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GTS Mark · 10-03-2005, 07:59 PM

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...w=wn_tophead_4

Man I sure would'nt want to be in his shoes right now jeeesh!

DH

Spunky · 10-03-2005, 08:04 PM

Damn..those asians don't fuck around

GTS Mark · 10-03-2005, 08:06 PM

Yeah no shit huh?

DH

warlock5 · 10-03-2005, 08:42 PM

Finding Nemo. Prejean sees it first. But then there's an entire table covered in new releases. "These are still in theaters," he says to the couple behind a table. Then he fishes out his badge and tells them he's confiscating the discs. The couple plays dumb - they got the discs online at ThreeDollarDVD.com and drove down from Alabama to resell them. They thought they were legitimate.

"Three-dollar DVD?" Prejean asks, looking serious and taking notes.

Later, after he's returned to the office and logged the confiscated DVDs as evidence, he sits down at his computer and pulls up the site. Sure enough, almost all of Hollywood's hot releases are for sale. He checks Whois, the public database that lists the owners of Web domain names. The search returns a mailing address in China. Prejean is not surprised. China is the world capital of boot-leg DVDs, and the discs he confiscated had Chinese lettering on them. What does surprise him is the site's administrative contact address: [email protected]. It doesn't sound very Chinese.

That guy is a fucking idiot!

warlock5 · 10-03-2005, 08:44 PM

Even better --

By the time Randy is a junior in high school, he's attended five schools. That doesn't keep him from scoring a 1550 on the SAT - good enough to make up for his botched academic record and get him into Tufts, where he majors in electrical engineering. He goes on to get a master's in that subject and an MBA from Columbia.

This reminds me of the guy with 3 doctorates which fell for one of the Nigerian e-mail scams.

tony286 · 10-03-2005, 08:50 PM

I wouldnt call him a geek more like a pirating thief.

10-03-2005, 07:59 PM	#1
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	The Rise And Fall Of A Rich Geek - Interesting Article http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...w=wn_tophead_4 Man I sure would'nt want to be in his shoes right now jeeesh! DH

10-03-2005, 08:04 PM	#2
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,947	Damn..those asians don't fuck around __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

10-03-2005, 08:06 PM	#3
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	Yeah no shit huh? DH

10-03-2005, 08:42 PM	#4
warlock5 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Uranus Posts: 2,808	Finding Nemo. Prejean sees it first. But then there's an entire table covered in new releases. "These are still in theaters," he says to the couple behind a table. Then he fishes out his badge and tells them he's confiscating the discs. The couple plays dumb - they got the discs online at ThreeDollarDVD.com and drove down from Alabama to resell them. They thought they were legitimate. "Three-dollar DVD?" Prejean asks, looking serious and taking notes. Later, after he's returned to the office and logged the confiscated DVDs as evidence, he sits down at his computer and pulls up the site. Sure enough, almost all of Hollywood's hot releases are for sale. He checks Whois, the public database that lists the owners of Web domain names. The search returns a mailing address in China. Prejean is not surprised. China is the world capital of boot-leg DVDs, and the discs he confiscated had Chinese lettering on them. What does surprise him is the site's administrative contact address: [email protected]. It doesn't sound very Chinese. That guy is a fucking idiot!

10-03-2005, 08:44 PM	#5
warlock5 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Uranus Posts: 2,808	Even better -- By the time Randy is a junior in high school, he's attended five schools. That doesn't keep him from scoring a 1550 on the SAT - good enough to make up for his botched academic record and get him into Tufts, where he majors in electrical engineering. He goes on to get a master's in that subject and an MBA from Columbia. This reminds me of the guy with 3 doctorates which fell for one of the Nigerian e-mail scams.

10-03-2005, 08:50 PM	#6
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	I wouldnt call him a geek more like a pirating thief.