cavelamb himself writes:

Last night was a real nightmare.

And a lot of guys who are not able to fix their servers are really
getting shafted.

Especially the dial-up guys.

On rec.arts.sf.written (another newsgroup I follow, which is being hit
much more heavily than this one), one of the regulars lamented the
fact that it's still illegal to shoot assholes like the one
responsible for this on sight.

I responded that it's getting harder and harder to find a jury willing
to convict.