Isn't the point of a gun to deter crime, letting people know not to screw with you, with shooting them being the last resort? Lugging a 6' tall potato cannon strapped to your back is a pretty good "don't fuck with me" 

I wonder if this is DHS wanting to file charges against MtGox, or wanting to collect info and file charges against specific bitcoiners?  

The words "U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland" are in there. I'm from Maryland. Just want to say I had nothing to do with this, and there are a couple of other bitcoiners living here, though none that could spark this that I could think of.'
God, I hope they're not after my Prius 

At this point, I think it would be way easier and more effective (and likely lethal) to just make a potato gun out of PVC and carburator cleaner spray.

Ever dream your beard came to life and tried to choke you?

I have actually been on Skype alone with Atlas. What does this exempt me from?

The forum chain at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205370.0 is longer than here, so it wins, and I'm locking this forum chain fork

Just got this e-mail too

Just received this e-mail:

DWOLLA


As of 12:13 PM on 5/14/2013:

You’re receiving this notice because our systems have indicated that you’ve processed and completed a real-time Dwolla-to-Dwolla payment to Mutum Sigillum LLC (“Mt. Gox”) within the last 24 hours.

Due to recent court orders received from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Dwolla is no longer legally able to service Mutum Sigillum LLC’s account.

This is a courtesy email encouraging you to follow up on any uncompleted orders with Mutum Sigillum LLC as Dwolla is now unable to move money to and from Mutum Sigillum LLC’s Dwolla account.

Dwolla is not party to this matter nor does it have any information or further insight into the situation. We strongly encourages those with questions to contact Mutum Sigillum LLC

Note: Dwolla requires a court order before honoring requests such as seizing funds or revoking access to an account.

On behalf of Dwolla, we apologize for this inconvenience.

Someone I was talking to said, "But, what if they ban the actual files, like they did with CP?"

Oh, I have another one. Will the political status of the ship be honored as a foreign territory, like an embassy, or will anyone with enough power (USA) be able to shove their way around on it? For example, would Julian Assange be allowed to visit, or even move to the ship, and still have the same amount of security/assurance as he does while hiding out at the embassy in London, or will be be immediately arrested and extradited to USA?


Oh, and will BlueSeed be willing to run a dedicated Bitcoin node? It would set up a copy of the blockchain database in international waters, and would give local residents access to a trusted (maybe) bitcoin node that they can still rely on should internet connection be temporarily interrupted.

They used a wind-up type (looks like @ with many more loops)

Only after you create a backup of your wallet and move it off the phone.

You shouldn't be peeing into someone's eye, anyway.

This one printed everything but the bullet and the firing pin (they used a nail). So all the complex mechanical parts, including the spring.

Phsss. I'm waiting for Bitcoin to again jump up 20-fold, and then crash to half, thus increasing my worth ten-fold again.

Got some more info on this today. It's apparently for their 501c (?) SuperPac status. Basically those groups we've all been hearing about that allow unlimited anonymous political donations, using a tax group organization that was set up as "service the social welfare." They get away with it by claiming that their "concern" ads that attack opposing politicians are just to "increase awareness of an issue that may adversely affect general welfare." It's basically bullshit that needs to stop, and need to stop on both sides. Yes, it's unfair that it was done more to the right-wing nuts than to left-wing nuts. And yeah, I'm kinda conflicted about it, since with Bitcoin you'd be able to do unlimited political donations and advertising, anyway.

Though I do have some schadenfreude about a fascist theocratic party getting shafted.

What's a reputation thread? 

The most painfull part is getting it from your kidneys to your bladder. The tubes connecting those are really thin, so think watermelon pushed through a garden hose. A scratchy cement watermelon through a garden hose. The urethra that goes from bladder to the outside is much wider, so it's nowhere near as painful once it gets to your bladder. Last two times I had stones, I didn't even notice it passing out when I peed (only knew about it because I had to pee through a strainer, so I can catch the stone and take it for analysis).

Back in Soviet Union, all typewriters were registered and tracked by the government, and it was illegal to own one. You had to borrow one from the state. This was done to prevent any illegal publications, such as copies of banned books or underground newspapers.
Just saying...

They basically became anti-everything, with the entire purpose of the forums to just make fun of everything and everyone. It just gets more pathetic when they make fun of things they don't understand. For example, they have entire threads dedicated to Bitcoin, where all they do is claim it's a stupid internet currency, because it's a ponzi or a scam, because it's all digital, because it's traded on a kid's game card exchange, and because of other stupid things like it's deflationary/too volatile/you can't buy anything with it. Basically exactly the same kind of idiocy that this guy here is spewing. And trying to discuss any of those points with them is about as effective as trying to discuss economics with a bunch of giggling snotty elementary school kids from "special" class.