The one where he wondered what the internet has become...

Comment spam? COMMENT SPAM? COMMENT SPAM?! You've gotta be kidding me. This is rediculous. Ok, let me draw you a little scenario. You're reading my blog entry for the day. Yay, you liked it. Yay, now you're bored. so you click on the little "view next blog" button to see another random blog, perhaps one that you'll be interested in reading. I've done it - it's pretty interesting if you're really bored. But, um, sometimes you'll stumble upon a blog that is just garbage. each entry is just filled with random keywords that look like they were pulled out of the "top 10 words searched for on google" list. It's just a place for spammers to put their product name on the web, to raise it's rank on google by linking to it (i'm assuming - correct me if i'm wrong).
Then, you go to check to see if anyone has commented on your blog, and you see that someone has anonomously posted a comment. That's cool, especially when your girlfriend is slightly tipsy and she's trying to make fun of your friend for his comment, and doesn't want to log in. no problem there. but, when it comes in the form of some dickhead spammer who is trying to get people to look at his product names and shit that he's getting paid to plaster the internet with, it's very upsetting. What is the world coming to? Why must people be constantly (and most rudely) trying to sell you something? Google has it right - put the ads off to the side, and make them relevant to what you're looking at currently. It's obviously working because their adsense software is extremly profitable for them. *sigh* i guess that's the nature of what we have created. A network that reaches to everyone, reaches to everyone we don't want to grant access, because they're going to use it for foul reasons.
Consider this: travelocity is a great utility for people planning a trip. It even gives them real-time information about how full a plane is, and what seats are empty on a given flight. But couple that information with terrorists trying to pick the most fuel heavy flight to play bumper cars with the world trade center, and you've got a great tool. The plane with the least seats left is going to be the heaviest, and going to need the most fuel before takeoff. Why don't we use that one, they might say to themselves. A network that is far reaching, and grants tons of access to many harmless people is wonderful, until it's taken advantage of by a few horrible individuals like terrorists, or in the previous example, spammers.

fucking spammers.