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The horrific emaelstrom that ensues after a spammer discovers that some careless email newsletter sender has left his email server open, allowing the spammer to send an offensive message to all the newsletter's subscribers, making it appear that the offensive message is from the newsletter.
Since most of the subscribers were wondering how the heck they got on the "newsletter" to begin with, their automatic reaction to the offensive message is to reply with rude, and sometimes threatening, demands to be unscubscribed. The server then relays all the rude replies to all the subscribers.
The replies from the subscribers who receive the rude replies run from legalistic to tearful, to even more rude and threatening than the original rude replies.
Perhaps one subscriber out of a hundred will recognize that none of the offensive and rude messages were intended specifically for himself. He may even try to persuade the rioters to calm down, but few of them will notice his pleas for reason amongst all the crap in their inboxes.
Since most of the subscribers were wondering how the heck they got on the "newsletter" to begin with, their automatic reaction to the offensive message is to reply with rude, and sometimes threatening, demands to be unscubscribed. The server then relays all the rude replies to all the subscribers.
The replies from the subscribers who receive the rude replies run from legalistic to tearful, to even more rude and threatening than the original rude replies.
Perhaps one subscriber out of a hundred will recognize that none of the offensive and rude messages were intended specifically for himself. He may even try to persuade the rioters to calm down, but few of them will notice his pleas for reason amongst all the crap in their inboxes.
I get caught in a spam riot at least once every year or two. When that happens, I typically receive about 200 email messages per hour.
by Downstrike July 1, 2005
Get the spam riot mug.The result of the equation, "Life, the Universe and Everything", is 42. Does anyone have the foggiest notion what arithmetical operations to perform on the quantities?
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Get the Life mug.An excuse for a whole bunch of astronomers to argue a lot and author new or updated books about Astronomy.
Q: How many planets are there?
A1: This week, last week, or next week?
A2: Nine; we've known that for years. No, other Pluto-like objects are planets too, so there are twelve. No, Pluto-like objects are not planets, so there are only eight.
Afterthought: Mercury isn't much bigger; can't we disqualify it too?
A1: This week, last week, or next week?
A2: Nine; we've known that for years. No, other Pluto-like objects are planets too, so there are twelve. No, Pluto-like objects are not planets, so there are only eight.
Afterthought: Mercury isn't much bigger; can't we disqualify it too?
by Downstrike September 18, 2008
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1. The meaning of what you said is so close to what I said first, that it might as well be the same thing.
1. The meaning of what you said is so close to what I said first, that it might as well be the same thing.
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Get the Real Life mug.In literature and entertainment, a sequel in which the events depicted or described take place before the introductory story. This practice originated with George Lucas, who started producing the Star Wars series with the fourth episode in the mid-1970s.
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