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Elign
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 Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:42 pm
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I'm getting a lot of Chinese/Taiwanese/other Far East Asian spam. I almost never get any English-language spam.
They are wasting their time, if I even wanted to buy their products, I can't because I can't even read them (not that translation would be much help either).
Anyone else experiencing something similar in their e-mail accounts? Just trying to figure out if this is normal or if I did something dumb to magnet them.
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Kazer0
Mercenary Dishwasher
Joined: 17 Sep 2002
Posts: 2720
Location: In an igloo with my pet penguin, eh?
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:53 pm
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| Remember, China has over 1 billion people. Canada and the US only have 300 million combined. Do the math. |
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Gamer_V
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: The Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:59 am
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| 1 billion + 300 million = 1,3 billion = 1300 million! |
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Elign
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Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Posts: 271
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:09 am
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| Kazer0 wrote: | | Remember, China has over 1 billion people. Canada and the US only have 300 million combined. Do the math. |
That be about 4x, which sort of explains it. |
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Kazer0
Mercenary Dishwasher
Joined: 17 Sep 2002
Posts: 2720
Location: In an igloo with my pet penguin, eh?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:03 pm
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| ... not to metion it's illegal now in the US... |
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2LT Worm
American Hero
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 1231
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:17 pm
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So it's those Canadians who have been sending me all that spam?!
I knew they were crafty with their better level of education, but I didn't know they were THAT crafty! |
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emmzee
Site Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2110
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:10 pm
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I dunno what you're talkin about ...  *shuffles towards the door humming O Canada* |
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jmmijo
Lord of Gaming
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 225
Location: PDX
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:49 pm
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I'm not sure that Bob & Doug would be into spamming, unless of course they got a huge contract from Elsinore, eh  |
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Wally
i r teh pwnage
Joined: 01 May 2003
Posts: 4031
Location: Australia, earth, Milky way
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:35 pm
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| Gamer_V wrote: | | 1 billion + 300 million = 1,3 billion = 1300 million! |
FYI: 1 Billion is not 1000 million its 1,000,000,000,000 Million everyone thinks its 1000 million
Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion for more info
So that means 1,000,000,000,300 is the answer |
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Dosser
Way too much free time
Joined: 02 Jan 2005
Posts: 471
Location: BEHIND YOU
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Well, if you live in the 15th century or in a French country then yes 
that page also says that in modern, Egnlish-speaking countries (and latin America), billion is 10^9. |
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Dogbreath
Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 4328
Location: In the back of a jacked-up Ford.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:22 am
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| In all English speaking countries (save maybe the U.K.), 1 billion is defined as 1,000,000,000 or 10^9. This is true of Canada (Kazer0's country) and the Netherlands, so Gamer_V is right. |
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Gamer_V
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: The Netherlands
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I'm from Europe so it's correct enough... Or was it a milliard... you've confused me!  |
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dosraider
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 6797
Location: ROTFLMAO in Belgium.
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| Dosser wrote: | Well, if you live in the 15th century or in a French country then yes
that page also says that in modern, Egnlish-speaking countries (and latin America), billion is 10^9. |
Pour les français:
1.000.000.000 = 1 milliard.
Voor de belgen & nederlanders:
1.000.000.000 = 1 miljard.
NOTE:
We use the . not the ,
The , is for the decimals.
So for us is 1,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 = 1 |
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Dogbreath
Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 4328
Location: In the back of a jacked-up Ford.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:24 am
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| milliard is an extremely archaic English word for billion... hasn't been used since the 17th century, though. |
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dosraider
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Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 6797
Location: ROTFLMAO in Belgium.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:26 am
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| Dogbreath wrote: | | ........... hasn't been used since the 17th century, though. |
It is in use in Western Europe.
In fact probably 75 % ( or more !! )of the people here don't understand ' billion', or even know where it stands fore.
Official ( check it in Vandaele):
1 miljoen=1.000.000
1 miljard=1.000.000.000
1 biljoen=1.000.000.000.000
1 biljard=1.000.000.000.000.000
note:
remark again : we use the. not the , |
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