To my dearest brother, I bequeath all of the binary "ones" stored within the hard drives of my home computer, to be delivered sequentially, one page per day, 5,000 "ones" per page, over a period of ten years.
To my dearest friend, I bequeath all of the binary "zeros" stored within the hard drives of my home computer, to be delivered sequentially, one page per day, 5,000 "zeros" per page, over a period of ten years.
After dissemination, the hard drive is to be digitally "erased" and shall be bequeathed to my dearest father, to whom I shall also bequeath the computer that is attached to said hard drives.
I got one a while back with big red letters that said "Your credit card has been put on a probationary status. Please reply with you name, card number, expiration data, address, and social security number to remove probation."
So I did and now my card doesn't work at all. Stupid spam filter...
Apple Corporation (Nasdaq: AAPL) was found to be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by a federal grand jury, today.
Though most of the allegations made by the plaintiffs against Apple were found to be false, the allegations of monopolizing the consumer software and hardware markets and the allegations of fraud were not false.
"The next phase [the penalty phase] of this lawsuit should be a bit fun," said Mike Rotch, representing the more than a thousand plaintiffs in this case. "This is where they will be made to take responsibility for their actions."
"My client is simply providing what its customers want," said Johnnie Cochrane, representing Apple Corporation. "Why is that a crime?"
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This is from a fictional newspaper in a fictional reality. This is not to be construed as libel.
I get no spam. I've had this one address for two years, and in all this time, I've only received one piece of spam. It showed up every second days for about a week, but then I traced it and reported it to the spammer's ISP. Whoop, no more spam. That was six months ago. Granted, I don't use it for a hell of a lot, but I do use it. Personal correspondance, commercial (when I buy stuff from eBay and such). I've even posted with it on USENET. I send a couple of mails a day. And yet, no spam. I don't know what it is with you guys. Maybe it's because my mailhost is tiny, so it's never targeted.
Yeah. You never hear about people complaining about not receiving spam. If it's really a problem for you, give me your email address and I'll see that you get 200-300 spams a day. I'm here to help...
Personally I dont think there needs to be another.anything right now. what good is.mobile gonna do? rather than be the next haven for spammers, stupid vhosts, and other useless junk..
Now there's one i'd pay for... www.something.anything
how about a spammer who is instructed by the client to put a specific url that includes GET data other than the uri (for the lay reader, all the stuff after a "?" in a url)?
It's quite probable that the client could then meter the success of their advertising campaign. that is, however, contingint on whether the client WANTS to meter the success...
In response to the first part, though... just spam people on AOL. The very fact that they PAY for AOL means that they'll pay for just about anything...
I know not where it comes from, but I know where it goes. About 500 pieces of it each day, most of it filtered. I have to wonder aloud, with such a deluge, do any of these fools pushing junk actually believe such an onslaught will generate business?
Actually, it does generate business. The actual number escape me right now, but I'll put it like this:
<hypothetical>
In one day, the spammer will send out approx. one billion spams.
If 0.5% of spam targets (1,000,000,000*0.005=5,000,000 people) purchase a product worth $50, that's $250,000,000 gross income.
Let's assume the profit margin of the product is $5.00, the company would make a profit of $25,000,000. Let's also assume that the company gives the spammer a 1% commission off profit. In one day, the spammer makes $250,000. (Or $91,250,000 a year, if he runs it 365)
I made $8,750 last year (that's what I told the IRS, anyway). This spammer just made 10,429 (give or take a few tenths) times as much as I did, just for having a couple of T1 lines going to his house.
</hypothetical>
Remember, I don't have actual numbers. These are all numbers I made up which I think might be close to the actual numbers.
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To my dearest brother, I bequeath all of the binary "ones" stored within the hard drives of my home computer, to be delivered sequentially, one page per day, 5,000 "ones" per page, over a period of ten years.
To my dearest friend, I bequeath all of the binary "zeros" stored within the hard drives of my home computer, to be delivered sequentially, one page per day, 5,000 "zeros" per page, over a period of ten years.
After dissemination, the hard drive is to be digitally "erased" and shall be bequeathed to my dearest father, to whom I shall also bequeath the computer that is attached to said hard drives.
I got one a while back with big red letters that said "Your credit card has been put on a probationary status. Please reply with you name, card number, expiration data, address, and social security number to remove probation."
So I did and now my card doesn't work at all. Stupid spam filter...
My girlfriend is always ready...
I'm one lucky s.o.b. aren't I...
since when is a balloon considered an office resource?
I built a PCI pinboard out of some cardboard, several paperclips, and some ductape
I don't see why our friend shouldn't be able to do the same
Funny, I thought a Cert was a breathmint. Interestingly enough, Google returned on 6 results for me.
s ou rceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=u tf-8
http://www.google.com/search?q=cert+breathmint&
No, actually, I think you can still hurt somebody pretty bad with one of those...
They'll just make the movies longer so they take up 51gb instead...
1. Eurotunnel TBM 2. Ebay 3. Profit!!!
Why you gotta bring me into this?
Apple Corporation (Nasdaq: AAPL) was found to be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by a federal grand jury, today.
Though most of the allegations made by the plaintiffs against Apple were found to be false, the allegations of monopolizing the consumer software and hardware markets and the allegations of fraud were not false.
"The next phase [the penalty phase] of this lawsuit should be a bit fun," said Mike Rotch, representing the more than a thousand plaintiffs in this case. "This is where they will be made to take responsibility for their actions."
"My client is simply providing what its customers want," said Johnnie Cochrane, representing Apple Corporation. "Why is that a crime?"
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This is from a fictional newspaper in a fictional reality. This is not to be construed as libel.
Without Microsoft, we'd be here on /. asking what life would be like without Apple...
Don't forget... it also attaches floaters to it with a screwdriver...
It's my understanding that the waves have to be in phase, not out of phase. The polarity of the wave has to be inversed.
My favorite thing from that press release is "The passcode is: "objects.""
Thats 4-11-17-15-22-21-8 on my Nasa(tm) Decoder Ring
Why couldn't they have sent it to me _before_ I downloaded it?
You wasted 4 minutes of my time. I want my 4 minutes back.
Aww, I'd probably just waste them anyway...
I get no spam. I've had this one address for two years, and in all this time, I've only received one piece of spam. It showed up every second days for about a week, but then I traced it and reported it to the spammer's ISP. Whoop, no more spam. That was six months ago. Granted, I don't use it for a hell of a lot, but I do use it. Personal correspondance, commercial (when I buy stuff from eBay and such). I've even posted with it on USENET. I send a couple of mails a day. And yet, no spam. I don't know what it is with you guys. Maybe it's because my mailhost is tiny, so it's never targeted.
Yeah. You never hear about people complaining about not receiving spam. If it's really a problem for you, give me your email address and I'll see that you get 200-300 spams a day. I'm here to help...
Personally I dont think there needs to be another .anything right now. what good is .mobile gonna do? rather than be the next haven for spammers, stupid vhosts, and other useless junk..
Now there's one i'd pay for... www.something.anything
the new ebay
Or GHB maybe? (For use on somebody else, I would assume...)
I'd personally like one that works with the image processing center of the brain. I'd love to see THAT winamp vis plugin... No more need for LSD.
how about a spammer who is instructed by the client to put a specific url that includes GET data other than the uri (for the lay reader, all the stuff after a "?" in a url)?
It's quite probable that the client could then meter the success of their advertising campaign. that is, however, contingint on whether the client WANTS to meter the success...
In response to the first part, though... just spam people on AOL. The very fact that they PAY for AOL means that they'll pay for just about anything...
I know not where it comes from, but I know where it goes. About 500 pieces of it each day, most of it filtered. I have to wonder aloud, with such a deluge, do any of these fools pushing junk actually believe such an onslaught will generate business?
Actually, it does generate business. The actual number escape me right now, but I'll put it like this:
<hypothetical>
In one day, the spammer will send out approx. one billion spams.
If 0.5% of spam targets (1,000,000,000*0.005=5,000,000 people) purchase a product worth $50, that's $250,000,000 gross income.
Let's assume the profit margin of the product is $5.00, the company would make a profit of $25,000,000. Let's also assume that the company gives the spammer a 1% commission off profit. In one day, the spammer makes $250,000. (Or $91,250,000 a year, if he runs it 365)
I made $8,750 last year (that's what I told the IRS, anyway). This spammer just made 10,429 (give or take a few tenths) times as much as I did, just for having a couple of T1 lines going to his house.
</hypothetical>
Remember, I don't have actual numbers. These are all numbers I made up which I think might be close to the actual numbers.
...working for the common good...
I thought they tried that in the Soviet Union. Heared that it didn't really work...
I dread the day that Winamp refuses to play counterfiet songs...
My dad owns and operates a Fadal CNC milling machine. He might be able to machine a new bezel out of aluminem or maybe even wood...
I thought this would have been something from the "and-yet-another-Kodak-moment department" instead of the "isn't-that-special department"