So, a Google search for "Bish" returns this which might be useful for anybody in the need of Unix/Linux BASH scripts. I just thought the term "Bish-Bash" works on so many levels...
And although I know this topic is many years old, I still seem to receive forwards from people regarding a FCC Petition number 2493 every once in a while. Just for anyone who happens to stumble upon this blog and has ever received the same thing, ITS A FAKE!! Come on people, do your homework. A Google search for FCC Petition 2493 returns pages upon pages explaining the tomfoolery that is this forward! Examples here (Dr. Dobson himself) and here (from the FCC).
Don't be totally fooled, though. There is a purpose in these sort of emails. No email forward can be taken that seriously as a petition because it is too easy to fabricate the "signatures" attached to it. Link However, signing and then forwarding such emails to all your contacts spreads your email address (and those of your friends) all over the internet...which is how we all manage to get SPAM in our Inbox! Yea!!!!
On another note, there is no way to accurately track how many people a particular email is forwarded to, so any email that says "If you forward this to ____ friends, we'll send you a healthy new spider monkey (or other such reward)" also falls into the Fake as Ashley Simpson Singing category. Link
Happy emailing!!!
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