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The Spaminatrix – cAsEKeYS anti-spam?

For my last post I went over to uberGeek.tv. Afterwards I saw they had some new animations, one of which is The Spaminatrix. It's hilarious!

I thought, that's funny, they came up with this silly anti-spam idea for the animation. But then I saw this on the page:

You... must... be... joking.

Uhh, apparently not.

Reading a little more about it... looks semi-interesting, basically if you are sent an email and the case of your address doesn't match the case you gave the recipient, they are sent an email to verify their identity. Of course the problem with all of these challenge-response systems is you end up sending e-mail to all the people who send you spam, which either verifies your e-mail address if the return address actually works, and either way clogs up mail servers and adds to the e-mail waste.

To use it properly/fully it looks like you need plugins for whatever mail reader you're using.

Comments?

Move to Iceland.

BBC NEWS: Iceland offers Bobby Fischer visa

That reminded of this this funny Flash movie on ubergeek.tv:

uberGeek: Switch Back -- "Move to Iceland."

iTunes can organize PDF files (and more)

Kirkville: Organize PDF Files in iTunes (Updated)

This is how Apple is distributing the liner notes to 'The Complete U2' on the iTMS. The article speculates whether this could lead to Apple selling magazines on the iTMS.

It would work for all kinds of periodicals... how about newspapers? How about comic books and comic strips? How about any book?

This is going to be a great way for me to organize the notes and slides that my professors put on their web sites next term. I can keep the notes/slides alongside the lectures I record with my iPod/iTalk. (I have a playlist for each course I'm taking / have taken)

I might even have to get a scanner so I can scan my written notes and keep them in my course playlists too.

SOAPSupport for Zope

On more new Zope add-on that's interesting...

Zope.org: SOAPSupport for Zope 2.6.4, 2.7.x, 2.8.0-a1

zasync 1.0

Zope.org: zasync 1.0

But wait there's more...

Twisted? Very cool. Especially since this code is newly open-sourced from the Zope Corporation.

Court quashes levy on MP3 players

CBC News: Court quashes levy on MP3 players (via )

Once this matter is settled, I will be writing to the Copyright Board of Canada, demanding my $25 plus taxes back.