FeedIt’s a start
April 8, 2005 in The Wire
I’m reconciled to the fact that that pesky Bill of Rights prevents this guy from getting the sentence he deserves. But this is a good start:
A jury had recommended the nine-year prison term after convicting Jeremy Jaynes of pumping out at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 16 high-speed lines, the kind of Internet capacity a 1,000-employee company would need.
Jaynes, of Raleigh, N.C., told the judge that regardless of how the appeal turns out, “I can guarantee the court I will not be involved in the e-mail marketing business again.”
Yeah, well, cutting off this guys hands and gouging out his eyes will accomplish the same effect.
Knowing the criminal justice system as well as I do, this guy is going to end up a trustee with access to an Internet-ready computer. Perhaps he’ll even end up on work release, with a job providing technical support for Internet customers. And he’s sure to learn all sorts of new scams while in prison, which is just a school for con artists.
I’m telling you, these spammers are like cockroaches. They cannot be trusted to stop spamming. The death penalty makes more sense for these b*stards than it does for some poor guy who kills somebdoy in anger.
Disagree? Well, asnwer this question? Is the world not a better place when a spammer dies or a guy who will, in all probability, never kill again?
April 8th, 2005 at 2:40 pm
Seems a tad harsh to me but you’re entitled to your opinion, for sure.
April 8th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
Seems a tad harsh to me but you’re entitled to your opinion, for sure.
April 8th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
You don’t spend an hour a day cleaning out comment spam! Grrrrr!
April 8th, 2005 at 2:46 pm
True, I’m not discounting your opinion, you have a valid point. Of course, I don’t ever give out my “real” e-mail addy either so I’m not bombarded with unsolicited e-mails at home much. I’d much rather see phone solicitors put to death.
April 8th, 2005 at 3:53 pm
Bill, I hacked my blog to prevent people from posting any comment that includes “http” or “www”. There’s a result page that explains that URLs aren’t allowed in posts, and displaying their message back to them so they can copy-and-paste if they’re an actual human being, and want to try again without the URL.
I also block any IP address which ever attempts to send comment or referer spam, at the webserver level, not the application level. That cuts it way down, actually.
davidh
P.S. Would you mind changeing the link in your sidebar from “…/blog/index.php” to just “…/blog/”? (Do keep the trailing slash, though.) Thanks.