[geeks] i think i'm feeling sick....

[Mike Hebel]

vance at neurotica.com wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Chris Hedemark wrote:
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> >On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 03:43 PM, Steven Hill wrote:
> >
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> >>Flood ping him, from multiple locations...
> >>
> >>You could even call it "monitoring" his connection.
> >
> >We prefer to call it "redundant quality of service monitoring".
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> Could you conceivably bill him for the service?

"Dear $SPAMMER,

Thanks to a lottery of random selection you have been given a gift of 
free network diagnostics on any site you operate and any site you choose 
to operate in the future!

This is a priceless gift that will enhance you experience on the 
internet and ensure complete verification of reliability of your network 
connection!  In short - you will be made aware for the rest of your 
site's existence as to it's network status.  You'll always know when 
your network is running.  Who could ask for more?

The solution is very simple.  So simple in fact that it can be described 
in a few shoret sentences:

1) Your network will be repeatedly "pinged" to check it's network status.

2) With each ping you will receive a confirmation e-mail of that ping 
action and it's results along with several redundant copies of the 
e-mail to ensure reliable notification.

It's as simple as that!

Your service will begin on $DATE at $TIME and will continue until you 
retire your business and its servers.  Enjoy!


Sincerely,

Mufasa Mojimbo
Nigeria

P.S.: If you like this gift I would plead with you for some assistance 
transferring some funds to help us out."

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Wow, after writing that I suddenly feel dirty...

Mike Hebel