Good question! Matthew would be able to supply us firsthand knowledge of what's going on over there, even though he's currently in the states.

 No doubt. :/ I'm concerned because if got an uncle, Marine Major; DoD who has spent the last 6 years in the region getting our bases to upgrade their defense systems. Hopefully Japan will sit tight and China will be more effective and encouraging them to handle things peacfully and fuggin US will stay out of it. ;p

How much do these shirts cost?

I really don't think JP Morgan cares or has any reason to care about bitcoin.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/12/13/maxeler-makes-waves-with-dataflow-design/

meh or dun dun dun?

discuss....

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Santorum= generic politician, republican strain

Perry= george bush on coke

Bachman= The anti-obama, not even sure if she has any ideas of her own. She only attacks other candidates and obama.

Huntsman= the guy who knows alot of details but wouldn't be able to get things done because he doesnt talk about the big picture

Romney= Just gives speeches, the republican version of Obama. Tries to make you think about some vague positive future associated with himself.

Paul=says un-PC things but/and talks about actual problems rather than symptoms

Gingrich= the most informed, experienced candidate. Has alot of good ideas but usually doesn't address root problems.

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I was baffled by the moderator's appraisals

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Bitrustica should be funded by the people for the people.
Bitrusticans rights / duties have not yet been defined. in fact bitrustica is just a wacky idea this point.
The basic idea of bitrustica would be to give everyone in the community a change to vote on bitcoin related issues.
ex.
 It could be in a few years their will be many different bitcoin clients. So who's to say what is the official client? bitrusticans could vote on this kind of thing.
 In time it might be necessary to elect a official representative of bitrustica. right now people might thing B Wagner is the bitcoin community's representative (is that what we want?)
 "Great men do not seek leadership. leadership is thrust upon them" - Kahless of the Klingon Empire.  


Maybe having a real sovereign country, backing bitcoin could have illegal and/or social benefits that we can't see yet?

I think it makes him feel superior or something.

Mention these recent developments:

1) SwitchPoker.com and BC-Casino.com
2) Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
3) OKPay (massive online payment system - popular in Russia/Europe)

Also, specifically related to Free Talk Live's audience, Ira of BTCinch.com will be speaking at Liberty Forum in New Hampshire.

Also, since being "declared dead" by the press about 1-2 months ago, Bitcoin has appreciated over 50%

Try to avoid any discussion of mining.

Show a psychologist what Atlas was doing and they would categorize it as narcissism, ADHD and a detachment disorder coupled with aspergers. Anyone who calls making fun of big mouthed idiots who post their personal information online and go out of their way to dare others to call their house, prove them wrong on every issue, claim that law and order is a sham, lie about themselves, their achievements, their identity, constantly change their online identities whenever they are proven wrong on some issue or remindejavascript:void(0);d of their past mistakes, and a slew of other ridiculous taunts and ambiguous egoism "cyberbullying" might in fact benefit from a visit to a psychologist themselves.

Cyberbullying?

Wouldn't cyberbullying require them to actually talk to Atlas? Isn't he the one paying money to go there go tell them that they are wrong? Interesting...

Hello from Maryland!

I love the idea and premise that Bitcoin brings to the table of this world. With the dollar slowly but surely failing, and with increased controls on my paper money, I would love for a united worldwide currency to thrive in the fashion Bitcoin could provide.

I'm excited in this venture, and in all honesty I hope to be able to sell items and purchase items in the market section using Bitcoins. I want to support it. I don't look at this as a potential profit, but more as an investment in the future of Bitcoins and my hope of their success!

 

I could be way off base here, but something tells me that the entirety of all somethingawful forum users is not inherently against bitcoin, but moreso against idiots claiming bitcoin is the savior of humanity-- and that they can start a movie theater on will power alone. Some goons use bitcoin.

Some goons (at least 6) were trying to convince everyone that I was some kind of a lying scammer. I learned that it was by my horrid presentation that made them think this way, accepted it as constructive criticism and moved on. Anyone doing anything other than that is obviously butthurt and don't know how to argue their points and/or walk away.