Comments on: Anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee wanted for murder http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1581110 tubacat Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1581110 I thought I heard something really weird on Nightline tonight, that he is hiding under the sand on the beach with a cardboard box around his head so that he can breathe!?!? Is it plausible that I heard that, or am I hallucinating/ internally editing this from something else that was said? I thought I heard something really weird on Nightline tonight, that he is hiding under the sand on the beach with a cardboard box around his head so that he can breathe!?!? Is it plausible that I heard that, or am I hallucinating/ internally editing this from something else that was said?

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1581027 Halloween_Jack Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1581027  He has nowhere near that much money; he may not have as much as $7.7 <i>million</i>, although of course that's nothing to sneeze at (for most of us). The Salon article is sloppy reporting (Salon has never been known for tech reporting); he cashed out of the company that bears his name for $100M well before the $7.7B sale to Intel, as the previous Gizmodo article points out, and has frittered much of that money away on one scheme after another.  He has nowhere near that much money; he may not have as much as $7.7 million, although of course that’s nothing to sneeze at (for most of us). The Salon article is sloppy reporting (Salon has never been known for tech reporting); he cashed out of the company that bears his name for $100M well before the $7.7B sale to Intel, as the previous Gizmodo article points out, and has frittered much of that money away on one scheme after another.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580973 Romeo Vitelli Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580973  Does it matter?  You just KNOW half the scriptwriters in Hollywood are writing up a storm over this...  Does it matter?  You just KNOW half the scriptwriters in Hollywood are writing up a storm over this…

]]> By: Rusty Evolution http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580943 Rusty Evolution Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580943 Actually, he is NOT wanted for murder, he is wanted for Questioning. Notice the difference! Until an arrest warrant is issued, and in this case it hasn't been, you should stop jumping to conclusions. Reporting a story is different than inventing one. Locals suspect the well known gang members who have been providing "Security" in the area. Yes McAfee is a bit nutty, but as no warrant has been issued it is a bit premature to report that he is a murderer.  Actually, he is NOT wanted for murder, he is wanted for Questioning. Notice the difference! Until an arrest warrant is issued, and in this case it hasn’t been, you should stop jumping to conclusions. Reporting a story is different than inventing one.

Locals suspect the well known gang members who have been providing “Security” in the area. Yes McAfee is a bit nutty, but as no warrant has been issued it is a bit premature to report that he is a murderer. 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580925 Boundegar Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580925 Billionaires do not go to prison. Billionaires do not go to prison.

]]> By: tsol http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580920 tsol Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580920 Sounds a lot like Wm. S. Burroughs.  Sounds a lot like Wm. S. Burroughs. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580900 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580900 Don't Bond villains usually have personal style? Don’t Bond villains usually have personal style?

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580802 Boundegar Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580802 Dude is like a Bond villain, isn't he? Dude is like a Bond villain, isn’t he?

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580777 EH Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580777 Possible John Du Pont redux? Possible John Du Pont redux?

]]> By: Michael Rosefield http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580775 Michael Rosefield Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580775 This story is going to go viral This story is going to go viral

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/11/12/anti-virus-software-tycoon-joh.html#comment-1580756 teapot Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193734#comment-1580756 Bye jerk. Enjoy your 7.7 bil in prison. Bye jerk. Enjoy your 7.7 bil in prison.

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