Why there is so much hatred towards the Winklewii? - page 2.

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Quote from: Gordonium on July 02, 2013, 09:36:17 PM

I just don't get it. I mean, I use to think that they are total tools, but more I hear about them, more my appreciation grows for them.

anyone that supports bitcoin enough to publically make a bitcoin startup is AWESOME in my book... but agreed they are total tools!

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Quote from: FirstAscent on July 03, 2013, 08:10:19 AM

They are the classic example of software startup failure due to lack of programming talent.

I wouldn't call them a failure. I mean what kind of car are you driving? What kind of girls are you dating? How much money do you have in your bank account?

Truth is that Winklewiis are winners in this life.

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They are the classic example of software startup failure due to lack of programming talent.

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Quote from: tclo on July 02, 2013, 09:42:27 PM

Probably from their portrayal in the movie, where they are painted as somewhat arrogant rich kids. Most people cannot differentiate realty from fantasy.

This sounds like the book "The Robots of Dawn" where the people think Elijah is like in the movie Cheesy

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Quote from: asically on July 03, 2013, 06:04:09 AM

If it was up to them alone, we wouldn't have Facebook because someone with actually skill was needed to implement the idea.

I have a huge respect for a Mark and he is one of my heroes. And it is clear that it was Zuck's vision that made Facebook what it is today.

But you have to see both sides of the coin. If you would hire an engineer to develop your site and he would made you believe that he was working on it, but then out of blue he would publish himself website that has lot of similarities with your site. Wouldn't you be pissed off? And honestly: If that site would one day be worth of billions, wouldn't you sue him?

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Quote from: Professor James Moriarty on July 03, 2013, 05:45:41 AM

I like them and to be honest the movie made me hate mark rather than the twins , the movie made me like them Cheesy

mark stole their idea why would anyone hate people who were robbed?

If it was up to them alone, we wouldn't have Facebook because someone with actually skill was needed to implement the idea.

The twins are a moral hazard and may not have the permission to spend family money.

How far will they go to get back at Mark?

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Anybody actually know if they are jocks as in the movie?
Separately, are they annoying as in the movie?
Have they always been from a monied background?

And is Facebook actually a ripoff of their site contrary to the lawsuit? What was their site called?

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Quote from: Professor James Moriarty on July 03, 2013, 05:45:41 AM

I like them and to be honest the movie made me hate mark rather than the twins , the movie made me like them Cheesy

mark stole their idea why would anyone hate people who were robbed?

Both "stole" the idea of sixdegrees.com. Ideas are free.

I don't like neither the Winklevii nor Zuck very much.

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I like them and to be honest the movie made me hate mark rather than the twins , the movie made me like them Cheesy

mark stole their idea why would anyone hate people who were robbed?

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Quote from: Mahn on July 03, 2013, 03:54:43 AM

The problem with the Winklevii is that it's pretty damn obvious they got into Bitcoin primarily due to its speculative potential, not so much because they believe on it. We know for a fact they are driven by money.

What's wrong about being driven in money? I am also driven by money, but that doesn't mean that I'm not interested about technology and economics behind Bitcoin.

Besides how many other multimillionaire jocks you know that are interested in Bitcoin? If they weren't interested about Bitcoin or about technology in general they could be partying around the clock. The fact that they use their time and money instead in Bitcoins shows clearly that they are interested in it.

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Because we all know their true intention is to create another crap alt.

TwinCoin: The new Alternating Hashing Algorithm. Wink

AHA

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The problem with the Winklevii is that it's pretty damn obvious they got into Bitcoin primarily due to its speculative potential, not so much because they believe on it. We know for a fact they are driven by money.

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Hatred is relative. Anyways they came from the educational conveyor belt of powers-that-be. That's why we hate them and because they lost in the Beijing Olympics.

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Never saw the movie.
Don't care who they are.
Don't care what they do.

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Maybe it is because of jealously? They have 1% of all Bitcoins!

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Quote from: tclo on July 02, 2013, 09:42:27 PM

Probably from their portrayal in the movie, where they are painted as somewhat arrogant rich kids. Most people cannot differentiate realty from fantasy.

I don't have any problem with them. I really don't care about them one way or the other.

It must suck having your first impression forever ruined by a movie.

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People can't differentiate between the movie and real life.

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Quote from: Gordonium on July 02, 2013, 09:36:17 PM

I just don't get it. I mean, I use to think that they are total tools, but more I hear about them, more my appreciation grows for them.

I agree. They are growing on me!

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Probably from their portrayal in the movie, where they are painted as somewhat arrogant rich kids. Most people cannot differentiate realty from fantasy.

I don't have any problem with them. I really don't care about them one way or the other.

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