spam

[W Brewer]

Tired of all the gmail ads? Insert the n-word anywhere in the body of gmail
text and all the ads evaporate. Works for Nazi, too, I think. Glad
somebody's reading this crap.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: spam
>
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> "Spam, spam, spam, wonderful spam"--a Monty Python song. There are others.
>
> Skit here: http://goo.gl/tq9V
> Script:  http://goo.gl/IKxf0
>
> Weird Al song (REM parody) is here:  http://goo.gl/XCptl
> Lyrics: http://goo.gl/ESk0a
>
> Here's the short version:
>
> > Lovely spam, wonderful spam
> > Lovely spam, wonderful spam
> > Spam Spam Spam Spam
> > Lovely spam Lovely spam Lovely spam
> > Spam, spam, spam, spam
>
>     VS-)
>
> On 2/22/2012 12:45 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > "Spam, spam, spam", as someone sang. Didn't Google tell (or confess
> > to) the world recently that it analyzes everything it sees from its
> > users in order to make what it provides to them more relevant and
> targeted?
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > At 2/22/2012 12:17 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> >> Gmail advertising, which is fairly unobtrusive, compared to Yahoo or
> >> Hotmail, is contextualized. I've noticed in the past that it is often
> >> vaguely related to the subject header or something in the body (content)
> >> or the location of the sender. That's when you're looking at the
> >> messages. But what happens when you're looking at the folders?
> >> Sometimes, the headers contribute the topic--the message headers, that
> >> is, which includes subject, name, email address (particularly the
> >> domain). But this is the first time I've noticed the ad to be related to
> >> the /content/ of the folder:
> >>
> >>> Spam Primavera
> >>> - Toss with linguini, serve immediately
> >>> Spam Swiss Pie
> >>> - Bake 45-55 minutes or until eggs are set
> >>> Spam Skillet Casserole
> >>> - Broil until golden
> >> Well, you get the point. It was the Gmail automatically generated Spam
> >> folder.
> >>
> >>      VS-)
> >>
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