We all live in America, America, ist wunderbar, We all live in America, America, America.
Wenn getanzt wird will ich führen (When we dance, I will lead) Auch wenn ihr euch alleine dreht (Even if you can turn alone) Lasst euch ein wenig kontrollieren (Just let us control you a bit) Ich zeige euch wie's richtig geht (We'll show you the right way)
Wir bilden einen lieben Reigen (We're building a circle of love) Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (Freedom plays on all the violins) Musik kommt aus dem Weißen Haus (Music comes out of the White House (And "software" to vote correctly!)) Und vor Paris steht Mickey Maus (And Micky Mouse stands in front of Paris)
Am I the only one who feels this is a valid representation of the current state of the US government?
I mean, really. They've given up just bombing the crap out of a country around election time. (Been there, tried that, got the T-Shirt). Now they have to electronically rig their elections.
It is quite easy to get rid of spam. This is what I do:
1. Receive Piece of spam regarding penis enlargement. Sent to junk mail, or doesn't go through my spam filter.
2. When I get a few minutes, and I'm rather pissed off at something, I pull up one of my default response templates. Ie, received E-Mail of Penis enlargement pill/patch/voodoo dance, and simply send an E-Mail back saying:
"Hi, I'm interested in your penis enlargement patch. Please send me some information on your product."
3. Wait for response to mail
4. Send another appropriate but stupid question to them, never actually purchasing.
5. Repeat step 3 if a further E-Mail has been sent to me.
Some interesting things I have noted:
1. My spam has decreased. The spammers are not all stupid and they blacklist my E-Mail address. (From 400 mails a day, down to about 50)
2. And this is the big one. It costs a small, tiny fraction of a cent to send out a generic spam advertisement. Therefore, easy or genuine responses are economically viable, as they only get a few a day.
Now just imagine, if we have the force of a fraction of a few dedicated/. readers. Perhaps about 100,000 of them sending on average 5 generic responses per day. That's 500,000 E-Mails to the evil inboxes of doom.
Let's say that 1 company gets 70,000 bogus E-Mails in a day. It still takes approximately 1-2 mins to read and respond adequately to a person if they want to make a potential sale.
Thats between 70,000 and 140,000 minutes a day. That's about 1,167 to 2,333 work hours a day to respond to the junk they get back to perhaps glean 100 real potentials from their campaign.
If you need to pay an employee just $10 an hour, that's still between $11,670 and $23,330 a day.
That's between $4,259,550 and $8,519,100 that the spammers have to pay in work hours.
Now, lets say that they make about $2,000 a day from the 100 e-mails they get that are legit. They are now running at a loss.
Reading only the subject lines and filtering out the 'non-genuine' responses will result in REAL reasponses being filtered out as well, making their profits drop.
As the article said, they are using basic market economic forces to make a profit. We can use basic market economic forces to reduce the spam.
Summary:
1. Responding to spam has reduced my Junk mail, probably due to blacklisting. (This is only me, and I am only stating what has happened in my case.)
2. If enough people respond with fake letters of interest, the spammers go broke, and it becomes non-profitable.
So a call to arms/. ers. You hate spam? Me too. Let's do something about it.
CRyACin
If life gives you shit, then sell fertiliser - Bayani Portier
It is quite easy to get rid of spam. This is what I do:
1. Receive Piece of spam regarding penis enlargement. Sent to junk mail, or doesn't go through my spam filter.
2. When I get a few minutes, and I'm rather pissed off at something, I pull up one of my default response templates. Ie, received E-Mail of Penis enlargement pill/patch/voodoo dance, and simply send an E-Mail back saying:
"Hi, I'm interested in your . Please send me some information on your product."
3. Wait for response to mail
4. Send another appropriate but stupid question to them, never actually purchasing.
5. Repeat step 3 if a further E-Mail has been sent to me.
Some interesting things I have noted:
1. My spam has decreased. The spammers are not all stupid and they blacklist my E-Mail address. (From 400 mails a day, down to about 50)
2. And this is the big one. It costs a small, tiny fraction of a cent to send out a generic spam advertisement. Therefore, easy or genuine responses are economically viable, as they only get a few a day.
Now just imagine, if we have the force of a fraction of a few dedicated/. readers. Perhaps about 100,000 of them sending on average 5 generic responses per day. That's 500,000 E-Mails to the evil inboxes of doom.
Let's say that 1 company gets 70,000 bogus E-Mails in a day. It still takes approximately 1-2 mins to read and respond adequately to a person if they want to make a potential sale. Thats between 70,000 and 140,000 minutes a day.
That's about 1,167 to 2,333 work hours a day to respond to the junk they get back to perhaps glean 100 real potentials from their campaign.
If you need to pay an employee just $10 an hour, that's still between $11,670 and $23,330 a day. That's between $4,259,550 and $8,519,100 that the spammers have to pay in work hours.
Now, lets say that they make about $2,000 a day from the 100 e-mails they get that are legit. They are now running at a loss.
Reading only the subject lines and filtering out the 'non-genuine' responses will result in REAL reasponses being filtered out as well, making their profits drop.
As the article said, they are using basic market economic forces to make a profit.
We can use basic market economic forces to reduce the spam.
Summary:
1. Responding to spam has reduced my Junk mail, probably due to blacklisting. (This is only me, and I am only stating what has happened in my case.)
2. If enough people respond with fake letters of interest, the spammers go broke, and it becomes non-profitable.
So a call to arms/. ers. You hate spam? Me too. Let's do something about it.
CRyACin
If life gives you shit, then sell fertiliser - Bayani Portier
Wouldn't it make sense to take into account whether the planet could feasibly sustain life too? I mean could a 700km round body in space support an atmosphere?
So you're proposing a two planet solar system? Just Earth and possibly Mars?
I KNEW it... we live in a 2 bit solar system...
I have this on good word from the world organ donor organisation.
Brain donor rejection list:
George Bush (American President)
Reason for rejection:
Brain size too small. Has survived by process sharing with entities such as oil conglomerates, the senate, his father, his wife, and his dog.
John Howard (Australian Prime Minister)
Reason for rejection:
doesn't have his own, uses George Bush's for all policy decisions.
Tony Blair (English PM)
He's English... no more said.
The blood hound gang
You mean we want more sick depraved individuals floating around the world?
Osama Bin Laden/Saddam Hussein
Yeah right, as if there will be anything left when they die!!!
Slashdot Mirror
We all live in America,
America, ist wunderbar,
We all live in America,
America, America.
Wenn getanzt wird will ich führen
(When we dance, I will lead)
Auch wenn ihr euch alleine dreht
(Even if you can turn alone)
Lasst euch ein wenig kontrollieren
(Just let us control you a bit)
Ich zeige euch wie's richtig geht
(We'll show you the right way)
Wir bilden einen lieben Reigen
(We're building a circle of love)
Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen
(Freedom plays on all the violins)
Musik kommt aus dem Weißen Haus
(Music comes out of the White House (And "software" to vote correctly!))
Und vor Paris steht Mickey Maus
(And Micky Mouse stands in front of Paris)
Am I the only one who feels this is a valid representation of the current state of the US government?
I mean, really. They've given up just bombing the crap out of a country around election time. (Been there, tried that, got the T-Shirt). Now they have to electronically rig their elections.
For shame.
Why not? It's full of hot air anyway!
Ah yes,
The old DuroppuWarretenduRunnu Kung Fu move.
Works every time...
Nah, inbreeding. See what it did to our friends from the south?
Is this a dagger I see before me???
No, wait, it's a wonderbra...
Recursion (noun)
See Recursion
Um.... it was an accident... yeah...
I tripped over! Yeah.. that's it...
Do they issue restraining orders?
Domo origato Mr. Roboto! ;-D
Follow links, get the contact e-mail accounts. Fill out forms. Waste their time. That's the way it works.
Some spam, of course is fully automated, but they're not the kind of links that I target.
It is quite easy to get rid of spam. This is what I do:
1. Receive Piece of spam regarding penis enlargement. Sent to junk mail, or doesn't go through my spam filter.
2. When I get a few minutes, and I'm rather pissed off at something, I pull up one of my default response templates. Ie, received E-Mail of Penis enlargement pill/patch/voodoo dance, and simply send an E-Mail back saying:
"Hi, I'm interested in your penis enlargement patch. Please send me some information on your product."
3. Wait for response to mail
4. Send another appropriate but stupid question to them, never actually purchasing.
5. Repeat step 3 if a further E-Mail has been sent to me.
Some interesting things I have noted:
1. My spam has decreased. The spammers are not all stupid and they blacklist my E-Mail address. (From 400 mails a day, down to about 50)
2. And this is the big one. It costs a small, tiny fraction of a cent to send out a generic spam advertisement. Therefore, easy or genuine responses are economically viable, as they only get a few a day.
Now just imagine, if we have the force of a fraction of a few dedicated /. readers. Perhaps about 100,000 of them sending on average 5 generic responses per day. That's 500,000 E-Mails to the evil inboxes of doom.
Let's say that 1 company gets 70,000 bogus E-Mails in a day. It still takes approximately 1-2 mins to read and respond adequately to a person if they want to make a potential sale.
Thats between 70,000 and 140,000 minutes a day. That's about 1,167 to 2,333 work hours a day to respond to the junk they get back to perhaps glean 100 real potentials from their campaign.
If you need to pay an employee just $10 an hour, that's still between $11,670 and $23,330 a day.
That's between $4,259,550 and $8,519,100 that the spammers have to pay in work hours.
Now, lets say that they make about $2,000 a day from the 100 e-mails they get that are legit. They are now running at a loss.
Reading only the subject lines and filtering out the 'non-genuine' responses will result in REAL reasponses being filtered out as well, making their profits drop.
As the article said, they are using basic market economic forces to make a profit. We can use basic market economic forces to reduce the spam.
Summary:
1. Responding to spam has reduced my Junk mail, probably due to blacklisting. (This is only me, and I am only stating what has happened in my case.)
2. If enough people respond with fake letters of interest, the spammers go broke, and it becomes non-profitable.
So a call to arms /. ers. You hate spam? Me too. Let's do something about it.
CRyACin
If life gives you shit, then sell fertiliser - Bayani Portier
It is quite easy to get rid of spam. This is what I do: 1. Receive Piece of spam regarding penis enlargement. Sent to junk mail, or doesn't go through my spam filter. 2. When I get a few minutes, and I'm rather pissed off at something, I pull up one of my default response templates. Ie, received E-Mail of Penis enlargement pill/patch/voodoo dance, and simply send an E-Mail back saying: "Hi, I'm interested in your . Please send me some information on your product." 3. Wait for response to mail 4. Send another appropriate but stupid question to them, never actually purchasing. 5. Repeat step 3 if a further E-Mail has been sent to me. Some interesting things I have noted: 1. My spam has decreased. The spammers are not all stupid and they blacklist my E-Mail address. (From 400 mails a day, down to about 50) 2. And this is the big one. It costs a small, tiny fraction of a cent to send out a generic spam advertisement. Therefore, easy or genuine responses are economically viable, as they only get a few a day. Now just imagine, if we have the force of a fraction of a few dedicated /. readers. Perhaps about 100,000 of them sending on average 5 generic responses per day. That's 500,000 E-Mails to the evil inboxes of doom.
Let's say that 1 company gets 70,000 bogus E-Mails in a day. It still takes approximately 1-2 mins to read and respond adequately to a person if they want to make a potential sale. Thats between 70,000 and 140,000 minutes a day.
That's about 1,167 to 2,333 work hours a day to respond to the junk they get back to perhaps glean 100 real potentials from their campaign.
If you need to pay an employee just $10 an hour, that's still between $11,670 and $23,330 a day. That's between $4,259,550 and $8,519,100 that the spammers have to pay in work hours.
Now, lets say that they make about $2,000 a day from the 100 e-mails they get that are legit. They are now running at a loss.
Reading only the subject lines and filtering out the 'non-genuine' responses will result in REAL reasponses being filtered out as well, making their profits drop.
As the article said, they are using basic market economic forces to make a profit.
We can use basic market economic forces to reduce the spam.
Summary:
1. Responding to spam has reduced my Junk mail, probably due to blacklisting. (This is only me, and I am only stating what has happened in my case.)
2. If enough people respond with fake letters of interest, the spammers go broke, and it becomes non-profitable.
So a call to arms /. ers. You hate spam? Me too. Let's do something about it.
CRyACin
If life gives you shit, then sell fertiliser - Bayani Portier
New, Norton anti-leak pads! Just place one in each Microsoft Employee/Affiliates undergarments, and keep your code secure!
grmble... makes me want to become a yank... grmble
Yeah, but only because they charge by the pound! Gotta kill a lot you see...
Does anybody listen to what I have to say?
enough said.
It takes a big man to cry. It takes an ever bigger man to laugh at him.
You know the old adage... treat me like a criminal and I will become one.
All your monkey crap are belong to us!
Do you know what it would be, if you sent a cheque to an artist for use of their downloaded MP3 album? EVIDENCE
Don't believe me? Try it. We'll send you a nice cake with a hacksaw inside in jail.
Who is the fool? The fool, or the guy that blows him away with a shotgun?
Everybody needs some TLC
I am not lesdyxic!!!
Wouldn't it make sense to take into account whether the planet could feasibly sustain life too? I mean could a 700km round body in space support an atmosphere? So you're proposing a two planet solar system? Just Earth and possibly Mars? I KNEW it... we live in a 2 bit solar system...
I have this on good word from the world organ donor organisation. Brain donor rejection list: George Bush (American President) Reason for rejection: Brain size too small. Has survived by process sharing with entities such as oil conglomerates, the senate, his father, his wife, and his dog. John Howard (Australian Prime Minister) Reason for rejection: doesn't have his own, uses George Bush's for all policy decisions. Tony Blair (English PM) He's English... no more said. The blood hound gang You mean we want more sick depraved individuals floating around the world? Osama Bin Laden/Saddam Hussein Yeah right, as if there will be anything left when they die!!!