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McAfee Is Doing a Live Broadcast Tonight
paysonwelch writes "John McAfee, famed antivirus software pioneer and human rights advocate, today announced that he will host a news conference to ask the world for its protection against the Government of Belize. On his official blog, whoismcafee.com, Mr. McAfee has accused the Belize government of widespread corruption. Because of this, Mr. McAfee feels that he will be in grave danger if he were to be returned to there."
Seriously, how long are we going to keep feeding this poor nutcase's attention habit?
John McAfee, famed antivirus software pioneer and human rights advocate...
I would have worded that slightly differently. Maybe something like this:
John McAfee, famed antivirus software pioneer, paranoiac, hedonistic designer drug addict, possible crack head, and guy with a really bad dye job...
Yes... Maybe something like that.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Wonderful person?! Do a quick google search about some of the interviews he has given or about WHY he moved to Belize. He's not fighting corruption. He's fighting for his ego.
Wouldn't it be funny if this McAfee guy was telling the truth?
Just because you're weird doesn't mean you're a liar. I'm not saying he's not cuckoo, but stranger things have happened than what McAfee is asserting happened to him.
I just hope he doesn't get hurt and doesn't hurt anyone. And I hope he's merely delusional.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I'm going to pitch a reality show to the networks starring McAfee, Julian Assange and Kim Dotcom.
The Larry, Moe and Curly of Internet head cases. ...
While I can understand calling McAfee a head case, not sure what Julian or Kim have done to be called that.
Be seeing you...
The damage it is doing to the McAfee brand must be significant.
Surely it can't compete with the damage to the brand that's been caused by the software, can it?
... interview other Internet head cases that are simultaneously heroes and repulsive.
I presume their first guest will be Richard Stallman?
17 is not underage in most of the world.
Following the advice of someone upthread, I googled why McAffee moved to Belize and came up with "Four hours with John McAffee" by Adam Thomson, a lively and entertaining read.
The article tells the story of McAffee's education, flight from school, and nearly accidental entrepreneurship and helped me to understand what there is to admire about him, especially given all that I knew about him was that the software bearing his name seems to be reviled by anyone with a technological clue and that he seems to be involved in some kind of chicanery that led to the execution of his neighbor.
On of my favorite parts of the article is its last paragraph, which seems to reveal McAffee has a sense of (ironic) perspective somewhere in among the fantasies occupying his mind:
We took some pictures, shook hands and said our farewells. There was just one more question, though: “Do you have McAfee antivirus on your computer?” He looked at me and put down his cigarette. “I take it off,” he said. “It’s too annoying.”
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