Archive for August 23rd, 2003

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Spam Filters Compared

It is increasingly obvious that in this day and age, if
you don’t have an effective spam filter. email is essentially useless.
Sam Holden, on Freshmeat.net, writes a comprehensive and methodologically
sound comparison of [...]

Why My Garbageman Was Always Smiling

Two garbagemen in my hometown (Rochester, NY) have been
fired for having sex with a prostitute in their garage truck, on August
5 while they were on duty.
Vincent Grecco, was walking with [...]

Invasion of the Disnigoths

Disneyland has Gay Day. Disneyland has Raver Day. Disneyland
had Yippie Day once, in 1970 - it was fun, at least till the cops showed
up in riot gear.
This Sunday, it’s the Goths’ turn.
[...]

Scuzz then ‘Doon, then Shoot for the Moon

Finally, a sport story you can feel good about. Opening
disclosure, I live in Malden, Mass, which is only about 3 miles down
Route 1 from Saugus, whose all-star [...]

Robot Runs Wild, Slaps Child

Honda Motor Co’s humanoid robot,
ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility), disciplines a young fan
who “dissed” him
by a comparison to the Jetson’s robot maid “Rosie”.
[...]

How the White Wizards Stopped Sobig.F

It looks like computer security experts were able to circumvent the first major programmed spawning of the Sobig.F virus by isolating the name servers it needed to propagate and taking them offline at the pre-programmed time (3pm ET).
On a more personal and practical level last night I saw Dave Winer whip up an instant filter [...]


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