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Spamhaus estimates that by the summer of 2006 spam will account for 95% of all e-mails sent and the problem will not be alleviated until the US acts to toughen its laws.
British anti-spam laws are even more toothlessly useless than the US ones, apparently. 95%? Also according to Spamhaus, Australia has a [...]

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There’s a carnival set up in one of the parking lots near the office this week - I can see a Ferris wheel and other traveling carny-type rides. I’m pretty immune to the idea of going, though, now that I’ve read the horrific stuff at RideAccidents.com, which was recently featured in this post from BoingBoing.

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Almost done with Gus’ thinly veiled autobiography, Pirates of Pensacola. It’s a good fun read, and every now and then I run across a little detail that I know is re-worked from Gus’ recent adventures chasing a certain blubbery bastard across the lower Caribbean. However, the work stands on its own merit. Anyone with a [...]

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Aw, I thought it would turn out to be a cute li’l car you could drive around real fast and pull capers with. Instead, it’s a search server that companies can use to speed things up for users trying to find stuff on their corporate website, which is packed so full of useless garbage that [...]

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