Lunch with Dave

[werepossum]

I had lunch today with David McOwen and his lovely wife Debi. Have to say, they are great folks, really nice, funny and interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot. I post this only because some of the newer folks might judge him solely by the heat he gets from some of the other long time residents.

Other than that, Merry Christmas Anandtech!

 

[TecHNooB]

who?

 

[guyver01]

who?

McPwned.

The man who has to sign permission slips for vinegar
The man who has to pay $100 for a gallon of gas
The man who has to pay $100 for a gallon of milk
The man who had his house stolen, and apparently the police are ok with it.

 

[amish]

dave, crazy on the internet but i was guessing he was alright in person.

 

[mb]

McPwned.

The man who had his house stolen, and apparently the police are ok with it.

lol, I don't remember that one. Link?

 

[JD50]

I have no doubt that in real life Dave is a nice, funny, interesting guy. But he sure does come off as a lunatic on the internet.

 

[Perknose]

I had lunch today with David McOwen and his lovely wife Debi. Have to say, they are great folks, really nice, funny and interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot. I post this only because some of the newer folks might judge him solely by the heat he gets from some of the other long time residents.

I never really doubted this was true. Dave's posting style and history have contributed towards making him a target here, but the sorry-assed trolls who are so desperately wedded to putting him down at every turn are the real-life losers. :thumbsup:

 

[FleshLight]

The nowheremom guy or the guy ran folding@home on some school computers?

 

[guyver01]

lol, I don't remember that one. Link?

its gone

 

[TecHNooB]

is this the same dave that predicts natural disasters?

 

[Oil]

Is this the sequel to 'My Dinner with Andre'?

 

[uhohs]

The nowheremom guy or the guy ran folding@home on some school computers?

the later ^_^

 

[dmcowen674]

Lunch with Dave

I had lunch today with David McOwen and his lovely wife Debi. Have to say, they are great folks, really nice, funny and interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot. I post this only because some of the newer folks might judge him solely by the heat he gets from some of the other long time residents.

Other than that, Merry Christmas Anandtech!

Was great meeting you and awesome BBQ in Chattanooga.
Not much of any BBQ up in Chicagoland.
Had not met any AT members last few years since was working in Denver back in 2006.

Merry Christmas & Happy New year AT

Now back to regular scheduled programming signing for balsamic vinegar.

 

[Spikesoldier]

I never really doubted this was true. Dave's posting style and history have contributed towards making him a target here, but the sorry-assed trolls who are so desperately wedded to putting him down at every turn are the real-life losers. :thumbsup:

well put. dave oft brings a smirk to my face with his antics, or from witnessing the troubling amount of mud and BS slung at him.

 

[slayer202]

so you are confirming he is just a troll on ATOT?

 

[Doppel]

lol, I don't remember that one. Link?

Thread was deleted after people started proving that the event never occurred.

 

[TridenT]

Thread was deleted after people started proving that the event never occurred.

lulz

I have a large ignore list too though, but it's only because some of these members are ridiculously annoying. (i.e. the resident bi-british user who posts 100x a day)

 

[dmcowen674]

lulz

I never asked any Mods to delete any thread.

Ask the Mods yourself to confirm.

The above event did in fact happen.

Call the Delaware County Sheriffs office for the confirmation.

 

[guyver01]

it's only because some of these members are ridiculously annoying. (i.e. the resident bi-british user who posts 100x a day)

wow. pot. kettle.

 

[shortylickens]

Yup, this thread is going exactly how I thought it would.

 

[Howard]

I never really doubted this was true. Dave's posting style and history have contributed towards making him a target here, but the sorry-assed trolls who are so desperately wedded to putting him down at every turn are the real-life losers. :thumbsup:

You're crazy too.

 

[shortylickens]

You're crazy too.

 

[Howard]

Racist.

 

[Schadenfroh]

who?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1782050.stm

Mr McOwen loaded a distributed-computing program, similar to the Seti@home screensaver, on the college's PCs so that spare computing capacity could help in a volunteer code-breaking challenge.

For his actions, he was charged with computer theft and computer trespass, facing a fine of up to $415,000 and anything from eight to 120 years in jail.

Very few people here have been screwed over by their employers as badly as Dave.

 

[lxskllr]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1782050.stm


Very few people here have been screwed over by their employers as badly as Dave.

Is that this Dave? Pretty weak on the colleges' part. I could think of numerous ways to deal with that before getting courts involved :^S