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...technological avenues for spamming, the best solution might be a legal one. In 2003, the U.S. passed the CAN-SPAM Act, which gives the Federal Trade Commission some regulatory power to curb spammers. CAN-SPAM regulations require that any commercial messages provide a means for recipients to opt out, prevent the modification of e-mail headers to hide the identity of a sender and stop the use of e-mail addresses harvested from the Internet without permission. Still, there's a very clear loophole: nowhere in the CAN-SPAM regulations does it say that spammers need your permission to send...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spam | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...ecosystem that had already been severely overfished. In a healthy ecosystem, small fish keep the jellyfish population in check by eating their young. But when the fish population plummets, the tables are turned. By preying on the eggs and larvae of the few surviving fish, the jellyfish prevent them from replenishing their numbers and quickly take their place. "We're shifting from a fish to a jellyfish ocean," says Boero. "We're removing most of the fish, and nature doesn't like a vacuum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jellyfish: A Gelatinous Invasion | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Colgate senior Evan Minnick was first on the board, scoring at 5:32 in the second period, but Kessler made 29 saves to prevent any further scoring from the Raiders...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Splits New York Road Trip | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...Council considered but did not pass an effort to prevent Healy’s use of city funds to further appeal the 2008 ruling...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: City To Vote On New Council | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Flores said that although financial constraints prevent the administration from offering its own programming for this year’s J-term, student groups are another source of potential programming during the break...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Holds Holds Town Hall on J-Term | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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