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1981  Other / Off-topic / Re: Bitcoins bought my wife a purse on: June 24, 2012, 04:23:27 AM
? what is the difference between fake nike shoes and real nike shoes? not much.....

fake ones are more likely fair trade...
1982  Other / Off-topic / Re: The Emma Meme: Change ONLY one word at a time in Emma's first paragraph. on: June 24, 2012, 04:21:47 AM
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Satoshi Nakamoto, faceless, notably anonymous, possibly shy, with an unknown home of abounding alacrity, promulgated to abrogate all of the worst shortcomings of fiat currency; and endured untold years hopscotching through cyberspace, intending to supplant the world's central bank-issued money.

Satoshi Nakamoto, faceless, notably anonymous, possibly shy, with shit, this is hard! of abounding alacrity, promulgated to abrogate all of the worst shortcomings of fiat currency; and endured untold years hopscotching through cyberspace, intending to supplant the world's central bank-issued money.
1983  Other / Off-topic / Re: Totally Off-Topic! on: June 24, 2012, 04:16:01 AM
Supposedly pesticide sprayers have significantly lower incidence of cancer compared to the non-sprayers. Alas, it turns out farmers are significantly less likely to smoke compared to urbanites. Lesson learned.
1984  Other / Off-topic / Re: odd how your teeth are connected to your well being? on: June 24, 2012, 04:13:09 AM
Are you sure this wasn't just the novocaine talk?
1985  Other / Off-topic / Re: I quit speculating! on: June 24, 2012, 04:10:07 AM
oh come on!
moved off topic ....

Let me guess. BadBear's been drinking again.

~Cackling Bear~


After thinking about it for a moment, I've come to conclusion that moving this thread made perfect sense. adamstgBit has most likely set the Speculation board on "ignore," so this was the only way for him to remain up-to-date with our feedback.
1986  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Data Mining Exec Pays For Burgers In Cash To Avoid Insurance Company Snooping on: June 23, 2012, 09:43:37 PM
These schemes are houses of cards, and are only effective if they are hidden from public. Sooner or later people learn how it works. When serious money is involved, it's usually sooner than later. Not only that I can buy burgers with cash, but I can purposefully use tracked resources to manipulate the score when needed.
1987  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Ask if they accept Bitcoin every time you buy online on: June 23, 2012, 09:34:48 PM
As always, do not forget to consult this page before evangelizing about Bitcoin: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Public_relations

Don't send emails that make you sound entitled; those will just drop into the circular file.

Most excellent! 

I just emailed subscriptions department of AdBusters Magazine, as I was planning to subscribe anyway.
1988  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Grooveshark.com and their response to bitcoins on: June 23, 2012, 05:21:32 PM
Or suggest Paysius.com

I frequent these forums, and watch for bitcoin-related news on the Web. I've never heard of Paysius until I stumbled upon this thread. It seems to be well designed and built. I just checked on the Bitcoin Wiki, there is nothing under "merchant solutions" (which looks scary, by the way), nor "shopping cart interfaces."

The obvious concern is that great, functioning, and simple things like this one do not get exposure they deserve. It'd be a shame if bitcoin fizzled out because of problems of this kind. The network is there, tested and tried. Solutions like Paysius are also there, and there are more coming, but potential new users have a hard time finding out about them.
1989  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Working implementation of the real Bitcoin Client on the web on: June 23, 2012, 04:54:41 PM
Why is "show QR code" greyed out under "receive coins"? I can't highlight (select) any of the receiving addresses to activate this button.
1990  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Ask if they accept Bitcoin every time you buy online on: June 23, 2012, 03:20:43 PM
If they ask us what Bitcoin is, maybe we could tell them something along the lines "It's lile paypal but with zero fees and no chargebacks" Cheesy

If you want to be taken seriously, don't lie about "zero fees."  Any merchant accepting btc nowadays (and wanting to end up with usd/eur/whatev) will face significant fees. Once the market has gotten bigger, they will be able to spend btc directly, then we would be talking (presumably low) transaction fees only.

"No chargebacks" is a great argument, though.
1991  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin and Craigslist on: June 22, 2012, 03:55:26 PM
This is a good way to both make use of, and raise awareness of bitcoin. It doesn't cost anything to add that one sentence to your ad.
1992  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Survey Initial Results on: June 22, 2012, 03:26:30 AM
Any chance you could tell the percent of responses that came from this forum vs. Reddit? I know that at some point you dropped google authentication, so at least based on PM codes you sent out...? 
1993  Other / Off-topic / Re: Facebook removes his "credits" and introduces local currencies on: June 22, 2012, 02:52:27 AM
The question of course is can a bitcoin exchange be a facebook app ?



My guess: Yes, but only a fiat-to-btc exchange, not the other way around.
1994  Economy / Speculation / Re: Why aren't I filthy rich yet? It's been like two months. on: June 21, 2012, 01:34:40 PM
IMHO the legal status of Bitcoin is the only reason why big players don't want to invest in Bitcoin.

This makes sense. Inevitably, this year will see the legal status clarified, as these will be first tax filings after btc became valuable.



Again: lots of btc businesses were created last year, and reported profits. This year is the first year governments will be taxing them, and thereby legitimizing btc.
1995  Economy / Speculation / Re: Why aren't I filthy rich yet? It's been like two months. on: June 21, 2012, 08:38:35 AM
IMHO the legal status of Bitcoin is the only reason why big players don't want to invest in Bitcoin.

This makes sense. Inevitably, this year will see the legal status clarified, as these will be first tax filings after btc became valuable.
1996  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Critical mass community on: June 21, 2012, 08:00:46 AM
Gamers.
1997  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Media: Bitcoin Euro Stories are Exaggerated on: June 20, 2012, 04:39:23 PM
Looks like the work of a PR company.  Simultaneous stories from different sites on the same made up topic.

This.
1998  Economy / Speculation / Re: what would happen to bitcoin if a government made a large investment in it? on: June 19, 2012, 07:36:38 PM
Quote from: kaurdump link=topic=87993.msg967419#msg967419 date=13398494
what would happen to bitcoin if a government made a large investment in it?
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You would wake up and realize it was all just a dream...
1999  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: My Bitcoin survey is ready to begin! on: June 19, 2012, 07:32:16 PM
It's good you ask the participants to forward the link, but have you advertized on other forums? Perhaps bitcoincharts or other high-traffic sites could donate a banner space for a few days. This is for the common good anyway.
2000  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: My Bitcoin survey is ready to begin! on: June 19, 2012, 06:49:08 PM
First of all, I applaud the initiative. Second, the title of the post (mybitcoin...) raised an eyebrow for a moment  Grin
Finally, I hope you will use the answers to design a more specific and detailed questionary in future.
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