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"Spamusement!" 07/22/2004 03:07 PM

More Clone War Cartoons

More Clone War Cartoons 06/04/2004 03:55 PM
Rumors are floating around that we'll be getting 20 more Clone Wars episodes plus a DVD set . . .

How-to cartoons for kids

How-to cartoons for kids 04/16/2004 11:50 AM
Howtoons are how-to project cartoons for kids, with a good mix of mischief, smartassery, and science. Link (Thanks, Joe!)

Playing some GBA cartoons

Playing some GBA cartoons 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 17 2004 10:59AM GMT

E3 Cartoons On The Small Screens

E3 Cartoons On The Small Screens 04/14/2005 10:12 AM
Random Nintendo has posted what appear to be the first screens for a new upcoming Nintendo DS title Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Looks to be done in a very slick animated style - check it out! Release date for Europe is May 6th. A thanks to Matthew for the tip.

Great DVD cartoons at 99-Cent Only
stores

Great DVD cartoons at 99-Cent Only
stores 09/18/2004 06:34 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm stopping at my local 99-cent store today. As reported in Cartoon Brew:

Rivaling Fleischer studios with their abstract rubber-hose animation style and hot jazz musical scores, the RKO Van Beuren Tom & Jerry cartoons (1931-1933) have become classics for their sheer surrealism. Currently in distribution at 99 Cents Only Stores is one of the greatest bargains I've ever seen: a dvd of nine Van Beuren TOM & JERRY cartoons! That's 11 cents per cartoon! And if that's not enough for you, it comes with a free 10 minute phone card inside the package!!

(Semi-related aside: Many moons ago, I wrote about a trip to the 99-Cent Only store for the print edition of bOING bOING) Link

Cannes embraces computer cartoons

Cannes embraces computer cartoons 05/15/2004 09:50 AM
CNN May 15 2004 2:20PM GMT

Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science

Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science 09/01/2004 12:15 AM

Guardian Unlimited | Cartoons |
24.12.03: Christmas message

Guardian Unlimited | Cartoons |
24.12.03: Christmas message 12/27/2003 06:39 AM
God bless us, each and everyone.. [cartoon] .. What Bush Served for the Holidays 12/27 .. YOU MUST SEE THIS CHRISTMAS CARTOON! .. Steve Bell

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Cartoons Calm Archer's Nerves (Reuters)

Cartoons Calm Archer's Nerves (Reuters) 08/17/2004 09:05 AM
Reuters - South Africa's Kirstin Jean Lewis has a unique and comical way to stay calm in between firing arrows during the suspense-filled archery shootouts at the Athens Olympics.

'Shrek' puts computer cartoons in Cannes
limelight

'Shrek' puts computer cartoons in Cannes
limelight 05/15/2004 03:48 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 15 2004 7:41PM GMT

Digital video restoration process ruins
old cartoons

Digital video restoration process ruins
old cartoons 04/08/2005 03:19 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Amid says: This post is a primer about DVNR ("digital video noise reduction"), a technology that is used by movie studios to clean up dirt and grain from film prints. It works fine in live-action, but when used with animation, it has a tendency to erase and distort parts of the image.

Recent releases of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes have all been marred by DVNR technology. This is not a new problem and DVNR has ruined many cartoon releases since the early-'90s, but it's been angering a lot of cartoon fans in the online community recently. The post has links to other articles and discussions of DVNR and cartoons.
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TCS: Tech Central Station - Bad Cartoons
Make Bad Citizens

TCS: Tech Central Station - Bad Cartoons
Make Bad Citizens 05/29/2004 08:52 PM

Garfield, Doonesbury, Political
Cartoons, Commentary & More Available
through NewsGator

Garfield, Doonesbury, Political
Cartoons, Commentary & More Available
through NewsGator 09/14/2004 10:59 AM

NewsGator Technologies & uclick Announce Premium Content Partnership

DENVER, CO - September 14, 2004 - NewsGator Technologies, the leading RSS software platform company, announced today that it has started to distribute RSS feeds for some of America's best-known comic and commentary brands. NewsGator users will now have access to twenty exclusive feeds from uclick, LLC, the online arm of Universal Press Syndicate (UPS), the largest independent syndication company.

In addition to UPS's content, uclick also makes content available for syndication from Tribune Media and Creator's Syndicate. "We're thrilled to work with NewsGator, the leader in the exploding new medium of RSS technologies, to bring some of our best content to readers wherever, and whenever, they want it," said Chris Pizey, President and CEO of uclick.

Greg Reinacker, President and Founder of NewsGator, said, "This agreement marks another step in our effort to provide the best content available in the market to our customers. Subscribers to NewsGator Online Services can now add some of America's most beloved content to their premium subscriptions and keep up with it wherever and whenever they want. Imagine fresh political commentary in your Outlook folder, Doonesbury on your Media Center, and the latest advice from Motley Fool on your cell phone."

In addition to reading Garfield, Doonesbury, Cathy and Ziggy, users can tap into content from Dear Abby, Focus on the Family, Horoscopes, News of the Weird, The Boondocks, among many others.

The uclick feeds are among the more than 100 premium content feeds available to subscribers to NewsGator Online Services. The subscription service allows users to read their subscribed content any time, any place and on any device. NewsGator Online includes a web edition, a POP edition which works with any popular email client, and the mobile edition, which enables users to read their subscribed feeds on any mobile device that supports HTML, including wireless phones and PDAs. NewsGator Online Services also features synchronization so users can ensure their feeds appear only where and when they want them, and an ever-increasing range of customization tools and features.

NewsGator Online Services is a subscription service and is available at http://services.newsgator.com. Pricing starts at $5.95/month. The new feeds are available to subscribers at http: //services.newsgator.com/subscriber/PremContent.aspx.

About uclick

uclick is the largest packager and distributor of branded comics, word games and other content on the Web. uclick, based in Kansas City, syndicates the highly sought-after work of more than 140 nationally syndicated creators of comics, puzzles, games and text features -- on the Web and wireless devices. More than 200 newspaper Web sites feature uclick content, including NYTimes.com and WashingtonPost.com. uclick content is also found on major portals such as AOL, Yahoo.com, MSNBC.com, CBSNews.com and iWon.com. uclick's content catalog includes such brand names as "Bloom County," "Garfield," "Doonesbury," "Cathy," "FoxTrot," "Ziggy," "The Boondocks," "Pat Oliphant," "News of the Weird," "Universal Crossword," "Dear Abby" and more. In addition, uclick develops and hosts Web sites such as Garfield.com, Doonesbury.com, Ziggy.com and sites of other key creators. uclick has also developed two successful subscription-based services, My Comics Page and The Puzzle Society.

uclick is an Andrews McMeel Universal Company. Andrews McMeel Universal also includes Universal Press Syndicate and Andrews McMeel Publishing. Visit http://www.uclick.com for more information.

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up 05/24/2004 05:37 PM
The latest study on spam trends appears to show that financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam - though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to slow down the amount of spam sent.

cartoons of people with adolescent
faces, pale skin, big hair, microscopic
pug noses, ittle bitty lips and beady
eyes

cartoons of people with adolescent
faces, pale skin, big hair, microscopic
pug noses, ittle bitty lips and beady
eyes 12/29/2003 01:07 AM
Japan's Empire of Cool: Country's Culture Becomes Its Biggest Export .. read this article

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From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream 06/05/2004 07:31 PM
I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again....

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam 12/11/2003 06:15 AM
Congress overwhelmingly passes a bill to fight the online scourge, but critics say the unwanted e-mail will increase because the law will actually legitimize spam. By Amit Asaravala.

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam 06/22/2004 09:17 AM
The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the scourge of spam.

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes 03/27/2005 12:35 PM
Information Week Mar 27 2005 3:25PM GMT

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises 07/01/2004 10:20 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 2 2004 2:42AM GMT

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased 12/27/2004 01:32 PM
AOL is claiming that their new spam filter has greatly reduced spam, creating nice looking headlines about less spam. Of course, you could question their findings. The details show that what was reduced was spam complaints. This might be a proxy for the amount of spam that got through to inboxes, or it might just show that AOL subscribers have wised up and realized that reporting spam to AOL doesn't seem to do a bit of good -- and they've just given up on it.

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam 01/07/2004 06:36 PM
We all know now that the CAN SPAM law is a disaster and is unlikely to do anything useful in the battle against spam. It's also becoming clear that the entire point of the bill was never to stop spam, but to make a few folks in Congress look good (which seems to be the entire point of most politics these days). First, Business Week spends some time comparing the mostly effective federal "Do Not Call" list with CAN SPAM. The DNC list was planned out carefully by the FTC and the FCC, and, while it upset many telemarketers, it was designed in a way to be effective. There was also enough time, and enough publicity given to the list that people knew about it and had the opportunity to sign up for it - while marketers had the ability to prepare on their end as well. With CAN SPAM, however, it was rushed through Congress with little thought towards whether or not it would actually do anything and without any money to actually deal with any of these cases. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports that the sponsors of the bill asked the FTC to sue a spammer the very first week the bill was in effect in order to make a big "splash" so they could pat themselves on the back - even as the spam levels continued to increase. FTC Chair Timothy Muris (who has spoken out against this spam law) apparently laughed them off and pointed out it was impossible to do such a thing. First of all, in order to violate the law, the spammers have to ignore an opt-out request. Then, the FTC would have to track down who the actual spammer was - with no additional funds, because the law didn't provide for them.

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam 05/20/2004 07:05 PM
Ronnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee today, claiming that he is now compl ying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs should be required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting through to him: the reason his spam is filtered is because people don't want it.

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business 11/03/2003 11:40 PM
I get inundated with more and more spam every day, and it's frustrating as anything. I want it to stop. However, if politicians insist on passing bad legislation in their attempts to stop spam, that's not going to do any good. I've already complained about the new California legislation and it looks like I'm not alone. A guy who runs a consulting firm and writes for Business Week points out why California's anti-spam law won't do a thing about spam, but will make life more difficult for legitimate small businesses. He describes a situation where he did a very targeted mailing for a company. It's probably up to your definition of spam as to whether or not you consider his mailing spam. I tend to draw the line on whether or not the mailing was "bulk" - which it sounds like his was. I believe that if the email is truly targeted and personalized about a potential business relationship, then it's hard to call it spam. The California law disagrees. In fact, the sponsor of the bill claims that any email contact between two companies is not legitimate if it hasn't been initiated under some other form. That's simply ridiculous. As I've said before, plenty of "commercial" websites contact Techdirt every day about the possibility of partnerships or links. Under California's anti-spam law, I could charge them with spam. I recently heard from a major technology magazine, asking if I would add them to my Quicklinks box. Should I sue them for spam? According to the law, I could.

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam 08/03/2004 07:21 AM
BBC Aug 3 2004 11:45AM GMT

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Warnings abound about a change in tactics on the part of zombie PC network operators. As a result, spam levels could rise to nearly 95% of all e-mails sent.

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
The risk in sending commercial emails overseas is not so much from the legislators; it is from the ISP’s who have the power to Black List your company. A new email format has been suggested that not only complies to Best Practices it also meets or exceeds the requirements of Can Spam, The Australian Spam Act and the EU Directives. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits 11/14/2003 07:29 PM
I hate spam and would like nothing better than to see an effective anti-spam law put on the books. However, as I've said before, the California anti-spam law is not the right law. Plenty of others seem to agree, and everyone believes that the law won't stand up if tested in court. The problem is what do people do until it's been tested? The other question is who is going to take on this law. Luckily, it won't be the Direct Marketing Association, who I don't trust in the slightest. They say they've burned up all their resources fighting the "Do Not Call" list. At a conference among email marketers, some were suggesting that they should file their own lawsuits under the bill in order to purposely clog the court system with such lawsuits. This seems like typical bad marketing thinking that overburdening a system somehow gets extra attention. The right response is that someone who gets sued for doing something that clearly is not spam is going to have to go to court and get the law overturned. Maybe (and this would be the best) it happens to someone who is not associated with an "email marketing" company, but just someone who sends a perfectly reasonable email and gets hit with a lawsuit.

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam 06/04/2004 10:42 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 4 2004 2:14PM GMT

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police 06/02/2004 05:09 PM
Source: ClickZ - Want a real solution to spam? The search engines should agree to publish lists of companies they've banned. That would help consumers seeking SEM firms to understand which to avoid. If they do use a banned firm,...

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters)

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters) 12/27/2004 11:21 AM
Reuters - You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service.

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea 01/03/2005 10:21 AM

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious 04/29/2004 01:28 PM
Aren't unintended consequences wonderful? Now that anti-spam legislation is becoming popular, one result is that spammers aren't wasting time with just spamming mortgage offers and ways to buy Viagra. Instead, now that they realize they're definitely on illegal ground, they're moving more towards malicious attack spam, including phishing attacks and trojan horse attacks. In other words, if they're going to break the law with spam, they figure they might as well go all out.

Report from the spam/anti-spam summit

Report from the spam/anti-spam summit 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
Danny O'Brien has written up one of the first summits between spammers and spam-fighters for the Guardian. It's a great piece.

Surprisingly, no such shootings occur. It's oddly intimate, watching the spammers and the anti-spammers mill around each other like this. It feels like a temporary ceasefire in a vicious war that to most of us seems to be a stalemate...

Over the past year, though, a series of meetings arranged by a trusted figure in the American anti-spam community, Anne Mitchell, have been slowly bringing the two sides together. These mini-conferences, held under the banner of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, have mostly been between the highest-ranking ISPs - MSN, AOL - and commercial email marketers of the most squeaky clean kind. Initially in secret, these days the meetings are more public.

Link (via Oblomovka)

IBM Believes In Spam For A Spam
Vigilante Revenge

IBM Believes In Spam For A Spam
Vigilante Revenge 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
It seems that larger companies are really getting pissed off at spammers these days. While going out and attacking spammers used to be more limited to net.vigilantes, some well known companies have been taking stronger approaches to fighting spam lately. A few months back there was Lycos ' plan to let anyone download a screensaver that would launch distributed denial of service attacks on spammers. While Lycos claimed it wouldn't take anyone offline, it wasn't long before that was proven false. Next up on the list is IBM, whose latest anti-spam offering will send data right back at spamming machines in an effort to slow them down. It's not quite a distributed denial of service attack -- it's more like a centralized one. It's sort of one step up beyond greyl isting which just slows down the spam. Instead, this tries to slow down the computer sending the spam. Again, this leaves IBM open to charges of hitting back too hard -- especially if innocent sites get taken offline in the process. Still, when large companies like IBM start offering products like this, you know that people are getting fed up.
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