Spam

Serially produced advertising mail?
No. This is the origin of "spam";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o

Ed

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:

> Serially produced advertising mail?
> No. This is the origin of "spam";
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>
> Ed

So the story goes.
Actually, "spam", referring to email, was originated by Sanford Wallace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Wallace

Wallace, became the king of junk mail when he started flooding fax machines
all over the country with advertising.
He was known to walk around while being photographed and interviewed, with
a can of spam in his hands. To the point where the makers of the lunch meat
actually sued him. Then when email came into the picture, he royally
flooded email addresses with advertising, to the point where he literally
caused the demise of several servers.

It is because of Wallace, "spam" laws were created.

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:

> Serially produced advertising mail?
> No. This is the origin of "spam";
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>
> Ed

You guys seem to think I have nothing better to do than to watch old
Monty Python clips.

And you're right.

Only problem: I need American subtitles :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
>> Serially produced advertising mail?
>> No. This is the origin of "spam";
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>>
>> Ed
>
> You guys seem to think I have nothing better to do than to watch old
> Monty Python clips.
>
> And you're right.
>
> Only problem: I need American subtitles :-)

Hah, British is easy, try something really hard like Chinese or Bantu
or, hardest of all, Australian!



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richard wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
>> Serially produced advertising mail? No. This is the origin of
>> "spam"; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>>
>> Ed
>
> So the story goes. Actually, "spam", referring to email, was
> originated by Sanford Wallace.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Wallace
>
> Wallace, became the king of junk mail when he started flooding fax
> machines all over the country with advertising. He was known to walk
> around while being photographed and interviewed, with a can of spam
> in his hands. To the point where the makers of the lunch meat
> actually sued him. Then when email came into the picture, he royally
> flooded email addresses with advertising, to the point where he
> literally caused the demise of several servers.
>
> It is because of Wallace, "spam" laws were created.

Urban myth. Wallace may have been a notorious spammer, but the Monty
Python skit is generally accepted as the source of the term for mass e-mail.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spam
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spam
--
Crash

"The future ain't what it used to be."
~ Yogi Berra ~

On 30/06/2011 19:14, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
>> Serially produced advertising mail?
>> No. This is the origin of "spam";
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>>
>> Ed
>
> You guys seem to think I have nothing better to do than to watch old
> Monty Python clips.
>
> And you're right.
>
> Only problem: I need American subtitles :-)
>

This sketch is the funniest and best ever done; internationally
recognised as such, just as "Deus Ex" is recognised as the best computer
game ever, and getting to the moon is internationally recognised as the
greatest achievement of the 20th century.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0

Ed

And you are a dummy bastard so so nothing you write is of value to us.
Your mum became pregnant while working for my porn film. Did she tell
you who your dad is?



Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

<snipped all rubbish with cum!!!!>

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:57:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:

> On 30/06/2011 19:14, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>
>>> Serially produced advertising mail?
>>> No. This is the origin of "spam";
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>>>
>>> Ed
>>
>> You guys seem to think I have nothing better to do than to watch old
>> Monty Python clips.
>>
>> And you're right.
>>
>> Only problem: I need American subtitles :-)
>>
>
> This sketch is the funniest and best ever done; internationally
> recognised as such, just as "Deus Ex" is recognised as the best computer
> game ever, and getting to the moon is internationally recognised as the
> greatest achievement of the 20th century.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0
>
> Ed

I don't think I ever saw that one before, thanks.

BTW, my sig is derived in part from a major interest of mine,
international folk dancing, so the little bit of Greek dancing was
appreciated. I never would've asked them to stop :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 01/07/2011 00:22, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:57:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>
>> On 30/06/2011 19:14, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:39:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Serially produced advertising mail?
>>>> No. This is the origin of "spam";
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>
>>> You guys seem to think I have nothing better to do than to watch old
>>> Monty Python clips.
>>>
>>> And you're right.
>>>
>>> Only problem: I need American subtitles :-)
>>>
>>
>> This sketch is the funniest and best ever done; internationally
>> recognised as such, just as "Deus Ex" is recognised as the best computer
>> game ever, and getting to the moon is internationally recognised as the
>> greatest achievement of the 20th century.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0
>>
>> Ed
>
> I don't think I ever saw that one before, thanks.
>
> BTW, my sig is derived in part from a major interest of mine,
> international folk dancing, so the little bit of Greek dancing was
> appreciated. I never would've asked them to stop :-)
>

I play an acoustic guitar, but I love the Greek balalaika sound.

I used to think Monty Python were original (except perhaps for the Goons
slightly before them) until I came across this Laurel & Hardy clip. The
whole scenario is just so damn bizarre;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKdWD2sVGg

They say you Americans can't appreciate irony as we Brits do. I love
this Ricky Gervais thing. What do Yanks make of it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP-3JD8w1d4

Ed

On 01/07/2011 14:02, Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 01/07/2011 00:22, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:57:48 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>

Wow, lucky me. I can correct myself before someone jumps on me.

The Greeks have "bouzoukis"; the Russians "balalaikas".

Ed