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clubs: |  Congrats...
to him for winning the gold medal... I can't say I'm too fond of his business, but he is a good skiier. At least he isn't collecting any money from sponsors but paying for everything himself. |
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mrgrock1
join:2003-06-05
Port Charlotte, FL | Gold Medal
Maybe his Gold Medal should be taken and used to reimburse all the people his software and dealings have effected/infected. Or even if he is brought into a court of law, found guilty of spam/malware damages be stripped of his accomplishments. |
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@3menatwork.com | He doesn't deserve
He doesn't deserve gold medal for the olympics.
He does deserve gold medal for making spywares and making profit at such early age. |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Congrats...
said by rideboarder  :to him for winning the gold medal... I can't say I'm too fond of his business, but he is a good skiier. At least he isn't collecting any money from sponsors but paying for everything himself. I couldn't bring myself to congratulate this scumbag. No matter what his skills and accomplishments as a skier, he is a lowlife skiing on the edge of illegality in his business ventures. I can only wish him future visits from legal authorities and dozens of lawsuits to plague him for years to come. It would be truly ironic if his Olympic fame brings him a lot of attention from the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo launching lawsuits against him.
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mrgrock1
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Port Charlotte, FL | reply to rideboarder
Can he distinguish his money from the monies he got from placing his software onto others computers? Yes he may not have any "sponsors" but anyone who has been on the receiving end of his product IS sponsoring him to be there. |
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TrueAudio
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| Oh geeeze....
People got nothing better to do then to sit around and look up gold medal winners previous business relations so they can pull up some dirt and get "A story"!
There are some seriously whacked people in this world. Got to worry about everyone but themselves. Now if this guy didn't win a gold medal no one would have said a god damn thing about it. Or even cared.. But people love to hate something. Even if its nothing..
Front page news eh? Hardly... |
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rock_on
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Colpitts Settlement, NB
| Agreed Presonus.
As much as I despise Spyware/Malware/Adware, the guy has proven himself to be the best damn mogul skiier on the planet.
I can't help but admire the guy.
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RadioDoc
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Yeah, let's drag up the juvenile record of everyone who has ever done anything worthwhile. Or everyone in this thread (and that sad Security forum thread too).
Spyware, as it is known today, was business as usual on The Internets eight or even five years ago. The guy is 21 years old, and I doubt he even thought out the consequences of what he was doing at 13. Doesn't really matter though because what he did wasn't illegal.
Do I think adware (which is really what this was) isn't A Bad Thing? No. But there are far nastier things out there to spend all this indignant energy on. These folks make it sound like he's running for President.
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HangemHIGH
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They didn't undue their damage nor their crimes by winning a medal in sports. Hopefully they just became easier to arrest and prosecute. |
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tehsleeper
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Saint Paul, MN | reply to TrueAudio
Re: Oh geeeze....
* Standing Applause * |
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TigerNutz
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said by rock_on :Agreed Presonus. As much as I despise Spyware/Malware/Adware, the guy has proven himself to be the best damn mogul skiier on the planet. I can't help but admire the guy. Yeah, after making all that $$ he had plenty of free time to ski............
I admire him just like I admire all the pimps and drug dealers out there... making money the sleazy way.
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TigerNutz
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said by RadioDoc :Yeah, let's drag up the juvenile record of everyone who has ever done anything worthwhile. Or everyone in this thread (and that sad Security forum thread too). Spyware, as it is known today, was business as usual on The Internets eight or even five years ago. The guy is 21 years old, and I doubt he even thought out the consequences of what he was doing at 13. Doesn't really matter though because what he did wasn't illegal. Do I think adware (which is really what this was) isn't A Bad Thing? No. But there are far nastier things out there to spend all this indignant energy on. These folks make it sound like he's running for President. Dude, are you a lawyer?
Just 'cause I robbed a bank doesn't make it that bad 'cause I didn't rape anyone...........
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RadioDoc
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| You evidently aren't one. Robbing a bank is illegal. What he did isn't.
And...if you robbed that bank as a minor, it's a good bet that you'd have that erased once you turned 18.
Try again.
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Wichita, KS | Actually it wouldn't. Bank robbing is a federal offence.
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mrchris
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Re: The only good Spammer is a DEAD Spammer !
Is this our old buddy Taylor?  |
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Dallas, TX | I believe it is.
And I hate to admit it, but I kind of agree with him. |
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toddinpal
join:2002-09-18
Palatine, IL
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Re: Oh geeeze....
said by RadioDoc :You evidently aren't one. Robbing a bank is illegal. What he did isn't. And...if you robbed that bank as a minor, it's a good bet that you'd have that erased once you turned 18. Try again. Sorry, what he did do WAS illegal and always has been. The additional laws were created to make it easier to prosecute these sorts of scumbags. But exploiting security holes to place spyware on someone's computer has never been legal.
I find it amazing anyone would defend someone that exploited any security hole for their own personal profit at the expense of someone else. As someone that has spent more hours than I can count eliminating spyware from all of my computers and my friends computers, I think death by slow torture would be too good for these guys. These people are the scum of the earth and the bane of the Internet. Hiding behind age and lack of more explicit laws doesn't change that.
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TigerNutz
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said by RadioDoc :You evidently aren't one. Robbing a bank is illegal. What he did isn't. And...if you robbed that bank as a minor, it's a good bet that you'd have that erased once you turned 18. Try again. I wasn't speaking of legality.
More of a question of what's bad or good, as a person or society but I guess that's purely subjective.
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Roop
join:2003-11-15
Ottawa, ON | bs
so he's a scumbag now? ok. sure. what was he before you knew about this? |
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steelyken
join:2002-03-04
Plainfield, IN | Ok, I get it. What a lovely person this is. We need more like this guy.
Am I getting this right??? I really am trying to keep up... |
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