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My Favorite
Buzzword:
Get ready for the
Wireless MAN, baby. Or short for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.
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All About The MAN
Spam Overload Dept:
According
to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes
or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get
100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source:
Symantec and Insightexpress
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Alice Hill's Technology
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Ultimate Mystery Spam
Alice's Rant of the Week: We all get way too much Spam to comment on it anymore. What's left to say after you've wittnessed money scams, illegal drug offers, plus the occasional porn blast that makes its way across your preview pane every day.
And yet...today I received this. (see above)
There is so much that can be said, but for starters, what the hell is this? (If you speak this language, please send a translation) And who were they hoping to snare with this grainy, ugly graphic. And most of all, why me?? Why?
# Posted at
3:28 PM
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