Killed by spam !
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
January 31, 2011 8:36pm CST
"A suicide bomber's plan to detonate explosives in Central Moscow on New Year's Eve was foiled when she received an unexpected spam text message that caused her deadly payload to blow up too early. A message wishing her a happy new year came hours before the unnamed woman was to set off her suicide belt near Red Square (...)"
Here is the complete news on slashdot (not a referral link):
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1228241/Spam-Text-Prematurely-Blows-Up-Suicide-Bomber
Do you knew that spam was useful to struggle against terrorism ?
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8 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
3 Feb 11
Well my friend the way I see it is that spam travels fast right, so in this case it certainly did... boom, oh wait this is serious.. or should I be happy??
In this type of incident it was very useful best she hurt herself then many innocent people.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
3 Feb 11
HWG - I hardly recognized you as you have "changed clothes" once again. I am glad that you at least keep the red hair in all your avatars or I might not recognize you at all. I am sorry that you have not been smiling lately, but you have certainly come to the right place, because Top definitely has a wonderful ability to bring a smile to a person's face.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
5 Feb 11
LOL PA I had so much time on my hands that I made several versions of her with the same red hair. She is sort of a copy of the girl from the Wendy's restaurant commercials. So if you notice she is eating a burger and sipping a
cola.
Oh and by the way my home is so spotless also.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
5 Feb 11
I hadn't noticed the burger and cola, but I wonder if she will share if I ask nicely. If you have so much extra time, and seeing as your house is already spotless, you could drop on by mine and keep yourself busy for quite a while.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
1 Feb 11
Here I was thinking of marketing a new game (perhaps you have heard of it ... it is called "Magnetic Scrabble") to occupy people's time and help to prevent nefarious activities such as this, and now I learn that my entrepreneurial skills are being overshadowed by spam?!
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
1 Feb 11
Alright, I am not very good with English let alone what you are speaking, so let me see if I can understand this correctly. You are trying to purify me with crepes and sandwiches? Or perhaps you were hungry and planning your next meal?
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
1 Feb 11
... I see that I can start writing a book or at least a blog entry sometime on N-Number of Ways Spam Can Be Beneficial......
Wait there is more...
....and then sit back thinking... Lets see how many of them think this book to be a spam
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@mirilailai (27)
• Bulgaria
1 Feb 11
it's pretty sweet story but fun. I belive it at 90%.. whatever...many lives are safe now ;) Moscow has to be really happy
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