that is completely against everything that apple is about. they like to control everything and forcefeed you what you like or don't like.. plus you can make more money that way.

one could argue that i was bias in favor of bitcoin. the way the episode was formatted was basically: governments around the world are snooping into your shit, but there's hope. and bitcoin is one of the reasons for that.

everquest was the fucking shit.. way better than WoW, but also more addictive. imo, the main difference was that the game is so damn hardcore.. if you die, you lose exp. and on the server i played, if someone kills you, you end up losing your 1 piece of gear.. this caused a lot of in-battling and hatred among other players, but that's what made it so damn fun. it was also the only game that has ever made me punch a wall  

i also remember camping out for jboots and i was so damn happy after getting it. oh, and i'd sit around town selling "KEI" for PP. i won't ever enjoy, and hate at the same time, a video game like that again.

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i think they are too, but that remains to be seen. their stock has still been rising for years since he died. it's just that i see them holding stockpiles of cash and not really investing anything, so i don't think they're going to continue being innovative. it's just ipads and iphones annually, with insignificant technological advancements.

we're talking about 2014 though, so we'd have to compare prices on january 1 to whatever it'll be on december 31. if i recall correctly, we started the year out in the 900's.

so for him to say this.. does it imply he has some sort of deal to say what he did to receive a lighter sentence?

then that would mean the economy would probably start sputtering a bit, which would reflect in the stock prices. my point is that artificial fed money and lower interest rates are in place in order to create an artificial "demand" which makes companies more valuable. the long-term trend is that the middle class is cratering, while the upper tier of earners is rising. weakening middle class = weakening economy = weakening stock market.

probably a .0001% chance that theymos met satoshi. and if he did, he wouldn't tell anyone here - don't you think he'd be hounded by all the snoopy people on this forum? satoshi, unlike ulbricht, was pretty damn smart; not only did he create bitcoin, but he covered his tracks pretty well.

yeah i agree, this is to educate the common viewer.. not someone who is an enthusiast. i think they mentioned that bitcoin is "completely anonymous" or something to that effect, which is not true but if that's one of my biggest gripes, then the episode wasn't all that bad.

i can't tell if they're actually serious about attacking america and other nations. i guess they want to to be confused whether they are really crazy enough to provoke america. an attack on american soil would pretty much guarantee deployment of troops to re-take ISIS strongholds.

i bet the U.S. and west wouldn't mind attack on russia though.. keep them occupied 

i don't watch the BBC much, so i don't get why people dislike them. they seem to be as good as you could expect. CNN, on the other hand, asks shit like "who or what is this 4chan?"

what has apple done since steve jobs has passed away? i don't follow them so thoroughly, but it doesn't seem like they've done anything of significance. imo, if they don't come out with anything groundbreaking, and top it off with a few flops, their stock could go down a good deal.

damn, the wealther nations should provide more financial assistance in containing this shit. those people are not being fed, what do you expect them to do? starve to death in bed? and if this shit spreads, it will reach the developed nations.

by the way, if they do develop vaccines, what happens when the virus mutates? it'll probably become immune.

indonesia is a largely islamic country, and there's evidence that ISIS is attracting some people from there to join up with them. how likely is it that ISIS uses indonesia's accessibility to bitcoins in order to help fund their operations?

yeah, but if you were to expect a rally, then you'd also need a reason for it to actually make a rally.

so no, i don't expect a rally.. but that of course would not surprise me since it's bitcoin after all.

the thing is, there is no evidence that rand bribed anyone - it was just his dad. i'm pretty sure rand would do the same though, but blaming him for what his dad did is not quite fair.

in terms of adoption, it's by far the best year for bitcoin.. i mean, we have a list of 10 really big companies that adopted bitcoin. in terms of price, no. so it just depends on your perspective.

btw, there's also news of the ron paul scandal affecting rand.. i'm not quite sure how fair it is to label rand guilty by association, but that's the way it works i guess.

turns out ron paul was willing to "buy" endorsements, which to me, makes him the same as every other politician.

watch the episode. it wasn't about BTC specifically, it was about the dark web.. which BTC is a part of. not everything is bitcoin-centric.

i'm thinking bitcoin might not take off until after this year, especially if the winklevi ETF doesn't come out. once christmas season comes around, retailers are going to be getting a lot more bitcoins, especially if they offer steep discounts like newegg has done.