Jonathan, I can't discuss legalese, because I know nothing about California's and not even enough about local law here (I do suspect that it's more or less the same, we are in EU after all). My point was that for someone who doesn't know a thing about your history with Jay and only clicks on the YouTube link (just like I did), you come out as the aggressor and it looks bad on you.
Again, you might be completely right in everything you say about him and your relationship, but I don't think you're approaching the situation correctly. You know what my first thought was after the first 20 seconds of the video? "If someone would do this to me, he would get a few punches and the phone shoved down his throat". Of course, I am much calmer in real life and I would probably just leave or call security, but I suspect a lot of viewers had the same feeling. I don't think it helps you that they feel for the "victim" (Jay).
Repeat: I am only criticizing the method, not passing judgement on who is right in this conflict.
I was not aggressive towards Jay. I never raised my voice, and was only interested in getting his words on video. I got what I wanted.
The back story? I finally had enough of his outrageous actions, including telling Matthew that I had told others that I was the inventor of Dialcoin (that's just one of many ridiculous character assasination attempts). I mean, the kid was just throwing the most ridiculous nonsense out there that he could, in an attempt to alienate me with people that he considered potentially strategic for me.
In other words, Jay had mounted an active mission of making up outrageous stories to anyone who would listen. There's MANY people that would get angry and violent towards Jay or anyone for this type of behavior, but I never stoop to that level, and I also don't lie or take malicious actions towards others.
Back to the video: I simply asked him if he'd like to say anything to the community, and asked him in person about one outrageous lie in particular about me. He finally told the lie on video, and yes that was enough. I did have him in a corner, and I'm sure he regrets saying what he did on video. It is living proof that he's unhinged and an unapologetic liar to boot.
The people that he's lied about me to have seen this, and because of that, they have the opportunity and information they need to make objective decisions as to whether they should question things they've been told by Jay with more scrutiny.
Where there's smoke there's fire, sir.
I didn't post this thread as a way to win friends. I posted this thread to publicly clear myself of wrongdoing, and to give any interested parties a heads up as to the nature of Jay.
Had I used common sense in the beginning, I would have listened to my gut and known that he was too good to be true, and that he wouldn't be capable of developing a custom linux distro for matched hardware GPU mining. See, that was his job. The mining rigs in question were development machines, meant as a test bed to be used to develop a lean and purpose built mining software solution. The goal was to sell pre-assembled mining units with software pre-installed, not to run 5gh/s as the end goal.
I appreciate your thoughts, and I do understand that I could be seen as the aggressor. Sometimes, being the aggressor is the only way to get what is needed.
What really surprises me is that the lying and character assassination by Jay is so easily glossed over. It's a really big problem in this forum generally, and I had ever right and reason to go ahead and do exactly what I did. I would do it again in a heartbeat. What other choice is there when an unapologetic liar and bullshit artist decides to take so much time out of his busy schedule to mount an attack? Frankly, this is just the shot across the bow. If he continues to do what he's been doing for the past month, I'll actually be turning the volume up. I'm NOT going to just lie down and take it.
I welcome an apology from Jay for his lies. He hasn't ever proven himself to be a man however, so I suspect that even now he's twisting and distorting the facts presented to match his own self serving and out of touch version of reality.
It's a shame to live your life in a jail of your own making, never admitting you're wrong and always fighting an offensive battle against those in the past that you've wronged, always worried that they'll expose you.
It must be a horrible and frightening existence.
-Jonathan
