My inner self struggles with this. On the one hand, I love techy toys. On the other hand, I love lightweight cars that are exactly NOT drive-by-wire, that I can feel the mechanics of what every piece is doing, that I have instantaneous throttle response and can feel every bump, nook, and cranny that the front wheels touch on the road.
I'm actually like you on this. But with the car's stability features making it feel like it's gliding on rails (doesn't lean on turns), it being whisper quiet, and it having that characteristic beige color all around inside with the high tech looking gauges, numbers, engine status screens, driving status, etc. I just pretend like I'm flying a Star Trek shuttle, and I feel a little bit better. Only a little, though, because that is ridiculously nerdy. That lack of feedback is a bit of a problem actually. With the continuously variable transmission making the engine only have one speed (unless you are flooring it), no engine or gear switching feedback through the gas pedal since it's just a pressure switch, acceleration being so smooth, and the car looking and feeling so solid and bulky from the inside, you can't really feel your speed at all. 25, 45, and 65 all feel the same, and feel slow, so you pretty much have to keep looking at the speedometer and go, "Oh, I'm doing 65 already? Guess I'll just take your word for it." Also a problem because it can hit 65+ quickly and easily if you're not paying attention (but can use regenerative braking while in cruise control to slow down on hills, since those brakes are electronic, so not as much of a problem). Also, my last car hit 240,000, so I totally expect to break even on it eventually  Otherwise, with my new car being paid off just like my last car, the only difference I'll be seeing in my normal day-to-day finances is having to gas up every two weeks instead of one. But yeah, I'm mostly giddy about the tech  Sounds like fun, just in a different way.  Just hope you don't have to replace the battery pack before the break-even point! In this case it probaly would have been best to finance the vehicle and make payments with deflating bitcoins over several years. Hmm... a new car sounds like a good idea. Is that a hybrid?
Didn't want to risk having coins drop in value while buying, plus just feels good to hand over a huge check and take the title without owing anything to anyone. Yeah, it's a hybrid. I get about 58mpg on it on my trips. Went with a Prius because it's the most technologically advanced (non-concept) car you can buy, and I like high tech things. Instruction books are 350 pages just for the car, and another 250 just for the navigation system/audio/cameras/auto-park. Thing is drive-by-wire for everything but the steering wheel My inner self struggles with this. On the one hand, I love techy toys. On the other hand, I love lightweight cars that are exactly NOT drive-by-wire, that I can feel the mechanics of what every piece is doing, that I have instantaneous throttle response and can feel every bump, nook, and cranny that the front wheels touch on the road. I tear myself apart that I want a car with all these novel features, but at the same time, I want a car that is just a raw driving experience without computers doing much of the work at all and without extra devices to weigh it down. Currently have a Miata, which very much satisfies the raw driving experience side of things. That said, I always make fun of people who drive hybrids because of how expensive they are and how many miles they take to break even on the extra cost. I applaud you for finding a different reason besides "saving money" to drive one. maybe you should get involved (or help fund) wikispeed so at some point you can have your dream car made or make it yourself. I wish I could, but I do not have extra money to help fund it, and don't really have much in the way of mechanical, engineering, or modeling skills to contribute. I look forward to the day those cars are a production reality though - they've done some truly amazing work there! I feel cheated, they didn't go with a *poof*, more like a vroom (though in this case, probably a whirrr).
Not a huge fan of the Prius. Was looking into one and ended up going with a TDI Jetta. Nice economy and you also get the vroom.
Also hoping to get a TDI, but when I look at VW's European models, the MPG is practically double what it is in the U.S. /rageface I'm told we can blame that on the ridiculous emissions requirements that the US has on diesel cars vs Europe. I don't know exactly what the differences are, and I haven't verified that statement other than talking to my uncle who owns a diesel truck and complains about the various emissions equipment he can remove to nearly double his mileage. |
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My friend just had a really interesting perspective on one major downside to legalizing weed. He supposes that illegal weed would actually be healthier than legal corporate produced weed.
Think about it. If weed is legalized and regulated then suddenly you have a legal market for businesses to enter with a bunch of money hungry sharks at the helm of the market. With the purpose of profits in mind, they will probably be adding FDA approved "additives" that will actually make it more carcinogenic, addictive, and give you less THC per unit consumed. Weed will become cigarettes and coca-cola.
I think the real "mind blown" moment of the conversation was when I agreed that corporate America was probably more willing to harm people than local drug dealers are.
Am I late to the game on this line of reasoning? Is there anyone who thinks that my perspective is off base?
I see it as opposite. The government has to answer to the (potential) outcry of the people. Who does a drug dealer have to answer to? He has his reputation to maintain, sure, but how would people know if he made it more addictive? Wouldn't a drug dealer WANT it to be more addictive to maintain a higher number of sales? |
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In this case it probaly would have been best to finance the vehicle and make payments with deflating bitcoins over several years. Hmm... a new car sounds like a good idea. Is that a hybrid?
Didn't want to risk having coins drop in value while buying, plus just feels good to hand over a huge check and take the title without owing anything to anyone. Yeah, it's a hybrid. I get about 58mpg on it on my trips. Went with a Prius because it's the most technologically advanced (non-concept) car you can buy, and I like high tech things. Instruction books are 350 pages just for the car, and another 250 just for the navigation system/audio/cameras/auto-park. Thing is drive-by-wire for everything but the steering wheel My inner self struggles with this. On the one hand, I love techy toys. On the other hand, I love lightweight cars that are exactly NOT drive-by-wire, that I can feel the mechanics of what every piece is doing, that I have instantaneous throttle response and can feel every bump, nook, and cranny that the front wheels touch on the road. I tear myself apart that I want a car with all these novel features, but at the same time, I want a car that is just a raw driving experience without computers doing much of the work at all and without extra devices to weigh it down. Currently have a Miata, which very much satisfies the raw driving experience side of things. That said, I always make fun of people who drive hybrids because of how expensive they are and how many miles they take to break even on the extra cost. I applaud you for finding a different reason besides "saving money" to drive one. |
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I'll do 0.5 BTC. I know it's a lowball, but if you're desperate just let me know.
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How do I convert a Private Key (DER) (as shown at http://brainwallet.org/) to a private key that is importable into, say, blockchain.info? Example private key: 308201130201010420c4bbcb1fbec99d65bf59d85c8cb62ee2db963f0fe106f483d9afa73bd4e39 a8aa081a53081a2020101302c06072a8648ce3d0101022100ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff fffffffffffffffffffffffffefffffc2f300604010004010704410479be667ef9dcbbac55a0629 5ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798483ada7726a3c4655da4fbfc0e1108a8fd17b4 48a68554199c47d08ffb10d4b8022100fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a03 bbfd25e8cd0364141020101a1440342000478d430274f8c5ec1321338151e9f27f4c676a008bdf8 638d07c0b6be9ab35c71a1518063243acd4dfe96b66e3f2ec8013c8e072cd09b3834a19f81f659c c3455 |
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Pretty sure it's not a requirement to mention that something is a pre-order in a web banner ad. If it is, please link to the relevant laws stating so.
stop legaling it up, it's extremely misleading and no matter what you bet on that is clear. potential buyer thinks "I buy X gh/s for X using X power" and starts doing calculations. have you read the initial press release? vague and scammish sounding IMO: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9611889.htmby contrast let's take a look at a press release from a real btc company with a real round of funding, Bitpay: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitpay-expand-bitcoin-processing-space-190000470.htmlfirst sentence lists investors. No piece of evidence alone is enough to convict, but it all keeps adding up more and more scammy with each new piece of info. Sonny, Josh's conduct at CES, Pre-order dishonesty, vague press release, constant missed deadlines with pre-order marketing spending same or increasing... And yet, with all of that, I still don't see them deserving of a "scam" tag. |
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Thanks eleuthria, much appreciated! I hope to continue this indefinitely, but I'm certainly not the richest Bitcoin user around here... Your 1 BTC will go a long ways for this.
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As some of you know, I run MinecraftCC and the Minecraft Bitcoin Faucet on that server. It provides an excellent opportunity for those who play Minecraft to be introduced to Bitcoin and gather some small amounts of BTC themselves (entirely dependent upon how much "work" they put in). More info here: http://minecraftcc.com/index.php?threads/get-paid-to-play-minecraft.4613/The fund began with 1 BTC donated by myself along with 0.26 BTC donated by a few others, and it has almost run out. I will fund it with an additional BTC, but I would surely appreciate donations from anyone else who would like to contribute to bringing new users into the Bitcoin world! Send to 13m8dAb16KqWv7v9oEsr97mYMXbynR6CoD. The first 1.13 BTC has lasted from November 19th until today, and people seem to genuinely appreciate the payout, even if it is small bits at a time. In that time, 227 people have signed up and have received at least one payout. This next round, I will be advertising among other Minecraft communities to help gather some more fresh faces who haven't been exposed to Bitcoin before. |
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@ DeathAndTaxes
I am not proposing to merely rename Bitcoin, that would be pointless, my proposition is to evaluate and re-define Bitcoin, also re-name it to match its more accurate definition.
@ SgtSpike
The foundation of my proposal is that Bitcoin is not currency or money. Yes, incidentally it can be used as such, but its properties are more similar to the natural resources, and if its definition correctly reflects that, I believe Bitcoin will benefit from it greatly.
You must have misinterpreted my motion - I am not suggesting to disguise Bitcoin, on contrary, I am suggesting to highlight its true nature, instead of what is currently (erroneously IMHO) implied.
Also, by default (of my motion), presenting untruth equals deception, hence presenting Bitcoin as currency instead of resource (albeit not natural, but artificial) is a deception.
The logical way is to arrive at an accurate definition and appropriate name for Bitcoin.
As for taking on any government and changing their economic rules and laws, I can only wish you luck.
So why are you so confident that you know the "true nature" of Bitcoin (that it is a "resource") when 99% of people here disagree with you? |
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Cause i don't care to, or have the time to inch along every detail to someone. If you actually did your own research you would have followed the link, seen the first image for the auction was the certificate of appraisal, and not bother me with such things. Not trying to be rude but ignorance is annoying to me. Good day. Fair enough - your choice. |
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Most of that info is on the auction site. The visitors have increased exponentially after using google services to get it advertised. Message me for more info if you wish.
Why won't you publicly state how many visitors the site currently has or has had in the past? Why is that something that has to be said via private message? If I was selling a site, it seems like making public the important stats would be one of the first things to do. |
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Who appraised the site at $60, and do you have a copy of said report? How much income are you making with it? How many monthly visitors? What's the growth in visitors look like over the time period you've had the site live?
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I knew right then and there that Google knows what I'm thinking and that there's nothing I can do about it. Lately, Google has been suggesting that I should be friends with some goat.  I have to assume the former statement still applies to the latter statement, because both are made in the same post... in which case, I must ask, why are you thinking about befriending a goat? What are your plans with said goat? |
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1 & 2 - You propose disguising what Bitcoin is to change taxation and avoid financial regulations? I propose using Bitcoin to expose how inefficient and over-regulated the current system is and CHANGE those taxation and financial regulations.
3 - There are no laws for or against Bitcoin usage yet. People could get in trouble for using it, we just don't know. Calling it something it isn't in hopes of avoiding trouble with the law seems asinine.
4 - Banks can use Bitcoin, there is no reason they cannot.
5 - Again, you're just attempting to disguise what Bitcoin is to paint it in a pretty light? Terrorists will use Bitcoin regardless of what we call it - why deceive people by trying to hide what it can and will be used for?
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What happens when the BTC price raises 5x what it is now before you have a chance to start paying it back?
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The little single comes with a smaller heatsink from what I hear. Alternatively, with the larger one, you have half as many USB cables and power bricks to worry about, and half the space taken up wherever you are running them.
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Pretty sure it's not a requirement to mention that something is a pre-order in a web banner ad. If it is, please link to the relevant laws stating so.
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Ah, that's an old boxter, no supercar in my opinion. All is well on first supercar sold for bitcoins, as long as one of you guys puts up some coin before a local craigslister does. I'm also assuming he paid $9,000 fiat, unless he really got ripped off ($150,000+ USD for an early '00s boxter?)
It is very obvious if you read the thread of comments. One person says "Yeah, that looks like an (very) early 00s-era Boxter (non-S). It's probably only worth ~$12,000.", to which he responds "spot on chief, I got it for 9288, my dad is a good haggler." So, yeah, $9,288 USD. Nice car though, I'd drive it! |
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The whole idea of firstbits is the lack of a requirement for any sort of central database or authority with regards to who owns what firstbits. If you introduce a centralized method of tracking who owns what firstbits address, it just kills the whole idea. Not to mention changing the owner of a parent firstbits could also change subsequent firstbits. Example:
1ATK5Zs3K1BcsVAmP5js4rcW7hPRh6Ui1J - firstbits 1atk
1ATKby5PSfzbugVcKJtdFz4eEou8JQinY - firstbits 1atkb
1ATkbDeKmmqn4yznVGrRkhpp3JiEMug6qD - firstbits 1atkbd
So, say the owner of 1atk also owns 1atkbd. They want to transfer the ownership of the "1atk" firstbits address to the address whose current firstbits are "1atkbd" instead. When the switch is made, the new address takes priority over the "1atkb" address, so the firstbits for "1atkb" actually changes to something else entirely, unbeknownst to whomever might have been using it.
Cool. Your example is true for point 2 and 3, but 1? No. Did 1atk ever transferred all of its BTC to 1atkb or 1atkbd? Even more checks can be added into clients to allow, and explicitly confirm when the users does firstbits address transfer. Soon after the transfer, from-address (0 BTC balance) can be removed from blockchain. Assume that all of its BTC WAS transferred. I don't know how you are labeling points and what is true or not true. Can you be more specific? You also didn't mention removing addresses from the blockchain. Technically, this would work, but only if everyone agrees to use a pruned blockchain in computing firstbits. And how can it be determined whether a particular address should be pruned? I have addresses that I scrape the funds out of from time to time, but that doesn't mean I am done using the address. So your blockchain pruning algorithm would look for the final transfer out of an address to go towards something with the same firstbits prior to pruning, and only delete the address from the blockchain if that is the case? I agree with Evolyn - this is far too complicated. KISS. |
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The whole idea of firstbits is the lack of a requirement for any sort of central database or authority with regards to who owns what firstbits. If you introduce a centralized method of tracking who owns what firstbits address, it just kills the whole idea. Not to mention changing the owner of a parent firstbits could also change subsequent firstbits. Example:
1ATK5Zs3K1BcsVAmP5js4rcW7hPRh6Ui1J - firstbits 1atk
1ATKby5PSfzbugVcKJtdFz4eEou8JQinY - firstbits 1atkb
1ATkbDeKmmqn4yznVGrRkhpp3JiEMug6qD - firstbits 1atkbd
So, say the owner of 1atk also owns 1atkbd. They want to transfer the ownership of the "1atk" firstbits address to the address whose current firstbits are "1atkbd" instead. When the switch is made, the new address takes priority over the "1atkb" address, so the firstbits for "1atkb" actually changes to something else entirely, unbeknownst to whomever might have been using it.
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