Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam

[STEED]

It's 30 years today of the first spam email, crud.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/spam_30/


I like to shoot the bloody lot of them then bring them back to life and shoot them again.

[Brag]

Originally Posted by STEED

It's 30 years today of the first spam email, crud.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/spam_30/


I like to shoot the bloody lot of them then bring them back to life and shoot them again.

A cry in the wilderness by one of our top spamahoochies. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Brag

A cry in the wilderness by one of our top spamahoochies. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Email brag.

Still time to cancel your book you know.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

These days I have more phone-spam than email-spam, it's way more annoying but that sh!t is legal

We have that problem here, call centres ringing you up about this and that. Most of them are now outside the UK and you get some Indian calling you with a East end accent 20 to 50 times a day. Fortunately we got the TPS Telephone Preference Service which tells this lot we don't want there calls, since joining we only get the odd one here and there.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by STEED

We have that problem here, call centres ringing you up about this and that. Most of them are now outside the UK and you get some Indian calling you with a East end accent 20 to 50 times a day. Fortunately we got the TPS Telephone Preference Service which tells this lot we don't want there calls, since joining we only get the odd one here and there.

I have so much fun with the Indian telemarketers! I just switch to Russian...fun ensues

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I have so much fun with the Indian telemarketers! I just switch to Russian...fun ensues

LMAO :rotfl:

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

LMAO :rotfl:

...or I ask if they have a Bulgarian translator.

[Rhodes]

So who's going to post the link for the Monty Python clip?

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

So who's going to post the link for the Monty Python clip?

Not me.

Sailor Steve got a court order out to prevent me from doing such a thing.

[antikristuseke]

[Wolfehunter]

:rotfl: Your guys are cracked. Spam jezus....

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by STEED

Email brag.

Still time to cancel your book you know.

That threat will only work so many times. Then one day Jimbuna will post a link to a news article: "Local man found dead with copy of book shoved down throat! Authorities baffled; suspect government conspiracy."

Not me.

Sailor Steve got a court order out to prevent me from doing such a thing.

Liar liar pants on fire! You know I love links to Python. It's when you start thinking you're talented enough to do the whole sketch yourself that I start whining.:rotfl:

[Platapus]

" but a recent survey conducted by Sophos revealed that 11 per cent of people admit to having bought goods in response to spam messages."

And this ladies and gentlemen is the problem. Considering that sending E-mail spam, when compared to other advertising venues is practically cost-less, having an 11 percent response rate makes spam a most viable venue indeed.

The solution is in the hands of the people, not the government. Clearly 11 percent seemed accept spam as an acceptable form of advertisement. All it would take to remove spam would be a commitment by the people not to buy anything from spam adverts.

Myself, I am so anti-spam that if I ever got a piece of spam advertising the exact product I was looking for at the best price I still would not buy from the advertiser. I will gladly pay more money for the same product if it did not rely on spam adverts.

I would love to find the corporate address of the advertisers and send them a letter "I was considering buying from your company as you were selling exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately, since you choose to use spam, I brought from your competitor."

On one of my E-mail accounts I get about 70 E-mails a day (only a few people have my address). Of those 70, perhaps 2 are legit.

I wish I could tell these advertisers that I am not looking for a second mortgage in order to finance my penis enhancement so I can watch porn of underage girls and farm animals.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That threat will only work so many times. Then one day Jimbuna will post a link to a news article: "Local man found dead with copy of book shoved down throat! Authorities baffled; suspect government conspiracy."

What threat?

Not me.

Sailor Steve got a court order out to prevent me from doing such a thing.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Liar liar pants on fire! You know I love links to Python. It's when you start thinking you're talented enough to do the whole sketch yourself that I start whining.:rotfl:

I got the court order in front of me and it states any links posted by me about the spam sketch Steve will fly across the pond and give me a big wet sloppy full blown kiss on the lips, no thank you.

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That threat will only work so many times. Then one day Jimbuna will post a link to a news article: "Local man found dead with copy of book shoved down throat! Authorities baffled; suspect government conspiracy."

Liar liar pants on fire! You know I love links to Python. It's when you start thinking you're talented enough to do the whole sketch yourself that I start whining.:rotfl:

Ummm. Book, dark alleys. This gives me ideas (goes into closet to put on trenchcoat)

Sinister music in the background.