virus files this am

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

I got  1300 junk emails "delivered " this AM.

find the person and put him/her in jail .


Dave


> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:15:13 -0400
> From: Jock Gill <jock () jockgill com>
> Subject: 31 virus files this am
> X-Sender: jockpickup () mail neosynapse net
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> Dave,
>
> This AM 31 of 172 emails were virus files.  112 files, including the virus 
> delights, were junk.  This means that 65% of this mornings email was spam 
> or worse  All via a dialup connection -- 18 minutes, most of which was 
> spent downloading virus payloads. Aaaaaarrrrggghhhhh.
>
> On the other hand, it is a good sign, as per a recent post, that IM is 
> working as a counter to the advertising carpet bombing strategies of the 
> large media outlets.  We are truly entering a post-broadcast world 
> liberated from the domination of one way messages.
>
> We are also seeing this in politics -- just take one look at the Dean 
> campaign.  Dean has gone from very poor prospects under-dog to the leader 
> of the pack.  And he has done this with essentially to paid for  TV, 
> Radio, Newspapers, Magazines.  The owners of the "broadcast media" still 
> think this is an "illegal play".
>
> We can see the emerging differences if we consider the changes going on:
>
> passive --> active
> consumer --> producer
> capital intensive --> commodity tools
> mass markets --> nano markets
> Monetized --> free
> center out --> edge to edge & sideways
> command & control --> hive mind & self organization
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> etc.
>
> Once we get to 1 gigabit bandwidth for all that is symmetrical and 
> addressable then these changes will really take off.  Only then we all be 
> full citizens of the internet.   It is amazing that so much new can 
> already be done in todays world of low, asymmetrical bandwith with dynamic 
> addressing -- a toy internet for day trippers, where only an elite few are 
> full citizens.
>
> Add all this to a move to Open Spectrum .....
>
> Regards,
>
> Jock
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> --
> Jock Gill
> Take America Forward with
> Open Government & Balanced Budgets
> www.jockgill.com
> V: (781) 577-2888

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