Why does this not surprise me. Book of the week for Atlas = thread theme of the week for bitcointalk.org. I dare you to read it, Matthew. I dare you to consider this point-of-view only for a few moments of your time. |
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 "Every human being is an end in himself, not the means to the ends or the welfare of others and therefore, man must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself." |
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I've stayed at both hotels. I can't really remember a difference. Heh. Maybe it's just me.
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Guns kill people and that's why they should not be in the hands of the few to rule over the populace. Every individual should be able to stand his own ground and be able to defend his own property.
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That fact is the rule of law -- our very constitution -- entitles the individual states to rule exclusively on guns. It is up to every individual state's legislator and it's populace to determine whether they should have guns or not. If you don't like the idea of people carrying guns, I suggest you move to a state that suits your palette. California is looking great when it comes to strict gun control. I suggest you move there or a state like that; however, most of us are going to stand by our guns in our respective states.
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Great! He could bring copies of his books for sale at the convention. In fact, that would be a great way for him to get paid--a pledge to buy at least 100 of his books at the convention. Or we can pre-order, paid in full, and we pick them up at the convention, signed by the author. Hmmm! Find us another author, Harv. I like this idea! Bruno Good thinking! If he responds, I'll definitely discuss this with him. |
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You can call me Immanuel at the conference. I'll look forward to seeing you as well. : )
Great! How should I address you here on this forum, so that I can be consistent? Heh, just keep it to the pseudonyms online. Atlas, Alpha, whatever you prefer... No need to be tactful with me. My sensibilities aren't very sensitive, if you will. |
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You can call me Immanuel at the conference. I'll look forward to seeing you as well. : )
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Yes, I spoke on the behalf of the conference. I hope you don't mind considering this man's presence there, edd. I apologize in advance if this is not in your will. He has quite a circle with minds that are similar to this community's. A larger gathering brought in from Mr. Woods could only be a gain. Anyways, the comment/email: Hello Mr. Woods,
The main thing that is hindering individual liberty in our world today is our centralized monetary system. This might be debatable but it is unquestionable that who controls our money can hardly be phased by the force that it funds. Our community has fostered an innovation that challenges it's very core; it brings the means of monetary distribution down to the individual. It's called Bitcoin and it's based on sound principles of liberty. If it is in your interest, I ask you to consider this innovation in your thoughts. We are hosting a Bitcoin conference in March and we would love to consider you as a paid (or otherwise) speaker and proponent of the innovation. I will restate with a good faith belief that this can revolutionize our world. I can't explain this technology soundly in a brief email. The best I can do is direct to http://bitcoin.org and recommend that you read the Satoshi paper and about the key principles of the currency. I am certain you will not be disappointed. Respond to me at my personal email if you are interested in speaking at our conference or if you would wish to share your thoughts about Bitcoin in general. My friends on the community would love to hear what you have to say.
Thank you,
Harvey
P.S. Our good friend Judge Napolitano has covered it briefly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W3s6R23vmRYBio: http://www.tomwoods.com/about/ |
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The violent statist philosophy doesn't even work optimally from a utilitarian aspect. When a man's property right is compromised to the lowest bidder there's going to be less wealth, more poverty and more suffering; there will be less incentive to produce.
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There is no morality but the will of the bigger gun. Common knowledge, my friend. I prefer to distribute the force evenly among every individual. You wish to centralize it to your whims. Let's see who wins.
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Are those yours alpha?
I wish. : ( Also, FlipPro, the age is actually 18 here. I may get a P90 when the time is right. I've always liked to target practice. |
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I am going to say it right here and right now: This is the future.
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Once we get Perl/PHP/Python/etc. running and instantly compiling within browser, a lot more doors will be open.
However, Javascript is still pretty powerful.
Because the browser is the whole computer now and we don't need local storage because we keep everything in the cloud. Look, you and I, we're power users. We like control. However, --most people-- they just want Facebook, their email and little hassle. When they have to do their taxes, play a game or write a document, they rather not have to mess with software. Click and run is the game they play. If the future is going to be made for regular people, it's all going to be in the browser. That's the way to go. That's what will make most people happy. I like people to be happy. It's a very selfish pleasure of mine. When you build a system for the dumbest user you make them dumber. ordinary people have managed to use non "Fisher price learn to compute" computers for over a decade now, lets not lower a bar that's already low enough. I don't think a tool should challenge the user. It should make their intended objective easier. Software is not the place to make the population "smarter". It's to make them work smarter and not harder. Is there no point at which life becomes "too easy" though? What if everything was so easy that we all sat in lazyboys to work, and only for 15 minutes a day? I don't think there'd necessarily be anything logically or morally wrong about that, but just from the standpoint of humans being naturally lazy and selfish, I imagine that most people wouldn't exert themselves and end up as fat couch potatoes. It would be a sad state of civilization. I don't think anybody has the authority to say somebody can't be a fat and lazy couch potato. The US still gives you this right. I find that beautiful. Personally, I don't want to be one although easy-to-use software is preferable. I certainly won't orgasm in permanently-paralyzing pleasure from it though. |
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Once we get Perl/PHP/Python/etc. running and instantly compiling within browser, a lot more doors will be open.
However, Javascript is still pretty powerful.
Because the browser is the whole computer now and we don't need local storage because we keep everything in the cloud. Look, you and I, we're power users. We like control. However, --most people-- they just want Facebook, their email and little hassle. When they have to do their taxes, play a game or write a document, they rather not have to mess with software. Click and run is the game they play. If the future is going to be made for regular people, it's all going to be in the browser. That's the way to go. That's what will make most people happy. I like people to be happy. It's a very selfish pleasure of mine. When you build a system for the dumbest user you make them dumber. ordinary people have managed to use non "Fisher price learn to compute" computers for over a decade now, lets not lower a bar that's already low enough. I don't think a tool should challenge the user. It should make their intended objective easier. Software is not the place to make the population "smarter". It's to make them work smarter and not harder. |
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Once we get Perl/PHP/Python/etc. running and instantly compiling within browser, a lot more doors will be open.
However, Javascript is still pretty powerful.
Because the browser is the whole computer now and we don't need local storage because we keep everything in the cloud. Look, you and I, we're power users. We like control. However, --most people-- they just want Facebook, their email and little hassle. When they have to do their taxes, play a game or write a document, they rather not have to mess with software. Click and run is the game they play. If the future is going to be made for regular people, it's all going to be in the browser. That's the way to go. That's what will make most people happy. I like people to be happy. It's a very selfish pleasure of mine. |
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It seems Texas has open carry for long-barrel guns. I'm tempted to get a P90 when I turn 18...  |
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