420: Social Idiots

plazaflores · 01-10-2007, 12:19 PM

Just came from a three week vacation in Mexico with my girlfriend. Rented a car and drove all over the country, none of the resort bullshit. It was amazing, one of the best trips of my life. Mexico is a beautiful country, full of history and culture. The people are very nice and I did not have any problems. And I spent less than three grand ...

MichaelG · 01-10-2007, 12:27 PM

past 30 days

maoglone · 01-10-2007, 12:32 PM

Note the Google ad above the spam inbox... Spam Vegetable Streudel?

Cubby · 01-10-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by maoglone

Note the Google ad above the spam inbox... Spam Vegetable Streudel?

The google spam box always has great recipes.

It never fails.

maoglone · 01-10-2007, 12:41 PM

5 Most recent ones in my gmail:

Spam Breakfast Burritos
Spicy Spam Kabobs
Spam Skillet Casserole
Spam Hashbrown Bake
Spam Primavera

It's all about the Spiced Ham. Really, though, it's all about the jism-like jelly that they pile on the top of it. Just so you can be totally grossed out as you open it. Sweet. That's what I want in my Spamurrito.

Cubby · 01-10-2007, 01:01 PM

There's a Hawaiian grill here in Spokane called Hula Hut.

On their breakfast menu: spam and eggs.

aubrey · 01-10-2007, 06:45 PM

My personal favorite Google ad in my spam box was "Spam, spam, spam, spam. Spam, spam, spam, spam!" I giggled quite a bit...

Oh, and, uh, first post. Woo.

random · 01-10-2007, 06:52 PM

Welcome to the Forums and Fuuuuuuuck Youuuuuuuuuuu!

random · 01-10-2007, 06:52 PM

Kind of like Monty Python goes to Hawaii.

zhasper · 01-11-2007, 05:40 PM

A) Spam filled with random words

A lot of anti-spam technology, especially that used by large providers such as Gmail,Hotmail, and Yahoo, is based around (HUAR alert) Bayesian filters - which is a fancy way of saying that every time you flag a message as spam, the system learns from that and will block future messages that it thinks as spam.

Thus, for instance, if users of Hotmail block a lot of messages that contain the word "V!agr@", it will start to block those messages on its own.

The random-words spam are attempts to confuse these kinds of filters: the emails are absolute gibberish, they get reported as spam, now your spam filter thinks that "spam" means "emails that are absolute gibberish", and it lets the real spam through.

Yes, this is how the robots are going to get us - one day, all the emails from your family are going to be flagged as spam and thrown away...

01-10-2007, 12:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
plazaflores Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 45	Just came from a three week vacation in Mexico with my girlfriend. Rented a car and drove all over the country, none of the resort bullshit. It was amazing, one of the best trips of my life. Mexico is a beautiful country, full of history and culture. The people are very nice and I did not have any problems. And I spent less than three grand ...
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01-10-2007, 12:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
maoglone Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 152	Note the Google ad above the spam inbox... Spam Vegetable Streudel?
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01-10-2007, 12:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
maoglone Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 152	5 Most recent ones in my gmail: Spam Breakfast Burritos Spicy Spam Kabobs Spam Skillet Casserole Spam Hashbrown Bake Spam Primavera It's all about the Spiced Ham. Really, though, it's all about the jism-like jelly that they pile on the top of it. Just so you can be totally grossed out as you open it. Sweet. That's what I want in my Spamurrito.
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01-10-2007, 01:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Cubby Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stumptown Posts: 1,952	There's a Hawaiian grill here in Spokane called Hula Hut. On their breakfast menu: spam and eggs.
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aubrey Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7	My personal favorite Google ad in my spam box was "Spam, spam, spam, spam. Spam, spam, spam, spam!" I giggled quite a bit... Oh, and, uh, first post. Woo.
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01-10-2007, 06:52 PM	#18 (permalink)
random Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: CO Posts: 107	Welcome to the Forums and Fuuuuuuuck Youuuuuuuuuuu!
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random Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: CO Posts: 107	Kind of like Monty Python goes to Hawaii.
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01-11-2007, 05:40 PM	#20 (permalink)
zhasper Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 19	Spam, spam, spam, eggs, and spam A) Spam filled with random words A lot of anti-spam technology, especially that used by large providers such as Gmail,Hotmail, and Yahoo, is based around (HUAR alert) Bayesian filters - which is a fancy way of saying that every time you flag a message as spam, the system learns from that and will block future messages that it thinks as spam. Thus, for instance, if users of Hotmail block a lot of messages that contain the word "V!agr@", it will start to block those messages on its own. The random-words spam are attempts to confuse these kinds of filters: the emails are absolute gibberish, they get reported as spam, now your spam filter thinks that "spam" means "emails that are absolute gibberish", and it lets the real spam through. Yes, this is how the robots are going to get us - one day, all the emails from your family are going to be flagged as spam and thrown away...
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