Category Archives: Spam

The suboptimal way to deal with spam

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Eric

When a few people started calling for the death penalty for spammers, my intial reaction was that it seemed extreme. But the more I’ve had to deal with spam, the more I’ve come around to that point of view. Spammers … Continue reading →

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Spam: Free 4X Life Printer

Posted on April 19, 2006 by Eric

So if I buy the “Free 4X Life Printer” for which I’ve been getting spam lately, and print out my life at 4X, will it look any better than my life does at actual size?

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Spam is an economic problem, and needs an economic solution

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Eric

In a discussion on Slashdot a few weeks, someone wrote: Spam is a social problem, not primarily a technical one, and the solution is social. No, it’s an economic problem, thus the solution is an economic one. As long as … Continue reading →

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Taking advantage of spammers

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Eric

The prevailing wisdom about spam recommending stock is that it is part of illegal pump-and-dump operations. It would be interesting to monitor such spam and the performance of the recommended stocks, and determining whether it’s possible to make money by … Continue reading →

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