Another Puzzle Piece Falls Into Place
or, Spam No More
Esther passed along this juicy little news article about a judge in New York barring a company from sending unsolicited emails to internet users (though assumedly they are still permitted to send email to non-internet users but declined to say how that could be done). Judge Bars Spammer regales us with the tale of MonsterHut Inc. who sent out 500 million (think about that, 500,000,000 emails) unwanted emails and then tried to trick people into thinking they'd asked for the email.

Umm gee, you didn't think the 500 million mile wide e-paper trail was going to trip you fools up?

The article also lets us know that no such company is listed publicly in the Niagara Falls or surrounding areas so maybe they do have a couple of brain cells to rub together.

Business News: Big Boo Hoos
Everyone, altogether now, Awwww, poor AOL, they lost not only big bad Ted Turner but they also lost almost $100 BILLION in 2002. Poor AOL. Shame they overcharged for crappy service and then mismanaged themselves into a dark and lonely corner. Now maybe we'll see a stem to the tide of free AOL cd's that are everywhere.