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Olympic Medalist was Spyware King

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the other-biathlons dept.

Remy writes "Seems that Australian gold medal mogulist Dale Begg-Smith is also a spyware entrepreneur. According to a report at Spam Kings, Begg-Smith has supported himself in style as president of a company responsible for generating 20,000,000 pop-ups per day, thanks to drive-by installs of spyware. I know the concept of Olympians being amateurs is outdated, but shouldn't they be barred from competition for this sort of thing?"

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  1. No. by Karma+Farmer · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    shouldn't they be barred from competition for this sort of thing?

    You are stupid.

  2. They still hold the Olympic Games? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shit - this is 2006, and they still hold the Olympic Games? Four years ago you might have heard some people whining that coverage of the frozen stumpfuck was messing up Must See TV on NBC, but now I think people are happy the O-lame-pics are on network TV so they don't fuck with the schedules of the remaining TV shows people care about.

  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    As you are also a partisan cocksucker adding nothing but offtopic political blather to this discussion, I hope your karma suffers.

  4. Re:Well... by Fiver- · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Which would you rather see? A young amateur who goes all out and wins a gold after years of practice or a paid professional taking a week off from their competitive sport so they can try to pump up their professional career and get more shoe endorsements?

    Neither. I want to see The Office on Thursday nights. And it's Latvia, not Lativia.