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'''Steve Linford''', also known as Stiff Linefeed (after a Chinese government official got his name wrong), is the anti-spammer who founded [[Spamhaus]].'' |
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==Introduction== |
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<div style="background-color: #dfffdf;"> Hi. My name is Rick, and I live in [[Southern California]].</div> |
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Linford was born in [[England]]. His parents moved to [[Rome]] where his father ran an industrial [[platinum]] factory. After dropping out of photography school, Steve purchased a [[motor home]], parked it on beaches and made his living writing music. When artists such as [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Michael Jackson]] toured [[Italy]], Linford served as their production manager. |
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<div style="background-color: cyan">I have been employed in the past as a technical writer, and have always been involved in quality control and editing, so I'm sort of addicted to editing. If you see me tinkering with your articles, please don't get upset. [[User:RickK|RickK]]</div> |
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In 1986, Linford drove his motor home to England where he set up a company which eventually became ''Ultradesign Internet''. After getting fed up with the amount of spam he and his customers were receiving, he became an anti-spam activist developing online tools to fiight the problem. |
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<div style="background-color: yellow">However, it appears that my understanding of what makes Wikipedia useful is different from that of everybody else. Apparently others feel it's perfectly acceptable to create illiterate, meaningless articles, and to attack those who feel that those articles should be written so as to be useful. Since I'm apparently a small minority in feeling that we should write full sentences and make meaningful articles, don't expect me to do any more editing of other people's articles. I'll stick to my own, and let the rest of the encyclopedia look like garbage.</div> |
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In 1998, he started Spamhaus ("The Spamhaus Project"). Currently his antispam system is used by many of the world's largest [[Internet provider]]s and serves 200 million [[e-mail]] users. |
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<div style="background-color: pink">Added on [[November 8]], [[2003]]: |
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<br>There has been recent discussion on the mailing list that what I contribute to Wikipedia is worthless. Others don't seem to have the same feeling, but if it's true, would you please let me know on my Talk page, so that I can finally figure out that I'm not wanted around here?</div> |
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==External link== |
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*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715FD385D0C7A8CDDA80994DB404482 New York Times article about Linford] |
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==Articles I have written== |
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*[http://www.spamhaus.org/ The Spamhaus Project] |
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===A=== |
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*[[Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area]] |
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*[[Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park]] |
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*[[Alexander Stephens]] |
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*[[American Southwest Conference]] |
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*[[Anderson Marsh State Historic Park]] |
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*[[Año Nuevo State Reserve]] |
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*[[Año Nuevo State Park]] |
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*[[Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve]] |
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*[[Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park]] |
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*[[Angel Island State Park]] |
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*[[Antonio Borja Won Pat]] |
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*[[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] |
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*[[Ar-Gimilzôr]] |
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*[[Ar-Pharazôn]] |
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*[[Ar-Sakalthôr]] |
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*[[Ar-Zimrathôn]] |
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*[[Atlantic Central Football Conference]] |
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===B=== |
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*[[Ben Garrido Blaz]] |
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===C=== |
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*[[Centennial Conference]] |
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*[[Central States Football League]] |
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*''[[City of God (movie)]]'' |
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*''[[Cold Mountain]]'' |
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*[[College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin]] |
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*[[Connie Douglas Reeves]] |
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===D=== |
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*[[Dakota Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Dakota Territory]] |
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*[[Daniel Chatto]] |
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*[[Daniel Clark]] |
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*[[David, Viscount Linley]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Dakota Territory]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Guam]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Virgin Islands]] |
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*[[Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Orleans Territory]] |
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===E=== |
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*[[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] |
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*[[Elendili]] |
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*[[Emily Hahn]] |
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*[[Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr.]] |
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*[[Edward Everett]] |
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===F=== |
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*[[Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia]] |
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===G=== |
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*[[George A. Mathews]] |
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*[[George Murphy]] |
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*[[Governors of Dakota Territory]] |
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*[[Granville G. Bennett]] |
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*[[Great Plains Athletic Conference]] |
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===H=== |
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*[[Heart of America Conference]] |
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*[[Herucalmo]] |
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*[[Historic Members of the United States House of Representatives]] |
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*''[[House of Sand and Fog]]'' |
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===I=== |
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*[[Inzilbêth]] |
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*[[Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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===J=== |
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*[[Jayne Mansfield]] |
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*[[James Shields]] |
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*[[Jefferson P. Kidder]] |
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*[[John B. Raymond]] |
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*[[John B. S. Todd]] |
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*[[Julien de Lallande Poydras]] |
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===K=== |
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*[[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Klamath County, California]] |
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===L=== |
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*[[List of California state parks]] |
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*[[List of rulers of Númenor]] |
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===M=== |
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*[[Madeleine Bordallo]] |
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*[[Melvin H. Evans]] |
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*[[Middle Atlantic Corporation]] |
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*[[Mid-South Conference]] |
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*[[Mid-States Football Association]] |
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*[[Midwest Conference (original)]] |
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*[[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Moses K. Armstrong]] |
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===N=== |
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*[[New England Football Conference]] |
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*[[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[New Jersey Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Northwest Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Norton P. Chipman]] |
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===O=== |
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*[[Ohio Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Old Dominion Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Oscar S. Gifford]] |
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===P=== |
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*[[Paulette Goddard]] |
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*''[[Philadelphia (movie)]]'' |
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*[[Presidents' Athletic Conference]] |
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===Q=== |
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===R=== |
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*[[Resident Commissioners from Puerto Rico]] |
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*[[Resident Commissioners from the Philippines]] |
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*[[Richard F. Pettigrew]] |
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*[[Rick Schroder]] |
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*[[Robert Service]] |
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*[[Ron de Lugo]] |
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===S=== |
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*[[Samantha Morton]] |
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*[[Sarah Armstrong-Jones]] |
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*[[Serena Stanhope]] |
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*[[Silmariën]] |
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*[[Solomon L. Spink]] |
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*[[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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*[[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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===T=== |
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*[[Tar-Alcarin]] |
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*[[Tar-Aldarion]] |
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*[[Tar-Amandil]] |
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*[[Tar-Anárion]] |
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*[[Tar-Ancalimë]] |
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*[[Tar-Ancalimon]] |
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*[[Tar-Ardamin]] |
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*[[Tar-Atanamir]] |
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*[[Tar-Calmacil]] |
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*[[Tar-Ciryatan]] |
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*[[Tar-Elendil]] |
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*[[Tar-Meneldur]] |
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*[[Tar-Minastir]] |
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*[[Tar-Palantir]] |
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*[[Tar-Súrion]] |
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*[[Tar-Telemmaitë]] |
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*[[Tar-Telperiën]] |
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*[[Tar-Vanimeldë]] |
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*''[[The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle]]'' |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]] |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Musical]] |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Play]] |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Revival]] |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Revival (Musical)]] |
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*[[Tony Award for Best Revival (Play)]] |
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===U=== |
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*[[University Athletic Association]] |
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*[[Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association]] |
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===V=== |
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*[[Vardamir Nólimon]] |
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*[[Variety (magazine)]] |
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*[[Vernon and Irene Castle]] |
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*[[Victor O. Frazer]] |
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===W=== |
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*[[Walter A. Burleigh]] |
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*[[William Jayne]] |
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*[[Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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===X=== |
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===Y=== |
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===Z=== |
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==Articles I have made significant updates to== |
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*[[Christina Rossetti]] |
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*[[Cornell Woolrich]] |
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*[[Erich von Stroheim]] |
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*[[Horatio Nelson Jackson]] |
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*[[Jeffrey Shaara]] |
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*[[List of California counties]] |
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*[[Míriel]] |
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*[[Paulette Goddard]] |
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*[[Ricki Lake]] |
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*[[The Sixth Sense]] |
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*[[Williamsburg, Virginia]] |
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==Articles I need to work on == |
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*[[Arroyo High School]] |
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*[[Bishop O'Dowd High School]] |
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*[[C. K. Price Junior High School]] |
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*[[Hayward High School]] |
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*[[Hayward Area Athletic League]] |
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*[[Mt. Eden High School]] |
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*[[Peninsula High School]] |
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*[[Rancho Arroyo Junior High School]] |
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*[[South Torrance High School]] |
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*[[Sunset High School]] |
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*[[Tennyson High School]] |
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*[[Torrance High School]] |
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*[[West Torrance High School]] |
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</div> |
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==Links== |
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*[[User:RickK/temp]] |
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*[[User:RickK/stuff]] |
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</div> |
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Revision as of 14:47, 14 February 2004
Steve Linford, also known as Stiff Linefeed (after a Chinese government official got his name wrong), is the anti-spammer who founded Spamhaus.
Linford was born in England. His parents moved to Rome where his father ran an industrial platinum factory. After dropping out of photography school, Steve purchased a motor home, parked it on beaches and made his living writing music. When artists such as Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson toured Italy, Linford served as their production manager.
In 1986, Linford drove his motor home to England where he set up a company which eventually became Ultradesign Internet. After getting fed up with the amount of spam he and his customers were receiving, he became an anti-spam activist developing online tools to fiight the problem.
In 1998, he started Spamhaus ("The Spamhaus Project"). Currently his antispam system is used by many of the world's largest Internet providers and serves 200 million e-mail users.