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Kim Schmitz is a convicted fraud - how about lessing out his claims and writing about the facts?

judging from the articles I read about Schmitz he rarely (never?) actually hacked anything important, he merely enjoys creating a hype/buzz around him to get investor money. (clem 23:24, 7 May 2005 (UTC))

Yes, you are right. See http://www.aquanuke.co.uk/article289.html Only the airport story seems to be true, but every TV team who tried the same in the nineties had success, so it is not a really big deal. --195.14.254.168 06:29, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] infamous hacker

How do you get an infamous hacker, when you personally never hacked anything? --195.14.198.75 07:26, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "biased links"

No comments of links in text, please. Either the links are in the article or not. --195.14.198.75 07:26, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

sorry. it's just that somebody deleted the links, I put them back in and thought since the other guy must have reasons to remove them, I put kind of a "warning sign" on them. (clem 08:16, 22 May 2005 (UTC))
TheRegister has a "bad mouth", but it is one of the most reliable sources on the topic. But one article is enough. --195.14.198.75 09:33, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "just for fun"

Who said "just for fun"? Nobody? Why are there citation marks? --195.14.198.75 07:26, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] interesting sources

[edit] Kim Schmitz is deleting facts

User:69.57.152.12 aka Kim Schmitz has deleted some facts several times. --195.14.254.210 12:46, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Does Trendax use AI at all?

Does Trendax use artificial intelligence? Does Trenday even exist? The website has not been updated for two years, and back then Kimble himself said, Trendax would not work.

Read the disclaimer on the site:

Important Notice:

The automated trading system of Trendax Limited is not available to retail clients.

Fund products are not currently available, and will not be marketed until such time that appropriate licenses are obtained.

Our offer to invest in Trendax Limited is not available to investors in Hong Kong.

Thank you for visiting our website.

What does this mean? Have a look at this thread - trendax.com could have been made up the same way. The web designers put some shiny buzzwords on the screen - and that's all. There is no operating business, only a website. --145.254.137.107 19:58, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Schmitz declares "Wikipedia War"

http://board.ultimaterally.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1467

That was all they got? Pretty lame... --81.173.131.108 11:00, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kims future

I beliefe that the Trendax project and all other ideas he had where not finished or even realized at all because of a lack of knowledge and professionalism. He has an idea, just starts without thinking too much and afterwards he gets caught by the reality. This may also happen to the Ultimate Rally. He started with a great idea, but underestimates the effort, the experience and the structure that is needed in order to successfully realize such a project.

I am not sure whether he is a good team player. If he is one, he would need somebody who's doing all the project management for him. He's quite good in marketing and has enough courage to start with innovative ideas.

In Germany he did a lot of gratuitous bullshit, like annoucing his suicide or failing with the help for "Let's buy it". That's why many Germans don't like him. On the international stage he's still unknown and has the possibility to create a positive image. If he succeeds with his Ulitmate Rally he could make it. If he fails again, he'll be probably out forever, I guess.

[edit] my thoughts

this guy is clearly a pussy, and i don't use the word lightly. why is his face featured in such an un-wikipedia-like way? on one hand it offends me as a poorly presented article, on the other hand, the haphazard, lackadaisical layout strikes me as appropriate for such a bum-of-the-internet. let him continue to flaunt his misguided excesses; his fat ass is a pristine example of money failing to buy everything. everyone reading this article should doubt everything that gurgles forth from his mouth, and rest assured that some doofus selling his own name as a hardly proven investment interest is about as productive as my nocturnal genital rubbings. 69.232.212.173 12:21, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Okay, it looks like that he's out. :-)

[edit] NPOV and history

There seem to be a lot of views on this guy. I heard about him for the first time today. Anyway, try to keep your NPOV and skip the derogatory wordings, i.e. "unethical" and "obese". In addition, the article is not in order and does not tell the whole story. Where did he get his money from in the first place? What was the exact hacking activity. What money is he living off now? --86.128.223.127 00:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

There are many rumors about his sources of money. Only Kim Schmitz himself could clarify this points - but I probably would not believe a word of it. --81.173.164.95 06:50, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ultimate Rally "sold"

A message from Kim Schmitz regarding the Ultimate Rally

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=64807&page=3&highlight=kimble

The shareholders of UR have decided to sell the UR business to a US based events company. Its their goal to take our business plan and make it happen in 2007. I am departing the street racing scene for personal reasons.

I am looking back at a 10 year 200mph history and I don't regret a thing. Driving from Munich to Monaco in 4:45 or from Munich to Hamburg in 3:55 are just some of my records which will probably stand forever. Not to mention the 3000 miles of Gumball which I finished fastest twice. I am 32 years old now and after 1 million adrenaline kicks its time to move to bigger things.

Keep an eye out on this website for the new UR in 2007. It should be good. Its likely that this forum is closing soon. It was fun around here and I made a lot of new friends. All the best to all of you.

[edit] Kimble, Quake 2 and Barrysworld

Is it worth mentioning that Kimble was quite well known for cheating and disruptive behaviour (camping in almost impossible to reach sections on maps with no time limit) in the UK Quake 2 gaming scene (possibly elsewhere)?

Additionally when I was an admin on the Barrysworld servers and banned him for this behaviour he mounted a semi-successful DDoS attack on the then website www.barrysworld.com, which lasted for about 3 days.

He also set up a moderately successful Quake 2 league called "Liga" (originally at www.liga.net, now appears to be a Russian site). The notable aspect of this is that he once lost a game of Quake 2 against a then-famous player "Immortal", and subsequently accused him of cheating and kicked him and his supporters out of the league. (brief archived paragraph from PlanetQuake (see bottom of page))

Wasn't sure if this information was worth including in the article or not? --Durzel 11:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] only person to have convicted insider trading in Germany

I've just removed the following sentence, as there've been dozens - if not even hundreds - of convictions for insider trading in Germany:
" To date, he remains the only person to ever have been convicted for insider trading in Germany."
For verification see these two cases I found on the quick:
http://www.faz.net/s/RubF3F7C1F630AE4F8D8326AC2A80BDBBDE/Doc~E0C2897FCCC2440D287D68C4FF54934CE~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
http://www.manager-magazin.de/geld/artikel/0,2828,211598,00.html
--Cvdr 11:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC)