Yeah , I heard that the developpers of the Bitcoin COre gets like 100k $ a year , is that true ? and all those payments are from the Donations of the members ?? sounds interessting .
Hmm. I'm not sure what the developers are paid? That is a lot of money, however Gavin is a MIT computer scientist. I'll try to find out, and I know they are paid in Bitcoin. |
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I think you will remain willfully ignorant no matter what I say. You seem to think without the police violent crime would go away. Don't be absurd. A capitalist society with no police would mean no government, so dominated by two or three megacorporations in true neo-fascist nightmare world style. I agree. And the first order of business by any corptocracy would be to disarm the population. I believe an egalitarian post capitalism non-economy would make possible for our species the permanent transcension of violence, within a few generations of the "post-capitalism moment". I am with you. I would love for us all to transcend violence. Now you and I just have to convince every other person to not be a violent criminal. It's a tall order. Or that it is unreasonable to defend yourself because there is no such thing as murder. In 2015 there are dozens of effective non-lethal means of defending oneself. Tranq guns, pepperspray, foam spray guns, handheld tazers, projectile tazers (!), super high-powered flashlights to name a few. To say nothing of taking the time to learn proper martial arts self-defense. There are many martial artists and military personnel that can disarm a gunman in seconds given the right opportunity. But if you refuse to take the time to learn these life-saving skills and instead opt for the easy and relatively cheap solution. I am also licensed to carry knives, chemicals, tazers, etc. But they are mostly ineffective and utterly useless in a gunfight. Despite what you have heard about martial artists and soldiers knowing how to disarm a gunman, that is not real. It may be taught but it is about 1% effective and is for absolute dire last hope fighting. I took Matsubayashi-ryū twice a week for 7 years. What I learned is that you need a gun. I challenge anyone to disarm me before I can yell bang with a toy gun. Too many movies.. Buy a handgun. God forbid 'muricans would get off their fat asses and do some exercise, right? Do you place such a low value on human life that you bypass all these perfectly viable, safer methods of self-defense and go straight for maximum lethal force? Guns are for two kinds of people, the lazy and those who callously disregard the priceless nature of human life. Be honest with yourself, what would your beloved Jesus Christ think of that? I go for maximum force because I can only legally pull my gun when my life is in immediate danger. I'm not pulling it to threaten or hold them off. If my gun comes out, they are going to die. I'll save my black belt for a purse snatcher. Also, as i side note. I'm a devout Atheist. Although I like the message Jesus had. More guns makes everyone less safe overall, same is true of more cars and more fast food restaurants. We have more of all three because they are very profitable industries, and in capitalism profit always finds a way to be made, just as information finds a way to be free. Back in the early 90's I was in Croatia. I saw there that more guns meant safer conditions. It was not until the Serbs had to fight armed people that the violence came to an end.
Believe it or not I think your aspirations for peace are admirable. If the world were made of people like you we would all be a lot safer. But I grew up the son of an FBI man. I got to see the other side of society. The places where the monsters live and my Dad taught me that we don't run from criminals, we make them run from us. |
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Oh this is interesting. I made a bunch in the prediction markets of intrade. They eventually ran into legal uncertainty in Ireland,where they are based. For those not familiar with prediction markets they pay out based on ones ability to predict events. Events could be geopolitical, election results, anything that can't be known. At intrade it worked like this:
1. A "contract" is created with a statement that can be factually determined on a certain date. As an example it could be "Bashar Al-Assad will be out of power on Jan.1 2016".
2. The contract has a value that ranges from $0.01 to $9.99. The higher the price the more people are betting it will be true. So a contract worth $6.00 is basically a statement that the market thinks there is a 60% chance.
3. The price goes up and down as the date approaches. So the earlier you correctly predict the more money you stand to gain. You can also mitigate your losses by dumping contracts that are looking less likely. When the final date arrives the contract will be worth $0 or $10 depending on whether it came true or not. The difference between what you paid and the final price is what you make or lost.
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Seriously ? Bitscam is down 80% yoy, and you'r still at it ? Only a complete shmuck at this point, would go for that snake oil dont miss the boat crap. You said the same fear-mongering nonsense at 1000, 800, 600, 400, etc. There's no reason why btc cant crash to sub 100 and stay there for years. It could also get pumped to back up to 700 before getting dumped again. One thing im certain of, there will be no 5K (or whatever crazy figure you cultists come up with) anytime soon, if ever. It's threads like this that tell me 152 is not the low, we'll hit new lows later this year.
If you know the future prices why aren't you rich with bitcoins? |
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I have not changed my opinion of them.  |
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Remember just before the murder he said he had proof that Russia was sending troops to Ukraine. That is how you get shot in Russia. You tell the truth.
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Your right that it is a finite number. But there are just under 2^256 public keys, and that is a huge number. A trillion is nothing.
how many is 2^256? how many zeros is that? 2^256 is roughly 1 followed by 77 zeroes.
So like this: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 For comparison here is a measly trillion: 1,000,000,000,000 And remember that every additional zero makes the number 10 times larger. It's a staggering number really. |
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Your right that it is a finite number. But there are just under 2^256 public keys, and that is a huge number. A trillion is nothing.
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It's a grand sentiment to place all people on equal footing. I totally agree that is where we should start. But the guy in the quote above fails to recognize that in history there has never been a time free of criminals. Here you reveal the limits of your historical vision. Of course there was a time before criminals, there was a time before history, and we call it pre-history. 500,000 years of simple existence in harmony with nature. Just as there was a time before criminals, capitalism, and inequality, there will be a time after these things as well. We are a species in our social infancy, having just awoken from the long sleep of pre-reasoned society. What does that mean? Or have to do with people who rob, steal, and kill? Cavemen were not free from punishment either. I don't know what sentence you would get for hurting a member of your clan, but it would surely involve violence. Real criminals step outside of society for their own gain at our expense. They steal what you worked for and take what they want. I find it offensive that you lump all criminals together as a malignant monolith. I'd argue that many criminals are just trying to survive the best/only way they know how, with no intention of hurting anyone. It would be just as unfair for me to lump all capitalists together as sociopathic parasites, when in reality it's only the vast majority of highly "successful" capitalists that are sociopathic parasites. It's revealing that you believe your society is so wholesome that only evil or insane people would choose to step outside of it. You must be very privileged indeed, to think that is reality. I said "real criminals" because i assumed you would try bringing in the irreverent point that some criminals are not bad guys. Have you seen the inside of a prison, I have. Guess what, they ALL say they are just "victims of the system". Poor crooks they HAD to beat that old lady to death because... the system made them. They should be rewarded with a cookie. B.S. Do the crime - do the time. I think you will remain willfully ignorant no matter what I say. You seem to think without the police violent crime would go away. Or that it is unreasonable to defend yourself because there is no such thing as murder. Fortunately my entire country agrees with me and I can carry most anywhere. Best of luck and I sincerely hope that you never encounter the violent criminal element that lives near you. If you do, try complying I guess? Let them finish raping your family then try making them some tea to get on their good side. With some luck maybe they wont kill you. |
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There are also differences in fees and deposit methods that make the expense of using one exchange different than another. When all those expenses are factored in, the price may look more typical.
Just try making money from arb and you'll soon realise that unless you have some "special contacts" then it is basically impossible. (the only person that I know of that made a lot from arb is a Chinese guy who had Japanese contacts and that fucked up when Mt. Gox went under) I hear ya. I had a little luck early on with arbitrage. But very quickly it became more work than BTC. |
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Note that you only pay once you have realized a profit. So if your BTC is worth more now then when you bought you may still not owe anything. You will owe capitol gains once you have spent or sold the BTC. If your just holding then you have not gained yet. You can also claim a loss on any coins that you spend/sell for less than what you paid.
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Don't worry. The main suspect has put himself in charge of the investigation. I'm sure he'll get to the bottom of this.  And now it's being reported that none of the security cameras on the bridge in front of the Kremlin were working. Oh, Please. |
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There are also differences in fees and deposit methods that make the expense of using one exchange different than another. When all those expenses are factored in, the price may look more typical.
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Congratulations for both of you guys I never understood how Bitcoin Foundation works to be honest or why people pay to become members there etc ... beside Electrions for what exactly I can seem to get it . Yeah It doesnt seem to be for anything special They do several things such as pay the people who develop bitcoin core, help maintain factual resources such as: https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-documentation There are also commities working on projects related to education, legal advocacy, etc... You can see more about that here: https://bitcoinfoundation.org/forum/index.php? |
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I'm surprised he didn't claim he was investigating the child as a terrorist. |
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Sometimes being humane means putting the lives of good people over the life of a criminal. "Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." -E. V. Debs, Statement to the Court, September 18, 1918 It's a grand sentiment to place all people on equal footing. I totally agree that is where we should start. But the guy in the quote above fails to recognize that in history there has never been a time free of criminals and there will always be people in jail. I'm not sure what he thinks should be done with the many violent criminals who are in jail now. Let them out? Think he'll be free then? Real criminals step outside of society for their own gain at our expense. They steal what you worked for and take what they want. I am NOT "of it". They made a choice to be criminals and that's cool. But no crybaby crap when they forfeit their freedom or get blown away. Life is about choices and dealing with the results. Don't want to get shot by me? Easy, don't decide to kill me. |
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Welcome and congratulations to Jim Harper and Olivier Janssens! I think both are fine additions as individual members. I also really liked the new election system. It was very transparent and fair. I think Brian Gross gets a lot of credit for that. And Michale Toomim for his awesome consider.it software.
Thanks also to the other candidates. It was a harder decision this time because of the glut of qualified candidates. Not a bad problem to have!
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I'm guessing you think the police should handle things. Cops are great at carefully analyzing a crime scene. They will photograph and tag your body, odds are they will even catch your killer. Luckily you will not be alive and don't have to worry about your concern of accidentally being shot. The police have a much worse record than CCW holders. About 11% of police shootings are wrongful and kill an innocent person. By comparison about 2% of shootings by citizens kill an innocent person.
Yeah, I can't argue this is extremely fucked up. These two are just from the past month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0uqFTBclohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jhEY_NfXJU That is messed up. It's scary how militarized our police are becoming. Why not start by talking to the guy and deescalating? Ok, I'm delusional. So says the guy who thinks he can win a gunfight without a gun.
There are no winners to be found in a gun fight. One comes away alive and a murderer, possibly with PTSD and/or serious physical injuries, the other dies. Both lose a great deal. All participants in violence have already forfeited their humanity. Sometimes being humane means putting the lives of good people over the life of a criminal. But as you mention it is good for nobody involved. Not only may the shooter have a hard time dealing with the mental strain of having killed someone, they will be financially ruined. That is why I am licensed to pull my weapon ONLY if someone is about to kill me or someone in my immediate presence. Anything else is a crime. I can't stop a crook from stealing or even a pedophile from raping a child in right front of me. The allowed use of a gun is extremely narrow in the law. Those of us who are willing to take on the responsibility of CCW are not the violent cowboys you think we are. I deplore violence and think it is used far to much in our society. I think it's sick how we entertain ourselves by watching the voyeuristic drama of people hurting each other. I'm a liberal who likes NPR and the arts. But none of my high minded philosophy will mean anything if faced with a life-threatening situation. I ask for nothing more than to exercise my right to defend myself in the highly unlikely event that someone id trying to kill me. I'm not going for Batman here.  |
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I have used it in lessons with my students. It was not hard for the kids, they never say the computer is hard to understand.
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