"Make love, not spam"....

Mon Nov 29 15:59:59 UTC 2004

Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org> wrote:
> Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L,

I'm inclined to agree...

> but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed
> loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to
> them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including
> those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS,
> throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer.

... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet
available to them.

-- 
The advice given me about Maglites is to hold it out sideways from yourself
but at shoulder height, this makes the opponent think you are standing 3
foot to one side of reality.
					- Rob Adams in the Monastery