- Discriminating against Republicans is Socially Acceptable Bigotry. Good article. And that, plus some comments around me lately, prompted me to write about gun bans in local businesses (which is why the update was a little late today).
- Say it ain’t Sosa–Sammy got caught using a corked bat. Huh. Sammy joins Albert
Don’t call me Joey
Belle, Billy Hatcher, and Graig Nettles in the ranks of those caught with corked bats. [jim] - A recent survey says that over Half of all e-mails are spam. 55% to be exact. Blegh.
- Why is there so much spam? Sick of spam? Then blame Alan Ralsky. He emails a billion of them a day In fact, as few as 150 people may be responsible for 90% of the spam. Boca Raton, FLA is the capital. Maybe we can get the Marines to invade there? (And yes, I’m aware that this is another case of the Pareto Principle, Joey.)
- 419 gang scam themselves into the slammer. Six of the
Nigerian Scammers
were sentenced to between 1 and 4.5 years in jail in the Netherlands. [boing boing] - Corporate inboxes choking on spam which is (as I linked to earlier) outpacing legitimate email.
- Twilight Zone episode illustrates the Spammer’s dilemma Those who write pro-spam tools want to ease the task of writing and sending bulk email. Should they succeed, the life of the spammer will be similar to that of the commodities trader—the ability to move large quantities of product at will. [reed]