You'd know just as well if it was defined before hand up to what point the posts will be counted; for example, you get paid on the 1st of the month, and everything posted up to the 31st, 23:59 forum time, will be counted. I guess it's the responsibility of the campaign organizers to make things like this as clear as possible.

The civil war was more of an opportunity, rather than a cause; there had previously been decades (indeed several generations) that engaged in anarchic experiments, most ending in failure and repression at the hands of the ruling class, before it was finally able to break through during the war.

Now, it is true that in order to reach such a type of society (say, from the point we are in today) there are several things that would need to happen first: for example, worker owned and managed means of production; up to a point, redistribution of wealth, and so on. Of course, realistically speaking, it's very hard to achieve this without some form of coercion; whether or not this is justifiable, you decide.

Sure, anytime. And thanks for giving me negative trust as well; very thoughtful of you. 



Yes, it seems they're getting slow. 

Yes, I know it is. However, it is only allowed because it would be too hard to enforce a ban on such activity; it's just easier to let people know that these things can happen. That's why I asked for someone (preferably on the default trust list) to give him negative feedback for it, and hopefully on his other accounts as well.

Oh, sorry; this ended up being buried and I didn't get to answer.

Most people have one (and depending on where you live, sometimes more than one) job, a family to take care of, bills they must pay, and a life they want to lead with as little trouble as possible; dealing with stuff like this on top of it all is not always easy and in the end, until they realize how it affects their lives directly, they won't do anything about it. And even then there will always be a lot of apathy, a lot of people who think they can't do anything about it, so it's just better not to waste time with it.

On the other hand, I'm sure there are those who would say that by comparison with people half a century ago, people today are far more engaged and far less tolerant of the abuses we're here discussing. As an example, during much of the Vietnam War you could see a lot of the information about what was going on in the media, and quite simply, nobody cared about it. It took several years before people even acknowledged what was going on and the opposition to the war really started taking hold. In contrast to that, you had opposition to the war in Iraq before it was even officially declared, and this even with the propaganda the media was spreading. So it's quite telling that the message in the media needs to be so distorted nowadays when compared to in the past; the ways to control the public are waning.

Now, part of the reason for this decline is the spread of alternative media, probably most of it operating through the internet. Most of these sources rely on public funding however, so donating to them is one way of helping things change. Another way would obviously be to make more people aware of them, so that mainstream media can't reach as many people. Of course not everyone uses the internet that much, so I guess at least advising people to get their information from more varied sources would be good: Aljazeera for example, where available, is a good source overall provided you're not looking for information on Qatar and its interests.

Whether or not this is enough, I don't know, but the tendency seems to be positive so far, if rather slow. But there are also those that propose more radical solutions, either in the form of disengagement with the system wherever possible, or a gradual replacement of the existing structures of power by something decentralized and under popular control.

Well, you can take a look at the existing campaigns in the thread that bitcoininformation is maintaining: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615953.0. As you can see there, there are a few campaigns that have similar pay structures and rates.

In relation to whether or not they will reduce the rates, at least for now, I doubt it. Both PD and UpDown have stated there will be a few changes coming, but in the opposite direction; that is, better rates.  

Yes, we will get paid for all the posts made this month. Here is the post from Ritz regarding that:

I'm sure; especially for people like you selling accounts... 

By the way, why hasn't anyone given you negative trust yet? (not that you wouldn't jump to an alt account, but still)

Well, as others have said before, the person who left the feedback in this case was added to the trust list of someone on the default trust list, hence the problem; that is, everyone else sees you with the red trust message. But this also means that if it was fraudulent feedback and you can prove it, you have a good chance of convincing that person to remove the other from his trust list, as was suggested, which should solve the problem.

And if I understand how this works correctly, other ways to solve this could be either someone else on the default trust list (perhaps on a higher trust level of the list) giving negative feedback to the person that gave you the feedback, or giving you positive feedback directly.

Don't confuse disorder and warlords fighting for dominance with anarchy. Anarchy is a form of social organization that strives to avoid hierarchies between people, and so seeks to avoid coercion and use of force by authority figures. Also, you have examples where this has worked, at least internally, like for example the regions of Catalonia and Aragon in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

Having played only ff7, how can you say it is the best in the series?    Personally, I liked ff6 more than ff7, but the graphics are obviously lacking. 

As for my favorite game, I'd say either Master of Orion 2 or most likely Space Empires V. 4X space strategy games for the win.

Perhaps you should move this to the Meta (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0) section of the forum? This doesn't really belong on the Off-topic section, and if you check Meta, you will see a few similar threads there.

As MoneyGod hinted at, you're still months away from being able to join this campaign. You need 120 activity to be able to join this, and you gain 14 activity every 2 weeks, provided you are active in the forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237597.0 (here you can see how it works).

On the other hand, as soon as you reach the level of Member (60 activity) you will already be able to join a few other campaigns; take a look at this thread to know your options: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615953.0.

The thread is about psychics, not physicists...  


It's most likely nonsense of course, but I wonder if you could create a virus (external, not hidden in the source code) specifically designed to affect the operation of miners somehow, to screw with the blockchain; though I suppose it would have to infect a substantial portion of them to have any real effect.

I think he simply meant to say that it was one of the events that most changed the world, not necessarily that it was a good change. In fact, he goes on to say that it led to increasing numbers of casualties in conflict which, I would hope, most people tend to see as a bad thing.

He's sort of right, in that it started to push for a reduction in European domination, at least in the New World; but of course it's completely wrong to say it's the birth of decolonization. The colonies, initially in the Americas, simply began to change hands from the European powers to the US; see the Monroe Doctrine and how it was used through time for clear examples.

Speaking of which, why don't you guys clean up the quotes when you use them, so that the thread is actually readable?

Just one page ago, you have at least 2 people explaining how that works:

Then, you should probably read the first post on this thread, first and foremost. After that, if you still want to join, you should post your current post count, btc address, and then change your signature to the given Member sig.

As others have hinted at, you still need some time before you can join; about a month, if you keep posting at least once every 2 week period. And if you were asking which campaign you should choose, take a look at this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615953.0. There you will find a comparison between the sig campaigns currently running.