Well, about 06:23 on Thursday morning, my site spam attempt count clocked the 0.75 mill mark. Three quarters of a million attempts to penetrate one of my most special places. For those of you with a grubby mind, that particular special place is my server back-end… that didn’t make it any better did it? 
Spam is a revolutionary business now, people make shed load of dosh by generating and sending it, and a lot of it is particularly harmful to your sanity if not your health. It’s interesting to note however, that while some people are still screwing the little grunt genious behind the scenes, karma can catch up with you.