Comments on: Further Spam Reflections http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/ standards, accessibility, and ranting and general stuff by the web chemist Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mike Cherim http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19345 Mike Cherim Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:20:24 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19345 You'd think by now I'd have had enough spam, but yet I read these and can't help but laugh. USB rocket launcher... now that's rich. <blockquote cite="http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19288"> If spam is getting so sophisticated now, why can’t they string a coherent sentence together or spell stuff correctly? Dicks. </blockquote> Be thankful Rob. If these zombies had brains we might be in trouble. I don't know what my ratio is because I haven't used Akismet for very long so I only have around 8500 captured so far. You’d think by now I’d have had enough spam, but yet I read these and can’t help but laugh. USB rocket launcher… now that’s rich.

If spam is getting so sophisticated now, why can’t they string a coherent sentence together or spell stuff correctly? Dicks.

Be thankful Rob. If these zombies had brains we might be in trouble.

I don’t know what my ratio is because I haven’t used Akismet for very long so I only have around 8500 captured so far.

]]> By: Blair Millen http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19332 Blair Millen Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:51:43 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19332 As you may have guessed Jack I'm a lurker on this site (and most others too) and usually aim to flit around stealthily, minding my own business. Regards spam and spammers, I hate spam and I hate the fuckers who are responsible for it... but if we didn't have spam we wouldn't get your brilliant Spam Reflections :-) As you may have guessed Jack I’m a lurker on this site (and most others too) and usually aim to flit around stealthily, minding my own business.

Regards spam and spammers, I hate spam and I hate the fuckers who are responsible for it… but if we didn’t have spam we wouldn’t get your brilliant Spam Reflections :-)

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19309 Joe Dolson Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:31:41 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19309 Looks like I've got a ratio of 44:1 --- 25,793 spam comments to 582 legitimate comments. I'd definitely not mind shifting that ratio closer to 18:1! Looks like I’ve got a ratio of 44:1 — 25,793 spam comments to 582 legitimate comments.

I’d definitely not mind shifting that ratio closer to 18:1!

]]> By: Rob Mason http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19288 Rob Mason Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:23:46 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200710/further-spam-reflections/#comment-19288 If spam is getting so sophisticated now, why can't they string a coherent sentence together or spell stuff correctly? Dicks. I've got a 1:1 spam/comment ratio, but then I've only had 5 comments so far... :( If spam is getting so sophisticated now, why can’t they string a coherent sentence together or spell stuff correctly? Dicks.

I’ve got a 1:1 spam/comment ratio, but then I’ve only had 5 comments so far… :(

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