Being such a skilled programmer, one would think he could get a loan for a measly 10k and be able to easily pay it back with the kind of salaries we're paid these days...
The demand for 6502 assembly programming isn't what it was.
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#32USD 6000 + 2000? I don't want to seem insensitive, but a guy with Crunch's talent should easily be able to make the payments. He could take it across several years if he wanted to. (Or he should have just gotten medical insurance in the first place, although I've heard some nasty things about private health insurance in America.)
He almost certainly does have insurance. A "Co-pay" is the small amount of the medical procedure cost that the insurance company bills to you.
The co-pay is the portion the insured pays. It isn't always small. It isn't even always a small percentage. A procedure my wife recently had, the co-pay was about half the total cost.
Co-pays depend the insurance company, the plan, the health care provider, and the procedure.
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#33The last few times he came up on HN I'm sure there were several accounts of him being accomplished but not a particularly nice person. I have no idea. Can that be balanced out?
One friend of mine (very reliable source) told me that he met Crunch once and he was an annoying d-bag. Apparently what happened was my friend, who is a smoker, stepped out discreetly for a cig far away outdoors but Draper saw him anyway and raised a whiny fuss, so much so that my friend wanted to slap him into next month despite the respect he had for his past exploits.
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#34There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
The link has been posted on his twitter and facebook.
Here is the link to twitter status. http://twitter.com/#!/jdcrunchman/status/11219584119996416
His Facebook posts are seems to be for friends only, though.
http://www.facebook.com/jdcrunchman
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1229269/Screen%20shot%202010-12-05%2...
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#35There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
The link has been posted on his twitter and facebook. Here is the link to twitter status. http://twitter.com/#!/jdcrunchman/status/11219584119996416 His Facebook posts are seems to be for friends only, though. http://www.facebook.com/jdcrunchman http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1229269/Screen%20shot%202010-12-05%2...
The profile for that Twitter account has a broken link:
It is common for celebrities to be impersonated on Twitter, and this is not a verified account.
John Draper is a security expert. His MySpace page has a video of him talking about how to avoid getting scammed online. Surely he understands the need to establish his identity before asking for money online. Yet, I don't see any mention of this situation on his website.
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#36I have been inundated with an amazing response, I know I need to update "webcrunchers.com", My "wiki", and my Facebook page. But due to my lack of being able to type at normal speed, I'm forced to use Mac Speech Dictate, which breaks when I get a skype call, or type with my thumbs. I can use a few more volunteers...
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#37There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
This is in my things to do - my webmaster has been unavailable, so seeking details to do it myself. I appreciate you pointing this out. Wiki is also on my list. I'm already posting a lot of stuff on my facebook page. But don't want to come across as "Self Serving". I'm also unsure of the $10k cap. If I find another laser surgery outfit, and they charge more, how would my donors feel.
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#38There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
There is a Facebook page, but it doesn't look more legit than the savingcaptaincruch website. They might both be fake. http://www.facebook.com/jdcrunchman?v=wall EDIT: On inspection, the stuff from early October and back seems pretty OK. I'm more inclined to believe this now.
None of my doctors are online to make comments, nor are they legally able to put anything public about their patients.. I was able to get Doctor Roy Ashcroft to make a statement on my condition but he cannot legally go into details, and if you look on both my Facebook page, and "savingcaptaincrunch" page, is a complete diagnosis on my condition including diagram of my spine, and how this condition is deteriorating the nerves that control my hands...
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#39There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
Whois says the domain was registered by this person: http://www.blogher.com/member/christinemarie She doesn't look like a scammer.
Christine owns the domain, she setup the domain and web site, and her loyal supporters have done a great job, Bless her heart for this amazing support. She is also publisher of Technorazzi, also Gingerbread TV, and was one of the en2go officers.
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#40There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)
This is in my things to do - my webmaster has been unavailable, so seeking details to do it myself. I appreciate you pointing this out. Wiki is also on my list. I'm already posting a lot of stuff on my facebook page. But don't want to come across as "Self Serving". I'm also unsure of the $10k cap. If I find another laser surgery outfit, and they charge more, how would my donors feel.
Finally contacted my webmaster, but he's out all day, and plans to get back tonight... So lets see here...
1) Link from WebCrunchers to my Facebook page 2) Link from Webcrunchers to "savingcaptaincrunch" site 3) Make changes to my WIKI with links to all 3 of these sites, plus a statement on my current health. Is there anything else I should do? I'm trying to distance myself from all this promotion so's not to appear "Self Serving".