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Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by illuminate » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

spdy wrote: post #9

Thats a fast-paced comeback. And he will succeed again this time with a lot more knowledge how to game the gang in hollywood. Will be hard for them to even win the case they have put on and at the same time fight him again. And for all who dont believe it TBP is still around too.

"And he will succeed again this time with a lot more knowledge how to game the gang in hollywood."

Succeed for himself, though I doubt the venture will last.

He reminds me of a lower-classed Donald Trump, in that he's much better at selling his personal brand than he is in operating a business for very long.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by arrowgunz » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 11:18 PM UTC

Torgo wrote: post #140

arrowgunz wrote: post #86

The email field seems to be broken

It did not work for me in Firefox, but I switched over to Chrome and it then worked.

It doesn't seem to be working on Chrome either for me.

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by jannes » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 11:42 PM UTC

CrankyPants wrote: post #99

ryanpers wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was years ago when he was a teenager. Many people went thru an "illegal period", his was just... more successful than most. As for sociopathic, so what? Didn't you know that most CEOs are sociopaths? I find that argument... not compelling. Like it or not, sociopathy appears to be an integral/essential part of human organizations.

Didn't you know that most CEOs are sociopaths? ...sociopathy appears to be an integral/essential part of human organizations. Sources?

Not a scientific source: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o...

HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=881296

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by CrankyPants » Fri, Nov 02, 2012, 5:59 AM UTC

jannes wrote: post #143

CrankyPants wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't you know that most CEOs are sociopaths? ...sociopathy appears to be an integral/essential part of human organizations. Sources?

Not a scientific source: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o... HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=881296

Again, I say: sources?

Re: Kim Dotcom's new Mega project

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Post by tokenizer » Mon, Nov 05, 2012, 1:19 PM UTC

bluedanieru wrote: post #80

tokenizer wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It still means you're implicating a large group for something they are good at doing, which is manipulating an environment to suit their needs. If you're going to attack his history or his mental state, than at least be willing to acknowledge the man isn't all bad. From what I've read, it seems like some think once a criminal always a criminal, AND that mega upload was a scam.

I don't get what your point is. Are you defending sociopaths? I mean, yeah sure they are what they are through probably no real fault of their own, but they are a net negative on society's balance sheet. They are a problem that needs to be managed. Maybe back in the day when we had to worry about other animals hunting us for food, and a bit later when we had to worry about other tribes murdering us and taking our thi…

I agree that to do better, especially in caring for each other, we need to re-evaluate what we value most.

In a society where money is power however, I don't think you can do much is what I'm saying. Regardless of psychological issues, if someone can function and amass money, then they're regarded as fine and maybe even successful.

My point was people vote with their money and time, and in this case is open. You can't really expect people to care about whether he was a delinquent in some's eyes, because to some, the other side is just as worse.