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The Setup: John McAfee
- baddox 13y agoWell that's surreal. I took a moment to check if this was a parody, a la The Onion.
- jjoonathan 13y agoI shudder to imagine the lengths one would have to go to in order to parody John McAfee.
- baddox 13y agoTrue. It's probably easier, and equally effective, to arrange an interview.
- baddox 13y agoAnd to be clear, I never gained any certainty whether this is a parody.
- waferbaby 13y agoIt's not :)
- geedew 13y agoJohn McAfee is crazy and any listening to his rants is a waste of time. I unfortunately read this one thinking it was actually a parody, but since there was no punchline, I realize now I've been suckered into another pointless article. I'm still in disbelief that bragging about a gun is actually coming from a 68 year old man(boy?).
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- sp332 13y agoRead between the lines - it's not bragging, it's a pointed threat.
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoIt's trying to be a "pointed threat," but it's really pompous, swaggering machismo, which we might as well call "bragging." (Assuming it's real, of course. Poe's Law is in effect.)
- jethro_tell 13y ago> I unfortunately read this one thinking it was actually a parody, but since there was no punchline . . .. Yeah Me too, guess we were the punchline.
- ztratar 13y agoJohn McAfee doesn't deserve any more attention.
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoNice try Samsung. Not falling for any more of your "viral" commercials.
- andreastt 13y agoWhy yes. My primary tool is the M1A1 Flamethrower. It does wonders for spreading my development philosophy which is my own variant of FDD; fear-driven development.
- kabdib 13y agoAlso, it makes people Agile, with a capital 'A'.
- aortega 13y ago"My favorite real-time software is the XM153 remote control software that comes standard with the XM153 50 caliber machine gun. It is solid, never crashes, easy to use and easy to install." If you don't appreciate the genius of that answer you are dead inside. BTW it's obviously a fake.
- gkoberger 13y agoThis isn't fake.
- chillingeffect 13y agoYeah, doesn't seem to be: http://www.ardec.army.mil/armamentsec/facilities/crows.aspx http://www.ardec.army.mil/armamentsec/facilities/crows.aspx
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoMy favorite remote control software comes attached to M16 rifle. That always faithful wetware automatically takes care of, transports, and operates M16 rifle in all conditions around the world.
- samstave 13y agoRecently though, lacking a direct and physical, interface to the bioware, "firmware-management" plans have been ramped up with both extreme speed and remarkable efficiency. One of the most complex programming methods ever discovered, managing the overall environment in which the wetware develops from birth to deployment has been a massive undertaking. Ensuring that the self-programming options available to the node are either limited, controlled or invalidated is the primary drive of the system as a whole. Nodes must be new-enough models, with limited networking so as to ensure their primary perceived preferred path is that of servicing the delivery of control-policies via physical means where the illusive and intangible rewards to their self-image is valued higher than that of real-world financial gains. In parallel, control of the code creep and systemic awareness of all other nodes must be either tightly managed or swiftly controlled with impunity. .... Watch this: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/human-resources/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/human-resources/
- rdl 13y agoThe funny thing is that is a fucking GSG-5 .22lr mockery of the HK MP5, with a fake suppressor attached to make it legal as a rifle (16"), in his photo. That's like posing with a "mac" from fisher price.
- yukichan 13y agoIf this fisher price thing is loaded, pointed at someone, and you pull the trigger will it hurt or possibly even kill that someone? Another question: if a bunch of well trained delta force operatives went up against an equally numbered random thugs where delta force had the fisher price thing and the thugs had whatever you said was better, who would win you think? I don't get some people's attitudes when it comes to guns.
- wyager 13y ago>If this fisher price thing is loaded, pointed at someone, and you pull the trigger will it hurt or possibly even kill that someone? Yeah, and a Raspberry Pi is a perfectly good computer. I just choose to use a laptop instead because sometimes a bit more oomph is practical.
- rdl 13y agoYeah, it's more like a body kit on a crappy old civic trying to impersonate a Lambo. I have (2!) GSG-5. I've had an MP5 (real, full-auto, 9mm, with a suppressor). It's about that scale of difference.
- vishaldpatel 13y agoI swear, the things I'd do with that downvote button. [edit: I just realized this wasn't actually written by Mr. McAfee]
- sounds 13y agoYou can click the "flag" link like I did...
- adamnemecek 13y agoWhy do you think that it deserves to be flagged?
- vishaldpatel 13y agoFlagging seems a little extreme.
- gkoberger 13y agoIt was written by him
- vishaldpatel 13y agoI.. wow.
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- primitivesuave 13y agoIt's easy to hate on him now, but when you're 68 years old you just might wish you looked young and did badass shit like John McAfee.
- hibikir 13y agoIt could be worse: At least he is not talking about the setup of his newest drug lab.
- Jun8 13y ago"They allow me to solve 2nd order partial differential equations in my head and to spontaneously create 4 dimensional images of software structures that I can mentally manipulate." Dude, teach me! But seriously, although the first boast is pretty much BS, I was surprised to learn that there is actually something called software visualization, albeit in 3D: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~bieman/Pubs/StaplesBieman99.pdf http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~bieman/Pubs/StaplesBieman99.pdf If only the authors knew about the "smart drugs"! Anybody know more about this topic?
- sp332 13y agoThe 4th dimension is clearly time :)
- matznerd 13y agoMore about the smart drugs or the equation solving?
- Paradigma11 13y agoWhy not visualize a graph and be done with it? Are there really geometric properties that are useful here?
- chillingeffect 13y ago1. If McAffee could differentiate y = x^2, I'd be surprised. 2. Although it sounds intense, a 2nd order partial differential equation represents either an oscillating sinusoid, a decaying or growing exponential, the product of the two, or a trivial solution: a constant. Ever pulled on a spring and let it bounced back and forth a few times until it came to rest? Congratulations, you've just "visualized" a 2nd order partial differential equation. Same thing (,Leon). I learned thisin high school 20 years ago and it was invented/discovered hundreds of years ago. It's much harder to actually solve than to "visualize." And it's much harder to apply, to combine with harder math (try solve the wave equation!), etc. 3. 4 dimensional images of software structures (during sex). If you can imagine a call graph in 2-d (doxygen/dot), then imagine the same call graph in 3-d (not flattened), then imagine the same call graph at several moments in time, like a multiple exposure image, congratulations, you've just spontaneously created a 4-dimensional image of a software structure. No phenethylamines needed. McAffee is all bullshit marketing, swagger and trying to sound deep, tough and cool. If you read his backlog of attempts to do anything on his own on bluelight.ru, you'd feel sorry for the poor guy. He could barely synthesize meth and ecstacy under ideal conditions. Whatever happened to his B.S. plan to provide a secure anonymyity VPN blackbox-whatever from six months ago? [1] [1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2050334/john-mcafees-secure-anonymity-box-bucks-the-nsa.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2050334/john-mcafees-secure-a...
- barhum 13y agoThis is a shitty version of "Breaking Bad"...
- steve19 13y ago"primarily a semi-auto .22 rifle with a silencer. They are virtually completely silent and can pierce car doors and other light armor." Complete and utter bullshit. They won't penetrate a car doors, nor will they penetrate light armor. Conventional wisdom is that they will struggle to stop an adrenaline filled grown man, the combined experience of 100,000s of hunters says they won't stop mid sized game. And don't start with "but if you head shot" nonsense.
- DanHulton 13y agoNow I don't know jack about guns, but I'd heard that .22s can be way more deadly than heavier ammo, largely because of the bullets' tendencies to go spiraling around inside the body due to their low force/velocity/whatever. Can you comment on this? Or not, I mean, it's not like it's a practical matter or anything.
- effdee 13y agohttp://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=467321 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=467321 Search for "My name is Jesse" and read on...
- axaxs 13y agoWell... not to be contradictory, but don't be so quick to count the little round out. They can penetrate car doors depending on where they hit and the angle of the shot. The caliber debate is pretty silly, .22 have killed many, many humans and game of all size. Is it the most powerful? Of course not. But it's hard to decide what is, live bodies are weird that way. I can also say that anyone who calls a .22 with a silencer completely silent has never shot a .22 with a silencer.
- edj 13y agoThey won't penetrate a car doors Actually .22 LR can indeed penetrate a car door. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LS0ZRk1y0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LS0ZRk1y0
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