On 3 Jul 2000, at 15:15, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> I figured folks on this list would appreciate this.
>
> We were spammed today. Laurie wandered out onto the porch this
> morning to find a flyer on the front porch, for a "power management"
> seminar. They leafletted the entire neighborhood....
> ...What caught me was how typical
> the subject matter was to the kind of on-line spam we yell at all the
> time...
Indeed, although an important difference to keep in mind is that that
kind of spam dealt with in seconds with a keystroke or two [or even
automatically in most cases], whereas the hardcopy stuff we've learned to
just live with has to be handled, sorted, and carted to the dump [no
recycling for that sort of stuff in this area] and actually wastes
*real*time*...
/Bernie\
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Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers
mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA
--> Too many people, too few sheep <--
Follow-Ups:
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Re: spam.
From: Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com>
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Re: spam.
From: murr rhame <murr@vnet.net>
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Re: spam.
From: Mike Yuhas <mike@folkradio.org>
References:
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spam.
From: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com>
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