AndrewGPaul Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yes, yes, very funny. If you want an actual answer (rather than just using it to detect robots, as I first assumed), it'd be useful if there was some guidance as to the answer, since the expected answer is almost certainly factually incorrect. I'm sure I'm now going to get accused of lacking a sense of humour. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) What, that spammers are morons? Might just be a point of view but I've yet to have anyone type 'no' into that box. I think anyone that goes out of their way to clutter up the internet with spam and other malicious ware, viruses, worms, trojans and simple increase my penis size e-mails flat out are just not needed or wanted. If you want to advertise that stuff, sure, make a website and do your marketing like a normal human being, as it is, millions, hell probably billions of dollars, time, investment and whatnot goes into stopping spam and the like which is frankly a waste of resources (though argueably there are whole industries that have popped up and make money BECAUSE of it). Either way, that's a discussion for another day. Wrong or otherwise, I think most folks can easily decide 'Yes' is the answer to that simple question. :afro: Edited July 18, 2009 by Nathan Caroland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 I read this story a few months back which mentioned that spamming in 2008 overall had dropped as a % of emails by nearly 1%...which seemed a bit odd to get excited about, until I read further to find that it dropped from 98.5% of all emails to 97.5% of all emails...which is actually pretty significant...yet sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGPaul Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 I think anyone that goes out of their way to clutter up the internet with spam and other malicious ware, viruses, worms, trojans and simple increase my penis size e-mails flat out are just not needed or wanted. If you want to advertise that stuff, sure, make a website and do your marketing like a normal human being, as it is, millions, hell probably billions of dollars, time, investment and whatnot goes into stopping spam and the like which is frankly a waste of resources (though argueably there are whole industries that have popped up and make money BECAUSE of it). I was really just venting, as I obviously didn't type "yes" (after all, the spammers have come across a pretty reasonable business model, from their point of view - do minimal work, and occasionally a sucker bites). The morons are the people who respond to the spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 The morons are the people who respond to the spam. I'll give you that for certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AoM Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 which is actually pretty significant...yet sad. Penis-enlargement emails are so appropriate here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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