June 24, 2004

You've got jail

Jason Smathers, a 24-year-old software engineer working for America On-Line, was arrested earlier today for selling 92 million AOL e-mail addresses to a 21-year-old Las Vegas man, Sean Dunaway. Dunaway, who was also arrested, spammed the addresses with e-mails for penis enlargement pills.

Sadly for Mr. Smathers, late of Harpers Ferry, W. Va., he operates a web page bearing his name, much like we do. And on that page is a discussion forum that is open to everyone. Which is now filling up with angry messages, such as this one:

Dear Jason,

We hate you and hope you die.

Have a rat sandwich. Signed,
the internet.

That crazy Internet, always holding a grudge. Anyway, check out Smathers' site before it goes away.

James - 12:37 AM
Comments

yeah I totally like that last comment that he got:
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You know who this is. Think about it a minute, you'll know.

Thanks a lot. Thanks for fucking us all over while the whole time you're smiling in the office and playing the nice guy. Thanks for heaping one more heaping spoonful of shit on the pile we've been trying to dig ourselves out from under.

I can't believe you did this to the people you worked beside day in and day out. People who WORK THEIR ASSES OFF trying to make our lives and our product better. How many times did I help you when you were stuck with a script or some other task? Huh? How many times did I stop work in the middle of the day and sit down with you to sift through a pile of data to figure out a problem?

Damn, you and your wife even came to my Christmas party.

You betrayed us all. When you get free, don't come home...because I've got a long fucking memory and I'll make your cellmate Rufus look like a pussycat.

Lee Katz - Jun 24, 2004 - 12:44 AM

There are people who work their asses off making AOL into a better product? THey must have small and/or loosely attached asses.

kk - Jun 24, 2004 - 9:38 AM