http://www.localoaf.org/2006/12/01/evil-opportunistic-spam-advancing-even-on-the-snailmail-front/ Information: It's the Magic Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.localoaf.org/2006/12/01/evil-opportunistic-spam-advancing-even-on-the-snailmail-front/comment-page-1/#comment-61 k7lim Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:54:44 +0000 http://localoaf.org/2006/12/01/evil-opportunistic-spam-advancing-even-on-the-snailmail-front/#comment-61 perhaps spam is a strong word, you're right kesava. what i'm highlighting is a seemingly low-budget physical mailing, that has many sophisticated facets that GOT ME. I feel like I'm a critical thinker, but this had me nervous for an extra 2 minutes of my life. and I feel like a line has been crossed by playing on our expectations and fears like this. perhaps spam is a strong word, you’re right kesava. what i’m highlighting is a seemingly low-budget physical mailing, that has many sophisticated facets that GOT ME. I feel like I’m a critical thinker, but this had me nervous for an extra 2 minutes of my life. and I feel like a line has been crossed by playing on our expectations and fears like this.

]]> http://www.localoaf.org/2006/12/01/evil-opportunistic-spam-advancing-even-on-the-snailmail-front/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Kesava Mallela Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:49:25 +0000 http://localoaf.org/2006/12/01/evil-opportunistic-spam-advancing-even-on-the-snailmail-front/#comment-60 But what if your local university sent you a copy of prospectus for their evening MBA? Is it spam when most people could benefit with an extra degree like that? Are Google ads spam as long as you don't look at them (It fits Paul Graham's definition of bulk dissemination) ? I am curious how many of these ads get filtered when compared to a blacklisted corpus. May be one of your NLP-ers should do that for fun and enlighten the rest of us. But what if your local university sent you a copy of prospectus for their evening MBA? Is it spam when most people could benefit with an extra degree like that? Are Google ads spam as long as you don’t look at them (It fits Paul Graham’s definition of bulk dissemination) ? I am curious how many of these ads get filtered when compared to a blacklisted corpus. May be one of your NLP-ers should do that for fun and enlighten the rest of us.

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