Guys, global warming is true, but it has nothing to do with us. It's a natural occurrence on earth and we will all either freeze to death or burn to death if we survive long enough.

I also received nearly 3 BTC in 1 day. One man's profit is another man's loss. We aren't arguing that he is giving people money, we're arguing where that money is actually coming from and if the site is just a confidence scam. Without a single shred of proof of the site's inner workings (understandable) and the owner insisting on absolute and total anonymity, there is nothing else to argue. It shouldn't be touched with a ten foot pole.

That's fucking hilarious.

Oh look. A donation address masquerading as an exploit.


Nothing to see here, move along.

Wow. 내 불알이 경단이래~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 변태다.

Never too soon.

Loved the article! Remember reading something very similar and thinking "holy crap". I said it before and I'll say it again, without the support of bitcoiners, we've got no chance.

Thanks mate. It was my fault-- somehow the little ticker for "Digital goods" had been clicked. It doesn't matter to the actual item though, the invoice for the item is saved just the same and we go off the title of it not the radio selectors. Everyone should be fine.

Fixed! Thanks for letting me know. 

That's thoughtful of you Bruno. We're already in contact with both. I'll let everyone know when there is something it know!

 

Bitcoin is trademarked by MtGox. lol

I love competition!

You glazed over my point. I was implying that bitcoiners ultimately become bitcoiners because of bitcoin, not because of a magazine. There are future bitcoiners out there who don't even know it yet, and when they see our magazine, they're going to like bitcoin because of bitcoin and appreciate the magazine for the magazine. We are not misrepresenting Bitcoin as a whole by the editor's rant section saying "STFU". That was my point.

Yep, caught me there. I've spent most of my life shopping at Barnes and Noble while calling it "Barnes and Nobles". I'm sure this means I couldn't possibly know anything about anything. <3 your logic.


Why would anyone google the editor's name in the first place? Wouldn't it be more likely to google the magazine, the business that makes the magazine, the writers etc? They don't do this for editors, I'm sorry. You're fears are unfounded. Don't worry though, I'll have plenty of chance to provide proof eventually. Let's just let this one be remembered for a later date when it's not based on our opinions.


It's cool. Everyone is different and everyone has weaknesses. Mine is education. Many times my responses are less than appropriate, and it's why I believe support groups like the DCAO, BitTalk Media, etc are helpful for me, to allow me to do my job without actually having room to make too many mistakes. Right now for example, they're saying "Don't reply to the troll. He doesn't deserve your response", but it's hard for me to ignore FUD sometimes.


Yes well, as I said, support group and all that. Some people advise things that make sense for certain situations, and I never doubted that your business was not making you money, I was speaking more philosophically-- like how Satoshi is probably turning in his anonymous grave because of your centralization of Bitcoin, etc. Anyway, that was a troll and not really something I care too much about

Gotta have some fun ribbing once in a while to make sure you're still human 

That's so strange. Where are you guys seeing this exactly? When I go to the last customer invoice, I see this:




EDIT: Easiest solution. PM me the info you used to order and I'll just make sure it went through so that we know not to worry

Hi there. Sorry for your inconvenience. Vicente is in charge of customer support and I just looked into his emails and I don't see any emails that have been left unreplied. There might be a chance your emails are not getting to us.

Can you PM me your email address and issue and we can:

1) Make sure we are actually getting your emails
2) Make sure our emails are getting to you
3) Resolve the problem if it hasn't already been


Thanks!

Mike, I'm 26 and have been doing business since I was 13. The only thing "new" to me is meeting so many self-important blowhards who think their tiny efforts in the Bitcoin society matter because "bitcoin". I have work ethics, impeccable sense of people's character, and extremely deep vision for projects. This magazine is not for you, or bitcointalk.org. It's for bitcoiners, just like a skateboard magazine is for skateboarders. You do not need to convince skateboarders to skateboard, but people will want to skateboard when they see the magazine photos of awesome tricks. "I want to do that".

This magazine will inadvertently cause people to use Bitcoin. It is not a propaganda or Jehova's witness style leaflet. It is a collection of pieces of truth about bitcoin, bad and good, represented in a perfect balance of comedy and serious analogy that I am sure you, your grandma, and your neighborhood children will all enjoy to some degree.

Now let's talk about Barnes and Noble. As a published author (I've been quite busy here in Korea for the past 7 years) I have to cut this FUD off right now and give you some insight into the actual selection process.

• Distributor looks at quality of publication
• Distributor accepts publication easily
• Barnes and Noble (and other stores) look at the distributor's catalog
• Barnes and Noble (and other stores) decide to ask for some sample issues of the magazine
• Barnes and Noble (and other stores) make sure the magazine is not full of porn and pay attention to the overall content based on the current interest of the world in Bitcoin/cryptography/technology/cyber politics/etc

There are only two reasons why Barnes and Noble would decide to stop carrying out magazine later on:

• Because they are out of room and it's not selling well enough
• Because they believe Bitcoin is not popular enough

There is no chance that Barnes and Noble nor their distribution partners would ever google the editor's name, find out what forum he is active on, look at his avatar on his profile and then deny a potentially profitable product.

You are so delusional and paranoid to even think such a thing. Thank you for your criticisms though, I just hope next time you know that you can do just like the other 100+ users of this forum have done and just PM me directly to see what I think instead of trying to make me sound like I'm "unfit" for the job. While you're basking in your own self importance, let me actually finalize an issue first so we can all sit back and judge it for what it actually is, when it actually gets out.

That said, I hear your snotty tone, I take the good out, I accept it, I adapt, I move on. Thank you for this learning experience for all of us. This argument of "Is Matthew fit to be editor" issue was bound to happen sooner or later, I just would have expected it to be coming from someone I pissed off more often. Also, I apologize about the "yo momma" joke, it was intended to be dumb, it was my way of trolling you. As my own mother passed away from cancer this last Christmas (did you see the Christmas Special? I did that right after flying back to Korea, having seen my mother die in front of my from choking on her own fluids and still did entertain the community, because I can.) I doubt I'll be making any "yo momma" jokes at least for a little while.


On another note, how's the taking-everything-good-about-bitcoins-decentralized-nature-and-ruining-it-by-requiring-everyone-trust-you-are-not-writing-down-every-private-key-somewhere business going for you? Are you happy that you're ruining bitcoin? how about them Mets?

(This is just me having fun being a troll, you don't actually have to respond and I think your coins are a fun idea regardless .)

Sorry about my last messages, they were poorly constructed in haste from my iPhone while hanging out with my girlfriend. I'll do better here.


Alright. And if I hear back from the printers, publishers, distributors, agents or stores themselves that "STFU" would ever stop a magazine from getting accepted at Barnes and Noble, I will surely report back for the education of all-- but only when I find proof.

Let's keep the baseless FUD in the Speculation subforum.

Haha good call.


Questions with your orders at memorydealers.com should be asked to Roger@memorydealers.com

Hehe. I think anyone who wants bitcoin to work is welcome to the party, but I won't be working with self-importants or extremists on this project.

You guys are blowing things out of proportion. We are not job hunting here. We are givingbthe rights to distribute a profitable magazine to a bookstore chain. Get a grip.

This is a classic case of people who bought into the system trying to cloud things with their fear of reactions. Key point here, I'm the editor, not the sole designer, writer, publisher, etc. What Mike seems to think is that my forum posts are going to have anything to with a distributor picking up a magazine owned by a company that I am mot even controlling equity owner of.

Your tin foil hat is looking mighty shiny there buddy. I'll take all the advice just the same, and I'll be the first to admit it if in fact it ever made a difference, but you know how insane you sound right now right?

"Careful matthew! If you leave "STFU" in the "Editor's rant" section, Barnes and Noble won't pick up the magazine!"

That's funny, given the amount of mildly pornographic and filthy language and enuendo ridden skateboarding magazines, skin magazines, and MAXIM for that matter.

Your fears are understood, but highly unfounded. That's my two fiat cents.


P.S. Don't anyone out there listen to this drivel. When you are making your own product and have your own backing, be brave and tackle the markets. Don't let unimaginitive fear mongers hold you back. Mike probably thinks my educational background will also play a part of the magazine succeeding too. Oh, you wanted to make a product? Sorry, you didn't go to Harvard...

Disgusting.