Why do they call it Spam?

Scientifically Produced Animal Matter

It's ham and more

mapper wrote:

Tim Baxter wrote: Well, mostly. Email actually dates back much farther than you would think... decades before the web. And remember, geeks have always loved Python. This site is built using the Python language--another nod their way. Actually, programming history is LITTERED with Monty Python references.

Python has become the supported scripting language for ESRI's ArcGIS. I have been writing scripts with snippets I've picked up but have the O'Reilly "Learning Python" book sitting on the table waiting to spend some quality time with me. I'm not a programmer but I play one at work.

There's some very interesting work being done with python and GIS these days. I keep meaning to look into geodjango, but it seems like overkill for my modest mapping needs.

aircooled wrote: Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam. Wife: I don't like spam! Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

...which is up there w/ some of the funniest exchanges in comedy. I'll never get tired of that skit.