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Although the intentions were good behind the U.S. federal government's CAN-SPAM legislation, which just recently went into effect, the simple fact is that CAN-SPAM didn't do jack to keep spam out of the inboxes of our American cousins. Although spamming mofos are now required by legislation to include legitimate information (such as a real address, contact information and a way to unsubscribe that really works), the first couple of weeks under the legislation has shown that spammers don't give a fuck what the feds say (anyone surprised?), and CAN-SPAM did nothing but cost American taxpayers money to put the bill in place.

However, in today's Penny Arcade strip, Gabe and Tycho show what the consequences might have been had the CAN-SPAM legislation really succeeded. I think we're better off with spam in our inboxes.