[65346] in Cypherpunks
Re: who can count?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Fri Sep 13 00:21:26 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:49:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: HipCrime <robert@precipice.v-site.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <3238B18E.7211@precipice.v-site.net>
On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, HipCrime wrote:
> > No, this b.s. is more like having someone put a dead skunk in my
> > mailbox, with no return address, trying to prevent me from sending
> > them 100 dead skunks as a return favor. And about as welcome.
>
> 100 dead skunks in exchange for ONE is exactly what this discussion
> is all about. You CypherWIMPS just love over-kill.
^^^^^^^^^^^
I suspect you may soon be hearing from far worse than I ...
Some punks take their colors seriously.
EmailRobot sent
> ONE message to EACH address. Are you guys so unskilled in arithmetic
> to understand the difference between 1 and 100?
> > One message is NOT spam, 100 messages to a single box IS spamming. > >
> > -- HTTP://www.HIPCRIME.com
>
The same useless and boring message posted by rote to a huge collection of
addresses is spam, unless participation is voluntary and consensual, in
which case it is a mailing list. :)
Given that less than 1% of those spammed are likely to reply, and merely
hit the delete key and curse a bit, you are hereby awarded approximately
100 dead skunks.
- r.w.
