I'm starting to worry that I'm to easily annoyed. Little things just really rile me up sometimes. My new laptop for example (to be correct its the university's new laptop which I have the privilege of using) has the delete key up next to the F keys instead of down next to the arrows like my old one and it drives me nuts. And I really hate how smokers throw cigarette butts every where. And don't get me started on gap closers. I digress. . . why? because I am the Old cat lady of pet peeves. I've got loads of them; I hoard them and I'm getting more and more as I get older. Sure, I need to relax, let go of things I can't change before they fill up my house full of feces and urine, until I and die leaving my home to be cleaned up by hazmat and my children thinking it was all there fault and they should have stopped by more. Sorry maybe I took the metaphor a little far. But maybe I sould let it be, live and let live and all that serenity blah blah.
No! I say, nothing will ever change unless someone like me makes noise. Would we have this great nation if the founding father just decided, ah I can't change things the British aren't that annoying. Would we have air conditioning if people just thought " it's hot but I can't change that". Would we have disposable diaper because someone was annoyed with washing cloth diapers which is definitely gross. Or would we have easy cheese if someone didn't get annoyed with cutting up lots of little pieces of cheese for their crackers. Or would we have Velcro shoes it old people didn't get tired of tying their shoes? Or would I have death ray on my car that gives a severe sun burns to anyone that attempts to close the gap when I changing lanes? . . .wait still working on the "death ray" but one day people will think twice when closing gaps mark my word mooohohohohwaahahahah.
But then again, I guess all this whining just makes ME annoying or move the delete key on my computer.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
SPAM idiopathic animal product and mail box fodder
Okay I'm really writing about email spam but how could I resist a reference to our favorite canned protein source, (I know everyone one prefers soylent green but that's not canned and it gives me gas). Ooo shiny!
Okay Internet spam. To generate most spam the little social deviants send out computer viruses that turn your computer into an email sending zombie. These silicon powered drones then fill our mail boxes with offers of various forms of enhancements, cheap medication, or fake emails from your bank. So people ask why do they do it? Simple, there are enough people that respond to these things that you can make a great living. Simply put, its stupid peoples fault. If no one answered they'd quit and move on to better schemes.
This is also tied to identity theft. Because it's also how they steal credit card numbers and so on. One article I read said the going rate for all the information you need steal someones identity and empty their accounts is $20. Obviously there is no shortage of supply, and also speaks to the sad state of most of our bank accounts.
Throughout history no society has been able to eliminate stupidity. So long as Spam and Identity theft depend on it they will have ample supply. Since you can't fix stupid, I propose an alternative approach. My solution depends on a group effort (yes I know it's an inherent flaw). Since cutting off the flow of information is unfeasible, we should flood the spammers with bad information. I declare a processed meat war, let us fight fire with fire, give them a taste of their own medicine, and spam the spammers. If everyone replied to two or three spam emails a week with bogus credit card numbers and fake names the vermin would be so overwhelmed they could never actually find the poor saps looking to enlarge their manhood. Banks should leave laptops with whole databases full of fake accounts in cars just waiting to be stolen.
So am I a genius that has found the first viable solution to both unsolicited emails and identity theft or should I go back to Immunology?
Okay Internet spam. To generate most spam the little social deviants send out computer viruses that turn your computer into an email sending zombie. These silicon powered drones then fill our mail boxes with offers of various forms of enhancements, cheap medication, or fake emails from your bank. So people ask why do they do it? Simple, there are enough people that respond to these things that you can make a great living. Simply put, its stupid peoples fault. If no one answered they'd quit and move on to better schemes.
This is also tied to identity theft. Because it's also how they steal credit card numbers and so on. One article I read said the going rate for all the information you need steal someones identity and empty their accounts is $20. Obviously there is no shortage of supply, and also speaks to the sad state of most of our bank accounts.
Throughout history no society has been able to eliminate stupidity. So long as Spam and Identity theft depend on it they will have ample supply. Since you can't fix stupid, I propose an alternative approach. My solution depends on a group effort (yes I know it's an inherent flaw). Since cutting off the flow of information is unfeasible, we should flood the spammers with bad information. I declare a processed meat war, let us fight fire with fire, give them a taste of their own medicine, and spam the spammers. If everyone replied to two or three spam emails a week with bogus credit card numbers and fake names the vermin would be so overwhelmed they could never actually find the poor saps looking to enlarge their manhood. Banks should leave laptops with whole databases full of fake accounts in cars just waiting to be stolen.
So am I a genius that has found the first viable solution to both unsolicited emails and identity theft or should I go back to Immunology?
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