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Spam King Living High in the Bayou
mikey573 writes "Connecticut's main newspaper, The Hartford Courant, decided to bring the issue of spam to the forefront with a top headline front page story Spam King Living High In The Bayou in its Sunday print edition. The article goes into describing the spam marketing company "Opt-In Marketing Services". The article goes too much into glorifying one person's success with spam, while failing to underscore the potential problems he has caused for others."
Now we know he's not just a jerk spammer, but he's also an idiot!
"Hi, I'm one of the most hated people in America. Here's my name, a photo of me, what kind of car I drive, and where I live."
I'm suddenly having Pulp Fiction flashbacks. I need a couple of pipe-hittin bruthas with a pair of pliers and blowtorch.
"I need my particle accelerator, er, television fixed. Be careful with that degauss button..."
*boom!*
this guy is going to get the shit kicked out of him, now that his name and hometown have been posted on an site known for being passionately anti-spam.
I didn't think that article was that positive - they did talk about some of the evils of spam:
"Once merely an annoyance, junk e-mail is quickly reaching epidemic proportions in cyberspace. Billions of such messages regularly crisscross the Internet, pitching everything from herbal remedies to X-rated websites.
The growing flood of e-mail advertising has crashed Internet servers, clogged connections and cost business untold hours of wasted employee time. It has also forced millions of bleary-eyed Internet users to undertake the seemingly endless chore of clearing the electronic clutter from their in-box."
ABUSERS: Ronald R. Scelson
[Birthdate: 12-11-71 or 72, New Orleans, LA, married]
cajunspam@aol.com / avsrscelson2000@yahoo.com / dff@yahoo.com
Amy Hoolahan [wife/sister?]
43 CYPRESS MEADOWS LOOP
SLIDELL, LA 70460 US
Home: (504) 646-2225
Work: 504-649-6248
Which is no where near as much as is wasted reading JonKatz articles.
Found 2 so far, neither of which show up among the addresses in Spamhaus' entry on him (though 1615 Hwy 190 W on Mapquest comes up as "1615 Gause" - which appears to be highway 190, and is somewhat nearby the 1317 Englewood address...), but in case it helps:
1615 HWY. 190 W.
SLIDELL, LA 70469 (504) 643-8333
1005 OLD SPANISH TR
SLIDELL
(985) 641-6041
VIDEO EQUIPMENT-SERVICE & REPAIR
Now, on the other hand, the article mentions that the shop is about 10 minutes from his house, I imagine that his house is either the 1317 Englewood address or the 43 Cypress Meadows Loop address. Anybody know if either of these video repair places are "about 10 minutes" from either of these adresses (or if, perhaps, 1317 Englewood might be the repair shop? Is it about 10 minutes from 43 Cypress Meadows Loop?)
Hmmm. According to MapQuest, the 1317 Englewood place is just off of Highway 190. 43 Cypress Meadows Loop looks like it's probably a residential area just southwest of the Airport there...in a place that looks like it's probably roughly 10 minutes drive west-northwest. So my guess is that 1317 Englewood is the TV Repair shop and 43 Cypress Meadows Loop is the home.
Perhaps some aspiring people in the area could sneak out to 1317 Englewood some evening and build a little sculpture out of cans of Spam in front of the shop?....
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