forget that.
vanity as it is, is great.
Yes, but limited from a marketing/branding standpoint. Why wouldn't they just say, "Click here to pay with Bitcoin" and that link would then open up the URI or wallet software?
Yes, this too works well, but people may be taken aback when they first encounter a string of foreign digits. With my idea, I can tell somebody on the phone (or in person) to forward payment to Bruno Smith at my phone number. Then they visit the site and insert on the form page my name and phone number and only one address is shown having those inputs. ~Bruno K~ |
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The site I'm envisioning would have dropdown boxes on the form page. All a person would have to do is insert their chosen or company name, and either address, phone, city, state, etc. (or a finite combination). The address is automatically generated for them and if they like it, they click accept or start over.
Mullen'sBar&Grill(630)505-0299
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I'm sure this has been addressed before, but why can't some entity devise a service that allows somebody to generated their own Bitcoin vanity address, something along the lines of how FirstBits does it? That way the average Joe isn't stuck with something like 15cULo1jnCreXk8xGrvyRkSb7PtMbGFwbd (not real). Examply: Barnwood Naturals LLC has a domain located at http://www.barnwoodnaturals.com/. They put in a lot of time and effort to build their brand and may not be too keen on pasting some generic Bitcoin address onto their sleek looking website or business cards. But if it were possible for them to generate their address like 1BarnwoodNaturalsLLCat5035803900ph, which upon clicking (or inserting) redirects to their real address, no matter how ugly it looks, they may be more inclined to embrace Bitcoin. In fact, in this case the 1 is not even needed. Nor does the address need to be restricted to exactly 34 characters, although a limit should be set (40?), as well as what other characters can be used (_-*^$()#@, etc.). If this were possible, then we may be able to see the following: If paying with Bitcoin, please use BarnwoodNatualsLLC(ph)503-580-3900. (upon clicking, a form is generated showing the actual address for client's records and a place to input their address for payment processing) Other examples of how the newly created address would look: TravisSinclair(addy)123ElmRogersParkOH JonJonInc(ph)555-222-9035 ILovePinkiePieWithAllMyHeart HomelessJackieOnTheRoad AmericanEndowmentFoundation(ph)888-440-4233 Design the site so that it's very easy for a person to get their Bitcoin vanity address. The ONLY requirement needed to create their one-of-a-kind address is that they have to already have a real Bitcoin address that has already been used at least once and registered in the Blockchain. I believe that the more personal Bitcoin is, the more people will embrace and use it. ~Bruno K~ |
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Today I was reading an article about airless tyres and this led me to realize something funny about tyre producing companies such as Michelin or Goodyear. The business of those companies consists in reinventing the wheel. Literally. Why do you spell tyres with a y, but realize with a z? Or is there something x that I'm missing? I'm not a native english speaker so sometimes I can do such mistakes. Plus my spellchecker is not always set on "english" and I often don't want to bother setting it correctly each time I switch languages (I whish it'd do it automatically btw). Damn! That's means I spent 7 hours proving that you're Zhou Tong for nothing.  |
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Further thinking on the subdomain aspect. diary.homelessjackie.com could the place where Jackie records his most inner thoughts, along with actual asides, whereas homelessjackie.com is a fictional account, a timeline create by its readers, coupled with never before published photos submitted from around the globe to further enhance the reading experience. And to think you, edd, wanted to make use of this domain so that previous spent monies don't go to waste. Well, I got news for you, good buddy. I now suggest you purchase homelessjackie.net and set it up as an ecommerce site selling Homeless Jackie swag. I'm not done yet! You further need to purchase homelessjackie.org, which could be a place to maintain the ongoing listing of all real Homeless-Jackie-type sites. http://lawrencehomeless.blogspot.com/http://www.1800runaway.org/youth/get_help_now/lisas_diary/http://www.cianmacmahon.ie/diary-of-a-homeless-man/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/streets-west-Kent-Diary-homeless-girl/story-12000105-detail/story.htmlI found the above by using "diary of a homeless" as a search term on Google. There would be no problem to populate the .org site with content. Also, upon reading them, should provide fodder for the .com site, gleaning real experiences from and incorporating them into a fictional account. You wanted thinking outside the box, well, I think outside of gaylord crates.  BTW, when I'm done using these crates, they can be used as homeless shelters. ~Bruno K~ |
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Ok I was thinking in a conspiratorial way on the whole ASIC thing going on here. Ok the two or more suppliers that will be building these thing are at a race to be the first right?
Or are they?
What if they all called each other and behind the scenes they decided to hold out on the delivery of their units till the others are ready to ship theirs. This would be beneficial to all parties right? After all if they hold back shipments till the last company has caught up and take more orders they make more money and the last company makes money too. They all win. Then everyone gets their ASIC's at the same time. Boom everyone is happy and no one loses customers.
The company that ships first will decimate the profit margins of the last company out of the race. They all are aware of the pressures this will put on the bitcoin economy.
I think we are all being played here.
This is all speculation on my part
That blows my conspiracy theory all to hell, for I believe that Sonny Vleisides was offered immunity to infiltrate the Bitcoin community via BFL. Holy shit I never thought of that. Hang on a sec, you might be on to someting here. Let's say to avoid a prosecution he aggrees to help them destablize bitcoin. Could this be it? It all makes sense now. Government uses patsy to criminally engage an unhealthy spurt of technology to upset the rival currency. They already have a good hold on most things that compete with the USA dollar. This in turn places less individuals in control of the decentralized currency. Placing many individuals out of reach of a mining station. Could he be a patsy economical hitman? Btw I have put a pre order in for a jalla and single from BFL. *(Before anyone starts complaining about conspiracy guys I just want to say this is all just fun. Similar to campfire stories. ) And every single Bitcoin heist happened after Sonny's cousin, Andrew, registered with Mt Gox last April. Don't even get me started on Gabriel Vleisides and the poker connection. |
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Would SA trolls be considered Infidels?
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Rumor has it that the US, too, will have a currency museum, to be located in a building that currently sets umpty.  |
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Today I was reading an article about airless tyres and this led me to realize something funny about tyre producing companies such as Michelin or Goodyear. The business of those companies consists in reinventing the wheel. Literally. Why do you spell tyres with a y, but realize with a z? Or is there something x that I'm missing? |
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The coffee table meme started with I.
Each and every time I've brought it up, it's only for humor purposes at Rassah's expense. Nothing more, and definitely nothing implied.
Taxing my memory, the way the whole thing started is that Rassah mentions his table, somebody makes a comment, then another, along with I (I think), then Rassah asks (states) why so much interest in my coffee table (paraphrased). It was at this point that I took the discussion to the nth degree, always continuing the dialog when some conversation detected such.
My true feelings about Rassah is that I fully trust him. I also believe that if between us we ever had a disagreement on some subject, it can be resolved via a dialog, or simply we agree to disagree and carry on.
~Bruno K~
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That's an interesting idea, Bruno. So this would be a story in serial form, inspired and directed by suggestions from the forum. As long as the protagonist doesn't end up on a spaceship named the BAS Satoshi, I think this is definitely workable.  Spot on in regard to the first paragraph. Can we vote at least vote on second paragraph? I have this great user account readied for the asking. Seriously, let's see how much feedback you get pertaining to the first assessment. ~Bruno K~ |
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Read the thread, they were.
Wasn't it decided that these pics, while exciting, were still not of a functional unit as they are waiting on the asic chips? Yes, still not functional, cases/side skirts and asic chips are not delivered yet, boards not produced. That's simply impossible, for the FCC has one and BFL should be getting approval in a couple weeks. Make that two, for UnderwriterLabs (UL) has one also so that it'll be UL Listed/Approval. Now quit spreading FUD. The same process will apply for the other rigs as well, up to and including the $29K one. Image the conversation at UL when that big ass rig arrives. UL Guy 1: What the heck do we have here? UL Guy 2: Never seen anything like it. Ready to plug it in? UL Guy 1: I'm not pluggin' it in. You plug it in. UL Guy 2: Fuck you, man! Hey! I got an idea. Let's get Mikey. UL Guy 1: Yea, Mikey! He'll plug in anything. UL Guy 1 & UL Guy 2 (in unison): Hey, Mikey! UL Guy 2: Wait a second! We don't have to plug it in. UL Guy 1: Why not? UL Guy 2: Don't you see? It don't have an FCC sticker, so we don't have to inspect it. UL Guy 1: Great! Send it back to the girls over at Butterfly Labs. UL Guy 2: What I would give to watch one of their hot babes on the assembly line. |
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As many of you know, I was taken in by user wong RAP, AKA Jackie, who was posing as a homeless girl actively using bitcoins to facilitate her lifestyle choices. I registered the domain homelessjackie.com and set up hosting for the site because I honestly believed a well-written blog by a young person without a permanent home or employment and technologically savvy enough to understand, mine, and carry out transactions with BTC would be worth reading. Sadly, it soon came to light that this particular person was not who he/she claimed to be and I consequently shut down the site to avoid perpetuating the deception. I don't want to abandon homelessjackie.com completely, however, but since I'm not close to anyone in the homeless community nor involved with any "help the homeless" campaign, I'm stumped about possible uses for this domain and I'm turning to the bitcointalk community for suggestions. Remember, I'm looking for ideas that should be related in some way to the URL but I'm open to creative and imaginative concepts. Of the choices you presented, A photoblog/journal by a wandering BTC enthusiast named Jackie should suffice with a little thinking outside the box. Jackie would be the pseudonym for some fictitious character roaming the countryside/globe seeking answers/solutions to real world events. Present it in episodes, but not introducing Bitcoin till further down the road. That'll be when Jackie really starts his/her (probably a he) crusade. Although not rich, Jackie is homeless by choice. There, I started the idea. May I further suggest amassing more suggestions on this theme prior to publishing at the site. Make this a community project of sorts, gleaning the best suggestions and rolling them into one episode, then more on the next episode. You can make the use of subdomains to tell a backstory, e.g.: anidea.homelessjackie.com; thestart.homelessjackie.com; europe.homelessjackie.com; backhome.homelessjackie.com. (these are rather lame, but wanted to list a few to you and others the idea of where I'm coming from) ~Bruno K~ |
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i agree that it needs some sort of background image, english notes have famous/influential people, USA has presidents. bitcoins could have cryptographers, computing pioneers, revolutionaries. anything that can be associated with bitcoins
This is an outstanding idea. Charles Babbage Claude Shannon Alan Turing Gordon Moore Jack Kilby and there's many more. |
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Damn, I wish I had Photoshop!  |
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Yet, it took 3 police cruises with 6 officers to take me down.
You must work out I once saw 6 cops take down my dad after he threaten a judge and started to approach the bench, and he was sober. He once relayed to me that it took 12 cops to get his drunk ass into a patty wagon. At the police station, they hosed him down with cold water. He finally chilled. |
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I concur with Finn. This looks like a prank site.
I, too, concur with eagleeyes and Finny. Please add me to this elite list of concurrers. BTW, Al, you have a pretty mouth. Maybe we can hook up sometime. Looks like we have a consensus, and I see some spooning activity in Al and Boi's future. Maybe they'll name the offspring Psy. |
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And soon after there's talk about forking said church because the first church is flawed in some way. Would you prefer spooning instead of forking? I've read that how's Portugalians try to procreate, until their parents enter the room and break up the boys. BO-t: ...Google knows exactly what you'll read/view in your news feed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YFmLP5qZmA |
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If I borrowed 500 coins from someone and then refused to give them back, saying that it's a mining bond now and therefore not a repayable deposit anymore, then I'd get the tag.
If that is really how it went down then so should Harnett.
It's weird the lack of attention that this thread is getting.
Perhaps... |
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