Comedy is 99% timing, they say.

[unixronin]

It started out with tww1fa mentioning this article about Russia's most prolific spammer being found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment.  I mentioned this in Bitmines on ICB, and the following conversation ensued (edited to remove intervening irrelevancies):

<Apophys> they're going after the second fattest next?
<womble> I'd prefer to see legal means, not violence
<Alaric> well, apparently the problem is, in Russia spamming isn't illegal.
<Alaric> "In Russia, spam sends you."
<felix> it isn't illegal in the u.s. either
<pef> that's why vigilante justice is needed.
<womble> I don't mourn him but it's no way to run a society
<Alaric> agreed.
<Alaric> I mean, this kind of thing ought to be properly run, tickets sold, that sort of
<Alaric> thing.  And lions.  There should be lions.
[=Sign-on=] toast (toast@dsl092-000-121.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net) entered group
<toast> I AM TOAST. HEAR ME ROAR!
<Alaric> oi toast.  Funny you should say that right then.  ;)
<Apophys> clearly, a case of synchronicitoast

It's all about the timing.  :)

Comments

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Several years back, a Romanian "hacker" was found stabbed to death a few days after getting all of Romania banned from Undernet.

As lame as these people are, I'm inclined to think that some people take the Internet a little too seriously.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Was this the one who was purportedly the son of some Romanian general?

I tend to feel that if this happened more often to such techno-vandals, maybe h4XX0rd0|V| might begin to look a little less attractive to the destructive and easily amused. And if not, well, at least natural selection would winnow their numbers.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

DEATH TO ALL SPAMMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yndy.livejournal.com]

It's not funny.... no really... it's not funny... I am NOT laughing about this horrid, horrid, horridly appropriate demise of a spammer... no I'm not.
And I'll deny it most loudly should anyone ask... and should I be able to stop laughing long enough to do so.