Applying for Graduate School
I’m leaving in a bit to go drop off my application for grad school. Here’s the essay that I had to compose for it. War is never fun. It is less inviting when you find yourself coming late to a battle on a field friendly to your opponent. It is absolutely hostile when you find [...]
Google Scholar
I’m heading out of town shortly for the Thanksgiving holidays, but there’s a new link to be seen. Google now has a search for scholarly (that is, “peer-reviewed”) work. http://www.scholar.google.com/ I know I’ll be going there for information I need that is actually somewhat reliable. international
Bill’s Spam
Ever wonder how much email Bill Gates gets in a day? Steve Ballmer gives us the answer finally: “Bill literally receives 4 million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam.” So harsh is this problem that Microsoft has special technology to filter his email, along with several employees to look after things. “Literally [...]
Comment spam
People want something for nothing. The proof is in things like spam email. People send it because they want to get a lot of advertisements out for very little cost. And so today you see spam in your inbox for viagra, cialis, tramadol, pre-approved mortgages, and desperate housewifes [sic] looking to meet for a date. [...]
FTC’s Swindle: CAN-SPAM ineffective
Well-known critic of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (the CAN-SPAM Act), FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle gave a Capital Hill briefing today in whichhe discussed the need (or lack thereof) for anti-spyware legislation. According to Government Computer News, Commissioner Swindle said, “We would question the necessity of any new [...]
