I know a lot of artists who draw really well, and put their stuff up online for free. They then take comision requests that they charge money for which they use to live off of. The free art is an advertisement; a demonstration of their skill. The custom job is what they get paid for.  Musicians can, and often do, get paid the same way. They give their music out for free to advertise their skill, a radio station can "hire" their skill if it's good enough, then the radio station pays them to keep producing music while advertising supports them playing it to everyone else for free. Likewise, I keep hearing that big name musicians make mst of their money from actually doing work at concerts as opposed to CD sales.

Here's a question though. If someone was selling me a car, and telling me how it has really nice features, is very reliable, and is a lot of fun to drive, but not allowing me to see it, then when I pay, say, $20,000 for it (average car price), it turns out to be an old, beat up, stripped down piece of crap that only goes straight forward and barely moves, is it fair that I am not allowed to return it, and the sales guy is legally allowed to get away with it?

I said "crazy ideas," not "stupid ideas."

Is Grece's debt owned mostly by Greeks, like in US and Italy, or by outside nations?

Yes. They don't deserve to be murdered, but I would call them on their bluff and give them an easy way out. If they take it, it's their choice and the world won't miss them.

Meh, sorry, this whole topic is too stressful for me to deal with, so I'm out. I walk back whatever, or whatever. I'm not trolling, and yes, I don't care. Stopped caring back in March of 1996. If it makes me a horrible person, then I'm a horrible person. Feel free to wipe this whole topic, and sorry for wasting your time.

Hooray internet for giving kids more rights, or at least more chance at defending themselves!

I don't think they understand wealth distribution. That article basically demonstrates that exact point.


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It was only $350k


That post was a waste of time, and my account is primarily a waste of MY time.

I think for people who are protesting money, and don't even understand what money is to begin with, the question of whether or not to convert it to Bitcoin may be the least of their problems

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/10/24/occupy-wall-street-money-donated-tension_n_1029377.html

I agree, and I think the idea be summed up with:

Bitcoin is Linux to VISA's Windows.

As long as there is new technology to invent, develop, build, and maintain, there will always be new jobs to employ people.

As long as new technologies are able to replace older ones, nothing is really efficient.

So is this the old, "The problem with bitcoin is that it isn't widely adopted, and because of that it won't be widely adopted until it is widely adopted" argument?

Also, credit to Atlas for coming up with the robot restaurant idea. Thanks dude!

Closed due to imbezzling all the investment money on furry porn.

You know, you're the only douche who keeps bringing up my totally awesome table. Maybe if you didn't mention it in every post, it wouldn't show up on google search results as much 

Never saw it, but I think having a ground based lasers with mirror sats would be way cheaper than launching it into space along with batteries.

*FACEPALM* I'll grant you that jury may still be out on global warming, but that one is a pretty simple and easily demonstrated chemical reaction, with pretty simple and very visible results. We do actually have satellite pics, and still keep track of the hole.

They're probably lying about it being a science experiment. Once built, they just have to aim it upwards, launch a few very light and cheap mirror satellites, and they'll be able to blast any point on the planet with a super powerful laser.
At least I hope that's what they're planning. Would be cool!

Hah, nice. I actually thought you were German, and thought you being part German and part French was kinda funny.

No, I failed. I wasn't trying to troll. Everyone just assumed I did
Thing is, trolling wasn't even my intent, really, and everything I said here is the truth (except maybe being seriously interested in this restaurant, or getting anyone to give me money). I do know of the restaurant, we are actually foreclosing on it, I do actually cook fancy gourmet, I did work at McDonald's, though as a manager at their corporate office, and I do actually do industreal CAD design, though I use SolidWorks for it instead of SL (crazy expensive software). But I just kept coming up with too good of ideas for how to actually make the crazy thing work, and ended up overcompensating in the other direction with things that are too ridiculous X( Plus obvious things that made it obvious. I suck at keeping secrets, too *sigh* Anyway, new and this time real, business plan later this week