nice thing you mention.. this world seriously needs people who can inspire other [techie] people into saving other people through technology. :) It's a case of "monkey see, monkey do" i guess. Although, I do not celebrate christmas per se, I found it interesting in that on a lot of mailing list/s, those automated bot seriously were taking their toll [look at sec-list and you local lugs' list].
btw, have a good holiday.. from heart [with intrinsic attributes & not some joe-the-bot].