Definitions by WebGuy

LUCErs

Someone who sends LUCE. (See LUCE)

#1: Those guys are a real bunch of Lucers.

#2: 'I did not spam,' said one spammer to another, 'I simply marketed, via email to people who have not given me permission to mail to them, yet I am emailing them anyway because they're in my opt-in list, just they way the Lucers in Florida told us.'

LUCErs by WebGuy February 12, 2008

Maxed Out 

Documentary film by James Scurlock that won the Special Jury Prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2006. The film, featuring Robin Leach, Suzy Orman, Dave Ramsey and others tells a tale about debt in America.

The movie "Maxed Out" exposes the sleasy underbelly of predatory lending practices

Maxed Out by WebGuy August 9, 2007

LUCE 

Acronym: Legal Unsolicited Commercial Email, (legal spam or UCE)

Because the spammers sent spam that didn't violate the CAN-SPAM act, what they sent was LUCE, not spam.

They aren't spammers, they're LUCErs

LUCE by WebGuy August 8, 2007

lawless

A person who acts with no regard to the law

Someone who thinks that the law does not apply to them.

The General Counsel thinks sending out spam with forged email headers is OK. He sure is lawless.

lawless by WebGuy August 8, 2007

UCE 

Acronym for Unsolicited Commercial Email (spam)

NOUN: To report UCE, please email the abuse department.

UCE by WebGuy August 8, 2007

webguy 

1. A person, usually male, that designs web sites.
2. The small ISP in Oklahoma City that sued spammers but lost therefore causing spam to become legal (see also LUCE and LUCErs) despite his best efforts.

Example 1: We've moved offices, but my webguy has not updated our site.

Example 2: Dude! Don't 'pull a WebGuy' and sue spammers, that will just make them spam us all the more!

webguy by WebGuy August 8, 2007

Providian

Predatory lender Providian Financial Corporation originally located in San Francisco, recently bought by WAMU aka Washington Mutual.

According to the documentary, Maxed Out, Providian was fined $400 Million by the government for cheating their customers with undeserved 'late' and 'overlimit' fees.

Providian by WebGuy August 8, 2007