The Insomniac Coder

Image via Wikipedia HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? Easy: SSL certificates cost money. Free SSL certificates usually trigger a browser warning that 99% of the people won't understand. There are ways around this, of course, but there is no way for a brand new retail channel machine to accept one of these certificates with 100% reliability. Not all hosts support it. Not all hosts need it.  A little more detail: SSL certificates cost money The cheapest Verisign certificate I could find (at their site) in 30 seconds is $399. I found one at Thawte for $149, but I am 99.99% sure the two products are not equivalent. I don't sell certificates at http://gopedro.net anymore, but it looks like I was selling these Thawte certificates for $45 for the first year, and yes, that includes a hefty markup. Basically these certificates are a license to print money, they cost whatever the market will bear. Worse, if you take two of these certificates at the sam...

This miscreant keeps spamming me, even if I tell him to leave me alone since I have been at this job for over four years and I am not even in the market (seriously, I even deleted all of my resume accounts, I don't know where he got mine!) . I couldn't take it anymore, so I made a Tiny URL link that points to Lemon Party and sent it to him as my "resume."   What I hate about him is his outright hypocrisy, take a look at this: He adds that signature block to every email, and it is a lie ! Not only is the disclaimer bullshit, but he refuses to remove you from his list! Do you honestly expect people to reply to job postings from this kind of miscreant? How the hell is he still gainfully employed? Related articles by Zemanta SPAMMER ALERT: ResearchMyName.com Questions (growmap.com) Outsmarting the Spammers (dcrblogs.com)