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2341  Economy / Goods / Re: WTB__ COCA LEAF on: May 28, 2013, 02:02:05 AM
Umm amazon does have it
amazon.com or the amazon rainforest Tongue

Umm...They are illegal. Maybe try a certain site you can access via Tor.
In the United States, a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey has a license to legally import coca leaf. The company manufactures pure cocaine for medical use and also produces a cocaine-free extract of the coca leaf, which is used as a flavoring ingredient in Coca-Cola. Other companies have 2011 registrations with the DEA to legally import coca leaf according to 2011 Federal Register Notices for Importers,[56] including Johnson Matthey, Inc, Pharmaceutical Materials; Mallinckrodt Inc; Penick Corporation; and the Research Triangle Institute. According to the Bolivian press,[citation needed] Coca-Cola legally imported 204 tons of coca leaf in 1996.

tl;dr you need a licence
2342  Economy / Goods / Re: 750ml Colloidal Silver - $29 on: May 28, 2013, 01:41:18 AM

This is the one and only argument that opponents of colloidal silver have. He drank a glass a day of improperly prepared "colloidal silver" (actually contained silver salts because he used tap water and sterling silver). A glass a day is hardly use in moderation, even if it was true colloidal silver.
how hard are you strawmaning? You have yet replied to my points.
2343  Economy / Goods / Re: [WTS] Conductive Cu/Ni Fabric - Let's make Faraday cages on: May 28, 2013, 01:38:47 AM
I'll just leave this here:
IARC CLASSIFIES RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS ASPOSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS
www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf
context: other substances classified as "possibly carcinogenic" http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/ClassificationsGroupOrder.pdf

notable mentions:
Caffeic acid (found in coffee)
Acetaldehyde (occurs naturally in coffee, bread, and ripe fruit)
Bitumens (Asphalt)
"Carpentry and joinery" (whatever that means)
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
Coffee
Nickel, metallic and alloys

you better be scared!

All of those substances have nothing to do with EM waves, therefore unrelated. If you would like to prove my absurd logic, print a picture of my avatar and glue it to your face, then go argue in a mirror - you'll get nothing but absurd arguments (likely found via a 10 second Google search without any actual understanding).
Again, my argument is not on whether or not cell phone radiation is harmful, because the evidence on that is inconclusive at best. I am questioning your actions to avoid EM radiation on the basis that it's on the list of "POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC" substances. If you think this is not your argument, stop reading now, and post a reply clarifying your reasons for avoiding EM radiation.

Every rational human acts consistently. If you're avoiding EM radiation because some agency put it on some list, you should, therefore, avoid other items on the list too. Otherwise, you are being inconsistent, and therefore, irrational. This is what I'm interpreting from your reference to iarc.fr. Again, if this isn't your reason, stop reading now, and post what your argument is. To act consistently, one must act in a similar manner when faced with a similar situation. The situation in question is other substances being on the class 2b of possibly carcinogenic substances. If your basis for avoiding EM radiation is because of its presence on the list, to act consistently, you must avoid other items on the same list. Otherwise, you're making an exception to yourself, and therefore, are not acting rationally. Now, I listed a few mundane things that are in the same class of substances as EM radiation. The technique I'm using is Reductio ad absurdum. Of course it's absurd trying to avoid coffee, or ripened fruits, but this is what your logic is implying, and that is the reason why it's wrong.
2344  Economy / Goods / Re: Radiation Free Air-Tube Headphones on: May 28, 2013, 01:19:07 AM
Thank you for affirming my statement. As some one who clearly knows the scientific basis behind radio wave propagation, do you agree that it is not only the wattage of the output, but also the FREQUENCY at which the signal is modulated which can have effects? Frequency is a very important component of this that was completely omitted.
I find it retarded that placing a piece of metal near your head can increase the EM radiation your head receives. Tell me, why is it that a piece of metal can seemingly absorb energy at will and redirect it to a specific place? Antennas either absorb or emit radiation. Whenever it's emitting radiation, the radiation radiates in all directions (unless the antenna is directed like with satellite dishes).

Well, I don't quite see where I affirmed your statement Smiley You just choose to see it that way.

The frequency possibly matters if the intensity of the radiation is significant - like at least a few watts right at your head for extended periods of time. (Regardless of the fact that any link between EM radiation and any disease is yet to be identified.)

My whole point was that in this case the intensity of the radiation is absolutely negligible.

Anyway, as I said, I don't mean to troll. If it makes anybody feel any better by all means go and buy the headphones. I'm just trying to debunk any false claims. People are very gullible these days and common sense seems to be a rare commodity Smiley
he's listening through an agreement filter. anything that remotely affirms his beliefs gets through, everything else doesn't.  Undecided

You can be sure that he'll ignore this post:
The frequency is the only thing that matters.  Frequencies above (or equal to) those of UV light cause cancer.  It's that simple.

holy crap you get more EM radiation at a higher frequency with a 60 W lightbulb (assuming 5% lightbulb efficiency and 100% antenna efficiency).
2345  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Bitcoin Mining Power Could be Put to Better Use on: May 28, 2013, 01:10:18 AM
discussed a million times before. tl;dr answer: all "useful" computing power would need centralization.
2346  Other / Meta / Re: [POLL]@*.bitcointalk.org emails on: May 28, 2013, 01:07:01 AM
I agree with @*.bitcointalk.org emails, but admin/moderator/donator/member subdomain is superfluous. administrators and moderators should get a plain @bitcointalk.org email, whereas regular users should get @member.bitcointalk.org or @user.bitcointalk.org. There's no need to state a user's forum rank in their email address.
2347  Economy / Goods / Re: [WTS] Conductive Cu/Ni Fabric - Let's make Faraday cages on: May 27, 2013, 10:47:33 PM
That wasn't my claim. Quit strawmaning. My claim is that to be consistent, you should avoid nickel and rippened fruits as well, since they are also "possibly carcinogenic".
You bring up unrelated subjects and I am using a strawman? Refractory much?
How is that unrelated? I'm trying to show how absurd your logic is.
2348  Economy / Goods / Re: Radiation Free Air-Tube Headphones on: May 27, 2013, 10:34:33 PM
I was thinking well you know, mother Russia and all that... maybe they are useful around high nuclear fallout areas, Chernobyl? 

Okay nah I'm just f*cking with ya.  Grin
take some RadAway or Rad-X Tongue
2349  Other / Meta / Re: @bitcointalk.org emails on: May 27, 2013, 10:32:23 PM
@members.bitcoin.org or @users.bitcoin.org would look more professional than @bitcointalk.org
2350  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: (Bounty) Javascript LINKS do not work AtAll.(Calimed and solved!) on: May 27, 2013, 10:17:19 PM
Through teamviewer Grue helped me untill it was fixed, Great guy, definitly respects privacy, and it seemed like he knew what he was doing.
The problem was with my Hosts file, Somewhere my Massive list of blocked webpages javascript is getting blocked, Somehow.

We changed the hosts file back to the original and stuff started working, Thanks grue!
no problem! Smiley
2351  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: (Bounty) Javascript LINKS do not work AtAll. on: May 27, 2013, 09:37:17 PM
are you ok with me doing a teamviewer session to help you out? if so, get on #bitcoin-otc or #bitcoin-dev
2352  Economy / Gambling / Re: BlockRun.com - Penny auctions on the blockchain on: May 27, 2013, 09:25:16 PM
I'm kind of bummed out that the galaxy note and ipad auctions both end near 5 am for me Sad
2353  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: (Bounty) Javascript LINKS do not work AtAll. on: May 27, 2013, 09:23:55 PM
yeah, you probably had some strict security policy in place. (probably scumbag IT department Tongue)

instructions for firefox:

of course, make sure you have noscript disabled Tongue

internet explorer:
2354  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: 6 hours no confirmation, with fees on: May 27, 2013, 09:02:27 PM
Yes, it is. That is why it has 0.00000001 decimals.

WE decided to LIMIT micro-transactions. It was DESIGNED for micro-transactions, WE simply agreed to limit them with code.

Yes, it will take longer to go through, but it will eventually go through. Most servers don't even check or care about "free" or "micro"... However, they are the last ones to get done, since higher paying customers have paid for transactions to go through faster. The priority is set in code, and reinforced on servers.

Not MADE for micro-transactions, my ass... lol. That was the whole purpose of bitcoins. To be "bits" (micro).
satoshi said himself that bitcoins are not designed for micropayments. that role should be left to third party clearing houses.
2355  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: (Bounty) Javascript LINKS do not work AtAll. on: May 27, 2013, 08:58:37 PM
javascript =/= java

also, paste this into a html file and check if clicking on the link opens an alert box.
Code:
<html>
<body>
<a href="javascript:alert('hello')">test</a>
</body>
</html>
2356  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Again, a block with 0 transactions is accepted on: May 27, 2013, 05:06:52 PM
so 1 data point is enough for you to conclude it's "too often?"
2357  Economy / Goods / Re: Radiation Free Air-Tube Headphones on: May 27, 2013, 05:05:39 PM
So I would have more risk of cancer by say sitting next to my router or catching an electric bus to work?
you get more non-ionizing radiation from sitting next to a light bulb. Tongue
2358  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Again, a block with 0 transactions is accepted on: May 27, 2013, 04:29:56 PM
Does this just mean the transaction fees aren't high enough?  Shouldn't the fees be such that it's worth the overhead to include them in a block?
the more likely explanation is that the block is mined by a botnet owner. if you don't include any transactions, you wouldn't need to verify them. if you don't need to verify them, you don't need to store the entire blockchain, which decreases detection.
2359  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Are the stratum protocol specifications outdated? on: May 27, 2013, 03:43:18 PM
try asking in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108533.0
or PMing slush.
2360  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Re: Postulation: ASIC mfg's sell their miners because on: May 27, 2013, 01:58:43 PM
they stand to make more Bitcoin from the sale of the miners than mining BTC themselves.
That's what they're already doing. ASICMINER is reselling their blades to help network decentralization and avalon is planning to start their own mining operation after batch 3.
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