Man Who Accidentally Threw Hard Drive Containing 8,000 Bitcoins Worth Half A Billion Dollars In Landfill Sues Local City Council For Not Excavating The Site
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In a last-ditch effort, the Wales-based software engineer filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for roughly 495.31 million British pounds, or about $647 million, in damages for repeatedly denying his request to excavate the landfill site housing the discarded hard drive, which contains around 8,000 units of Bitcoin
womp womp
TTFN - Kent
He should go get a loan and excavate it himself! He'll make bank when he finds the drive! (And it is unreadable because a Cat drove over it a couple times and crushed the plates.)
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
filed a lawsuit
Phew...so glad to hear that litigation and lawyers are involved. :rolleyes: I mean what would the world be without?
I look forward to hearing about the case being thrown out and the guy having to pay defense costs. :laugh:
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He should go get a loan and excavate it himself! He'll make bank when he finds the drive! (And it is unreadable because a Cat drove over it a couple times and crushed the plates.)
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It has been in the landfill for 11 years. :omg:
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The bizarre case dates back to 2013 when Howells unintentionally put a hard drive containing 8,000 BTCs in the trash while cleaning his office.
Yeah, I am thinking that it is probably unreadable.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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In a last-ditch effort, the Wales-based software engineer filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for roughly 495.31 million British pounds, or about $647 million, in damages for repeatedly denying his request to excavate the landfill site housing the discarded hard drive, which contains around 8,000 units of Bitcoin
womp womp
TTFN - Kent
Kent Sharkey wrote:
Wales-based software engineer
ps - if he can't be bothered to 'engineer' a solution to keep track of half a billion dollars of virtual crap, he is not really an engineer, is he?
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It has been in the landfill for 11 years. :omg:
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The bizarre case dates back to 2013 when Howells unintentionally put a hard drive containing 8,000 BTCs in the trash while cleaning his office.
Yeah, I am thinking that it is probably unreadable.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I look forward to hearing about the case being thrown out and the guy having to pay defense costs. :laugh:
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You are really evil, mini-me :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
Wales-based software engineer
ps - if he can't be bothered to 'engineer' a solution to keep track of half a billion dollars of virtual crap, he is not really an engineer, is he?
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To be fair, back then it would have been max a couple of 10x... but I do give you that, if you invest in something, you should keep track of it... and if not, do not complain, your fault.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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In a last-ditch effort, the Wales-based software engineer filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for roughly 495.31 million British pounds, or about $647 million, in damages for repeatedly denying his request to excavate the landfill site housing the discarded hard drive, which contains around 8,000 units of Bitcoin
womp womp
TTFN - Kent
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Sorry, but no. The one person I thought was left doesn’t seem interested in helping people. I guess all I can suggest is to post in suggestions and bugs and hope they change their mind. :((
TTFN - Kent
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Sorry, but no. The one person I thought was left doesn’t seem interested in helping people. I guess all I can suggest is to post in suggestions and bugs and hope they change their mind. :((
TTFN - Kent
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Sorry, but no. The one person I thought was left doesn’t seem interested in helping people. I guess all I can suggest is to post in suggestions and bugs and hope they change their mind. :((
TTFN - Kent
Is there only one person left, or just one person who might have been a little bit technical? If it's the person who's labelling all the stuff that's being sold off, I guess we can understand why they won't be too bothered with opening up the servers. Good luck for the future Kent.
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Is there only one person left, or just one person who might have been a little bit technical? If it's the person who's labelling all the stuff that's being sold off, I guess we can understand why they won't be too bothered with opening up the servers. Good luck for the future Kent.
I think he "used to be technical", but he's mostly been "the business guy" for a while. There must be others...I keep hoping. :sigh: At least I hope there isn't just someone putting price stickers on everything in preparation for the yard sale.
TTFN - Kent