Tag Archives: spam

Captcha, Gotcha?

Posted on 2013-12-10 by dgilbert

Blank + five = eleven.  Six, right?  Are any of you real peo­ple get­ting flum­moxed by this?  Appar­ent­ly the SPAMers are.  This site has gone from 5 to 10 SPAM com­ments per day to less than 2 SPAM com­ments per … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Compliments Lost in Translation

Posted on 2012-04-06 by dgilbert

I post­ed a bit about the spam on this site before.  It’s not like I have that many read­ers, but as far as I can tell, it’s worth a lot of Google Kudos ™ to get your site linked by … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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SPAM: Anyone Can Register?

Posted on 2011-06-26 by dgilbert

I can’t say the Inter­net ever sur­pris­es me.  There real­ly are an infi­nite num­ber of mon­keys out there.  My CRIA post con­tin­ues to attract the most SPAM that comes to my atten­tion as I described in anoth­er post.  Most­ly, how­ev­er, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Curious Habits of Spammers

Posted on 2011-04-29 by dgilbert

I’m still rather amused with my spam­mers.  We are amused.  Heh.  Roy­al Wed­ding ref­er­ence.  Any­ways… accord­ing to my com­ments archive, 930 spam com­ments have been “post­ed.”  None of them have seen the light of day, but 930 attempts have occurred. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Reading Spam: Where are the Normal People

Posted on 2011-01-03 by dgilbert

This blog has not yet been in exis­tence for two weeks and I’m writ­ing my sec­ond post about spam.  The phe­nom­e­non of spam is just amaz­ing (like a train wreck) to watch. Cur­rent­ly, the char­ac­ter of spam that I’m see­ing is … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Spam free crap, really?

Posted on 2010-12-26 by dgilbert

I get the eco­nom­ics of spam.  I com­mon­ly con­fig­ure FreeB­SD sys­tems to route pack­ets or serve as VoIP switch­es.  One com­put­er pro­grammed to exam­ine and route bil­lions of tiny lit­tle pack­ets each day.  Rout­ing bil­lions of pack­ets or 100’s of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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