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McAfee Was Not Captured
netbuzz writes "As rumors and news reports of John McAfee's alleged capture circulated widely yesterday – fueled by McAfee's own blog and blogging cohorts – police and other authorities in Belize denied that they had the man in custody and, well, they should have been believed. McAfee surfaced earlier this morning and had this to say in a blog post: 'We are not in Belize, but not quite out of the woods yet.' He also painted a picture of his 'escape' that could have been taken from a bad spy novel."
Another false positive.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
They sure are pursuing him hard for a simple questioning, made ever so hilarious by him posting updates on his blog. I can't wait to hear what "really" happened.
Then again chances are he really did shoot him over the dogs business, people have killed people for a lot less, and with Mcafee's rich white man ego in a country not known for it's 1st worldness... I can see him doing it.
What a great article. No indication of what the actual blog address is except in an image.
The fella's website is http://www.whoismcafee.com/
Here we can find http://www.whoismcafee.com/i-am-safe/
Frankly, I don't know why anyone would link to Network World when they don't link to their sources.
Anyway I just wanted to say that. I don't actually care about the story.
HELP MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED BY AN ILLIBERAL ART STUDENT SET TO DESTROY THE INTERWEBZ!
Tradition, see coverage of Reiser
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
This sounds like a job for Eugene "bring 'em back alive (or otherwise)" Kaspersky.
I suspect he has the Bond theme in his head while we all have March of the Clowns in ours.
Good point. Some reality TV show should be covering this.. Not slashdot. Would be way more interesting to see this guy live his day to day life on the E channel or something like that.
He better hope the border guards don't update their anti-virus CEO catching software.
http://www.accountkiller.com/removal-requested
Damn, dude! This is as close as a geek's going to get to James Bond-esque international intrigue. I'm picturing him running through the jungle from 5-star hotel to 5-star hotel with a bad super model/actress in tow.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
He moved to a corrupt 3rd world banana republic with no rule of law, and failed to pay a bribe a couple months ago so they roughed him up, shot his dog for fun, trashed his place, what did he expect if he didn't pay his bribe in a country that's corrupt? So that's the background.
So he still doesn't pay up, and next petty theft gone bad where there's a body, of course he's gonna be suspect numero uno as punishment for not paying up. His only hope of avoiding that was someone else getting higher on the list. Duh! I'm sure as soon as he pays up, they'll be a sudden confession from whoever actually did it, or it'll turn out they don't need him for questioning after all, etc etc, and he'll be all good until the next guy wants a bribe that he wont pay.
Its kind of like moving to Canada even though you don't like shoveling snow and then not shoveling snow just for the principle of it as if that will make the problem go away... dude just leave or pay up, the people in charge aren't going to give any other options.
You know the deal where the Mexican policeman pulls you over for made up BS until you slip him some cash? Same deal just a little bigger scale. The solution is not to drive in Mexico. Worked pretty well for me when I visited (great scuba diving BTW and liked the food too)
I don't understand why rich tech guy doesn't:
1) already know these rules of the road
2) just buy a boat like all other rich tech guys to sail away from the corruption
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Has anyone actually confirmed with the Belize police that his neighbour was murdered? And that they want to talk to McAfee about it? Given some of the stuff on his blog, I'd not be surprised to learn that he's invented the whole thing.
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Imagine "The Punisher" if all he did all day was talk to imaginary people, smoke meth, and collect jars of his own urine.
On the upside, maybe this sad state of affairs will finally get companies to stop treating McAfee's crapware as the be-all-end-all of computer security in the workplace (at the last place I worked, it was their ENTIRE security plan--just put McAfee on all the computers and that will handle all security issues).
This is interesting, and in fact fairly plausible. Anyone that's lived in developing countries knows that crazy situations are rarely far away, see the mad police chase after a foreigner and his married lover in the Philippines a while back for example (adultery is a crime there). The craziest thing I've read about it so far is that he's planning to go BACK. If gone, stay gone, it would be like fighting the ground under your feet to return and seek justice, especially after this dog and pony show.
n.t.
"Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
Next time, try reading all the words and then add in the comprehension step, it's vitally important.
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.
Still the only file system that murders your wife.
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ECHELON is a government program to find words like bomb, jihad, plutonium, assassinate, and anarchy.
Because he is the geek equivalent to Charlie Sheen;
batshit crazy, totally fried on drugs, paranoid, goes of on ranting tirades, has no concept of reality, funny as hell to watch from a distance, and explains why the anti-virus we all hate is so crappy and validates our belief that he is brain-dead that we long ago derived from said anti-virus
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I think there are two divergent groups following it. The first are hipsters who love celebrity gossip, but would never admit it. They love it, because it's celebrity gossip that's socially acceptable for college-educated, professional males. The second group are postmodernists, who can't believe how surreal the whole thing is. There is, of course, some cross-over.
Myself, I'm interested in the postmodern aspects of the story. I think it could work very well as some kind of postmodern novel or film.
I made this handy timeline so you can follow events: http://wecheck.org/wiki/John_McAfee
McAfee, is that you? They're looking for you dude, you should probably get out of here.
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This is slashdot, you youngsters are funny coming here and expecting people to have actually read anything.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Except Fiat will not pay him for TV commercial time....
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I picture the ghosts of Phillip K. Dick and Hunter S. Thompson co-writing it.
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Maybe Ford could sponsor a White Bronco for mister "looking for the real killer" to slowly drive around Belize.
Imagine "The Punisher" if all he did all day was talk to imaginary people, smoke meth, and collect jars of his own urine.
If you're growing weed outside, saving your pee, letting it "age" a bit and then spreading it around keeps the deer and other weed-eating critters away from the plants.
On the upside, maybe this sad state of affairs will finally get companies to stop treating McAfee's crapware as the be-all-end-all of computer security in the workplace (at the last place I worked, it was their ENTIRE security plan--just put McAfee on all the computers and that will handle all security issues).
It's been quite a few years since McAfee sold his company, it's a good possibility that what we know now as McAfee Crapwear is not the same as the Original McAfee Crapwear...
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
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Only if your a carnivore. Herbivore pee doesn't scare anything.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
...he is the geek equivalent to Charlie Sheen;
batshit crazy, totally fried on drugs, paranoid...
And probably a better actor.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Yes, the Belizian Prime Minister has commented on the case.
I'm just not used to people actually reading the article or summary and being incapable of comprehending it. It's as if when they took down the 'News for Nerds' all the stupid people came flooding in.
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.
Those drugs might make him feel good but they aren't making his life better!
The US is just as corrupt as those so-called third-world countries. I've had some rather unpleasant experiences with a couple of blatantly corrupt court commissioners at the Los Angeles Superior Court, a cesspool of corruption and malpractice. The shit that goes on at the LASC would make Saddam Hussein blush. I swear.
Why is Slashdot attempting to live blog the pursuit of a suspected murderer who appears to be mentally ill? We get that he once owned a software company, but that was a long time ago.
Personally, I'm rooting for the cops. They don't seem to be trying too hard. Like parents letting him run around tire himself out before they pick him up and change his diapers and put him back to bed.
The whole thing is starting to remind me of the book Shutter Island.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
I mean, besides the assumption that people would also probably spell "crapware" right.
Yes, well, I can spell "Anonymous Coward" ...
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
True. I'm not sure at this point if the authorities are "after him" at all.
Because he is the geek equivalent to Charlie Sheen
I'd say more like Britney Spears. Charlie has style and presentation.
Some humans choose to be herbivores. Their pee is useless for deer scaring.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
He moved to a corrupt 3rd world banana republic with no rule of law, and failed to pay a bribe a couple months ago so they roughed him up, shot his dog for fun, trashed his place, what did he expect if he didn't pay his bribe in a country that's corrupt? So that's the background.
--- or are you just taking McAfee's self-serving blogs as gospel truth?
A bizarre visit to John McAfee's pleasure palace in Belize
Monaco isn't as cheap as CostaRica. Still the traditional solution to high taxes in Europe.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Because half of us had his software running on our boxes until a few weeks ago.
I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
Because those are the only ones where he'll be marginally safe.
I wish they'd catch this guy so he'd shut the hell up. He's not Jason Bourne or James Bond, he's just another rich eccentric, and an attention whore.The world doesn't need more of either of those.
This guy is completely delusional. OK, suppose he's actually out of Belize. Now what? At some point, he'll surface, and Belize will issue an international arrest warrant via INTERPOL, and whatever country he's in will likely pick him up and begin the extradition process. What's he going to argue in response? That the police there are out to get him? Based on what? And it certainly won't help his case that, instead of hiring a lawyer, he chose to run, and, not only that, he started a blog chronicling his little adventure. And, despite his claims, Belize isn't some corrupt hell-hole where people are made to disappear. Yes, it has its problems, but, if I were going to be arrested in any country in that region, Belize would be my choice.
In short, he's going to be caught, he'll almost certainly be extradited, and this whole thrill ride won't look good if he ends up going to trial.
Only if your a carnivore. Herbivore pee doesn't scare anything.
I eat a lot of meat and the deer eat the grass right where I pee. Deer aren't that smart. Might work on elk though.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
The key is *suspected*, as at least here in the US we still believe in innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. So, until he goes to court and has his day, he's still presumed innocent.
Now, the mentally ill part, well, that will be up to the doctors to evaluate after hes captured.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Fearless suburban deer?
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Fearless suburban deer?
No, I live in Lake County, CA... smack in the middle of what is either Zone A or Zone B depending on the year.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Clear lake? Sympathies.
Still enough people and plantings to teach the deer to ignore human scent (except during hunting season). Rural deer won't let you get close enough to see what they were eating.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
geek != meth-head
just because its chemistry does not make it nerdy
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The blog in question is titled: "Who is McAfee?" Wouldn't "Where in the World Is John McAfee?" be a more appropriate title? *rimshot*
I've not seen the case in any traditional media, local or international. I've seen it discussed in three places: The Register, Slashdot and John McAfee's blog. The only sources I've seen either of the first two cite is McAfee's blog.
And, believe it or not, I've read McAfee's blog. All of it. And what I comprehended from it is that this guy could quite easily be suffering paranoid schizophrenia and could quite easily have imagined the whole thing. But I think I said that already - didn't you comprehend?
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after all.
Then learn that your lay understanding of paranoid schizophrenia has nothing to do with paranoid schizophrenia, well, at the very least nothing to indicate that in his blog that can't be confused with other diagnosis or just a geek under real stress. Have you ever been persecuted falsely by the government when you haven't done anything? It's not fun. Less so in less civilized countries.
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.