An interview with WAS.

**joeyjoe367** · 08-21-2002, 10:55 AM

I have a friend that goes to the university of washington, and he's 17.

When he was 14, he took a course that allowed him to, basically, take all of highschool in a year, so what WOULD have been his sophomore year in highschool was his freshman year in college. So it's quite possible to go to college at a much younger age.

3 degrees in 4 years is just nuts. 3 degrees in 4 years CONCURRENT with Highschool and at that age is sounding a little BS here. Especially degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, which I have been told are the most difficult and time-consuming degrees to obtain.

Show me those degrees and I'll shut up.

**shartley** · 08-21-2002, 11:05 AM

Okay folks... great points brought up... now add that he claims to have been WORKING in the Programming Industry since he was 11.... on top of all his *educational* stuff.

**HoppysMag** · 08-21-2002, 11:26 AM

im with shartley

and let me say as mag owners we know its performance not hype
and if you need to hype up your product it is simply not good enough...
the witch hunt is over... now its time to start the fire.

i am surprised at the number of people who gave in so easily...

but on another note if you did work for Commodore i must say the old 64 in my basement is a good machine...

Ack, sorry - left out the firsts for you.

First hardware based disk copier. Versions of the Apple ][/+, Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC.

First full color Macintosh emulation. Versions for the Amiga and PC.

First Pentium emulation. Versions for the Amiga and PowerMac.

First PowerPC emulation. Version for the Amiga, and a version in the completion stages for the PC.

There are other little "firsts" for each different types of home computers as well, but nothing that sticks out still to date.

Emulation huh....

kinda like your company name right....

**Muzikman** · 08-21-2002, 11:28 AM

**beam** · 08-21-2002, 11:43 AM

He doesn't appear to be evasive in this interview: Interview

However, I'm still looking.

**mercury** · 08-21-2002, 12:20 PM

Ok, so the guy is shady. The point has been made and discussed to the point of being a little redundant and rediculous. Is there really nothing better to talk about? Do some of you really have so much time on your hands that you spend time digging up dirt on somebody just to join the group of stone throwers? He is not the first, nor will he be the last "snake charmer" in the world. Is this some noble effort to rid the world of them starting with this guy?

Maybe all of this energy should be put to something more productive as this is getting really lame. Let the guy live in his own happy little world. Obviously, his Turbo Rev is a decent product as a quick look on pbreview shows that it is rated a 9.5. Does it really matter so much how it works? It works, doesn't it?

Don't think that I am blindly buying into his ideas or anything of that nature but it's time to say "When." Enough is enough. Now that this dead horse has been beaten, shot, mutilated, burned, and nuked, maybe it's time to just act like adults and stop all the nonsense.

**cphilip** · 08-21-2002, 12:25 PM

Thanks Beam! I thought this part of an article on the site was interesting:

...In April of 2001, Microcode Solutions released "iFusion," a software-only emulator of the PPC Macintosh for the Amiga computer. The company stated at that time that a port of iFusion (which will be renamed) to the Windows operating system was almost complete. Drew has indicated then that the initial port of iFusion would require hardware support (from a card that he would sell for ~$300 US), but that a software-only version would be released at a later date. Drew has since sold iFusion to a retailer called "Virtual Programming Limited" without releasing a Windows port.

In early 2002, Drew stated that the hardware supported Windows port of iFusion would be officially released at MacWorld Tokyo in March of that year. This deadline was not met, and Drew was criticized online for his error. Drew responded to the attacks by releasing pictures of the hardware card that he said would support the emulator. This did little to halt the attacks on his company and amidst legal threats against emulation site developers, the official Microcode Solutions site was removed and a message stating "NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!" was put in its place. As of May 26, 2002 it has not been replaced.

At this time Microcode Solutions does not sell any products...

The link to entire article at E-Maculation where this article is posted: http://www.emaculation.com/micro.shtml

**Miscue** · 08-21-2002, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by mercury
Enough is enough. Now that this dead horse has been beaten, shot, mutilated, burned, and nuked, maybe it's time to just act like adults and stop all the nonsense.

I'm in complete disagreement. This is a mentally lazy approach - an "argument stopper." There are numerous questions left unanswered, it is in our interests to find the answers.

**mercury** · 08-21-2002, 01:14 PM

Call it mentally lazy if you will, but I can hardly believe that there isn't anything else more usefull to discuss. Making very valid points ceased many posts ago. Now, all I see are people regurgitating what has already been said. Some may call it accumulating evidence or something similar but I know any intelligent person needs no more evidence to believe that this guy has a shady history. Ok, I get it.

**shartley** · 08-21-2002, 01:28 PM

**mercury** · 08-21-2002, 01:46 PM

"This thread is in ADDITION to all other topics here on AO, not the ONLY one."

That is correct. I know I can go elsewhere if I don't see the relevance in reading this thread, but that is not the point I am trying to make.

Being a relatively new AO member, I have learned much from this group of people over the past few months. This group is entirely different from any other forum or internet group that I have participated in, in that it has higher standards, for the most part. From, previously an observers point of view, I watched the content of this thread decline. It seems as some have dropped below my percieved standards and expectations of this group. One cannot help but notice the personal insults being slung around carelessly as often happens in many other forums.

Further discussion is not a bad thing. You are also quite correct there. I was not trying to mute the discussion, but was rather, at the very least, hoping to guide it to be more constructive.

**Cristobal** · 08-21-2002, 02:04 PM

You know what this all reminds me of? The Bond movie "Man with the Golden Gun" where Bond is trying to chase the assassin in the room full of mirrors. Reviewing this thread, there would appear some measure truth in what he says -- but the manner in which it is presented casts doubt on everything. I may have been overly gracious in my reception of his background... or maybe not. Most likely it doesn't really matter anyway, because the question ultimately resolves to if his products work or not -- and from what I've seen they do, but not to the level to which they are hyped.

I tell you what though, this artisan of ambiguity has made for a most interesting discussion

I wonder what will come next...

**EnderWigginPballin** · 08-21-2002, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
I think many of you do not operate a business that is based on how something looks/feels. The paintball industry is one of those industries. If you don't have the red annoed, super-glare resistant, nuclear powered, "hype" then you don't sell products

which is why we're pretty much all shooting Mags here instead of Angels. Because AGD hypes the Mag constantly and WDP barely advertises.................

and if you don't know a whole lot about your competitors products they'll always have an advantage over you buddy.

There are two types of paintball companies if you think about it.
people like you, Kingman, Worrgames and WDP..... it's all hype and advertising. with a decent product

then there are companies like Tippmann, PPS and AGD.
not too flashy, but great reputations for quality, durability and value.

the first one is strong now, but how many of those companies have been around as long as AGD and Tippmann.... just Worrgames (which is basically making products based on what Glenn at PPS taught Bud Orr)

**mercury** · 08-21-2002, 04:40 PM

Ok, well I'm not sure that everything on pbreview has 9+ but assume that I did buy into that reasoning. Even if it was a huge conspiracy on pbreview to give everything high marks(

), that still leaves the people on here that have said that the Turbo Rev performs decently, if not well. Also, unmotivated people aren't the only one's who get bad products. There are plenty of people who do post negative things about bad products they may receive. Likewise, there are most likely plenty of people who do like products and aren't ambitious enough to hunt down pbreview and post positive points.

**FutureMagOwner** · 08-21-2002, 07:19 PM

the one thing i have a problem is that hes attempt to insult potential customers intelligence and provides now proof of his claims apparently believe noone can grasp a concept besides him. unless your attitudes doesnt change WAS i would keep your day job(based on the interview it seems you have another job) please as shartley might say put up or shutup

An interview with WAS.

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