http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/archive/2007/04/20/a-trip-to-spamatopia-part-5.aspxReturning back to the tales of my trip to Spamatopia, recall that I left the land of Fauxpharm where I couldn't understand a word that anybody there said. I had already visited Pumpenstach and Virus Valley. I only had time to visit one more place in detailenTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/archive/2007/04/20/a-trip-to-spamatopia-part-5.aspx#2215558Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:48:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2215558tzink<p>Hello, Closets,</p> <p>It's a little bit of both. &nbsp;When I first got the idea to personify the world of spam a few weeks ago, I wanted to create a world that reflects what the world would be like if it took on the characteristics of spam.</p> <p>You've identified some of the themes of my story exactly. &nbsp;People don't protect their computer systems and are responsible for deploying spam (hence, the metaphor of mindless drones on the highway delivering goods to and fro). &nbsp;The cars on the side of the highway are bots that have been abandoned. &nbsp;The ones on the highway are active bots.</p> <p>On the other side, in the anti-spam community, while we acknowledge that spammers are clever, we also believe that they are ethically challenged. &nbsp;As you so clearly point out, there are lots of criminals out there and the internet is a venue.</p> <p>I thought it would be fun to capture that in a story by personifying the traits of the spam in a not-so-fictional world.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2215558" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tzink/archive/2007/04/20/a-trip-to-spamatopia-part-5.aspx#2212221Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:41:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2212221Closets<p>Is the moral of your story that spam is so prevailent because people don't protect themselves? Or that there are a lot of criminals out there and the internet is just another venue for their crimes?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2212221" width="1" height="1">