Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

I learned a scary thing today: Pharmaceutical spam can generate over $4,000 per day, says Ars, calculated by the commission the referring spammers get from sales at online pharmacies. In fact, 12% of people who click on spam emails do it because they're actually interested in the deal. With odds like that, no wonder there are Russian companies dedicated to this fine art. Thanks a lot, spam-eaters. It's like you're Private Pyle, sitting there sucking your thumb while the rest of us do pushups. [Ars Technica]