Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "Aahz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Anyone else getting "Python-related" spam? So far, I've seen messages >> "from" Barry Warsaw and Skip Montanaro (although of course header >> analysis proves they didn't send it). >> -- >> > > not like that - just the normal crud from people giving me get rich quick tips > on the stock market that is aimed at mobilising my money to follow theirs to > help influence the price of a share... > > - Hendrik > > > ...which I noticed works amazingly well in many cases, looking at the charts. which, again, means that the trick isn't likely to fizzle out soon as others have with victims getting wise to it. Getting feathers plucked in this game isn't a turn-off. It's an opportunity to join the pluckers by speeding up one's turnover at the expense of the slowpokes. Like pyramid sales this it is a self-generating market. This game, at least, isn't unethical, other than clogging the internet with reckless traffic. I've been asking myself why it seems so difficult to backtrace such obtrusive, if not criminal, traffic to the source and squash it there. Perhaps some knowledgeable volunteer would share his insights. Perhaps stalking con artists could be another interest group.
Frederic -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
