Comments on: Lawsuit-plagued McAfee founder hunts for libido-boosting herbs in Belize http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Camp Freddie http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766994 Camp Freddie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766994 So after selling useless anti-[electronic]virus products, he's now getting into the useless [physical] medicine business? Plus ca change... So after selling useless anti-[electronic]virus products, he’s now getting into the useless [physical] medicine business?

Plus ca change…

]]> By: flashdadi http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766233 flashdadi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766233 sky gypsies high-speed ferry company internet-services company rickshaw company aerial-tour company 42-foot-long Lagoon 420 catamaran Transportation, communication and... ...a "processing lab" on the Gulf coast. Hmmmmmm. :) sky gypsies
high-speed ferry company
internet-services company
rickshaw company
aerial-tour company
42-foot-long Lagoon 420 catamaran

Transportation, communication and…

…a “processing lab” on the Gulf coast.

Hmmmmmm.

:)

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766240 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766240 skabob +1 skabob +1

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766243 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766243 Maybe it's just me, but he seems like a complete douche. Live the free life all you want, dude. But you do have some responsibilities as a human on this planet. And one of those is to the families of the people that died in your care. Maybe it’s just me, but he seems like a complete douche.

Live the free life all you want, dude. But you do have some responsibilities as a human on this planet. And one of those is to the families of the people that died in your care.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766767 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766767 Free for home users, not corporations or universities. Free for home users, not corporations or universities.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766264 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766264 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-788026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788026 I took this junk last year when I was having distress “getting aroused” due to depression after losing my dad. It was excellent for a vitamin boost but, other than that, I noticed NOTHING. You are better off buying a tingle lubricant. Dont waste your time on this. Lame. I took this junk last year when I was having distress “getting aroused” due to depression after losing my dad. It was excellent for a vitamin boost but, other than that, I noticed NOTHING. You are better off buying a tingle lubricant. Dont waste your time on this. Lame.

]]> By: geisha http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766811 geisha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766811 Its about time serious research is devoted to "libido boosting" for women. As far as I'm concerned - that's something the website should boast about. Lets face it, the first time a man couldn't get it up, the world came to a halt until viagra became a household word. Women should be thanking McAfee - for that matter, so should you men!!! For what it's worth, THANKS, JOHN!!! Its about time serious research is devoted to “libido boosting” for women. As far as I’m concerned – that’s something the website should boast about. Lets face it, the first time a man couldn’t get it up, the world came to a halt until viagra became a household word. Women should be thanking McAfee – for that matter, so should you men!!! For what it’s worth, THANKS, JOHN!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-768359 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-768359 Hi, Jeff Wise here, the guy who wrote the Fast Company article. We just put up a post replying to some of Mr. McAfee's critiques over at fastcompany.com, it's at http://bit.ly/9tYNJo. I'd also like to address some things here as well. 1) jz (#9 and #14) is, I suspect, McAfee's friend and employee Jim Zoromski. (Am I wrong?) Jim and John are both really nice guys who I enjoyed hanging out with in Belize (and in John's case, Rodeo NM as well). 2) I don't normally write expose-type articles, don't really enjoy having to bare unpleasant facts about someone who was a gracious host to me, but I had to follow the facts where they took me. McAfee dangled quite a few clues in front of me when I was down in Belize with him, and several times suggested that I write an expose. At the time I didn't know what he was talking about. John, tell me: did you really want an expose? If so, why? 3) Quorumex.com didn't exist when I did the reporting on the story. I suspect that John and Jim created it in an attempt to create the impression that their focus all along has been on quorum-sensing, and not the libido drug. McAfee has often regaled me with tales of hoax web pages he has made in the past. More on this at Fast Company. 4) In fact, when I visited Belize, they had put the quorum sensing drug on the back burner. They weren't joking about the libido drug, they talked about it all the time. Jeff Wise jeffwise.wordpress.com Hi, Jeff Wise here, the guy who wrote the Fast Company article. We just put up a post replying to some of Mr. McAfee’s critiques over at fastcompany.com, it’s at http://bit.ly/9tYNJo.
I’d also like to address some things here as well.
1) jz (#9 and #14) is, I suspect, McAfee’s friend and employee Jim Zoromski. (Am I wrong?) Jim and John are both really nice guys who I enjoyed hanging out with in Belize (and in John’s case, Rodeo NM as well).
2) I don’t normally write expose-type articles, don’t really enjoy having to bare unpleasant facts about someone who was a gracious host to me, but I had to follow the facts where they took me. McAfee dangled quite a few clues in front of me when I was down in Belize with him, and several times suggested that I write an expose. At the time I didn’t know what he was talking about. John, tell me: did you really want an expose? If so, why?
3) Quorumex.com didn’t exist when I did the reporting on the story. I suspect that John and Jim created it in an attempt to create the impression that their focus all along has been on quorum-sensing, and not the libido drug. McAfee has often regaled me with tales of hoax web pages he has made in the past. More on this at Fast Company.
4) In fact, when I visited Belize, they had put the quorum sensing drug on the back burner. They weren’t joking about the libido drug, they talked about it all the time.
Jeff Wise
jeffwise.wordpress.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-768367 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-768367 PS., Leon Tillit, if you'd care to share your story, I'd be glad to hear it. You can leave a comment on my web site, jeffwise.wordpress.com. Thanks. Jeff Wise PS., Leon Tillit, if you’d care to share your story, I’d be glad to hear it. You can leave a comment on my web site, jeffwise.wordpress.com. Thanks.
Jeff Wise

]]> By: jz http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766592 jz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766592 so if someone borrows your car and gets killed in an accident, you're liable? seems rather over litigious to me. it also seems more like a complete "douche" move to post such drivel anonymously. what evidence is there that the victims were in "his care" as you state? so if someone borrows your car and gets killed in an accident, you’re liable? seems rather over litigious to me. it also seems more like a complete “douche” move to post such drivel anonymously. what evidence is there that the victims were in “his care” as you state?

]]> By: ryxxui http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766338 ryxxui Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766338 So, besides this plane crash incident, does anyone have any more information about the other suits currently pending against McAfee? So, besides this plane crash incident, does anyone have any more information about the other suits currently pending against McAfee?

]]> By: jz http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766339 jz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766339 Odd that the fast "company" article seemed to focus on the personal litigation, and failed to even mention McAfee's new anti quorum sensing company, QuorumEx. http://quorumex.com The parallels between the entirely new field of anti-virus software in the 1980s and the anti quorum sensing project he's now developing should not be ignored. The company's website makes not even a single mention of the "libido boosting" herbs that the FC (and this boingboing) article seem to focus on. Assuredly an herbal female viagra has a lot more zing to it than the more scholarly field of anti-biotic & anti quorum sensing research, but the company's focus is on an entirely new way of preventing bacteria from becoming pathogenic - which seems to be not such a trivial matter. Odd that the fast “company” article seemed to focus on the personal litigation, and failed to even mention McAfee’s new anti quorum sensing company, QuorumEx. http://quorumex.com
The parallels between the entirely new field of anti-virus software in the 1980s and the anti quorum sensing project he’s now developing should not be ignored. The company’s website makes not even a single mention of the “libido boosting” herbs that the FC (and this boingboing) article seem to focus on. Assuredly an herbal female viagra has a lot more zing to it than the more scholarly field of anti-biotic & anti quorum sensing research, but the company’s focus is on an entirely new way of preventing bacteria from becoming pathogenic – which seems to be not such a trivial matter.

]]> By: John McAfee http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-767649 John McAfee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-767649 Astonishing how the American press works. Can anyone, anywhere - either on our website (quorumex.com), or in any published document from any of the staff, or from any slight implications made in any comment - point to where we suggest we are working on a libido enhancer? If a reporter has no sense of humor it isn't my fault. True, we have a plant based personal lubricant. Big deal. When asked asked where that track was going, Dr. Adonizio smiled and said "Women's libido enhancement". The absurdity seemed obvious to us, since we had spent the entire day talking to the reporter about the nitty details of anti-bacterial research. Not a very titillating subject. We joke a lot. We don't get TV here so the boredom factor is high. Astonishing how the American press works. Can anyone, anywhere – either on our website (quorumex.com), or in any published document from any of the staff, or from any slight implications made in any comment – point to where we suggest we are working on a libido enhancer? If a reporter has no sense of humor it isn’t my fault. True, we have a plant based personal lubricant. Big deal. When asked asked where that track was going, Dr. Adonizio smiled and said “Women’s libido enhancement”. The absurdity seemed obvious to us, since we had spent the entire day talking to the reporter about the nitty details of anti-bacterial research. Not a very titillating subject.

We joke a lot. We don’t get TV here so the boredom factor is high.

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766916 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766916 I spent one single month as a MacAfee software user. The user interface had serious issues and seemed designed to prevent the user from finding out what was really happening with their PC (mass-market least-common-denominator software FTW). Also, the software decided it needed to rescan my entire half-GB Thunderbird mbx for each incoming message, bringing my system to a halt every time I checked mail. Never again - not for gold, not for power, not for free sculpted mermaid-, unicorn-, and elephant-seal-themed ice-cream-cake-with-sprinklies-on-top for everyone. I spent one single month as a MacAfee software user. The user interface had serious issues and seemed designed to prevent the user from finding out what was really happening with their PC (mass-market least-common-denominator software FTW). Also, the software decided it needed to rescan my entire half-GB Thunderbird mbx for each incoming message, bringing my system to a halt every time I checked mail. Never again – not for gold, not for power, not for free sculpted mermaid-, unicorn-, and elephant-seal-themed ice-cream-cake-with-sprinklies-on-top for everyone.

]]> By: kaffeen http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766419 kaffeen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766419 I hope that...(OS crashes due to McAfee update..bleep..Windows theme and 10 minutes later)...sorry, I was interrupted by a crash, as I was saying...(OS crashes due to McAfee update..bleep..Windows theme and 10 minutes later)...I hope he has better luck with quorum. I hope that…(OS crashes due to McAfee update..bleep..Windows theme and 10 minutes later)…sorry, I was interrupted by a crash, as I was saying…(OS crashes due to McAfee update..bleep..Windows theme and 10 minutes later)…I hope he has better luck with quorum.

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766425 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766425 McAfee AV now identifies svchost.exe as a virus. That's not good. http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656 McAfee AV now identifies svchost.exe as a virus. That’s not good.

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656

]]> By: jwb http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766172 jwb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766172 In other news, Fast Company is still a thing which exists. In other news, Fast Company is still a thing which exists.

]]> By: Gendun http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766174 Gendun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766174 copyedit: headline should be "Lawsuit-Plagued McAfee founder...." copyedit: headline should be “Lawsuit-Plagued McAfee founder….”

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766434 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766434 Oh yeah? Well <i>I</i> heard that McAfee purposely <i>caused</i> the drop in women's libidos so that he could sell them libido boosters! Oh yeah? Well I heard that McAfee purposely caused the drop in women’s libidos so that he could sell them libido boosters!

]]> By: skabob http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766184 skabob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766184 He'll probably want to stay there after McAfee's nice trick this AM... DAT 5958 ftl! He’ll probably want to stay there after McAfee’s nice trick this AM… DAT 5958 ftl!

]]> By: druranium http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766443 druranium Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766443 McAfee and Norton are the among the worst software you can load on your windows pc. A virus would be preferable to having any of these bloated "security suites" on your pc. Tip of the hat to Microsoft for releasing a free product to replace these lousy programs. (About time!!!) McAfee and Norton are the among the worst software you can load on your windows pc. A virus would be preferable to having any of these bloated “security suites” on your pc. Tip of the hat to Microsoft for releasing a free product to replace these lousy programs. (About time!!!)

]]> By: Leon Tillit http://boingboing.net/2010/04/21/lawsuit-plagued-mcaf.html#comment-766969 Leon Tillit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-766969 Don't know about any current lawsuits but I have a large French judgment against him from 2003 that I have been trying unsuccessfully to collect. I don't think he moved to Belize to get away from lawsuits since he's appears judgment proof no matter where he is. I've spent close to a quarter of a million dollars attempting to collect. I'd be happy to sell the judgment to anyone wanting to continue the fight. I know at the time of my lawsuit he was involved in at least half a dozen suits. Don’t know about any current lawsuits but I have a large French judgment against him from 2003 that I have been trying unsuccessfully to collect. I don’t think he moved to Belize to get away from lawsuits since he’s appears judgment proof no matter where he is. I’ve spent close to a quarter of a million dollars attempting to collect. I’d be happy to sell the judgment to anyone wanting to continue the fight. I know at the time of my lawsuit he was involved in at least half a dozen suits.

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