> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:56:44PM +0000, Wesley Darlington mentioned:
> > The shady world of spam intrigues me ... do spammers actually make money?
> > Can they possibly be as stupid as they seem? Do they really exist,
> > or are they just a conspiracy by some shady telco cartel? Ditto the
> > Usenet cabal? Has anybody here every met a real, live spammer? (***)
Um, I have a confession to make. I recently bought something as
a result of spam. It was a tough decision, but they really were
advertising something cool, even though it was spam. Honest... I'm
suitably ashamed of my actions.
me.
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