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dabigkahuna said:

weirdosmurf said:

Actually, to be fair, what you are doing is waaaaaay different from “normal” discourse. You aren’t interested in a point (anyone else’s)... you want the fight and the object of your fight is “to win” and “winning” is your entire objective despite any salient points people may make.

Wrong again. This is easily shown by the simple fact that when a critic doesn't keep resorting to the made-up assumptions and personal attacks on people simply because they don't agree, I have agreed with much of what they say and have said so publicly.

But when people fib and say my time references are "endlessly flexible" or that I say Friday is the same as Monday, or that I haven't done any programming, then that is what prevents normal discourse. Of course, you may consider such bogus attacks to be normal for you.

Wrong again. People are saying that you are an annoying ridiculous troll and your attempts to twist the definition of any given deadline is as irrational and unethical as Mark's underlying behavior (because it contributes to it).

dabigkahuna said:

LOL! Of course they can end the functionality of the TB. Though I don't know that there is a kill switch (I do think it would be good to have though). I do know there is a time limit for how long it will work unless they renew the token (which, of course, they periodically do).

First off, what's the "LOL!" about exactly? Why the faux laughter and such obvious fakery? Why do you behave like that?

Second, an expiring token is equivalent to a kill switch, as they could at any time trigger the kill via an invalid token or other methods to that effect.

dabigkahuna said:

But to think they shouldn't be able to cut off test units makes as much sense as those who said they shouldn't have an NDA. Both are entirely appropriate.

You pay for a keyboard.
You never receive a keyboard. Roughly a year goes by.
Waytools says you can be a tester, and use an unfinished keyboard, with the promise that you return it. It's not your keyboard. They can kill it at anytime. Ok, if you agree to do that (you are not forced to do that), then so be it.
But then - DO NOT EVER SAY that you are 'shipping to customers', when what you are really doing is LENDING unfinished prototype devices to public beta testers with the agreement that they do not own the device and must return it if Waytools demands it.

dabigkahuna said:

But the real problem is people like you arguing that this means we have been bribed, etc. Which is nothing more than a way to hope you can get people to not listen to anyone who disagrees with you. So much easier to target the person rather than the arguments, yet many of the critics keep doing it.

Saying the treg testers are bribed is the same thing as saying that testers cannot say what they really think about Mark Knighton or the company or its unethical business practices. Either way, its a restriction of speech. One is where you get something to shut up, the other is where you shut up so something is not taken away.

We all know Mark Knighton hates freedom of speech, given that practically everyone on this thread except Kahuna has been banned from the Waytools Forum. I guarantee you, if a Treg tester started ripping into Mark like he deserves, he would do something incredibly something stupid, like remotely kill their Textblade. 

The most likely reasons Treg testers do not tear into Mark's bad behavior is:

1) It's just a keyboard, cost 99 bucks, and if it works well enough, then ok - move on with life. This is probably 95% of Treg testers. It would also probably be 95% of customers. 5% might complain about its quirks and return it. So what? Ship them what you promised, what you were selling, what they paid for, and move on to v2 of the product.

2) Having paid for something and in exchange received only an unfinished prototype which you are required to submit beta feedback on, and will probably never receiving anything else, why poke the bear? The 5% of Treg testers that feel inclined to speak out against Mark probably figure, hey, this is the best I'm ever going to get, so I might as well shut up. Mark would just take it away if anyone spoke out, so best to count yourself lucky.

It would be nice if a Treg tester spoke up.

The 'free gift' should also be revealed at this point. Its been too long to keep that secret anymore. No one is obligated to hide a fact long after any reasonable NDA time period has expired.

alexonline said:

Newsflash: Mark still sulking, customers none the wiser, Treggers don’t care as they’ve been bribed. 

Picture a Soviet-era news anchor.

Its more like: Treggers can't say what they really think about all of this because they have a metaphorical gun pointed at their heads via the Textblade malware software kill switch. 

dabigkahuna said:

Or claims that I "always" defend WT.
Or claims that I am "endlessly flexible" about time frames when, in fact, I put clear limits on them?
Or the claims that I said Friday is same as Monday?
Or the claims that I didn't do any programming?

No one cares Kahuna! In the bigger picture, everything about "you" is totally irrelevant (if you do not work for WT). You are a bizarre little troll who keeps inserting yourself into conversations where you were not invited and have no place. I told you before: stop responding on behalf of other people. Stop responding on behalf of Mark Knighton. Control your fanatical little urges to be Mark Knighton's mouthpiece and let him respond to all of the criticism that is directed at him - not you - whether it be fair or unfair. You keep stepping in front of punches justifiably lobbed at Mark Knighton and then complaining that people are unfairly attacking you. You are not him! (right????) Waytools is not your company! (right???) You are not responsible for the delays! (correct???) So STFU when someone asks Mark a question or criticizes Mark and let him speak for himself. STOP enabling his totally pathological behavior, which you are indisputably 100% guilty of doing!

This is how sociopaths and criminals behave. I am convinced Mark Knighton is mentally ill. He is filled with a desire to tell lies and create a fantasy narrative he can't possibly live up to. And he knows it. Every time he said an update was coming, he was sitting at home in his underwear typing lies on one of his prototype keyboards. He knows he is lying and he just can't stop himself from doing it anyway, over and over again.

May update. Fail. Sat June 1st by 9pm PST. Fail. Quiet Sunday. Fail. Fail. Fail.

Now he goes into hiding. Where is Mark Knighton? MIA. The lying liar has disappeared.

Anybody who can't see or admit what is really going on here is either part of the scam or has issues of their own. Kahuna.

Appleinsider needs to do an on the record video or audio interview with this ridiculous lying scumbag and get some straight answers for the public. I want to hear a journalist ask this guy some real questions. 'WTF is your problem exactly? (note: WTF in this case does not stand for 'waytools forum'). Why do you keep saying you will do things and then not do them? What is your explanation for this astounding 4+ years of this erratic and incompetent behavior? Where is all the money? How many customers money do you still have? How many keyboards have you built? How old are the batteries? Do you have any hardware in inventory that is considered 100% final? Show us proof that you have the money to fulfill every order. Why are you refusing to return the money until the product is ready to ship, given that the product is approaching FIVE YEARS of delays?'

The saga of Mark Knighton's pathetic sociopathic behavior is a real issue. Someone needs to dig up the dirt and tell that story.