Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ottix-news.ottix.net!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Unmasking A Complete, Total Dickwad (was: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:17:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: <080620141120457800%nospam@nospam.invalid> <110620141610247087%nospam@nospam.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1402805831 29820 166.84.1.5 (15 Jun 2014 04:17:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:17:11 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22931 comp.sys.mac.system:60962 X-Original-Bytes: 3350 On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:10:24 MST nospam posted a script he misappropriated from Panix: > and since you can't be bothered to post the script, here it is: Panix doesn't get many new users. Those it does get are listed automatically via a script that posts to a local newsgroup. So, it occurred to me to take a look, and see who showed up around the time I mentioned the perl script referenced above. There's only one that even comes remotely close - Login Name: lloydalvarez Full Name: lloydalvarez Directory: /net/u/4/l/lloydalvarez Shell: /usr/local/bin/bash Last login Mon Jun 9 19:05:16 2014 on panix3.panix.com pts/8 from 84.233.183.150. No mail information available. His account was created at this time (got to love Unix, it's a snoop's paradise) - drwx------ 4 lloydalvarez users 4096 Jun 9 16:05 lloydalvarez Hmm.. Here it is June 15th, and the account has not been used since. Odd, eh? Mr (can't call him Ms any more, heh) nospam has mentioned working on Photoshop plugins. Here one can see quite a bit of that sort of activity - https://www.google.com/search?q=lloyd+alvarez+photoshop The IP address above belongs to The Mill - a UK visual effects house... http://www.themill.com ...that also has facilities in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which fits with some other things this particular nospam has posted. So... I think I'm looking at a strong possibility I've got the right guy. I'll conclude with mentioning that Panix is a business, and part of the way they earn money is by providing things not available elsewhere -- including things their users contribute. I can not post what they've directly said about that for the same reason I could not disclose the contents of the perl script. If "nospam" cares to read it, it's in the panix.policy newsgroup. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number