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The divorce rate has never been higher. Single-female parenthood is at an all-time high as well.
You know good people who know how to get along in the world, edd. From the groups I've visited and people I met, a good portion of first-world society is having it really rough.
The reasons -- I'll discuss at a better time. It seems my original post insulted half the forum, heh.
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Let me sum up the average man's life for you:
>man goes to college
>man works his ass off
>man gets middle class job that he finds boring as sin
>man gets married
>man gets three kids and a dog
>man eventually pays off his massive student loan debt by working nights and weekends.
>man gains 50 lbs
>man's wife loses interest in him
>man loses wife, kids, and house in one year
>man drinks himself to death wondering what he did wrong
Why the hell should I listen to the status quo when it's usually ending up like this? Fuck listening to society. Fuck listening to your elders. Fuck the status quo.
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A little more than one day left.
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March 11, 2012.
Expect big things. You heard it here first.
So, what about these things, Atlas? hmm...how typical is this? Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
It must be a host-related issue (nearlyfreespeech.net). That's all I can say about that. |
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Please tell me what was good about E's thread. I can't imagine a newbie going through that easily.
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March 11, 2012.
Expect big things. You heard it here first.
So, what about these things, Atlas? |
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You’re new here and you have a very basic understanding of Bitcoin. No matter, I’ll tell you what you need to know. Bitcoin is simple to use and easy to understand at its face. Bitcoin is online money that can be instantly sent to anyone in the world for little to no fees. It directly goes to the person you want it to. No middle-man. It works just like cash. Bitcoins go into your digital account called your wallet. Your wallet can be accessed online from a website ( http://blockchain.info/wallet) or a program you can install from http://bitcoin.org. Your wallet can be stored on a computer or website of your choosing. You can even back it up to multiple locations! Now, losing your Bitcoin wallet is like losing a real wallet full of cash -- be careful! As for getting Bitcoins, you can buy them on an exchange ( http://MtGox.com) or earn them by doing a job. You can then send them to friends or businesses that accept Bitcoins by sending a selected amount to their address, a Bitcoin address. It looks like this: 1GXPn9yNHtenWLw9irWhBA8aCX8gHsREKT Beyond that, Bitcoin is a special currency because no one person or entity controls it and no more than 21 million coins can be made. It’s as good, if not better, than gold. When you have Bitcoins, they are usually only yours to hold. You can trust that they will always be in your hands.* Like gold, people mine them. Instead of using drills and shovels, we use dedicated computing power and then sell them on various online exchanges. The great thing about the mining process is you'll have an idea of the value of your Bitcoins in the coming days: Bitcoins are mined at a predictable rate and there will never be more than 21 million of them. To learn more about Bitcoin in detail, explore the forums and the bitcoin wiki ( http://bitcoin.it). If you have any further questions about Bitcoin, contact me at jon.nikopol@gmail.com. *Make sure you use Bitcoin on a secure device and reputable software. |
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I see. Thanks for clearing things up.
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GLBSE is doomed to fail in its current form. The solution to the desire of a decentralized stock market is simple: either make a blockchain or blockchains for financial securities or associate securities with a unit in the blockchain.
Why Nefario thought it was ideal to have all the stocks in his control is beyond me.
So, how could we inject a securities feature in Bitcoin?
This questions comes up every few months. You can't. There is no point in storing the securities in a block chain because ultimately they are controlled by the issuer (company) in question. The only reason it works for bitcoins is because bitcoins basically aren't tied to anything in the real world, they only exist in the block chain. Shares in a company are tied to the company. The company may as well maintain their own centralized share holder register because if they're going to defraud you then they're going to defraud you anyway so you might as well trust them to maintain the register too. The goal is to make the securities untouchable by the authorities and still publicly tradeable. |
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GLBSE is doomed to fail in its current form. The solution to the desire of a decentralized stock market is simple: either make a blockchain or blockchains for financial securities or associate securities with a unit in the blockchain.
Why Nefario thought it was ideal to have all the stocks in his control is beyond me.
So, how could we inject a securities feature in Bitcoin?
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GLBSE is finished. We need blockchains for financial securities.
Right now the current concept is a brain fart.
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If you were to pay off all of the debt in the world, there would be no fiat cash, period. Every dollar that is printed (digital or otherwise) is owned as collateral by the shareholders of the central bank that print it, plus interest.
The money is given value by legal tender laws; ergo, people have to accept it for all debts. To add salt to the wound, you don't even own the money you hold. It can be garnished and deleted by inflation. It's only of value to you by the contractual license of force: If you incur a debt, you can force the currency down your debtor's throat with a policeman by your side.
With Bitcoin, it only has value on a voluntary-basis. People will not take it because they have to but because they want to and choose to do so. To me, that's the most valuable thing about Bitcoin as a digital currency and why it's growth will be exponential: It's growth will come from the will of the people and not coercion.
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It is beautiful, however people are jailed in 'educational institutions' their entire youth and indoctrinated by their government. Combine mental and physical abuse from their parents and it doesn't matter what evidence you give them, they will still be propagandized sheep who won't know how to think.
Yep, school as it is today is not a good thing. I don't know why I resisted it now that I think about it. : \ I subconsciously went against the involuntary nature of it my whole life. I never did homework but sat through class and passed tests. Eventually the office referrals got so high that I got sent to the middle school boot camp -- for, again, just not doing homework. I was forced to eat soylent pink hamburgers every lunch and eventually I had to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours everyday. No standing up. One restroom break a day. I had to write essays on obeying authority. Interesting experiment to say the least. Eventually I just tested out of all my classes in high school and called it finished. |
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It's lovely how nobody can rewrite history now. The internet is permanent.
No institution, no government, no school -- no matter how influential -- can null this. Society at large will inevitably embrace what has been done and act accordingly.
Beautiful, isn't it?
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You're speaking to a solipsist, joint. I am quite aware it's all a matter of perception but I will stand by my preferences. I am not absolutely dependent on them but I do value absolute individual liberty and I will not just simply throw it aside. It costs me nothing for it is who I am.
Is a man not entitled to his desires?
In summary, yes, I can do the same things with a 100-pound bag on my back but is it a sin to want the bag gone nonetheless?
What's more important to you, perfection or happiness? I think you're entitled to your desires...I don't think you're entitled to the things you desire. And, if you agree that "it's all a matter of perception," then change your perception and turn the 100-pound bag on your back into a jetpack. I am happy. That's why I am capable of acting with no remorse. I am also entitled to the things I desire once I have the strength to attain them. Ok. Interesting you respond only to say "Okay". I am interested in your thoughts. Why else would I have a conversation with you? Because if you're happy, what else do you need? I "need" nothing but I still act within my nature. Man does not stay stagnant. It seems your idea of happiness entails doing nothing. I just remember you once saying something about anxiety, and coupled with the passionate nature in which you speak (your eloquent choice of language suits a man who is already in a deserved position of entitlement, no less -- think political candidates here) which I suspect is ironic in that the actual words you choose indicate that you don't have all that you feel is entitled to you, it all seems a little...contradictory. Epicureanism and the parents of the nihilist movement will give you some insight into what I am saying. |
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I feel like we live in a mix of 1984 and Idiocracy, regardless of what country we live in. I think religions fill the role of thought police along government intelligence organizations.
It's interesting to note that members of the inner party in 1984, were not free, they were just slaves with privileges.
It's much like how we don't know who controls the central banking holding companies (Goldman Sachs, Rothschild, etc.) beyond their ornamental CEOs. Turtles all the way down. |
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You're speaking to a solipsist, joint. I am quite aware it's all a matter of perception but I will stand by my preferences. I am not absolutely dependent on them but I do value absolute individual liberty and I will not just simply throw it aside. It costs me nothing for it is who I am.
Is a man not entitled to his desires?
In summary, yes, I can do the same things with a 100-pound bag on my back but is it a sin to want the bag gone nonetheless?
What's more important to you, perfection or happiness? I think you're entitled to your desires...I don't think you're entitled to the things you desire. And, if you agree that "it's all a matter of perception," then change your perception and turn the 100-pound bag on your back into a jetpack. I am happy. That's why I am capable of acting with no remorse. I am also entitled to the things I desire once I have the strength to attain them. Ok. Interesting you respond only to say "Okay". I am interested in your thoughts. Why else would I have a conversation with you? Because if you're happy, what else do you need? I "need" nothing but I still act within my nature. Man does not stay stagnant. It seems your idea of happiness entails doing nothing. |
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