hate the heat and sand of Iraq).
you're right on that point, from a pornographers standpoint, they would fight that. It seems most of them are using.biz and.info now, I have yet to see one email from those tld's that is not porn, bogus pharmaceuticals, "phishing" or other scams.
There was a murder case here in Gainesville last year, a grad student of UF was murdered. His laptop was missing, and the police traced it to the MAC address. When the allegeded murderer used that laptop, they nailed him.
You can't stay anonymous forever on the Internet. There are too many methods available to trace a person back to the source. Subpoenaing server logs or ISP client records is a good start.
Writing hold up notes on one of your own return address formatted envelopes is not a good way to go about it either. Or in his case demanding a check in his own name. Cracks me up when I see people make fundamental mistakes like that.
"HP's replacement program will allow a customer to receive a small kit, containing a screwdriver as well as instructions for the customer on how to replace the faulty DRAM modules, which may include 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB versions. The customer can then ship the DRAM to HP using a return envelope and receive a new module for free."
Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking its not a few dimes, but maybe $10.00 to $15.00 per customer, figuring they can get DRAMM wholesale at a greatly reduced rate. Screwdrivers, probably some cheap one time only, for less than a cent per unit. Postage of a few Dollars, packaging included.
Even at $10.00 per customer, thats going to be a 9M Dollar hit.
What I had suggested in other posts regarding spam is this:
Let the FBI actually buy something from a spammer, trace the money, as its being bought with a CC, then prosecute whoever cashes the CC transaction. They do buys for drug busts routinely, so why not.
The upper platform is held in orbit. By bringing an elevator up, don't you put an opposite pull on the platform, bringing it down? I guess I'm thinking centrifugal force here, that the upward pull would overcome centrifugal force, or would bringing it up work with centrifugal force rather than against it? Or is that even a factor?
Best I understand it is:
Someone has come up with something that goes into your email server somehow, that makes some sort of stamp, or something, and lets some email go through, somehow stopping other emails, or something, and, the best part is, its free!
"Camram FRO (Frequently Raised Objections" Thats enough to scare me away. "stop making with the negative waves, Moriarity" (5 points to the first person that can name the movie that is from).
Join the crowd. I posted it about an hour after the story broke on CNN.
*looks at my computer and thinks, how can Bob Bemer be considered "offtopic" anywhere???*
I've given up submitting news stories, I'm just going to post in whatever thread is most active, and let everyone sort it out.
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas
(AP) -- Bob Bemer, a computer
pioneer who published warnings of
the Y2K problem in the early 1970s
and helped invent a widely used
coding system, has died after a
battle with cancer. He was 84.
Bemer died Tuesday at his home along
Possum Kingdom Lake, about 120 miles west
of Dallas, said his stepson, Glen Teeler.
Bemer played an major role in how the world's
computers operate. He helped invent the ASCII
coding system that is used in computers to
represent text, and also contributed the
escape key and the backslash to the computer
language.
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*waves to Rob* Not sure if we're related, my branch of the family is mainly in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and North Carolina.
I can see it now.
(Announcer) The Queen approaches the SAS Officer, and pins a medal on him, a small riband and medallion, depicting an envelope with an arrow through it.
China, Korea, and Brazil are absent from the list. It just figures the countries sending the most spam are not onboard.
Just in the last few minutes, and checking headers, the spam I recieved came from Sweden, Korea, and one from...drum roll...Comcast. But seriously, most of the spam is coming from not just the USA.
Tracking down the spammers is not a problem. As I and many others have said, follow the money trail. I advocated setting up a credit card account and making purchases, then when the transaction is completed, the billing records will show who bought the goods, then prosecute them.
...and they all moved away
The problem with prosecuting individual spammers is that the Justice Department goes after big money criminals more agressively than small fry spammers. They are more interested in capturing the guy that embezzeled millions of dollars, rather than the guy that sent out millions of emails.
Alices Restaurant Updated:
There he was, sitting on the bench with all the bank robbers, embezzlers, serial killers,
"Whatcha in for, kid?"
"Sending 7 Million spam emails"
I just saw on CNN that "The Army is preparing to notify about 5,600 retired and discharged soldiers who are not members of the National Guard or Reserve that they will be involuntarily recalled to active duty for possible service in Iraq or Afghanistan, Army officials said Tuesday."
As a former Officer who has not resigned my commission, that means I'm eligible for recall.
Maybe I can convince them to send me to Antarctica , to guard against a possible terrorist attack. (I hate the heat and sand of Iraq).
LOL
you're right on that point, from a pornographers standpoint, they would fight that. It seems most of them are using .biz and .info now, I have yet to see one email from those tld's that is not porn, bogus pharmaceuticals, "phishing" or other scams.
excellent idea :)
Good points all.
There was a murder case here in Gainesville last year, a grad student of UF was murdered. His laptop was missing, and the police traced it to the MAC address. When the allegeded murderer used that laptop, they nailed him.
LOL, or how about the world famous Stuart Pidowski, his friends call him Stu Pid.
You can't stay anonymous forever on the Internet. There are too many methods available to trace a person back to the source. Subpoenaing server logs or ISP client records is a good start.
Writing hold up notes on one of your own return address formatted envelopes is not a good way to go about it either. Or in his case demanding a check in his own name. Cracks me up when I see people make fundamental mistakes like that.
Thanks for those figures :) At any rate, I don't care how much HP is worth, thats still a hit to their bottom line.
*calls my broker*
From their article:
"HP's replacement program will allow a customer to receive a small kit, containing a screwdriver as well as instructions for the customer on how to replace the faulty DRAM modules, which may include 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB versions. The customer can then ship the DRAM to HP using a return envelope and receive a new module for free."
Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking its not a few dimes, but maybe $10.00 to $15.00 per customer, figuring they can get DRAMM wholesale at a greatly reduced rate. Screwdrivers, probably some cheap one time only, for less than a cent per unit. Postage of a few Dollars, packaging included.
Even at $10.00 per customer, thats going to be a 9M Dollar hit.
The one I prefer is Weather Images Their site links to a lot of free radar images, satellites, etc. And a discussion board.
Damn, no mod points, just when I needed to mod the parent, funnier than hell.
What I had suggested in other posts regarding spam is this:
Let the FBI actually buy something from a spammer, trace the money, as its being bought with a CC, then prosecute whoever cashes the CC transaction. They do buys for drug busts routinely, so why not.
Thanks for the clarification, I got it now.
*goes back to playing with my slinky in the corner, thinking, "this isn't much for a company game room"*
I kinda get it and then I don't.
The upper platform is held in orbit. By bringing an elevator up, don't you put an opposite pull on the platform, bringing it down? I guess I'm thinking centrifugal force here, that the upward pull would overcome centrifugal force, or would bringing it up work with centrifugal force rather than against it? Or is that even a factor?
The story mentions the cable, and a platform, so what kind of a tower arrangement is it going to have?
At any rate, at 62 miles, the lawyers are going to be lining up first, for the "helluva whiplash" suits.
Best I understand it is: Someone has come up with something that goes into your email server somehow, that makes some sort of stamp, or something, and lets some email go through, somehow stopping other emails, or something, and, the best part is, its free!
"Camram FRO (Frequently Raised Objections" Thats enough to scare me away. "stop making with the negative waves, Moriarity" (5 points to the first person that can name the movie that is from).
Join the crowd. I posted it about an hour after the story broke on CNN. *looks at my computer and thinks, how can Bob Bemer be considered "offtopic" anywhere???* I've given up submitting news stories, I'm just going to post in whatever thread is most active, and let everyone sort it out.
No doubt about it. Take a look at the list of the top 10 members on the center left side of the page. serenitymovie.com
Bob Bemer
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (AP) -- Bob Bemer, a computer pioneer who published warnings of the Y2K problem in the early 1970s and helped invent a widely used coding system, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 84. Bemer died Tuesday at his home along Possum Kingdom Lake, about 120 miles west of Dallas, said his stepson, Glen Teeler. Bemer played an major role in how the world's computers operate. He helped invent the ASCII coding system that is used in computers to represent text, and also contributed the escape key and the backslash to the computer language.
Most users ever online was 124 on Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:03 pm
124? That's a slashdotting?