Someone has hijacked your Facebook account. Your Facebook Friends are receiving emails from you saying you were mugged in Paris. You have great friends; they are already wiring money to you. Other friends are getting emails from you asking them … Continue reading
First, apologies to my Facebook Friend Michael Swaine, and to Joy C., Michael’s FF. A recent gust of particularly odious spam had me in a foul mood. Exhibit A: I got lots of spam preying on the Boston tragedy. Anyone foolish … Continue reading
At the start of every undergraduate class at Stanford I asked the students to take the following ungraded quiz. How well would you do? 1) The American Civil War was between: a) 1750 and 1800 b) 1801-1850 c) 1851-1900 d) … Continue reading