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Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by sanswork »

BallinBige wrote: post #66
pud wrote: post #32

I can vouch for Kim's positive traits. He also has negative traits, as do we all - but I don't know much about them. However he was a customer of AdBrite (a large ad network I founded around 2000) and I spoke with him via Skype many times around 2002. AdBrite is kinda like AdSense in that you can run our ads on your site and make money. And he was running AdBrite on one of his sites. I don't remember which site of Ki…

ahh AdBrite. I remember trading ad impressions with your nextwork. around the right media exchange days.. ad tech was hot during those times!

It still is. Ad:tech NY is next week.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by PostOnce »

pud wrote: post #32

I can vouch for Kim's positive traits. He also has negative traits, as do we all - but I don't know much about them. However he was a customer of AdBrite (a large ad network I founded around 2000) and I spoke with him via Skype many times around 2002. AdBrite is kinda like AdSense in that you can run our ads on your site and make money. And he was running AdBrite on one of his sites. I don't remember which site of Ki…

Don't know much about his negative traits?

He was convicted (on separate occasions years apart) of computer fraud, embezzlement, insider trading, and data espionage (carding/etc). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigati...

I particularly don't like Kim because I find him a walking insult to honest entrepreneurs. Getting rich off of other peoples' work (Megaupload) is shameful, and while everyone else is out there working hard trying to make it legitimately (and often failing), this guy is out there getting rich off of theft, dishonesty, and outright criminal action, and being treated as some kind of hero for it.

I don't like the way the investigation has been handled, but that doesn't make Kim a good guy.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by eupharis »

Kim's personal vices/virtues aside, this seems like yet another iteration of a while loop that has been running for awhile:

  1) A form of piracy exists.
  2) Prosecute!
  3) A faster, more secure form of piracy has been created!

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by PostOnce »

kefs wrote: post #26
rscale wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's a career criminal. He hacked for profit. He traded in stolen phone cards and turned in his compatriots for reduced sentence. He ran a "premium" phone number scam. He ran a pump and dump scheme to defraud investors. He evaded prosecution by jumping jurisdiction. He tried (and failed) to run a fake hedge fund. He sold pirated software. He committed insider trading. He's not a self-made man. He's a career criminal…

Did you find it shocking when the Prime Minister of a nation apologized directly for the ridiculous abuse of power and error in execution? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/national/news/video.cfm?c_id=15030...

Some people find it hard to understand that it's possible for an investigation to be mishandled and the person being investigated to still be a criminal.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by pyre »

temphn wrote: post #20

It would be very interesting if he decides to use bitcoin or something similar for this.

How volatile is the bitcoin right now? For example, what happens when the bitcoin raises 200% vs. the US dollar? Do you change your pricing? What happens if it then drops the next day?

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by majorlazer »

justindocanto wrote: post #30

Seeing a lot of css/javascript screw ups on Chrome. Popups and hover effects look pretty 'janky'. Anybody else seeing that?

Yeah, it really irks me when developers replace an image with another on hover. Just combine the two images on top of one another and use:

background-position: top; and on hover use: background-position: bottom;

This makes the initial hover smooth with no flash.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by nikcub »

PostOnce wrote: post #82
pud wrote: post #32

I can vouch for Kim's positive traits. He also has negative traits, as do we all - but I don't know much about them. However he was a customer of AdBrite (a large ad network I founded around 2000) and I spoke with him via Skype many times around 2002. AdBrite is kinda like AdSense in that you can run our ads on your site and make money. And he was running AdBrite on one of his sites. I don't remember which site of Ki…

Don't know much about his negative traits? He was convicted (on separate occasions years apart) of computer fraud, embezzlement, insider trading, and data espionage (carding/etc). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigati... I particularly don't like Kim because I find him a walking insult to honest entrepreneurs. Getting rich off of other peoples' work (Megaupload) is shameful, and while ever…

In your mind how do you distinguish Megaupload and Youtube?

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by tubbo »

ryanpers wrote: post #10

I was neutral on this guy until I read the wired story, and then I became a fan. He is a self made man (way more so than romney!), he suffers from persistent discrimination (overweight) and he has cycled thru the hero's journey. I have heard a lot of these "major success stories", but they are people who have been put in ideal situations and then they made the best of it. That is just emotionally dead for me. Kim's s…

So let me get this straight, just because Youtube did it...it's okay?

Youtube, like every other video upload service out there, had pirated videos. But Youtube became successful via original content. Anybody can download better versions of full movies than on Youtube, and remember when the videos were limited to like 15 minutes each?

I mean, definitely screw the government. But Kim Dotcom isn't a hero, or an anti-hero. He's just another idiot looking to make an easy buck, and he did. Kim Dotcom is no better than the indian on the phone who's trying to scam you into buying Anti-Virus software, but then again, neither is Romney in my opinion.

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