I’ve been struck by the stupidity of the spam I’m seeing. I see tons and tons of spam everyday, from comments on my blog, to posts on Google Community, to your typical email spam. The spam that’s hitting forums today includes plenty of your typical trashy, obvious spam. But buried deeply I find lots of other tricks spammers are trying to pull, especially ones who try to pass off as real users. Yes, they’re not using an automated bot, but they are posting self-promotional topics where it’s not allowed. Here are a few examples for your amusement. I’ve seen better and worse. Continue reading ‘Spammers are crafty, but silly too’
Archive for March 1st, 2007
I found a link to the original rules for the game Mafia. It’s really a fascinating game, and amazing to see how it’s a worldwide phenomenon. I’ve seen it played in middle school, high school, church, youth groups, colleges, companies, internship programs, and so on. There’ s literally no place that Mafia hasn’t been. Here’s the Game Schedule according to the original rules (warning: may have popup ads) written by the inventor of the game, created in 1986 in Moscow. Continue reading ‘The Original Mafia Rules’
Hors d’Å“uvre is a ridiculously complicated word. Can we just say “appetizer”? Or perhaps we could simplify it with an English spelling. “Horderves”?
One of the greatest tragedies of computer science is that the names of good programming languages stink.
I dislike when software updaters offer to download a new upgrade, but they don’t have a changelog. I think it would also be a good idea for it to tell me which version I currently have installed, so I can make an educate decision instead of just having it shoved down my throat. What do you think? Continue reading ‘Java 5.0 Update 11 Available’
As I mentioned a short while ago, today I read Joel Comm’s post called Speaking My Mind. I posted a comment in reply, but it’s being held for moderation, so here it is in the meantime. Continue reading ‘Personality in blogging’
For those in InterVarsity Trojan Christian Fellowship, you know that we have an unspoken policy known colloquially as “TCF time.” Put simply, this is the fact that TCF events always start 15 minutes late.
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