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Zendar writes
"idg has an article about how students at the 151-year-old Tufts University were paid as little as $20/month to relay spam from computers in their dorms. Interestingly enough, the students approached the spammers about this scheme and not vice-versa."
students.. (Score:1, Funny)
Little bastards.. (Score:0, Funny)
Dangerous (Score:5, Funny)
Crappy Student Jobs (Score:5, Funny)
I can think of better uses for them (Score:5, Funny)
20 Bucks? (Score:2, Funny)
Computer Nerds Gone Wild (Score:5, Funny)
Except instead of making me want to spank myself, I want to spank them.
Oh, me, me, pick me! (Score:4, Funny)
spam at all! In fact, I would do it with a full
satisfaction of doing a valuable service to the
community! Please, pretty please, pick (and pay)
me to be your relay!
WBR / lastberserker
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[...of course I won't detail on _where_ I would
relay your spam, but what's the matter - noone
would miss it anyways...]
Re:Crappy Student Jobs (Score:3, Funny)
And I thought my job working for Vector Marketing, selling Cutco knives was unethical (network marketing... ugh)
You know it.. (Score:2, Funny)
!!! MAKE MONEY FAST !!!
Earn as much as $20.00 a month sending out unsolicited email!
What's next? (Score:4, Funny)
...but they could be making $50/hour (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I can think of better uses for them (Score:5, Funny)
Thank Heavens for Diagrams! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:20 Bucks? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Follow the money? (Score:2, Funny)
Flashbacks (Score:5, Funny)
Must... sell... knives...
The whole experience still makes me shudder.
Re:Tracked using MAC address (Score:5, Funny)
A more subtle way is that the college you attend in Cambridge has already implemented this. The only problem with this approach is that all the alumni from Cambridge Universtiy think you're trying to associate yourself with their older and more established college.
Now... (Score:3, Funny)
You know you are old when.... (Score:5, Funny)
You know you are old when:
You had to work a real job to get money in college
People refer to the "good old days" and in your mind it was yesterday
There was no World Wide Web when you were in college (unless you count FTP, BBSs, and Gopher sites)
Your final paper in Computer Hardware Design was on the Pentium processor, and you could only find three sources because it wasn't due to be released for another 6 months.
You post on Slashdot recounting how old you are, hoping someone will think you are cool
Re:20 Bucks? (Score:1, Funny)
The Hippie.
Message to Spammers: (Score:4, Funny)
I am willing in the utmost confidence and secret to help your with some certain relaying needs. My server does waits idle at my residence in an yet to be disclosed location, ready to relay your messages to the considerate masses. In exchange for your sum of $20 per month, my server will confidentiality flood the Internet with your excellent offerings.
I can personally and utmost attest to guarantee that you messages will pass through entire unaltered, and not be redirected to
I trust you to and maintain the highest level of integrity & confidence in this matter.
--- Ham Nbu Jahir, Supreme Commander of Nigerian National Space Fleet
Re:I can think of better uses for them (Score:1, Funny)
Aw man, slashdotted already.
Re:Little bastards.. (Score:2, Funny)
Kids these days. You don't know how easy you have it.
The pictograph at the end of the article? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a Windows user, and without that little GUI
I wouldn't have understood the article at all!
Re:Unrest is born. . . (Score:5, Funny)
Bucks urgently required. Please post formula.
Re:Dangerous (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe we should re-introduce paddling.
Yeah sure... (Score:1, Funny)
Oh, wait a minute that can't be right because spammers lie.
Hope they are enjoying the six pack all their spamming has earned them.
Re:You worry that you are old when.... (Score:1, Funny)
You remember the job you worked to get money in college as a real job
People refer to the "good old days" and in your mind it was a while ago
There was no FTP, BBSs, and Gopher and you fondly remember the green text on the terminals in the campus computer centers that you could still see 30 minutes later as you walked home in the dark at midnight and contemplated how to hack your account to get more computer time for the fun stuff.
In the Engineering lounges they installed a cool new video game called "Pong".
You thought you were cool because you used an interactive terminal instead of punch cards like the freshpersons.
Your final paper in Computer Hardware Design was on an 8-bit microprocessor known as the 8088, with only one source who didn't give a damn about students' interest in their parts.
You read Slashdot in the hopes of finding evidence that not everyone your age has gone over to the dark side (management).
Re:Sick of spam? (Score:3, Funny)
And this same person is using the get out of debt spam mails to fix his visa card. Will the cycle never end?
Re:Tracked using MAC address (Score:3, Funny)
I pray that these were not separate occasions.
Re:The School is very liberal..this isn't surprisi (Score:3, Funny)
Yikes!
Wouldn't anti-virus software be a better solution?
Business Plan (Score:3, Funny)
2. Set up webcam to watch Anti-Spammers carve up Tufts students.
3. ???
4. Cleanup.
Peanuts (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unrest is born. . . (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unrest is born. . . (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Flashbacks (Score:3, Funny)
A friend in college asked me if I'd heard of the world's best knives. I told him no, but I owned the world's cheapest knives, so if they ever broke or went dull, it would cost me nothing to replace them.
Re:Why [insert deity here] Why? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:They got bought cheap! (Score:5, Funny)
H.L. Mencken was at a high society function and speaking with one of the grande dames of society. After some initial witty small talk, he asked her "Madame, would you sleep with me for a million dollars?"
Much laughter later, she agreed.
"Madame, would you sleep with me for one dollar?"
The dame was grievously offended and asked Mencken what she thought she was--some whore?
"Madame, we've already established that you're a whore," he replied. "Now we're just dickering about your price."