What did you say?

"I do not like them, Sam-I-am!"

Wacky Windows Errors, #1: "MS = 'Bad Command'"

All "Windows errors" are from saved screenshots dating back to 2001. From my archives, as it were.

How did this happen? I've been trying for years to recreate this error message.



Hm... "Microsoft...not an operable program"? "Copyright unexpected"?

Funny, people have been saying that about Microsoft products since MS' inception.

Wacky Windows Errors, #2: "Open With...?"

With...? With what?

Wacky Windows Errors, #3: "No Help For You!"

Well, excuse me! Sorry I asked.

Wacky Windows Errors, #4: "WPA Warning"

"The Truth" - this Event Viewer error was recorded on an activated copy of "Genuine Windows":

For those of you not keeping score at home, that's more than 1,992,954 years.

Better get on it, quick!

Wacky Windows Errors, #5: "Delete Windows"

This one was generated by right-clicking in the open space of a completely empty Recycle Bin and choosing "Delete."

Linux is looking like a better alternative every day, now that you mention it.

"Why Am I Getting All This Spam?"

"Why Am I Getting All This Spam?" (follow link for full article)
tried various methodologies (quoted between "*" lines):

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Table 1 - Usage Categories

Type of online activity	Control addresses	Experimental addresses
Public Web posting: www.cdt.org www.getnetwise.org www.consumerprivacyguide.org	Addresses were posted on a publicly accessible Web page and left online for six months.	Address removed from Web two weeks after posting. Address posted in "human-readable" form Address posted in HTML-obscured form.
USENET: alt.internet.commerce alt.health alt.kids-talk alt.news-media alt.sex.erotica alt.showbiz.gossip misc.consumers.house misc.industry.insurance rec.gambling.misc rec.humor rec.travel.misc soc.senior.issues us.jobs	Addresses were used in the headers of posted messages.	Address included in text in "plaintext" form Address included in text in "human-readable" form Address included in text in HTML-obscured form.
Web services: Appendix 1 lists the Web-based companies and organizations to which e-mail addresses were provided.	Addresses were provided to Web sites offering various online services using default and/or "opt-in" privacy preferences.	After two weeks, changed personal preferences to "opt-out" of future e-mail communication. Upon receiving e-mail, unsubscribe request was submitted (where available).
Web-based postings: amazon.com careerbuilder.com ebay.com intelihealth.com joehollywood.com monster.com popbitch.com seniornet.org thirdage.com webmd.om	Provided an e-mail address as part of posting to a Web-based job, auction, or discussion board.	Address included in text in "plaintext" form Address included in text in "human-readable" form Address included in text in HTML-obscured form.
WHOIS database: netsol.com npsis.com	Provided an e-mail address as part of registering a ".com" or ".org" domain.	None.

The project examined five basic ways of posting or otherwise disclosing an e-mail address, and how each could affect the amount of spam a user received. The activities examined were: 1) posting an e-mail address on a public Web site; 2) posting an e-mail address on a USENET newsgroup; 3) providing an e-mail address to a popular Web site in connection with some service; 4) providing an e-mail address to a popular Web site in order to post on a job, auction, or discussion board; and 5) posting the address in the WHOIS database of information about domain name registrants.

In each area of online activity, we created a set of "control" addresses, provided in a straightforward manner with no attempt to avoid future spam, and one or more "experimental" addresses, each of which utilized a particular anti-spam measure.


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In that vein, we place a list of @ddresses on this obscure page:

sicilian74@cox.net
yujie1@gmyuy8.cn
bsjs@synopsys.com
btangs@vip.qq.com
bsms@utrc.utc.com
bsgfgss@unsap.com
bschems@scbsc.com
mdeppl1@gmail.com
robblack@hotmail.com
adonajah@sbcglobal.net
agalusha5@hotmail.com
appleseed007@msn.com
s.rogers00@hotmail.com
iverjelleam61@gmail.com
moises_150@hotmail.com
epi_palacios@hotmail.com
dianngarrott657@gmail.com
cslb.socal.swift.team@gmail.com
dirtydeedsdonedirtcheaptnt@gmail.com
heatseekerchargingupthesky@gmail.com
yeahyoushookmeallnightlong@gmail.com
iwastrappedlikeaflyonthewall@gmail.com
4thoseabouttorockwesaluteyou@gmail.com
itsalongwaytothetopifyouwanna@gmail.com
whatcomesnaturallysinkthepink@gmail.com
whomadewhoaintnobodytoldyou@gmail.com

"Looking for Mr. Good-spam..."