Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote:
Instead of thinking about a disease that has been eliminated, think
about crime, war and cockroaches. It is not realistic to expect to
eliminate any of these, no matter how much any of us might wish
otherwise.
From a biological view, smallpox was eradicated only because there
were no non-human vectors distributing it. I'm not sure the same is
true for spam.
To continue the disease analogy, the common cold is difficult to
eradicate because it's ubiquitous, easy to transfer, and has few
lethal side effects. AIDS is difficult to eradicate because it's
no common, difficult to transfer, and has a long gestation people
before carriers realize they're sick.
Most diseases fall somewhere in between. Spam looks more like the
common cold than any other analagous disease, so it's probably going
to be impossible to get rid of entirely.
Alan DeKok.
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