THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

THOSE SPAM MACHINES ARE GETTING SMARTER | 2006-11-05

Some of the spam used to be from "Elizabeth"."

Now they say "Kevin" a lot.

Many of you are upset because I don't recognize that "joe ororke" is a real person. How DARE I ask a regular, who has earned his place here, to put

NOT SPAM.

NOT SPAM.

at the top.

How can Bob not know that you , regular is not writing spam? How insulting can Bob get?

Well, to start with, I can and do get a LOT more insulting. But only when I MEAN to.

But in this case you need to realize that machines LEARN.

In a year or so, every spam machine will know to put

NOT SPAM.

NOT SPAM.

at the top.

In the meantime you would help me if you followed what some of you seem to think are Bob's orders, the ones you ain't skeert of.