edit: no longer selling.

I don't usually take it as a good sign when someone goes to such trouble to get you excited while giving out as little info as possible regarding what it is you should be excited about.

Do I understand correctly that PowerFolder Server is essentially a Dropbox-like solution for file storage and sharing over the Internet, except you host the files on your own server? If so, this seems very interesting.

This is a problem that will take care of itself when it becomes relevant. Someone will come up with a new naming scheme we'll all start to use. That's how language evolves.

It would be interesting to hear what you come up with. That said... Lawyers are for protecting against existing legislation. If you want to protect against future legislation, you want lobbyists.

Someone tries to manipulate me by playing number games like that, I'm likely to distrust them.

I think it's a mistake to conflate reputation with how many people agree with what you said here on the forums. I see a lot of minuses being handed out already, and I'd hate to have people think these numbers have anything to do with how trustworthy a person is as a trade partner.

I tend to believe he's dead. Haven't seen any remotely credible claims he's not. No tapes, no statements, nothing.

The interesting thing, to me, here is that this seems to have been a kill order, not a capture order. What would have happened, had Osama Bin Laden been captured and put on trial?

I think a number of things:
First, protracted public unrest, probably assassination attempts, endless media circus etc.
More importantly, though, it would have forced the US government to go over the whole rationale for the war on terrorism again - it would have been difficult to prosecute Osama without ending up talking about why the US went to war in Afghanistan, then somehow ended up in Iraq. Osama's perspective on that might have been quite interesting. And who knows what kind of info Osama had on US politicians... No, they had to kill him.

They only make you go "hmm" if you don't bother to check the facts.

And Obama does?

I still think trade will need to move elsewhere, for a number of reasons. Of course, then you get the question of whether it's good for bitcoin.org to link to trade sites that have links to sites where people trade controversial goods and services...

News outlets here are reporting the SF soldiers were under specific orders to kill, not capture Bin Laden.

You can't. That's kind of the point. Fractional reserve banking is what it's called:
You have people who deposit funds in your bank for safe keeping, convenience, financial gain, whatever. Only a limited percentage of those funds will actually be withdrawn in any given timeframe, so you calculate that you can give out, say, 150% of funds people have actually deposited into your bank as loans, increasing your profits. As long as there's no bank run, no-ones the wiser.

The only question, for me, is how little can we censor while keeping the servers running. Follow the laws of the jurisdiction(s) relevant to keeping the servers running. If they're too strict, move elsewhere. That's it.

There's plenty of risk in buying BTC as well. I agree the price seems high at the moment, if you're thinking of buying small amounts. For large amounts (and look at the volumes being moved on mtgox recently), you'd need a pretty hefty hardware investment up front to get anywhere.

So what are you waiting for? If you think the price is too high, get mining and maybe sell what coins you've generated already, if you expect others to come to the conclusion soon as well.

This sounds good. Maybe the listing price should only be paid if the sell order is fulfilled? That would encourage new users to start using the service, especially when it's just taking off.

How proficient are you in Latin? It's been a while (to say the least) since I studied it, but isn't "to stand" in the plural 1st properly declinated "stamus"? "tribuo" sounds suspect as well.

An interesting thing in itself - Even large groups of people can choose to not pursue economic ventures they deem immoral, but if there's a profit to be made, someone will turn such reticence into a competitive edge.

I read the doc, but I'm not sure any of the scenarios actually spell outright failure. They might bring the exchange rates down, but I don't really think that counts. Failure would be a near-total cessation of Bitcoin use IMO.

Personally, I feel the biggest risk in terms of government action would be for several states to declare Bitcoin illegal, perhaps USA and EU, or maybe even some international convention, and start cracking down on it. Sting operations could really make people wary of trading BTC.

Define "fail".