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Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action
eldavojohn writes "Yesterday, GamePolitics ran an interesting story about the Utah Senate President threatening Jack Thompson with the CAN-SPAM Act. You might recall Utah being Jack's last hope and hold-out after being disbarred in Florida and more or less made a mockery everywhere else. Well, from Utah's Senate Site, we get the picture of what Jack is up to now: spamming his last friends on the planet. The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting on Senate President Michael Waddoups' statements: 'I asked you before to remove me from your mailing list. I supported your bill but because of the harassment will not again. If I am not removed, I will turn you over to the AG for legal action.' The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Waddoups confirmed on Tuesday that he would attempt to pursue legal action under the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 against Jack Thompson."
Per subject: it's guys like Jack Thompson who give lawyers a bad name.
He has lost his mission, he has lost his friends, and what does he do---piss away the last he had.
Truly this is the time to quote Leia: the more you tighten your grip, the more systems will slip through your fingers.
Soon, all Jack will have left is an empty clenched fist, which he will be free to wave at anyone passing by his soap box.
May it be put on a deserted island.
Now, let's all play a game with tits and guns! :D
I think the problem is that not only is this guy Jack Thompson, but he is also a spammer. That is akin to a division by zero or adding multiple infinities - the human mind simply cannot comprehend that level of low.
Why couldn't he have given us some warning before doing that?
Now we have to arrange for confetti and parade floats and marching bands all on short notice!
Does he have any idea how hard it is to get a 500ft Master Chief balloon in just a couple days?
Technoli
Well, from Utah's Senate Site, we get the picture of what Jack is up to now: spamming his last friends on the planet.
He still has friends?
for those of you that don't understand the above post, please consult your dictionary under the heading "Sarcasm"
Chaos maximizes locally around me.
...to complete GTA3, VC, SA, and GTAIV (with DLC) 100%. Story modes, hidden packages, unique jumps, taxi rides, you name it *.
He can't leave the mental institution they place him in until he beats those games.
*Gameshark or other cheats no allowed
I remember a time when Jack Thompson angered me for his ignorance, but now, its better than daytime soap opera drama! He's like the Al Sharpton of video game violence or something, and at this point no one is taking him seriously anyway. I love a good Jack Thompson headline these days, makes me feel better about myself.
The musings of just another geek and his junk.
Is there an appropriate XKCD to help me understand this Jack Thompson entity?
Pittsburgh fans. Oh wait, you already said rapists and murderers...
So how long until Jack's career is reduced to fetish porn to support his drug addiction?
Email has become a victim of its (or is it it's) own success. Now we are moving to invite only systems like IM. What we really need is a replacement electronic messaging platform with some form of "postage". I for one suggest teaming up with Stanford and get folding@home a form of postage. Sender must complete 1 work unit for every message sent to a non-registered recipient (a.k.a 1 WU = 1 unsolicited message.)
In addition the government should provide each citizen an official goverment mailbox for non-critical information [INFO] level messages that are from goverment to citizens. Attached to that mailbox is your current legal residence location for automatic filtering and routing Senator and House member email, never forgetting who your represenatives are!
Anyone wanna help put a demo together?
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That's because you followed the Gourd instead of the Shoe!
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
No, Yankee fans are merely cocky and arrogant. You're looking for Red Sox fans.
ObDisclaimer: IANA Yankee Fan.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
Truly, there is never a time to quote Leia. Not even on Slashdot. Truly.
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Next to him, I appear to be sane. I can always point to the fact that Jack Thompson hasn't been committed yet when they come to take me away!
Hi Jack! Nice of you to join us!
Is there any lower life form than a spammer?
Yes. Those users who actually care that your penis and breasts are too small, and actually want to sell you enhancement products.
Also, there's that one Nigerian guy who is really offering you the money for real.
Let q be a radix > 1. I am in ur base-q, killing 10 d00ds.
Ah, advanced Calculus, where some infinities aren't quite as big as other infinities. That, like much of semiconductor physics, I take on faith and trust that smarter people have done their work correctly.
"Educate the mind but never at the expense of the soul."~Blessed Basil Moreau
These tactics remind me of a trick on how to check out other girls with your significant other present: feigned outrage.
"Wow look at her shes wearing almost nothing at all. Will you look at that top? You can almost see right down her shirt. And look at those pants! They are so tight they show everything. Disgusting isn't it?"
And that actually worked for you? No offense, but you need to find smarter women to date.
"Educate the mind but never at the expense of the soul."~Blessed Basil Moreau
Of course! All of those completely unwanted emails can just be replied to with something along the lines of "remove" in the subject line.
It completely works, and won't fulfill the sole purpose of confirming that your email address is valid and active.
I've been doing this with every spam message I receive. On a completely unrelated note, I think spam is getting worse nowadays. But no worries, I set up an auto-reply to send a kind response to each one of them, requesting my removal. But I'd swear, I think spam volume is going up exponentially since I started doing that. Strange...
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He also sent a letter to Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick's attorney, addressed to Zelnick's mother, in which Thompson accused her son of "doing everything he possibly can to sell as many copies of GTA: IV to teen boys in the United States, a country in which your son claims you raised him to be a 'a Boy Scout'. ... More like the Hitler Youth, I would say."
Wait... he triggered Godwin's Law? No wonder he's having all these problems!
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Not if he wants to keep looking at other women he doesn't.
Be gone from my sight or prepare to feel my flaming wraith!
Well, we need something to do during baseball season...
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