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Opting Out Increases Spam? 481

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 23, 2009 @06:35PM from the damned-either-way dept.

J. L. Tympanum writes "I used to ignore spam but recently I have been using the opt-out feature. Now I get more spam than ever, especially of the Nigerian scam (and related) types. The latter has gone from almost none to several a day. Was I a fool for opting out? Is my email address being harvested when I opt out? Has anybody had similar experience?"

Comment Night Shift (Score 0) 755

by gpm on Friday October 24, 2008 @06:14PM (#25504079) Attached to: Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time?

Can we get rid before weekend please?

I am on night shift Saturday and what should be a twelve hour shift becomes a thirteen hour shift.

Joy.

Course in past years I have worked the Spring clock change and you didn't hear me complain then about only having to work an eleven shift.

Submission + - The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org 3

Submitted by kungfujesus on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:02PM

kungfujesus writes: The Pirate Bay crew has been working on this secret project for quite some time now. Back in April they wrote a cryptic post on their blog announcing that something was coming. In a response to this announcement TPB admin Brokep told TorrentFreak: "The past, the present and the future. It's all the same, but one thing's for sure, we will radiate for weeks", today it became clear that he was referring to the resurrection of Suprnova. Article Here

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