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    yes the market philosophy story is an oldie but a goodie.
    For clarity, nothing I say is advice....

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    Default Spam....Spam......Spam

    Spam flood goes on despite bust

    By ASHER MOSES - SMH | Tuesday, 21 October 2008
    Last week's bust of the largest spam operation in the world, which was run by a Kiwi, has had no measurable impact on global spam volumes.
    The spam gang, known by authorities and security experts as HerbalKing, was responsible for one-third of all spam, the non-profit antispam research group SpamHaus said.
    Email messages sent by the gang - up to 10 billion a day - encouraged people to click through to websites that allegedly used false claims to peddle prescription drugs, as well as "male enhancement" and weight-loss pills.
    One of the ringleaders, New Zealander Lance Atkinson, 26, who lives in Pelican Waters in Queensland, has had his US assets frozen by a US district court at the request of the US Federal Trade Commission, which also succeeded in having the spam network shut down via an injunction.
    Atkinson might also face fines or other penalties in the civil suit. Additionally, the FTC could refer the case to criminal prosecution because Atkinson and another business partner were fined $US2.2 million by the FTC in 2005 for running a similar spam network that marketed herbal products.
    But spam levels remain at about 90 per cent of all email messages, despite the FTC's claims that the bust would give inboxes some reprieve.
    IronPort, which tracks worldwide spam volumes, reported that 183.5 billion spam messages were sent last Monday, the day the FTC obtained its injunction against the HerbalKing group.
    Yesterday, 142.4 billion spam messages were sent, a normal drop considering it was a Sunday. Overall, between last Monday and yesterday spam levels dropped from 90.9 per cent of all email to 89.7 per cent of all email.
    "I don't believe it has made any statistically significant difference to spam levels at all," Paul Ducklin, head of technology for the Asia-Pacific region at security firm Sophos, said.
    "If one spammer disappears, there are plenty more to take up any slack bandwidth that might appear."
    Atkinson and those working with him allegedly controlled a "botnet" of 35,000 malware-infected computers, which were used to send the spam messages. The owners of such "zombie" computers typically have no idea they are infected.
    With Atkinson now targeted by the FTC, control of that botnet could have been passed on to another person, allowing the operation to continue unabated.
    "Botnet spam systems are very automated and will continue to spam even if the operators do not log in and control them," SpamHaus employee Quentin Jenkins wrote in a blog post.
    Ducklin said the only clear-cut way to make a visible dent in spam volumes was for PC users around the world to ensure their computers were clean of the malware that allows spammers to hijack their computers for use as part of a botnet.
    "People are getting jolly tired of hearing it, but get an up-to-date anti-virus today and scan and clean your PC of any rogue software," he said.
    "There are plenty of free and low-cost anti-viruses available, so there is little excuse for being an inadvertent contributor to the volume of spam through the zombification of your PC."


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    Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons,and proceeded to the checkout counter.


    The man at the counter asked the older boy, 'Son, how old are you?'



    'Eight,' the boy replied.


    The man continued, 'Do you know what these are used for?'



    The boy replied, 'Not exactly, but they aren't for me. They're for him. He's my brother.


    He's four. We saw on TV that if you use these you would be able to swim and ride a bike.

    Right now, he can't do either one.'

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    Default Simple Charts #14

    River Technique.........(looks interesting)

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    It's the 79th anniversary of the stockmarket crash. To commemorate that
    event, stocks are now selling at 1929 prices.

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    Very funny

    Dr Jay n Easy Lee - Dear Penis

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3lw-eNrFk
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    The Pastor's Donkey

    The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.

    The pastor was so pleased with the donkey
    that he entered it in the race again, and it won again.

    The local paper read:

    PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.

    The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
    publicity that he ordered the pastor not to
    enter the donkey in another race.

    The next day, the local paper headline
    read:

    BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.

    This was too much for the bishop, so he
    ordered the pastor to get
    rid of the donkey.

    The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a
    nearby convent.

    The local paper, hearing of the news, posted
    the following headline the next day:

    NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.

    The bishop fainted.

    He informed the nun that she would have to
    get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.

    The next day the paper read:

    NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.

    This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the
    nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains
    where it could run wild.

    The next day the headlines read:

    NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

    The bishop was buried the next day.


    The moral of the story is . .. . being concerned about public opinion can
    bring you much grief and misery . . even shorten your life.

    So be yourself and enjoy life.

    Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer!
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    Default The Top 25 Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians

    Take a man. Add eye work (unisex glasses if eye wear is needed)and Botox. Mix in a bad haircut or unfashionably long hair--if possible a dye job. A little doughy-ness doesn't hurt, either. Have a weakness for turtlenecks and by all means fight aging like it's a battle you can win if you try just a little harder, and there you have it: The winning formula to become a man who looks like an old lesbian.

    http://www.cracked.com/article_15788...-lesbians.html

    and for devotees

    http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/


    Robert Redford made it to No 22

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