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Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating 911 Worm

Posted by timothy on from the with-very-few-exceptions-is-not-a-worm dept.

mabu writes "The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that, roughly a year after his arrest, David Jeansonne pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal counts in a scheme that sent email to users of Microsoft's WebTV Internet service containing an attachment that, when opened, reprogrammed their computers to dial 9-1-1 without their knowledge. It still unclear what motivated this 43-year-old to launch such a bizarre worm."

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  1. Re:Try living in Louisiana. by John+Seminal · · Score: 0, Troll
    Most likely he was motivated by sheer boredom. There isn't a lot to do in Louisiana if you actually live there (as opposed to being a tourist). I speak from sad experience.:-P

    He could have tried:

    • taking a shower
    • washing his pits
    • brushing his teeth
    • figuring out how the damn comb works
    • applying deodorant to his pits
    • applying deodorant to his nut sack
    • using toiletpaper til it no longer turns brown
    • not reusing the same toiletpaper over and over again
    • read the website "how to pick up women"
    • test it out on bessie, the family cow
    • new day, repeat again til results are more favorable
    --

    Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."

  2. Stop making fun of them =( by lyssa7 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well maybe some people use WebTV because they can't afford a computer? And-or maybe they are not that bright...and can't figure out how to use a PC that well (I'm not being sarcastic) 98% of the population has a IQ of 85-115....pretty friggin low! ( _I_ happen to be a genius and can spot a fellow snob...even if I don't see a fellow genius. )