Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2066-2070; Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: LoveJaneAusten on 02 Dec 2011, 18:37 ---I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago.
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Wrong. Back then spam was still only a minor irritation, and for some people receiving one at all might be a somewhat notable event. And remembering inconsequential oddments is a common enough thing to do anyway.
jwhouk:
Mr. Hodges is right. I remember the "I LOVE YOU" virus (Written in Microsoft VBS code - eetch), which was kinda scary because it was one of the first ones that could sort-of affect both PC's and Macs. (The VBS code could be run on Macs that had Office software installed.)
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 03 Dec 2011, 01:11 ---
--- Quote from: LoveJaneAusten on 02 Dec 2011, 18:37 ---I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago.
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Wrong. Back then spam was still only a minor irritation, and for some people receiving one at all might be a somewhat notable event. And remembering inconsequential oddments is a common enough thing to do anyway.
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In '97? Maybe in '94, but not in '97. I was scrolling through much more spam back then than I do today; pretty much everything I know about sex other than the basic mechanics comes from spam I read in the nineties.
My guess would be Marigold remembers because she heard about it within a few days.
Method of Madness:
Was there actually more spam back then, or did it just seem that way because there were no good filters yet?
Near Lurker:
The latter, I'm sure... or at least, if there is less spam, it's because a lot of them have just given up, although I do think there was a definite drop around '02-'03, and I don't think I actually installed a spam filter until '04.
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