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361  Other / Off-topic / Re: Predict the day Matthew N. Wright deletes his BitcoinTalk account. on: November 17, 2011, 03:58:01 AM
I'll send .001212121212 Bitcoins to the address above making my prediction, with the last 4 set of digits being the specific time.

Hi Atlas, please help me send 0.001212121212 Bitcoins.  How do you send that many? Wink

Heh, you need to remove a couple of zereos from the front.
362  Other / Off-topic / Re: Predict the day Matthew N. Wright deletes his BitcoinTalk account. on: November 17, 2011, 02:43:51 AM
How many poorly-specified contests are you going to attempt to set up?  This is at least the second one where time of day is critical, but again, you've failed to specify the timezone the contest will be judged in.  You're an idiot.  Given that you can't even think through the rules of your contests before announcing them, why would anyone expect you to actually follow through?  You'll just come up with some lame excuse and close it down.


Heh. I always go by GMT.

363  Economy / Services / Re: Graphic Art with Perspective [No more than .1 BTC] on: November 17, 2011, 12:22:46 AM
I'll make you a cool forum avatar, banner, etc. for no more than .1 BTC.


This is a limited offer. Make your request while it lasts! Contact me at my email below.

Have any examples of your work?
Avatar. Other than that, nope. Unremorsefully my experience is limited. However, I can guarantee you work that is much greater than your .1 BTC.
364  Economy / Services / Graphic Art with Perspective [No more than .1 BTC] on: November 17, 2011, 12:14:08 AM
I'll make you a cool forum avatar, banner, etc. for no more than .1 BTC.


This is a limited offer. Make your request while it lasts! Contact me at my email below.
365  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Need some opinions on unregulated business on: November 16, 2011, 11:48:43 PM
Prohibit monopolies through a monopoly on force?
366  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 10:33:17 PM
From the site:


"If the Bank of England has share holders do they get paid dividends, and what was the value of dividends paid in the past five years?'
367  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Need some opinions on unregulated business on: November 16, 2011, 10:31:50 PM
I think you misunderstand the purpose of a free market.  Its to get the best return on capital.  The environment doesn't appear on a balance sheet.

Of course it does. A damaged environment can have a long-term impact on expenses and profit.
368  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:48:45 PM
I will admit the treasury gets 25% dividends but that is only true if the back fully discloses its income. The Federal Reserve gave over $16 trillion in secret loans that remained unreported for quite awhile. Central banks tend not to be held accountable for these sorts of things.
369  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:45:20 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2011/10/total%20debt%20to%20gdp.jpg

The US Germany and Canada are all considered OK.  Notice that the German government debt is bigger than the US one.

The UK is also considered OK as it controls its own currency.  Likewise Japan.

Spain, France and Italy are screwed.

All according to plan. The EU will happily consolidate Spain, France and Italy into the globalist monetary regime; further centralization, if you will. This will allow for greater control.

Japan has a private and independent central bank. The Bank of England is also independent of government authority and has private shareholders as well. These country's governments do not control their money supply.

The Bank of England is a government body.  http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/foi/disc091106.htm  No private shareholders.

So on your logic the British Government does control its money supply.  As it happens, you are wrong in that the BoE was made independent 14 years ago but its been 100% state owned for 70 years or so.

It's a government body in the same sense registered corporations are government bodies. The state is not a major shareholder; ergo, it doesn't own its own debt.
370  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:34:47 PM
Italy debt is mostly to themselves, so if they do get screwed, they would mainly be crewing themselves and their own pensions/retirements? Considering Italian family-oriented culture, though, I'm not too concerned about anyone starving in the streets.
Banca d'Italia is a private institution with private shareholders. So, no, they are not indebted to themselves but to a sovereign organization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banca_d%27Italia

Hmm, I stand corrected http://www.concertedaction.com/2011/11/11/holders-of-italys-public-debt-and-government-securities/

Interesting. Italy might actually be sovereign. : O

Thank you.
371  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:26:48 PM
Italy debt is mostly to themselves, so if they do get screwed, they would mainly be crewing themselves and their own pensions/retirements? Considering Italian family-oriented culture, though, I'm not too concerned about anyone starving in the streets.
Banca d'Italia is a private institution with private shareholders. So, no, they are not indebted to themselves but to a sovereign organization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banca_d%27Italia
372  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:21:15 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2011/10/total%20debt%20to%20gdp.jpg

The US Germany and Canada are all considered OK.  Notice that the German government debt is bigger than the US one.

The UK is also considered OK as it controls its own currency.  Likewise Japan.

Spain, France and Italy are screwed.

All according to plan. The EU will happily consolidate Spain, France and Italy into the globalist monetary regime; further centralization, if you will. This will allow for greater control.

Japan has a private and independent central bank. The Bank of England is also independent of government authority and has private shareholders as well. These country's governments do not control their money supply.
373  Economy / Services / Re: RDP Server - Singapore Connection @ 1.2BTC Per Month on: November 16, 2011, 09:14:11 PM
Minecraft?
374  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 09:02:42 PM
The. Debt. Is. Not. Going. Away. The people in power will succumb to the whims of the bankers far sooner than they would respond to the mere vocal whims of the people.

If the people truly want it to, there will be revolution by force; I certainly prefer this.

Our foreign debt is pennies compared to what we owe to The Fed and The Central Banks. If anything, it's just a distraction.
375  Other / Off-topic / Re: Predict the day Matthew N. Wright deletes his BitcoinTalk account. on: November 16, 2011, 08:58:38 PM
What if you delete your account again before he does? What if he never deletes his account?
I am not. To answer the latter question, the monetary incentive or lack of therof will sit indefinitely.

I hope you hold yourself to that first bit
Without question.
376  Other / Off-topic / Re: Predict the day Matthew N. Wright deletes his BitcoinTalk account. on: November 16, 2011, 08:56:30 PM
What if you delete your account again before he does? What if he never deletes his account?
I am not. To answer the latter question, the monetary incentive or lack of therof will sit indefinitely.
377  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 08:54:21 PM
The Federal Reserve is not ourselves. It is a powerful organization that is not under our jurisdiction.

The Fed didn't put a gun to the American people's head and force us to spend money we don't have.
Oh but they did. They took control of the politicians that put a gun to our head daily.

We are not our representative's constituents; they are.
378  Other / Off-topic / Re: Predict the day Matthew N. Wright deletes his BitcoinTalk account. on: November 16, 2011, 08:35:02 PM
You could "predict" the time you delete your account and claim the jackpot for yourself.
379  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 08:15:36 PM
As long as the dollar is the global reserve currency, you have nothing to worry about.
The oil companies are thinking about dumping it pretty soon.
380  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Unsustainable debt: A libertarian dream on: November 16, 2011, 08:14:45 PM
Our debt load is so high that ever 1% increase in borrowing costs results in $160B a year spent in taxes.

Say we actually did balance the budget today and the yield on our debt rose 3% we would be looking at a $500B annual deficit ($5 trillion over 10 years since the snakes in Washington like to use that double speak).

Given US debt is at historical lows, the more is becoming less of a dollar hegemony and all the talk about "austerity" in the US is gnashing of teeth about reducing the deficit (not actually the debt) over a DECADE, I don't think we have anyone by the throat ... except maybe ourselves.



The Federal Reserve is not ourselves. It is a powerful organization that is not under our jurisdiction.
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