* Re: Your Via&gra Refill is Ready
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@ 2004-10-07 6:51 ` Ross Higson
2004-10-07 9:00 ` CBFalconer
2004-10-09 22:41 ` Keith Thompson
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From: Ross Higson @ 2004-10-07 6:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:51:15 +0000, "Dixie Stewart"
> <dstewart_pn@stackbin.com> declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada:
>
> Rhetorical question for the regulars...
>
> For some reason C.L.Ada seems more heavily spammed than other
> c.l.* groups.
>
> Has anyone proposed that the problem (or lure) is the name Ada
> being confused with the ADA (and not the dental association)? Taking the
> route that the "disabled" need viagra and other such help?
>
Or perhaps the suppliers consider the average Ada programmer to be much
older than those using other languages?
If so, will we soon start seeing spam for hearing aids, walking frames
and retirement homes? :)
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* Re: Your Via&gra Refill is Ready
2004-10-07 6:51 ` Your Via&gra Refill is Ready Ross Higson
@ 2004-10-07 9:00 ` CBFalconer
[not found] ` <m2oam0tco0lun3s3q7r79ob04hf47f8tl3@4ax.com>
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From: CBFalconer @ 2004-10-07 9:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Ross Higson wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>
>> Rhetorical question for the regulars...
>>
>> For some reason C.L.Ada seems more heavily spammed than other
>> c.l.* groups.
>>
>> Has anyone proposed that the problem (or lure) is the name Ada
>> being confused with the ADA (and not the dental association)?
>> Taking the route that the "disabled" need viagra and other such
>> help?
>
> Or perhaps the suppliers consider the average Ada programmer to
> be much older than those using other languages?
Or some sort of spam distribution software is attracted by the
female name Ada.
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* Re: Your Via&gra Refill is Ready
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2004-10-07 6:51 ` Your Via&gra Refill is Ready Ross Higson
@ 2004-10-09 22:41 ` Keith Thompson
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From: Keith Thompson @ 2004-10-09 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:51:15 +0000, "Dixie Stewart"
> <dstewart_pn@stackbin.com> declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada:
>
> Rhetorical question for the regulars...
>
> For some reason C.L.Ada seems more heavily spammed than other
> c.l.* groups.
Because it's directly gatewayed from the comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
and comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org mailing lists. Perhaps someone could
moderate the mailing lists, or at least filter the feed from the lists
to the newsgroup.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
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