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John McAfee Collapses At Guatemala Detention Center
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from ABC News: "Software millionaire John McAfee has been taken to a Guatemala City hospital via ambulance after suffering a possible heart attack at the detention center where he is being held. McAfee, 67 — who may soon be deported back to Belize, where authorities want to question him about the shooting death of his neighbor — was reportedly prostrate on the floor of his cell and unresponsive. He was wheeled into the hospital on a gurney, but when nurses began removing his suit, he became responsive and said, 'Please, not in front of the press.' Earlier today, McAfee had complained of chest pains."
...a drama queen
That is the oldest jail cell trick in the book. I'm glad it still works.
Joseph Elwell.
Torvalds stubbed his toe, and said "oooh". Ellison went "grrrr" after seeing the latest "we're dumping oracle" reports, and Apple's board are thinking "WTF?" after seeing their shares tumble yet again, 30% down from being the biggest corporation in the universe. I also did a poo, and ran out of bum-wipe.
He was unresponsive until he might get embarrased in public and then becomes responsive.
Does this make anyone else think he was faking it, or am I just too jaded?
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Wonder if he had to go cold turkey on some addiction
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
"Please, not in front of the press... until I post it on my blog."
Is he suffering from withdraw from all those drugs he does?
why is everyone obsessed with this guy?
Maybe we could get to a real Unix OS instead of this crapheap that gets praised around here.
There once was a man from Belize
Who suffered from heart disease
When offered revivial
He'd cry for survival
"Not in front of the press, please!"
When the foot seeks the place of the head, the line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
I'm guessing it was a virus.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
I imagine he's got quite a bit to come down from too.
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?
but the more McAfee pulls these stunts the more he looks guilty in my eyes.
I will give him credit for making every effort to remain out of jail and out out of Belize for that matter.
It seems clear that 1 or more of 3 possibilities are the truth.
1. He killed his neighbor in retaliation for his dogs being poisoned.
2. He is innocent and being persecuted by froces within the Belize government and police department.
3. He is having or has had a psychotic episode.
I am mostly convinced that #3 is true. I wonder if both of the others are also true.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Next headline: "John JcAfee Escapes from Guatemala Hospital".
The Belize authorities are going to get him!
Where are all the conspiracy theorists today?
Already posted... http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=submission&id=2387695
par for course for mcafree at times it just crashes and then you need to reboot the full system to get back to work.
I understand this guy founded a software company, but he's not exactly been a public figure until now. What's with all the fascination over this investigation?
I wonder if he's a fan.
to avoid extradition back to Belize...after having flown his private jet there in the first place...
Otherwise known as the "Wanker Defense"
Sig Follows: "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain
USA Today said he was accompanied by his 20 year old girlfriend to the hospital. Perhaps the 2 minor heart attacks were after a conjugal visit?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/05/guatemalan-police-arrest-mcafee/1749997/
Better known as 318230.
And sometimes it refuses to work in front of certain people.
Don't know something? Look it up. Still don't know? Then ask.
Has Slashdot turned into a tabloid? Hourly updates on McAfee seem superfluous.
Apparently wizard is not a legitimate career path, so I chose programmer instead.
I've been talking with McAfee. He says he's been getting a lot of good legal advise from Hans Reiser.
He hasn't had a fix in 24 hours
McAfee threatens to disturb the Mutual Assured Destruction between the corrupt politicians in Guatemala and Belize.... oops.
I also wonder if his 20 year old girlfriend's uncle is really as supportive as he thinks?
I hope McAfee can pull through this. I suspect the public spotlight will at least keep him from being murdered in his cell... although a fake heart attack stall tactic leaves them an opening to work with.
Although most non-tech people would be like who the hell is this guy.
I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
You gotta admit, this is possibly the most exciting tech-related drama of all time. Hans Reiser's trial pales in comparison.
Let's see, you've got:
* eccentric millionaire going off the grid to do obscure 'antibiotics' research in the jungles of Belize flanked by various hot young babes
* a compound with military-grade security
* allegations of corrupt local officials with commando units demanding bribes
* embedded American journalists following the saga
* a murder with alternate allegations of settling a vendetta versus a framing job
* millionaire hiding in dirt to avoid authorities
* extreme measures to hide location, including numerous disguises and a decoy with a North Korean passport
* arrest and detection in yet another third-world country
* fake heart attacks to escape detention
Grab some popcorn, the second act hasn't even begun yet...
On bluelight.ru they respect 'im.
For his approach bypasses the septum.
As the tan he would hide,
(Though he claims that he lied)
Nearly killed 'im? No, it just rectum.
"There is no such thing as bad publicity..."
"...except your own obituary."
-- Brendan Behan
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
1. Killed neighbour.
2. a) If he'd paid up some more, he'd have been ignored.
2. b) He didn't so they're persecuting him.
They aren't mutually exclusive. ONLY IF the Belize police ALWAYS and with zeal persue cases of possible murder could they be mutually exclusive.
The police don't have to have no legal excuse to be persecuting you as well as prosecuting your case.
Does no-one else find it odd he's being deported to Belize? He's a U.S. citizen, he should be deported here. There is no extradition treaty between the two countries. Everyone on Slashdot in the story where he was captured assumed he would be exported to the U.S...
I'm not sure he's all there mentally but I am sure he's being screwed over by Belize and will be killed if he gets back there. Or possibly now and they'll just frame it as a heart attack.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Belize officials want him dead. Was this an assassination attempt? This is what Mcafee was worried about.
He didn't want to pay taxes. A general progressive slant exists in slashdot and therefore the actual verifiable case of the conclusion of all the Randian libertard fantasies being visible in this one case is entirely appropriate.
"It looks like your heart is at risk. You have not activated your emergency care subscription. Please stay protected by activating your subscription now."
>> "due to privacy considerations," the embassy would "have no comment on the specifics of this situation," but that, "U.S. citizens are subject to the laws of the countries in which they are traveling or residing, and must work within the host countries' legal framework."
Unlike if you piss of the US corporations which will drag you from your country to the US to face the laws for breaking the US laws on your own countries soil.
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
There was once was a guy named A. Coward,
They called him Mr. Assfucking Howard,
He was quite the misfit,
Who dipped his member in shit,
And then rode his silicon tower of power.
I guess the coffee wasn't so good after all.
complete with the coughing sound and spreading of cheeks ...
FREEEEDOOOMMM!!!
You can forget your lines. The heist is over.
As nature's version of the Microsoft Signature service.
McAfee gets uninstalled prior to shipping and we never have to see the trial.
He's faking it. Immigration will let him go at the hospital. This is the same technique illegals in the U.S. use. Pretend to be sick and an ambulance will come and take the illegal to the hospital. Just ask a cop...
I understand this guy founded a software company, but he's not exactly been a public figure until now. What's with all the fascination over this investigation?
It echoes strangely the Hans Reiser case.
In some ways it echoes every high-profile real-life and fictional encounter of the geek and the criminal law. The ego the size of the planet. There are the extra added attractions of the remote luxurious villainous Lair and the Bond women. The fulfillment of every adolescent sexual fantasy.
USA Today said he was accompanied by his 20 year old girlfriend to the hospital. Perhaps the 2 minor heart attacks were after a conjugal visit?
He had seven live-in "companions" that age in Belize.
The day before, I met "Tiffany" here. She claimed to be one of McAfee's girlfriends, one of seven. They all live together, sharing McAfee's houses and fantasies. He's 67. Tiffany says she's 23 and they have been lovers for three years. The girl beside her gives no name and only says she's 19.
A bizarre visit to John McAfee's pleasure palace in Belize
wowowo, eazy man..
is whether he's already written the book. Perfect money making scheme.
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.
i think this guy is a classic example of narcissistic personality disorder. attention seeking, little empathy for victim (questioning), flamboyant, perhaps hypersexuality with young girlfriends. i had a relationship with a person like this and it very, very bad news...
I made this handy John McAfee Timeline Enjoy!
Reiser did nothing wrong. Marry little girls.
Many are glad that his whore wife is dead.
Everyone in the world knows that Nina Reiser was an adulterous whore. Her family should be ashamed. Women love her because they are enemies of males.
Marry little girls instead.
ABC News is reporting that a Guatemala City hospital found no reason to keep McAfee overnight.
Call it an anxiety attack, if you like.
You might want to compare and contrast these two photographs :
[This photo of McAfee and Vice editor-in-chief Rocco Castoro] included meta-data revealing their precise location, which a reader quickly pinpointed as ''next to the pool at Nana Juana Hotel Marina and Yacht Club'' in Guatemala. McAfee was soon arrested. Oops.
McAfee, Vice, and the limits of hipster journalism
John McAfee Returned to Guatemala Detention Center After Hospitalization [Guatemala's National Police/AP Photo]
The impression I have is of a man who was flying high uo in the clouds only to come crashing down hard --- and not for the first time.
I can't wait for McAfee ...the movie.
It appears that his trial has expired and in order to scan his body for viruses, he'll need to pay the full price for continued service. How would you like to make that payment?
that's killing him.
Maybe, he forgot to pay his trial?
--- I am known for the ones who want to find me on the net. Is that a privacy risk or a privilege? One might wonder..
I never understood the term cat shit crazy... what's the etymology of that phrase?
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Why is this person given so much attention in the press?
Need a post about every little thing this irrelevant and unimportant idiot does.
Ah, the faked heart attack, longtime fallback plan of British MP's when anyone get's close to hauling them before a court. Depressingly it works every fscking time here.
Nice to see it didn't work this time ;)
Where did he commit the alleged crime?
He could have killed 400 people out in the open in Belize and it would not matter. Belize and Guatemala do not have an arrangement to extradite criminals.
The thing that matters, then thing he was arrested for, is entering the country illegally. So why would he be deported to any country except for the one he has a passport for? If I enter Germany illegally should they send me to the Netherlands?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley