There is nothing in the constitution that protects corporations from anything. It should have been the corporation that got the ticket for not qualifying as a natural person to ride in the carpool lane, or wearing a seatbelt for that matter. Just saying. There are a lot of way of looking at this. America just happens to choose the most corporate-friendly interpretations.

As long as you have a reasonable grip on reality, function normally, relate to people, and can support yourself, don't worry. Minor audible and visual hallucinations and delusions are normal. Everyone has them. Some have more than others, and they make life interesting. Hallucinations can be entertaining, but it's delusions you need to control. Develop good logic and reasoning skills and remember that your brain is just a big wet blob of mush that shouldn't be taken too seriously.

Ok, so I created a Ripple account. How do I get credits to spend? I am willing to loan my slave out to wash a car or mow a lawn. How much does that get me? 

I don't know, it just seems too big and easy a target. We spend so much on such expensive weapons that can be defeated with cheap technology and ingenuity. Don't get me wrong. I love balloons and dirigibles. I just hope we start making cool floating things for peaceful purposes before we run out of helium.

Maybe then painting it with a laser and using a guided rocket. It just seems too easy to knock down such a high priced boondoggle.

Politicians will never understand Bitcoin. We few on this forum are the only nation that understands and will survive the currency war. Let the states join the race to the bottom. Let the goldbugs fear the metal detector toting highwaymen. Let the wall street and fifth avenue wizards lose their tongues to hft. Bitcoin doesn't lie, cheat, or steal.

Virginia would be smart to build an ASIC mining rig and purchase Bitcoin before some other commonwealth drives up the price, but they won't because unlike the founding fathers in America, politicians have no vision.

I wonder how hard it would be for a terrorist to hit the blimp with a laser and take out the ordinance?

Nah, governments would know that LTC is the superior blockchain and is the real threat to go after.

Thanks for the clarification. However, IMHO all libertarians "mostly deals in abstract philosophical arguments that dont pertain to any particular person or event." I've listed to both. Jones pontificates his philosphy on many occasions. Molyneux articulates his idealism better, but they sound very similar to me. I respect their opinions, but I disagree with both of them on many issues. To me, libertarians are like the neighbor that mows the lawn early Sunday morning.

I'm not trying to make this a flame against libertarians, but Bitcoin seems to attract an awful lot of them. My point was that Alex Jones should take notice and play along.

Are they not both libertarian internet talk show hosts?

It appears that the devs don't want to encourage development of multisig transactions until a convention is established. Otherwise we might end up with various approaches that end up confusing the end user. The payment protocol seems to be the priority that will establish a secure transaction that will in turn provide standardized options within the Bitcoin protocol. This is great, but there are other means to establish a secure transaction other than through security certificates. If users don't need to make the "deal" online for instance, then only the means of payment needs to be developed. This is where a skeletal multisig GUI would be useful. As an example: selling art on craigslist could be done by escrow with craigslist's messaging system. In fact, it would be a great feature to add to CL itself.

There is no such thing as bad advertising for Bitcoin. I'm not a fan of Stefan, but I would think his colleague Alex Jones would take note.

The counterparty risk with a 2 party "escrow" is based on credit worthiness. If one party is a merchant, that would naturally be pretty high and considered low risk. A customer credit can be assessed by the merchant in many ways. Either party can demand an "insurance" against default and probably should. The primary "escrow" can have insurance added by the higher risk party, while a secondary escrow can have a that same insurance amount "put up" by the lower risk party.

In the case of betting, they can agree to the counterparty escrow before placing the bet itself in escrow. A service can offer percentage rates based on things like WoT.

Why stop at 410? Wouldn't the highest 420 be more interesting?

Remember, when you point your finger at someone, three fingers point back at you. Besides, his exposure may lead to danger and he may have a family to consider. Think of the children! And in the final analysis, isn't there a little Satoshi in all of us?  

The future is plastics. 

To continue the analogy, central banks are the whores of the financial universe. Not only do they solicit naive and fearful young nations, they systematically scam them out of their future wealth. Bitcoin is a beautiful and worthy companion for any nation, but like any lady is hard to get.

All governments should adopt Bitcoin, but they will have to enter it like a war. It will take the will of the people to fight for their futures. Too many nations have become lazy. They enter wars with no sacrifice. The leader declares a vendetta and borrows the money from future generations. This is irresponsible behavior and these countries do not deserve what Bitcoin can provide. The nations of the future that adopt Bitcoin will be immune from tyranny because their assets will be beyond the reach of mere politicians.

Only leaders able to gain the support of their constituents will be able to aggregate capital for the will of the people. These future nations will be successful and worthy of their status and power. However long it takes, one day Bitcoin or its offspring will foster maturity and stewardship to nations and the world.

I would be weird living on a juncture with four different zones. Would the preceding one take priority?