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Morris's Law
No spammer will ever suck me in until he learns, 1. how to speak idiomatic English; 2. how to spell; 3. that there isn't a human being alive named "Clovis Spalding" or "Jessica M. Redundant"; 4. humans do not communicate in random selections of fictional prose or movie quotes*; and 5. humans do not, as a rule, communicate by replacing random letters with numbers in their subject lines**.
Morris's Law Corollary A
Anyone stupid enough to get caught by a spammer in violation of any sub-section of Morris's Law deserves what he gets.
Morris's Law Corollary B
Anyone stupid enough to believe that any pharmaceutical product can operate in violation of the laws of physics, metabolism, and/or known fundamentals of genetics, in any combination, consecutively or concurrently, deserves what he gets.
* Exception 1
Morris's Law sub-section 4: that peculiar group of humans mostly falling into the age range of 12 to 40 who still live in their parents' basements and whose collective reality is entirely determined by role-playing games and the latest made-for-TV production on the Sci-Fi channel. In that case, they would still be excluded by sub-section 3, as their general naming conventions include modifiers such as "... the Destoyer" and "... Eater of Souls" and "... Seeker of Truth and Wisdom," the latter modifier being in context an oxymoron in any case.
** Exception 2
Morris's Law sub-section 5: that group of humans referred to as "programmers" or "developers", and who generally fall outside the boundaries of most laws and their subsequent corollaries, except as Exception 1 is applicable, in which case all bets are off.
No spammer will ever suck me in until he learns, 1. how to speak idiomatic English; 2. how to spell; 3. that there isn't a human being alive named "Clovis Spalding" or "Jessica M. Redundant"; 4. humans do not communicate in random selections of fictional prose or movie quotes*; and 5. humans do not, as a rule, communicate by replacing random letters with numbers in their subject lines**.
Morris's Law Corollary A
Anyone stupid enough to get caught by a spammer in violation of any sub-section of Morris's Law deserves what he gets.
Morris's Law Corollary B
Anyone stupid enough to believe that any pharmaceutical product can operate in violation of the laws of physics, metabolism, and/or known fundamentals of genetics, in any combination, consecutively or concurrently, deserves what he gets.
* Exception 1
Morris's Law sub-section 4: that peculiar group of humans mostly falling into the age range of 12 to 40 who still live in their parents' basements and whose collective reality is entirely determined by role-playing games and the latest made-for-TV production on the Sci-Fi channel. In that case, they would still be excluded by sub-section 3, as their general naming conventions include modifiers such as "... the Destoyer" and "... Eater of Souls" and "... Seeker of Truth and Wisdom," the latter modifier being in context an oxymoron in any case.
** Exception 2
Morris's Law sub-section 5: that group of humans referred to as "programmers" or "developers", and who generally fall outside the boundaries of most laws and their subsequent corollaries, except as Exception 1 is applicable, in which case all bets are off.