Comments on: Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards

Quartermass — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:44:33 -0800

With the dangers of e-Christmas cards becoming apparent, perhaps it is time to return to sending Christmas cards the old fashioned way. Or not.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 05:51:56 -0800

People who open attachments without using antivirus deserve everything they get. Merry Christmas!

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 06:22:08 -0800

Dunno if P_G's cracking a 133t joke, but what the hey: S'truth, folks! Why, gawrsh, everyone who doesn't have "sucker" hand-stamped upon their forehead deserves to have their boxen violated. Yep. All of you who do have A/V, but get infected anyway, tough shit. You don't download the latest updates and patches, it serves you right. "But wait", I hear you whine. "I do keep on track. I just got screwed by a phisher using my friend/cow-orker's spoofed IP". Well, you- -PLONK

By: 1016

1016 — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 07:08:26 -0800

Capnwacky, I know James Lilkes (well, not in the sense of ever having met him or anything, but, well, you know what I mean) and you are no James Lileks. Talked with a friend at work about eChristmas cards...we don't like them. No sir, not one little bit.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 07:17:29 -0800

Oh, but P_G it doesn't only affect them. Since their box has been compromised, every adress in it is game, and I get to watch thousands of emails pop into mine, or my email adress used as the fake "from" sender. People who don't understand that the sender is faked send me lovely seasons greeting like "eeeef uuuuu!!!", as I sit there every morning deleting all the crap that ends up in the hostmaster box. Next time i rebuild sendmail I will start using the Sender Policy Framework, if a lot of servers do, it just might help.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 07:19:53 -0800

The stock photography look of that site turns me right off, but the idea is intriguing.

By: hue

hue — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 07:38:59 -0800

My favorite: Oh my God, this little girl is dead! But really, some good cards. More examples at this Smithsonian site.

By: socratic

socratic — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:48:02 -0800

Why am I getting the capnwacky.com anti-leech image (for every image on the page) when looking at something on capnwacky? That's very odd.

By: herc

herc — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:59:21 -0800

If you're looking to make a creepy/wacky holiday card, it's hard to top this image.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:08:04 -0800

socratic, are you using Norton internet stuff, or something else that "anonymizes" your http_referer? Then the normal old fashioned anti-leech check fails and the leechimage kicks in.

By: ice_cream_motor

ice_cream_motor — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:23:27 -0800

Actually, 1016, we've e-mailed Mr. Lileks and spoken with folks who know him and he seems to lik eour feature just fine.

By: ice_cream_motor

ice_cream_motor — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:23:53 -0800

So, of course I put a typo in that damn post.