Comments on The Boundary Bay Morning Steamer: Robert Alan Soloway – Revenge of a Spamjammer

True, Your Sagaciousness, I had not taken into acc...

2007-06-18T19:55:00.000-07:00

True, Your Sagaciousness, I had not taken into account the crimes for which he is to be tried (nor those others for which he is not).

You are right - one should not limit response to things personally known. Flickerin be darned, SpamHaus has set out in public an unenviable record of the nefariousness perpetrated by this hound and the arrogance he shows the rest of us. Or, even if one was inclined towards the insane tolerance of a Ned Flanders, has documented in detail some seriously flawed social skills.

And sending postcards is not quite the same as joining a lynch mob. Consider it done.

My learned friend;Your filtering techniques must b...

2007-06-18T12:36:00.000-07:00

My learned friend;

Your filtering techniques must be estimable if you can go on record that you have never been spammed by Soloway's “Dark Mailer” botnets or by any of the hundreds of would-be spammers who availed of his services under the Newport Internet Marketing aegis.

http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=82816&src=site-marq
“Alleged spam fraudster Robert Alan Soloway is also alleged to be a kind of "value-added reseller" of the illegal bot-nets that infect computers around the globe, but law enforcement has an uphill battle trying to nail the "vendors" of such spam-generating zombie networks, e-mail security experts said Friday.”

Be that as it may, the flickering shadows on the cave wall that incited contemplations of the 'Other Worldly' could never be indicted for such insult to mankind as perpetrated by the 'Very Worldly' Mr. Soloway. Virtue-based eudaemonistic ethics would rationally support practical expressions of revulsion on the basis of manifest violations against harmony and cosmic goodness; on principle.

I concede that raining contumely on Soloway's head would have negligible effect; on him. But the spectacle of a burgeoning mail room at Seatac would attract attention and thereby make an example of him. If successful, one result might be an increase in public awareness of the insidious nature of infected computers and the importance of appyling nostrums which are readily available.

http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21903331-15306,00.html
“MORE than 1 million computers - possibly yours, too - are used by hackers as remote-controlled robots to crash online systems, accept spam and steal users' personal information, the FBI said.
The government has no way to track down all the computers, both in the US and elsewhere, that hackers have massed into centrally controlled collections”

Whether by word or picture, the optics of a couple of million post cards and letters collected in one place might go a way
to giving substance to the ephemeral and infernal nuisance of millions of UBEs choking inboxes every blessed day.
Careless PC citizens of the Internet “Republic” need some reality therapy if the scourge is to abate.

00 Buck

Ah Rod,I would flood the bugger with images of far...

2007-06-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

Ah Rod,

I would flood the bugger with images of fare so fine his salivation would flood the cells and of vistas so fair his imprisoned soul would weep and of beauteous maids so comely his wizzened whatnot would ... er ... unwizzen. Well, maybe not the latter, sounds like too much fun. Except - I seem never to have been spammed by him. Evidently I was almost unique.

While I detest "the breed" with a passion it would be unsporting of me to bait this bear with bothersome words and scenes to taunt. On behalf of "all the others" mayhap? I don't think so, I know them not; the whole affair is "shadows on the wall" for me.

I almost wish he *had* spammed me though. If they would but catch a few more, an appropriate target would present I am sure.

To all others, have at Soloway with a vengeance, for it is yours. Well, "someone" said it wasn't but life's too short to deny any opportunity to affirm it, yes?