On Aug 29, 1:43*pm, JustWait wrote:
On 8/29/2012 12:30 PM, wrote:





On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:15:04 PM UTC-4, thunder wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:35:07 -0400, Meyer wrote:

What crime was broken?

The'll have fun with this one. Snerk

I don't know about Canadian law, but if slammer was in the US, he could
get 5 years. *Besides, it's just flat out obnoxious behavior.

http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?
id=2064&s=latestnews

Maybe not. *One provision of that law is that it must be associated with interstate commerce. *Email qualifies because it's a business tool, but I wouldn't think usenet does.

Yes, you are correct. That's the difference between what Slammer is
doing and what harry and don did when they sent information through
email for the purpose of intimidation, that is a felony in the US, don't
know what they call it up there.

...and how do they protect against false accusations down there,
MiniMan?