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Re:Kim Dotcom puts up €10,000 bounty for first person to bre... by chris_wot on Friday February 01, 2013 @03:24AM (#5149815)
Look, it's pretty simple. Kim Dotcom is a snake oil salesperson. Great at hype, but ultimately if you dig beneath the covers I suspect there will be nothing there.

I should know, I trusted and was very badly burned by someone who spoke big, manipulated others an dultimately had nothing whatsoever other than charm and chutzpah. Give Mega a wide berth, or you too could be badly burned.

Someone else has also pointed to the following article about crypto-breaking contests, written by BrucebScneier. Definitely worth a read before getting excited about this contest.

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9812.html#1

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Re:Kim Dotcom puts up €10,000 bounty for first person to bre... by ramblerman on Friday February 01, 2013 @12:37PM (#5152122)
"I should know, I trusted and was very badly burned by someone who spoke big, manipulated others an dultimately had nothing whatsoever other than charm and chutzpah. Give Mega a wide berth, or you too could be badly burned."

Unless that person was Kim Dotcom this is useless diatribe. It is akin to me saying, "I had a bitter divorce so never marry"

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Re:Kim Dotcom puts up €10,000 bounty for first person to bre... by sturgill on Friday February 01, 2013 @12:58PM (#5152238)
For the record, (and as someone who is happily married) I would discourage marrying kids. It's better to wait until both of you are at least 18...
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