Stop SPAM - Rant & links

For the love of all things just and true... STOP SPAM. "but i don't send any" you might say, and i sincerely hope not... but: and this is a proverbial but, if ever there was one... But, if simple folks didn't follow up on spam then it would not have an ROI. And if there were no (or a negligable) ROI then spammers would stop, or at the very least the dastardly people who pay spammers to spam would stop... but they don't ( because every time spam promises to make us sexy, or give us more money... or hapiness, we buy it, or click it... either way, we want a quick fix... bah). In fact, my inbox would daily suggest that spam is increasing. Not a good curve.
And as such, i've experienced my very fist blog spam... the comment left to my last blog post (regarding Darth Vader) is all about stock options.
"(Stupid company - name removed to negate any google PR link value)
forecast of over 300 customers and sales of more than $50
million in North America over the next five years, appears
very realistic, according to company management."
How nice of management to give us such a rosy outlook (Enron?). Of course, after reading that statement, EVERYONE wants to buy some stock... right? - "very realistic" no? of course not. Lies, lies, more lies... some spam, and a bunch of lies.

/end rant

friendly links regarding this plight: stop spam or stop spam here - Canadian site
Now spammers have done it, they've caused so much ire that Canada has created a task force, and here is their report on stopping spam. (available in pdf - fun, modern, cutting edge cover page graphic... whoo strategis canada!)

/ maybe relating blog spam to Darth Vader isn't such a stretch after all... deep.