On 16.02.09 08:57, Michael Hutchinson wrote: > "plenty of people are greedy, gullible, uninformed, overly trusting, > stupid, or some combination of the above" > > This also means: "Anyone that doesn't use a computer as much as an > E-Mail administrator" > > You can't expect everyone to know enough about Spam to not be fooled by > it. The reason people do get fooled is because they aren't all computer > technicians. Everyone is good at something, lets not get carried away > and blame joe bloggs for being.. joe bloggs.. after all, he might be the > next automotive technician to fix your car. > > Why write off topic? Well, we do need to understand the end-user, they > are the ones who see the benefit of our work, no? Are they not the ones > who pay many of our wages?
While I agree with you in the above statement(s), I must also agree with Kevin with his statements below. and I think that the first one (AI vs natural stupidity) should be taken as a premise. There are no foolproof things, because fools are very inventive. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Parris [mailto:kpar...@ed.sc.gov] > Sent: Saturday, 14 February 2009 9:43 a.m. > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: URI with spaces are not recognized > > Artificial intelligence will never overcome natural stupidity (or the > clever ingenuity of criminals) ... if people actually DO that (copy the > "url" and remove the spaces) there is some temptation to say they get > what they deserve ... but on the other hand most of the spam/scam stuff > out there is based on the premise that plenty of people are greedy, > gullible, uninformed, overly trusting, stupid, or some combination of > the above. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. M$ Win's are shit, do not use it !
