Re: 95% of User Generated Content is spam or malicious

[Benjamin Brown <optikali () gmail com>]

That reminds me of a Bash.org quote:

<wolf> 1. Save every Free Credit Card Offer you get, Put it in pile A
<wolf> 2. Save every Free Coupon You get, put that in pile B
<wolf> 3. Now open the credit card mail from pile A and find the Business
       Reply Mail Envelope.
<wolf> 4. Take the coupons from pile B and stuff them in the envelope you
hold
       in your hand.
<wolf> 5. Drop the stuffed to the brim envelopes in your mail and walk away
       whistling.
<wolf> I have now received two phone calls from the credit card companies
       telling me that they received a stuffed envelope with coupons rather
       then my application. They informed me that it they are not pleased
that
       they footed the bill for the crap I sent them. I reply with "It says
       Business Reply Mail" I'm suggesting coupons to you to ensure that
your
       business is more successful. They promptly hang up on me.
<wolf> Now, I did this for about a month before it got boring, so I got an
       added idea! I added exactly 33 cents worth of pennies to the envelope
       so they paid EXTRA due to the weight. I got a call informing me about
       the money, I said it was a mistake and I demanded my change back.
After
       yelling at the clerk and then to the supervisor they agreed to my
       demands and cut me a check for the money. I hold in my hand at this
       very moment a check from GTE Visa for exactly 33 cents.



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Ned Fleming <ned () kaw us> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:55:09 -0800, "Randy Abrams" <abrams () eset com>
> wrote:
>
> > Actually, if you live in the US you can opt out of most junk mail. Check
> with you post office.
> >
>
> Ah, but there can be a benefit to receiving junk snail mail.
>
> It's been years since I read this, but there was this fellow (in
> Massachusetts? Maine? New Hampshire?) who deliberately had as much
> junk mail sent to him as possible.
>
> The mail he actually wanted to read he had addressed to a PO box,
> which he picked up every day.
>
> So what did he do with the 10 bags of junk email he received every
> day? He burned it. He used it to heat his house. The US postal service
> was merely the delivery agent for his fuel.
>
> Al Gore would have frowned, had he been on his high horse ten years
> ago. I admired the man's ingenuity.
>
> Ned
>
>
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