It's a fair cop
Statute of limitations must be up for the bnx2 linux driver, so they went for this instead.
What do a meth, coke, molly, heroin stash and Vegas allegedly have in common? Broadcom cofounder Henry Nicolas
Broadcom billionaire cofounder Henry Nicholas was this week cuffed on suspicion of drug trafficking – after cops allegedly seized a huge stash of narcotics in his Las Vegas hotel suite. The chip design giant's 59-year-old ex-CEO and his companion Ashley Fargo were arrested on Tuesday night after security staff at the Encore …
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Saturday 11th August 2018 01:35 GMT elDog
Another affluenza victim, shirley.
We all know the feeling when we get several billions in our bank accounts - it's just really hard to think rationally. And there are all our new friends who want to help us deal with the trauma and stress.
I understand that in the country/state where he was nabbed along with miss "Fargo" (of Wells and Fargos fame) just appearing to court in a car worth more than the possible bail-bond means he/she can walk free on personal recognizance. Of course, looking at that wasted face, he'd always be recognizable.
Henry - quick - make a big donation to the Trump Organization. All your legal (federal) worries will be absolved.
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Saturday 11th August 2018 02:12 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Another affluenza victim, shirley.
Trump can't do anything for him in Nevada though, other than make a phone call to the governor or DA. However, I am sure that for a modest consideration, the state and county authorities in Nevada can be convinced to take the position that "boys will be boys".
(Icon shows Nicolas hanging up the orange jumpsuit with "Las Vegas/Clark County Jail" stamped on the back. He won't be needing that.)
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Monday 13th August 2018 14:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Another affluenza victim, shirley.
The Trump connection is that obsessives can't stop themselves from forcing Trump into every article.
A similar affliction affects people who are obsessed with the fact that the United Kingdom is leaving the European union and can't stop telling people why they think it's a bad idea on articles which have no other connection.
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Tuesday 14th August 2018 15:33 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Another affluenza victim, shirley.
A similar affliction affects people who are obsessed with the fact that the United Kingdom is leaving the European union and can't stop telling people why they think it's a bad idea on articles which have no other connection.
Something which, as it turns out, seems to be affecting you as well
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Monday 20th August 2018 13:11 GMT jmch
Re: Another affluenza victim, shirley.
"Nicolas has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing."
OK, we're talking industrial quantities here but I guess the guy was hosting a party.
Drug use, hiring of prostitutes and custom-building party venues all range between A-OK to mildly dubious, and depending on what part of the world you're in, could all be legal. I wouldn't class any of that as "wrongdoing"
The only one of that list of alleged "wrongdoings" that I would consider "wrong" (actually, very, highly wrong and definitely criminal) is spiking drinks.
"affluenza victim"
Better spending it on drugs, booze and hookers for himself and his buddies than running for presidency and running a country to the ground
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Saturday 11th August 2018 05:30 GMT Geoffrey W
Re: and this appears to be
It's more an example of what's at the core of human beings (horribly wrong or right or neutral), given the opportunity; not just silicon valley. There are plenty of examples at all levels of society and in all occupations. I'm glad I'm not a billionaire, or even a mere millionaire - I'd likely be dead by now. Which I probably wouldn't enjoy.
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Saturday 11th August 2018 20:13 GMT K
Re: and this appears to be
@chivo243
I was just thinking of McAfee...
I was recently in Vegas on Honeymoon, so couldn't partake in any of the wild stuff. But OMFG.. I think I've decided what my mid-life crisis should be - To party with Nichols and McAfee, holysh*t it would be epic. Also probably my last week on earth if the wife found out!
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Saturday 11th August 2018 13:33 GMT JulieM
Re: and this appears to be
It's unlikely to be anything more complicated than money.
Some people just have self-destructive tendencies. Having more money enables people to behave more self-destructively. Whether it's lighter fuel, strong cheap cider and skateboards, or cocaine, champagne and aeroplanes, it's the same fundamental instinct underneath it. Just for higher stakes.
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Saturday 11th August 2018 08:15 GMT kuiash
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Man. Enough drugs for a major party, or, maybe just enough to keep going for a day or 2 to a major fiend.
This sounds like compulsion, not indulgence.
This guy needs to slow up (or stop) or he's going to burn out physically (and mentally).
He's stuck in groundhog day. I bet he couldn't help himself (or not help himself).
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Monday 20th August 2018 13:17 GMT jmch
Re: Optional
"Enough drugs for a major party"
From the original Las Vegas drug fiend...
"We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon."
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Sunday 12th August 2018 20:58 GMT John Smith 19
"would regularly spike the drinks of staff and customers with MDMA"
OK doing the staff was wrong but let's be honest I don't think he's the only one who's fed their (potential) customers something.
Come on, how else could you explain some of the f**k brained IT procurements over the years.
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Monday 13th August 2018 08:47 GMT LucreLout
Re: It's the money
Every rich person I've known
Any chance you could define "rich" please? Just for the purposes of your post, as opposed to anything to argue over. The reason I ask is that what I once thought of as "rich enough to get out of the game" isn't actually enough to get out of the game. I'm thinking to be coke & hokers in Vegas rich, you'd need at least say, £5 million?
or is spending their life worried/scared that they are going to fall from grace with Mammon
Its taken me about 20 years since I learned how money works to make my headline target amount. I could do it again, though I'd be retirement age by the time I finished, so ageism could knacker that. Self made wealthy people who got there through hard work and smart investing, as opposed to inheritance or one "good" idea (farcebook for example) don't seem to be as worried about losing their wealth as they know their personal formula for getting wealthy works.
To preserve my gains, I simply avoid lawyers, and non-mortgage debt. Stay away from those two things and your likelihood of going broke isn't high. You could always fund a ltd company and hold some assets in that, thus limiting the damage done should the dogs of law shit upon your lawn.
I worry about my family, and my friends. I don't worry about what happens to my money - you can't take it with you, so its all going to get passed on to my children, favoured charities, or spent before I go. Financially speaking, dying in debt is winning, not dying with millions in the bank.
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Monday 13th August 2018 01:14 GMT EveryTime
Re: Some stories are just stories
> "Aircraft oxygen masks only have 5-10 minutes worth (even pilot ones). They're simply there to get from high altitudes to below 10,000 feet without losing conciousness"
The ones provided for commercial aircraft passengers are only sufficient to keep people alive, not necessarily conscious, while the pilots take an emergency dive to a lower pressure altitude. If you are in good condition you'll probably remain alert, but the typical person might not be able to function well.
The oxygen provided for the pilots will keep them alert for several hours, or even the entire endurance time of the aircraft.
Private planes occasionally have oxygen for twice the endurance time so that they don't have to be concerned about oxygen tank refills on a round trip.
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Saturday 18th August 2018 10:10 GMT Alan Brown
Re: Some stories are just stories
"The oxygen provided for the pilots will keep them alert for several hours, or even the entire endurance time of the aircraft."
That's a fairly common fallacy.
The oxygen provided for the pilots on commericial flights is seperated from the supply for the passengers (and from the other pilot), but it isn't a long-duration supply and it's usually the same perchorlate burner as is used in the back.
The primary reason for restricting the amount of oxygen on board to the minimum possible required to get down to a safe altitude is demonstrated _here_: http://avherald.com/h?article=44078aa7/0000
Yes, specific flights may have longer duration supplies, but they're carried and secured differently(*), and must be made available to all bodies on board - or else you're going to arrive at the destination with just that - bodies. Giving the pilots an oxygen supply which substantially outlasts the passenger one is an invitation for exactly that kind of aviation incident.
(*) Supplementary oxygen for sustained unpressurised flights above 10,000 feet, etc. It's expensive, requires special installation+training and _extremely_ tiring to use. Generally you only do it for things like photographic survey flights and stuff like that. Parachute trucks just have everyone use personal bottles for the short time getting up to altitude for HALO drops, if they bother at all.
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Monday 13th August 2018 18:17 GMT Munchausen's proxy
Re: Because there has to be more to being loaded.
> "coke, meth, heroin"
> When you're that loaded you need to get loaded more?
" There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.” -- Hunter S. Thompson
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Monday 13th August 2018 11:31 GMT E_Nigma
Depending on the actual quantity, he might have a plausible "personal use" defence, even if the quantities are a bit larger than normal. It makes more sense that a billionaire addict (with well known legitimate source of wealth) would buy larger amounts in order to not have to run to his dealer every couple of days, than that he'd want to become a petty dealer himself. (I doubt many serious drug bosses would allow themselves to be caught with a big stash in their hotel rooms).
In that case, he should get a matching sentence.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
