http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-87855 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » School of Rock… errr… Wine Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:12:19 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-87855 [...] di Vino, 1081 Third Avenue. Now, before one of my Italian readers sends me another note about butchering the Italian language (grammatically, it should be Accademia del Vino) - I didn’t name the place, and if you take a [...] [...] di Vino, 1081 Third Avenue. Now, before one of my Italian readers sends me another note about butchering the Italian language (grammatically, it should be Accademia del Vino) - I didn’t name the place, and if you take a [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-36947 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » My Ship Has Come In…? Wed, 02 May 2007 11:08:55 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-36947 [...] sheer coincidence, it’s been a year since I made my long post on the spam I received over the preceding month. I’ve taken to ignoring 99.9999% of it, as is [...] [...] sheer coincidence, it’s been a year since I made my long post on the spam I received over the preceding month. I’ve taken to ignoring 99.9999% of it, as is [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-10294 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:11:22 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-10294 [...] Of course, I know many of them aren’t really visitors or readers. The Russian Federation averaged only about 20 visits a month until September of last year when suddenly it jumped to nearly 3000 a month. Gee, that corresponded with when I started receiving dozens of automated spam attempts per day from various Russian Federation IPs. Much the same with the Netherlands - all of the sudden a few months back the numbers jumped and I started “winning” lotteries that required I answer to Netherlands based e-mail addresses. Do I really have readers in Nigeria or is it just those folks who keep wanting me to help them smuggle their millions out of the country? [...] [...] Of course, I know many of them aren’t really visitors or readers. The Russian Federation averaged only about 20 visits a month until September of last year when suddenly it jumped to nearly 3000 a month. Gee, that corresponded with when I started receiving dozens of automated spam attempts per day from various Russian Federation IPs. Much the same with the Netherlands - all of the sudden a few months back the numbers jumped and I started “winning” lotteries that required I answer to Netherlands based e-mail addresses. Do I really have readers in Nigeria or is it just those folks who keep wanting me to help them smuggle their millions out of the country? [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-410 dan Sun, 14 May 2006 12:39:48 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060501/a-taste-of-spam#comment-410 Okay, we have a new winner, even though I'm not keeping track... today I recieved a spam notice addressed to "Sodium Chloride". Ahh the wonders of automatic translation systems on the net... Okay, we have a new winner, even though I’m not keeping track… today I recieved a spam notice addressed to “Sodium Chloride”. Ahh the wonders of automatic translation systems on the net…

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