This appears to be device-specific. I just tried Mycelium on an ASUS tablet, and autofocus works properly. On my Note, it doesn't. Again, Note autofocuses fine using the Barcode Scanner app.

They never asked me for ssn. The id and a utility bill were all they wanted. I'm sure they guard the data well, just like I'm sure no security is perfect, and everything can get hacked. DMV records, for example.

 And as for trusting them with my coins, I definiitely trust them more than my home PC.  Vast majority of "trust noone" people fail to include their own (dis)ability into the equation.

On my Samsung Note, Mycelium qr code scanner cannot focus when I bring the code close (in case of smaller images I have to). It appears that it is not autofocusing at all. Spinner with barcode scanner did not have this problem (likely because I had the autofocus turned on in the scanner's settings menu).
As a consequence,  Mycelium takes a long time, or sometimes fail, to scan the code that Spinner was getting in  a second.

You are correct, however I was discussing store-of-value aspects... There is not much value in having a brick of gold inside the brain.

Same reason as anyone's for using SatoshiDICE.

Gold hit $1000. It's heavy, you need to haul it around, can't make backup copies, can't send it instantly overseas, can't store it in your brain.

This thread stinks. There are no cases of anyone being prosecuted for legitimate bitcoin transactions in Thailand. The whole discussion is based on hearsay and irrelevant statements and interpretations from irrelevant people. Don't waste your time here.

I missed all the fun, bitcoincharts is simply unavailable for me at this moment.

This is a good time to think about the fact that lots of bitcoin-related services rely on bitcoincharts API. There is a domino effect whenever they go down.

Another thing to think about is that bitcoincharts are in the preparing the "pro" paid version of their service, with powerful trading tools. The hack may be related.

I only do what OP describes for pages that are not SSL-ed, but then take me to a dedicated SSL login page. In this forum that is not a concern, so just log in via the mini form.

First of all, kudos for the project that excels at so many levels. One detail that bothers me is the thermal printer technology,  for two reasons: (1) most thermal papers are impregnated with bisphenol-A, to the point of representing the main source of BPA found in human bodies, and (2) printouts are too fragile, cannot be laminated, and are sensitive to a wide variety of environmental factors.

Hence the 0.5.13. Bitcoin is still in the beta phase.

What is the alternative? Corporate science at least is under some sort of public, regulatory, and corporate scrutiny. Academic research, on the other hand, has been free to rot without any true oversight or audits. Over the past few decades it has mutated into the ultimate scam, source of irreproducible bullshit, and circle-jerk of awards and conferences. Most of modern-day graduate students and other researchers in sciences simply push random buttons and cluelessly repeat sloppy, uncontrolled experiments (disguised as "working hard") until one desired outcome appears - then sweep everything else under the rug, and struggle to sell the cherry-picked story as "science." Publish or perish.
There are rare exceptions, of course - scientists who design their experiments beforehand, and honestly report the outcomes. But there are exceptions among the corporate scientists, too.

The inflamatory article you linked to implies a dichotomy which is false; the real question here is not corporate-vs-someotherkindofscience, but good vs. bad science. Those among us directly involved, today, in scientific research will understand what I am pointing to.

Abstinence and model monogamy, the way they are thought, are perverse sexual practices. I raise my kids so that know themselves, learn to judge consequences of their actions, and claim freedom and responsibility for their own actions.
Between your "abstinence" and the underlying ideology, and sex education, I gladly choose the latter, thank you. I grew up in  a country where sex education was taught in elementary school, and where - at the time - I was perfectly free to buy porn magazines in press kiosks as a teenager, and where public TV used to broadcast artistic movies with sometime strong sexual content. Most of my peers and I grew up perfectly happy, responsible individuals.
I then moved to the U.S., and was shocked with all the sex-fear, extremes on both ends of the dispute, and even the existence of this whole dispute. Sure enough, I discovered that many sex-oppressed kids in the U.S. grew into immature, sex-obsessed, confused, disoriented teenagers. Same with alcohol. Same with drugs.
A friendly, but futile advice to my American friends: relax. It's okay. Teach yourselves and your kids about life, world, sex, love, personal responsibility, and freedom. Enjoy life, sex included. Be reasonable. 

Bitcoin is exactly the opposite - a free, open, decentralized alternative to the NWO World Currency. Having said that, Bitcoin is a versatile, ideology-neutral technology that could work for them and their goals, and I have no problem with that.

As an active member of BF, I claim that the above statement is absolutely not true.

Read my previous post completely and slowly. It does go to a website http://this
Modify your post with the proper url.

Lots of dangerous misconceptions in this thread. The only reason Bitcoin offers certain degree of anonymity is its obscurity and novelty.  If and when it gains traction,  block chain will become a data-mining heaven for corporations and governments.  At least it's open to all, so no unfair advantage there. Overall, you are delusional if you consider Bitcoin inherently anonymous, and quote anonymity as an answer to "why do I need Bitcoin?".


I need Bitcoin as a tool for instant, simple, affordable online payments. I need it as a store of value immune to arbitrary inflation by the self-appointed asses. I need it as a tool of financial transparency of corporations and governments.

Why is your company's Website registered via private proxy?

This is a serious question. Do not seek an answer from random folks on the Internet. Look up actual standards for countries that interest you.

You just did.