Instantiations is channeling the marketing team from DarkPlace-DodgeyTalk - I just saw this in comp.lang.smalltalk:

I'm trying to figure how Instantiations did subscribe me (and some fellows smalltalkers) to a Java newsletter, when the only thing I did is register to download some goodies and documentation of *Smalltalk* more than a year ago.

I received the following mail (snipped):

 -- BEGIN OF MAIL
Subject:        Last Chance to Register: Bring Java Back to the Desktop
From:   Instantiations Inc. <newslet...@instantiations.com>
To:     <me>

*Eclipse RCP Webcast
**LIVE From Times Square

Wednesday May 31, 2006
2:00 - 3:00 PM EDT
Registration Closes Tuesday
 -- END OF MAIL

How to believe them when they say they will improve VAST? :-(

Heh. Know your audience, and all that :)