{"id":584,"date":"2006-02-17T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T00:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/17\/slashdot-olympic-medalist-was-spyware-king\/"},"modified":"2006-02-17T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2006-02-17T00:25:09","slug":"slashdot-olympic-medalist-was-spyware-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/17\/slashdot-olympic-medalist-was-spyware-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashdot | Olympic Medalist was Spyware King"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slashdot | Olympic Medalist was Spyware King<\/a><\/p>\n

They ask “shouldn’t they be disqualified for behaviour like that”. Well, personally I think it should carry jail time. Possibly public flogging. In fact, just have somebody poke them with a sharp stick every minute of every day for 10 years and occationally have loud things scream in their ears. Also, make their phone ring with telemarketers and their mailbox fill up with offers for stuff they don’t need or want.<\/p>\n

I hate spammers. Rot in $bad_place you parasites.<\/p>\n

I really have no time for spammers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slashdot | Olympic Medalist was Spyware King They ask “shouldn’t they be disqualified for behaviour like that”. Well, personally I think it should carry jail time. Possibly public flogging. In fact, just have somebody poke them with a sharp stick … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grumble"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-9q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/16\/slashdot-toxic-toads-taking-over-australia\/","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":0},"title":"Slashdot | Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2006-02-16","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot | Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia I know that slashdot can be a bit behind in news... but this is rediculous! 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