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Post number 13990

wibbler — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:33:49 -0800

I know he's not a popular man on here, but I'm going to say it: What's happened to Kimble? Ignoring the 'I don't care, it's only Kimble' path, is his present rant justifiable - is Germany's enterpreneurial policy 'destructive'?

By: BlitzK

BlitzK — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:00:17 -0800

ummm... this is the 3rd time I'll try to post this... dont know why it's not showing up... ok.. I know who kimble is, and is megacar/boat/heli.... but what is with the RIP crap? did I miss something?

By: Eloquence

Eloquence — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:00:55 -0800

Oh yay, flamebait! Kimble was just now arrested in Thailand for his insider trading with stocks of many of his "kimpanies", all of which were hot air projects with no "business plan" whatsoever (sound familiar?) only used to finance Kimble's very public lifestyle. The only thing that makes Kimble different from all the dot-commers is that he's a) more criminal, b) more arrogant, c) has portrayed himself as a "hacker", not even close to the truth. Just before he was arrested today he announced his own suicide on Monday -- I say let the man go "his path" instead of spending taxpayer money on his imprisonment.

By: wibbler

wibbler — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:15:51 -0800

A mirror of his (very) recent new look site is here

By: chaz

chaz — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:24:45 -0800

Never hoid of em

By: wibbler

wibbler — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:28:17 -0800

how did he manage to get all the money he's spent?

By: Eloquence

Eloquence — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:41:45 -0800

wibbler: 1) VC (AKA "suckers"). 2) IPOs.

By: Ulwen

Ulwen — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:02:55 -0800

Well, the thing is to stop looking for idiots in time, before you become one yourself.... You got to give the man some credit, the mirrorsite is the best test there is to find the last "new economy" sucker out there. But of course, they are producing new one´s everyday they say. Have you got your Segway yet? Or will it be called KIMway? Hey! Will i be famous now?(Kimpires hall of fame) One more question? Is he the best conman in the new economy or are the Boo.com Swedes still record holders?

By: Shadowkeeper

Shadowkeeper — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:16:37 -0800

Who, Richard Kimble? I heard he's on the lam

By: atom128

atom128 — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:24:17 -0800

I missed this whole kimble thing... Who is he? What has he done?

By: wantwit

wantwit — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 18:15:54 -0800

it was teh one-armed man, i swear. if you're from the states just follow the links above and you'll get the picture. use babelfish if necessary. i wasn't aware of him until this post i'm sorry to say.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 06:11:46 -0800

Kimble: German citizen living in East Asia who used insane self-promotion of himself as overweight yet gregarious "hacker" living in the lap of luxury, swank house, luxo car, beauteous babes. There were some flash movies that went around that pumped up the cult. Apparently along the way he was raising ridiculous amounts of money for e-ventures that have since gone south in a very bad way. And now, it's time for the Schadenfreude Song ...

By: nikzhowz

nikzhowz — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:21:42 -0800

Some of Kimble's site is still accessible -- pics of Kimble and crew livin' large in the Caribbean (careful if you're at work, there's some nude shots) -- pics from some sort of frathouse-type prank involving helicopter drops. Couple of flash movies -- Kimble "takes out" Bill Gates and Kimble takes out Milosevic. After the 9/11 attacks, Kimble posted a $10 million bounty on Bin Laden and organized the Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism (YIHAT), sited at kill.net. He made an appeal to governments around the world to support his hacking crew as they hunted terrorists in cyberspace. Both his homepage and YIHAT were quickly defaced by someone called fluffybunny. Here's an amusing exchange between YIHAT and attrition.org -- they accuse attrition of being a springboard for a Pakistani hacking group. Apparently the concept of a defacement mirror is something they'd never encountered before.

By: outsider

outsider — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:01:39 -0800

he reminds me of the tubby nemesis in pee wees big adventure. The one with the bathtub swimming pool?

By: shinybeast

shinybeast — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:25:57 -0800

That Kimpire page is a riot! "Evolution is over. Genetic material like mine is rare. That's why it is expensive. If you like to give birth to a genius, you can. For only USD 1 million, child support excluded. Send your email to sperm@kimble.org."

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:48:27 -0800

shinybeast: Hahaha Who would want to give birth to the ofspring of that freak : P

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:56:35 -0800

John Kimble was who Arnie played in Kindergaten Cop. All of those wonderful Arnold Schwarzenegger prank calls on net.. HELLO! I'M DETECTIVE JOHN KIMBLE!