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The Master Has Become the Slave

May 5, 2004 - 3:25pm — birdie

I heard this phrase on the radio the other day (NPR), and I think it applies in great degree to email communications. What was once a useful and sometimes efficient way of communicating with friends and business associates is turning into something that is just the opposite. Just as pollution is the air we breathe, spam is ever-present in our email. However, it's gotten beyond the level of just an irritant...it is threatening the usefulness of what was once an easy method of being in touch.

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May 5, 2004 - 3:43pm — nbruce (not verified)

Spam & e-mail

Spam is certainly an annoyance. My OSU account gets about 60 a day. I don't know how people who work there can survive!

One of the biggest time wasters, however, is NOT picking up the phone to try to work out details of a committee, engagement, discussion, etc. Sometimes 10 e-mails fly back and forth, correcting, adjusting, clarifying. Two minutes on the phone with calendar in hand is usually the solution to that time waster.

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May 5, 2004 - 6:07pm — daidy

I would like to hunt down

and pelt to death with canned spiced meat product whoever is behind OptInRealBig

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May 5, 2004 - 7:41pm — birdie

Re:I would like to hunt down

Ditto those Korean spammers, I'm their particular target for some reason.

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May 5, 2004 - 8:12pm — madcow

Internet is eating itself

The hunter is killing itself, perhaps? I don't know, but is sure seems that between spam, Trojans, virus', hackers, etc. the internet is quickly grinding away at its own success. Its very open-ness is its undoing.

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