Links and Minifeatures 07 30 Monday

By Dan Melson on July 30, 2007 5:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I've been having a severe and ongoing problem with spammers "spoofing" my domains - sending out emails with false headers that suggest I sent it out. This morning, the catch all account was literally full of "returned" emails. I can't think of any way to stop someone from counterfeiting your domain in a "from" address (as it doesn't come from or go through anywhere I actually control or even have influence), but if someone knows of such a method, it would be welcome knowledge.

I suspect this may be a part of the reason my search engine hits are down. Wonder if anyone has ever sued a spam meister or their ISP for the tort of having caused search engine rankings to decrease? It's obviously something of economic value.

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Let the Blame Begin

I don't have much sympathy for Wall Street investment houses that failed to do as much due diligence as the average individual investor. It's an inflexible rule that while derivatives can make more money, they can also lose more. This calls for increased due diligence, not reduced.

Before you volunteer to hold the bag, as these folks did, make certain there's something there worth holding it for.

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Scientific evidence for monster fish tales. Now every frustrated fisherman will have evidence to back up their claim about the one that got away

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Clinton campaign insulted by cleavage article

Is it just me, or does this read like Hillary is using her cleavage for cash?

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Romney Says no to You Tube debate

And there was much rejoicing.

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Lose so that we can win!, over at Classical Values

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A couple of spoof trailers, for Mary Poppins and The Shining, respectively.

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