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Man Arrested for 'Spam Rage'

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the over-the-top-anger-outlets dept.

Mirkon writes "We've all gotten frustrated at some point with spam. Perhaps we've even been motivated to send nasty, threatening messages back to the spammers, just to vent some frustration. Wired reports that 44-year-old computer programmer Charles Booker did just that, and 'now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.'"

6 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What ever happened to feelings? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That is outrageous logic. Back in the 1800s it was also common for an african-america to be lynched or pistol whipped for speaking to a white women. Well now that I think of it, that was a pretty good idea too.

  2. Re:Here's the real question by larry+bagina · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Can you find an instance where an individual was sent to jail for doing so?

    Consider this: intel was unable to get an injunction against a former employee mass mailing them.

    Now go protest against globalization or chain yourself to a tree or something.

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  3. Help him out by rpj1288 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure, this guy did go a little over board, but he had every right to. How bout a link or email or something? We could show this company what real spam is... the slashdot effect!

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  4. He's a programmer, yet couldn't delete Spyware? by sulli · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dumbass. Throw the book at him.

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  5. Re:Before anyone panics by danila · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    5 years in prison for death threats looks too much. Especially since the guy obviously had no intent on actually doing anything harmful. Just shows again how sick the American society is.

    Did YOU take your daily intervals?

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  6. What a loser by drix · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The programmer, that is. What is it with nerds and their pathetic OCD spam-complex? My guess is that spam, for a lot of nerds, is like the ultimate unfixable bug. One of the few, if only, undesirable behaviors on the computer they are absolutely powerless to fix, and it just flips them out. But that's supposed to never happen!--computers being, of course, what we all turned to because
    It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me...
    Cf. my previous post, which I'm proud to say was modded -1, Troll by those very same people :)
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