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Are the high quality film versions on the net? I think it was mentioned that the only reason they pay is to get the film versions instead of the grainy DVD screener versions, and if they ever showed or gave away a movie without permission, they would lose the contract and never be able to show good quality movies again.
Yes. And you know it...why even ask? I download and torrent stuff often, and I've never seen them. Actually, I don't even know what video format theater movies are in... Can you point me to where those high quality movies are available? If you are serious, Google it. Just did. No copies of movies in Digical Cinema Package or Digital Cinema Distribution Master format anywhere, and apparently the size of such a download would be about 300Gigs. That's actually 50Gigs more than my ISP's monthly cap. So unless you can point me to a DCP or a DCDM file download, I call bullshit. I won't even mind if it is encrypted, like they all apparently are. |
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Moonshadow - read your own post. "...the king's judges..." <- that gives a hint of royal involvement doesn't it?
The second quoted section says you're wrong. Also, USA follows common law, and we don't have kings or royals (well, except me, but my title is meaningless here) |
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ONCE AGAIN AND A LITTLE SLOWER .... (sorry no pictures)
mining $2 per BTC @ 1M difficulty is the same as mining $20 per BTC @ 10M difficulty.
You have a point on VOLATILITY but that isn't the same as saying BTC is dead @ $2.00 or $x.00. The best thing ever for BTC in the short term would be for it to hit $2.00 and VOLATILITY collapse. That would massively increase adoption. BTC @ $2.00 w/ 1% daily volatilty is better for everyone except specualtors. BTC @ $20.00 w/ 30% daily volatility only benefits speculators. Yes you can mine and profit less @ $20 BTC than @ $2.00 BTC.
You say again like that's what you said the first time... Slowly for you: Mining $2 per BTC @ 1.7M difficulty is like scouring the roadside for aluminum cans to return, except imagine every day the cans are worth a little less. INFLATION Thanks to continuing drops in difficulty, it's like finding cans that are worth less, but finding more and more of them every day. |
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Holy crap that's a lot of ideas/suggestions! Lucky for me, apparently OpenSim does a lot of this stuff already, so I won't have to learn how to mod the thing from scratch...
Regarding Randy's issues, that'll be part of the fun experiment. Sure, there won't be real life punishments, but seeing how people end up being able to deal with trolls such as yourself should be interesting. Perhaps there will be a reputation system, where being a douche damages your reputation and restricts your mobility to travel over people's territory. Maybe just a weapons system that automatically recognizes trolling behavior and blasts you our of the area. Who knows. I just want to see what pople would do if left to their own devices.
Also, awesome to know that the only thing keeping you descent in life is the threat of police authority.
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Are the high quality film versions on the net? I think it was mentioned that the only reason they pay is to get the film versions instead of the grainy DVD screener versions, and if they ever showed or gave away a movie without permission, they would lose the contract and never be able to show good quality movies again.
Yes. And you know it...why even ask? I download and torrent stuff often, and I've never seen them. Actually, I don't even know what video format theater movies are in... Can you point me to where those high quality movies are available? |
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[The more healthy friends and family you can gather together in a group, the more it makes sense for that group to "self insure" by saving money and paying for whoever gets sick in cash.
Healthy doesn't save you from accidents, infections, or cancer. That's why I said everyone is forced to gamble, and that's why healthy 20 to 30-somthings who don't buy insurance because they don't think they'll need it are incredibly dumb. |
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I'm taking a vow, starting right now, to not plagiarize ideas that were suggested two posts before me.
Then how will I know that I have a great mind?  |
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Again, not saying this will be a game (neither is SeconLife, really). It's a simulation of a political society and economy, where you are free to experiment with your ideas and creativity in a more safe environment, same as on this forum, but with more true-to-life simulation possibilities. I think as a platform it really can be a cheaper online-only alternative to seasteading. (Besides, plenty of non reality in current SL already). I actually quit playing SL a while ago because it really did just turn into a glorified 3D chatroom. I'm hoping something similar with more freedom and real money would be more interesting.
I really think the only thing that draws people to platforms such as that is that they do not simulate reality. Do you want to go to your job for 8 hours every day and then go home and do your simulated job for another few hours? Considering reality is a government run and regulated world, being a place where you can escape statism and hang out in a virtual libertopia will sort of be the point here. And since I would want it to run on bitcoin instead of centrally controlled game money, maybe if you're good enough, your second, in-game job is all you'll need? For me, it would be fun just to explore the possibilities we've been talking about here. Setting up some sort of contract and reputation system, debating and establishing our own system of legal arbitration, seeing what kinds of creative ways people can make money off of their IP, figuring out how property can even exist in a virtual digital environment, writing software to protect or attack people's property and privacy to outwit the competing security groups, or even just hanging out in a totally lawles Wild West environment. A chance of seeing how the Seasteading project may evolve without the risk of a real city sinking in flames. Really just a forum like this, with more possibility of implementing the ideas. Kinda far from reality... |
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The idea behind the next poster is that Bitcoin is much more empowering than a centralized currency.
"Bitcoin puts the power of currency back into the hands of the people" or something along those lines.
Any suggestions for that phrase?
Something like "Your own, private, portable Fort Knocks" maybe? Or just "Be your own bank," or "The convenience of your bank, right at home" |
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Though, when I was selling life insurance, our recommendation was to buy declining coverage amount that dropped the layout every year, and invest money into a personal insurance fund. After a few year (15+) the client would have enough save up that they no longer need life insurance, since they are self insured. Maybe that could work with health insurance, too, though due to some costs that may arise, that may not be easy. The gap could perhaps be covered by health status insurance. http://reason.com/archives/2009/03/03/the-health-status-insurance-so. The short version of the way this insurance works is this: You pay a reasonably low premium. The policy pays out only if you are diagnosed with a new, long-term medical condition. The policy pays out the net present value of the difference between your expected medical costs without the condition and your expected medical costs with the condition over the rest of your life. The payout goes into an interest-bearing trust that can only be used to pay your medical bills or medical insurance premiums. Essentially, this protects you from getting priced out of the market for catastrophic health care insurance and it protects you from getting into a situation where you can't reasonably afford your non-catastrophic health costs. Why can't I buy this?  |
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No I don't. Monetary incentives are the easy part.
Building reputation? Accumulating wealth-producing businesses? Acquiring property? Establishing markets and commerce?Setting up a secure residence where you can do with friends what you want without government interference? Aside from owning physical items (though if a black market like Silk Road forms on there...), and having physical interractions, I can't think of other incentives. But I would see this project as a sort of simulation, where the libertarian ideas can be tested out without threats or huge initial financial risks. Sort of like play money used to learn about stock markets. I play games to get away from reality, not simulate it. Again, not saying this will be a game (neither is SeconLife, really). It's a simulation of a political society and economy, where you are free to experiment with your ideas and creativity in a more safe environment, same as on this forum, but with more true-to-life simulation possibilities. I think as a platform it really can be a cheaper online-only alternative to seasteading. (Besides, plenty of non reality in current SL already). I actually quit playing SL a while ago because it really did just turn into a glorified 3D chatroom. I'm hoping something similar with more freedom and real money would be more interesting. |
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Maybe something like "No hastle from dealing with governments and banks" but better worded? People likely care much more about not having to deal with days of waiting, transfer limits, and slew of other regulations, rather than keeping their transactions private.
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No I don't. Monetary incentives are the easy part.
Building reputation? Accumulating wealth-producing businesses? Acquiring property? Establishing markets and commerce?Setting up a secure residence where you can do with friends what you want without government interference? Aside from owning physical items (though if a black market like Silk Road forms on there...), and having physical interractions, I can't think of other incentives. But I would see this project as a sort of simulation, where the libertarian ideas can be tested out without threats or huge initial financial risks. Sort of like play money used to learn about stock markets. |
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Not sure if to make a new thread on this, but at least put this here for you guys to share if you want Shit, Bruce is STILL doing more for Bitcoin than most people here... |
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So, how are the Bitcoin charts looking from your perspective?
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Just realized, a lot of bitcoiners would likely not use the system, using their graphics cards to mine instead  So, project closed due to non-interest!  Nah, kidding  . I'll likely play with it as a hobby whether there's interest or not. Keep the ideas/suggestions coming! |
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Considering most disputes are about how much the one who screwed up needs to pay the other, I don't see why bloodshed would be involved. How would they prevent the two parties from going to their own arbitrator/judge, or even be aware of a dispute in the first place?
You are avoiding the point. Of course people who have no need for the court won't use it. Why would they? But people who do have disputes that require litigation will end up with a monopoly provider and that provider will become an unelected government. Where did you get "people who have no need for the court" from "most disputes are about how much the one who screwed up needs to pay the other" ? What do you think people use courts for??? From " arbitrator/judge, or even be aware of a dispute in the first place?" - that sounds like a dispute that can be resolved without litigation doesn't it? Arbitrator or judge being involved is litigation. If you are reffering to breaking laws, without a central government there wouldn't be any laws to break, and protection of property by private security would be a separate issue |
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Maybe that's what Web 3.0 will look like. A virtual simulated environment.
The problem though is that tor is way too slow.
If you haven't already, check out Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. The Metaverse is pretty much exactly that. SecondLife was in fact inspired and based on Snow Crash, but I guess ran afoul of some laws and regulations when it grew too big. The problem though is that tor is way too slow.
It would be annoyingly slow, but not impossibly so. Any ideas for how to get around that issue? Maybe have an open Tor node in every client to help increase the number of active nodes? On that same topic, I really wish I could help the Tor project by running my own node, but I don't want FBI beating down my door cause someone used my server to access CP Anyone have any recommendations? |
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1) Second life is a game, and cannot have the kind of real incentives to have any real meaning to political philosphophies.
If by incentives you mean money, before the mods banned a slew of activities, SecondLife was quickly growing an economy based around entertainment and service businesses, as well as financial systems. There were casinos, clubs with paid performers, trivia games with cash incentives, escort services, meeting places with custom architectural designs and services, theaters where people could watch streamed movies together, security groups, sophisticated property defence weapons, banks, networked retail/POS systems, financial service providers such as lenders and accountants, and even the beginnings of an in game stock market, similar to the GLBSE. People were making real money in the game (I bought my $750 smart phone back in 2004 entirely from financial service business gains). In short, it was almost like a 3D version of bitcointalk.org with its own Bitcoin, before the mods reminded everyone that the forum and the currency are centrally controlled. 2) Secon life is, from what I understand, already almost an anarchy.
Only in regards to what you can build and sell, and even then only to a point. Rules and regulations are still strictly enforced by the mods, all in game content and activities are regulated by US laws, and all gambling, financial services, and interest bearing accounts, as well as certain programs, are banned. That pretty much cut the beginnings of its economy just as it was about to explode. Having the place user-modded as opposed to whining to and depending on the mods, plus allowing people to set up their own laws and rules, should make it much more interesting, too. |
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