Definition of Spam

I found this article really interesting and felt it should be brought into recinidation.  It is from webopedia and everyone should read and bask in SPAM’s origin!

 http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/spam.htm

Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more generally as any unsolicited e-mail. However, if a long-lost brother finds your e-mail address and sends you a message, this could hardly be called spam, even though it’s unsolicited. Real spam is generally e-mail advertising for some product sent to a mailing list or newsgroup.

In addition to wasting people’s time with unwanted e-mail, spam also eats up a lot of network bandwidth. Consequently, there are many organizations, as well as individuals, who have taken it upon themselves to fight spam with a variety of techniques. But because the Internet is public, there is really little that can be done to prevent spam, just as it is impossible to prevent junk mail. However, some online services have instituted policies to prevent spammers from spamming their subscribers.

There is some debate about the source of the term, but the generally accepted version is that it comes from the Monty Python song, “Spam spam spam spam, spam spam spam spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam…” Like the song, spam is an endless repetition of worthless text. Another school of thought maintains that it comes from the computer group lab at the University of Southern California who gave it the name because it has many of the same characteristics as the lunchmeat Spam:

• Nobody wants it or ever asks for it.
• No one ever eats it; it is the first item to be pushed to the side when eating the entree.
• Sometimes it is actually tasty, like 1% of junk mail that is really useful to some people.

With that said, much to Erick and RJ’s dismay, I think I might bring back the SPAM OF THE DAY.  I do have a purpose for doing it, but it will involve much more spam brought to the table.  I had stopped for a short while because Erick drove in a shitload of traffic and I didn’t want to cause any harm to that flow.  Since we are in a slow spell again, it might be time to bring in the SOTD greatness!  Time will tell!