Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
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SPAM is taking e-mail, which is a wonderful tool, and exploiting the idea that it's very inexpensive to send mail.
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What this quote means
SPAM exploits the low cost of sending emails by flooding inboxes with unwanted messages.
In this quote, Bill Gates highlights the dual nature of email as an incredibly useful tool for communication and the darker side presented by SPAM. He emphasizes that while email offers many benefits, it is also vulnerable to misuse due to the minimal cost associated with sending messages, leading to the exploitation of this technology.
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SpamEmailCommunicationTechnologyExploitation
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Example use cases
During a seminar on online security, I quoted Bill Gates to emphasize the importance of spam filters.
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With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
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About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
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