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I called a few movers in Chennai, including “Unicorn Packers & Movers”, listed at 7015580411. He couldn’t understand what I said. I said, “We’re shifting to a house in Mylapore,” and he asked, “Shifting house where in Hyderabad?” (The reason became clear later.) It seemed I had the wrong number, so I said, “No, sorry, we need someone else,” and hung up. His phone rage began. He called back and said, “Why did you wake me up and waste my time?” From his tone it was clear I couldn’t say anything helpful. From the quality of my signal it was clear I couldn’t have a meaningful conversation. So I just put the phone down without cutting it. ...

I’ve tried understanding Bayes’ Theorem several times. I’ve always managed to get confused. Specifically, I’ve always wondered why it’s better than simply using the average estimate from the past. So here’s a little attempt to jog my memory the next time I forget. Q: A coin shows 5 heads when tossed 10 times. What’s the probability of a heads? A: It’s not 0.5. That’s the most likely estimate. The probability distribution is actually: ...

I almost fell for this piece of spam.

Spammer ploys. From the Scientific American.

Smarter spam via Scripting News

The thin line between spam and virus. In the form of a “Friend Greeting”. via Metafilter

andersja talked to a spammer. Some insights into the spamming world.

A different approach to spam. Habeas is using haikus to morph spam into copyright violation – making it more prosecutable. Clever, but practical?

Here’s a good business model. Buy a free e-mail provider. Add spam. Then charge for eliminating spam. Good thing I got rid of my Hotmail account.

A warning from Yahoo not to reply to spam saying “Remove me from the mailing list”.

Anil hates forwards too.

Ellen won a spam case against Kozmo. If you get unsolicited e-mail from a company, you can sue them. Unless they have an opt-out mechanism.