Hey zhou, I was trying to write a Java application to use with the Bitcoinica API, but I seem to be having trouble with the authentication? I can put in https://username:password@www.bitcoinica.com/api/orders.json?n=5 in my browser and it works fine, but I get an Unauthorized exception thrown when I try it in my application. My application grabs all data that does not require authentication just fine, but anything that requires it throws exceptions. Any idea what is the problem? This is the code I'm using to request the data. public String getSomething(String urlStr) throws IOException { URL url = new URL(urlStr); HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) { throw new IOException(conn.getResponseMessage()); } // Buffer the result into a string BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line; while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line); } rd.close(); conn.disconnect(); return sb.toString(); } I'm no Java expert, but it sounds like your HTTP library doesn't handle un/pw in the url like you are expecting. A quick googling yields this, which may help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/496651/connecting-to-remote-url-which-requires-authentication-using-java |
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How is google better?
I didnt like Dwolla after that Tradehill incident. But now I they are dead for me.
I meant Google Authenticator... not Authentication. Authenticator is an app that generates time-based passwords unique to the given site that implements it. |
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1) Connect a social network
Steps like this only hurt Dwolla. The fraudsters have dummy social network accounts set up. I guess they may catch a dummy who starts honest then goes rouge and tries to charge back a Dwolla transaction because they would have more information on them. Probably not though, the bank is most often going to side with the customer. Dwolla NEEDS two factor now. Just fishing for REAL Dwolla accounts and using them to buy BTC is going to be a problem. Each hack Dwolla account will be worth something so long as Dwolla is accepted by bitcoin exchanges. Hackers are going to keep pushing Dwolla as long as they sit still. Paypal has the advantage because they can usually take a payment back in the end. Dwolla has two factor, but one is a password, and one is a short, numerical pin. SMS or Google Authentication would be a step in the right direction. |
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She's not cooked yet!!  We'll see how Apple handles the moving average around $555. |
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...and my counter opinion, after using linux (slackware, fedora, gentoo) for 10 years, is that it linux has its place (i run plenty of linux boxes at my company) and it is *not* on the desktop. osx virtually *is* linux, except the desktop works. gnome, kde, flux box, enlightenment. I understand that there is a lot of friction that stops people changing, but I am sure it isn't friction that made me choose (against my better judgement at the time) osx. I was the original windows hating linux zealot whilst I was using, quick to cover for its UI failings because it was *SO* much better than my windows experience in spite of them. Still, its all anecdotal. It least you're just telling me what you prefer, instead of the OP who seems to base his opinion on usability around his dislike for a companies marketing practice. Yet it is I who should be pitied... In other news, 10 crashes a day sounds very suspiciously dodgy however heavy you use it, my anecdotal experience is that safari has crashed about 10 times in the 2 years i use it. (daily, multiple windows, multiple tabs) Not trying to say safari is perfect - far from it! I get beach balls, and yes it certainly does crash, I'm just surprised how often for you. I haven't found ff/opera to be any better though (and in this case there is some friction, as no compelling reason to leave safari means i just tend to stick with it being as it's apple's native browser) I'd love a decent lightweight browser :/ mind you, open mtgoxlive and safari is hosed  Just to clarify, I'm talking about Safari on the iPhone. Anything too ajaxy and it pukes. Forget flash, Apple doesn't want you to have it. I usually have 6-8 tabs open. It would be more, but 8 is the limit  . As for a decent lightweight browser, gnome's default browser Epiphany is pretty awesome, but I have no idea how hard it would be to get running on OSX. It uses WebKit for rendering (same as Safari), and it is very easy on memory/cpu. |
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So on top of those 15-20k writes per second, you want to add an extra check to each one to tell if the share is stale. If it's so trivial, why don't you buy Pirate an extra server to handle the added load?
What are you saying, pirate is checking 20K shares per second for stales by hand when he is awake? Yes. He is superman. |
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what is a dwolla hub page ?
It allows one to accept money using their Shopping Cart Interface page Yep... that part doesn't make any sense to me though. How does enabling that help keep them from being fraudulent? |
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I like the idea, but to me it is screaming CENTRALIZATION OMG!!!
If your broadcast tower is compromised, everyone who uses it is vulnerable.
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It is only your reaction to the situation which suggests that fine tuning software that does 15-20k db writes a second is no big deal to complete.
No, and thats the point. I never implied building something like gpumax was trivial, please dont make it sound like I did. But monitoring some vital stats like stales and throughput through scripts rather than having a human looking at something 16 hr per day (and that something can only be generated by.. such scripts) would indeed seem trivial by comparison. So on top of those 15-20k writes per second, you want to add an extra check to each one to tell if the share is stale. If it's so trivial, why don't you buy Pirate an extra server to handle the added load? |
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Guys, read up on Thorstein Veblen and conspicuous consumption. It's an about 100 year old economic concept asking for the ratio between the actual use value versus prestige value (for social distinction) of a product. Basically, do you need a car to take you to work, or do you need a car to show off infront of your neighbors. Only, it works much more subtle than that. People will want to belong and this is how the entire western society ends up in debt, totally unneccessary which is the worst part. No wonder China owns all our asses these days. Apple users will continue to use Macs/Iphones etc for social distinction and to balance their feelings of inferiority towards their peers. And once you bought it, even if you're aware of what's really going on, it's only natural (there even is a study for this) to defend one's decision with "reasoning" even if you bought something useless. Now, Iphones aren't useless, but other brands will do the same trick except the prestige part. Also, what's so different to China when everyone in a social group (students e.g.) use the same product. It only shows that this generation grows up totally adapted. What about individualism if everyone uses the same brand? Fact is, we live in a commercial society where people happily pay for the right amount of prestige i.e. conspicuous consumption. In so far, Apple has understood how marketing (and people) work extremely well. That's exactly why I despite them and feel pity for Iphone users (many who probably can't even afford to pay for the phone other than in 24 monthly installments) while potentially having no money for rent, healthy food, or the education of their children. Cheers! Wow. Your opening might be true, but the hyperbole you follow it with seriously undermines it. For sure I love the prestige value, but claiming that is the only thing that sets apple products apart from the competition is at best just opinionated. My counter opinion is, that the build quality of mac's trounces the competition. The usability of osx and iOS sets them apart from windows, linux / android wp7. I have used them all. I can handily afford the cash needed to buy apple products, yeah they are expensive in money terms, but they make my life easier and my job easier. Your opinion on whether that is true doesn't change anything. Regardless you've handily (attempted to, at least) explained away any of my opinions about quality - according to you I'm simply defending my purchase with invalid reasoning? Sure whatever you think. I'm more interested to know what your take is on people who are compelled to denigrate other's choices, despite apparently not having any clue how others needs may differ from theirs. I know why I'm posting, it could my piss when people talk crap. Why were you posting? I own AAPL shares too (since ~$120), maybe I bought those to balance my feelings of inferiority towards others... It's been studied, and generally people find what they have easiest... no matter if it is Linux, OSX, or Windows. It is easiest because they are used to it. I use Linux on a daily basis, and while OSX frustrates me less than Windows, it is still frustrating to use. And the less frustration I can attribute to it being Unix-like (in other words, similar to what I'm used to). However, when it comes to phones, I have an iPhone that was purchased for me for work, and my girlfriend has an android. I find the android easier to work with even though I use my iPhone way more often. I have 8-10 Safari crashes per day. Sure, I'm a heavy user, but it really suck when it just bails while I'm switching tabs. It's not about quality, it's about what you are used to. If it were, Linux/Android would blow Windows/OSX/IOS out of the water, and the BSD's would give Linux a run for it's money. |
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3. An organization stating that they accept Bitcoin donations helps more people to learn about Bitcoin.
4. Referring to a popular charity indicating that it accepts Bitcoin donations reinforces the sense of its general acceptance and legitimacy.
5. Donations are a powerful use case for Bitcoin, and actually applying it is a good demonstration for its capabilities.
Correct. Organizations that accept donations are serving as the first followers. "There's no movement without the first follower"  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQIncidentally, here's a list of many of the organizations that accept Bitcoin donations: - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Donation-accepting_organizations_and_projectsGreat video! |
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5. Donations are a powerful use case for Bitcoin, and actually applying it is a good demonstration for its capabilities.
+1 Try to accept a $1 donation with CC or Paypal. You'll be lucky if you receive $0.70. |
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How about a ebay account? LLC Records?
I can't verify via my new domain greenbtc.com since its registered with anon BTC webhost/registar.
What is the best way to verify yourself for the first time loans?
Try reading the thread in the first reply maybe... |
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Not a scammer, Just want to build Rep lol.
I can verify via PM two email address and via whois domain info.
Can you verify your identity in any way that isn't incredibly easy to fake? |
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Moral impact? This isn't a moral issue.
Me thinks he meant "Morale". Certainly a minor's miner's morale will be affected by the drop in inflation. I think there's huge potential for this event to affect everyone's valuation. FTFY |
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This thread is popping up all the time... The first post was ... so empty and off-topic ... was there even a first post  not following, but could this thread have turned into anything else than an off-topic chatroom ? IF so please move to OFF-TOPIC sub. This thread is a continuous analysis of the thesis that funds will flow into bitcoin from gold and stocks, as well as speculation as to how those assets will perform. |
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Meanwhile, you could always take that side of this AAPL bet so that your concern won't happen.  No thanks... although I guess I could consider it a hedge against my triple leveraged S&P500 short . |
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If AAPL has went below 500 between now and June 10th, I owe you 10 BTC, otherwise you owe me 10 Let's see what others think. - http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=336Please your bets, ladies! What happens of nobody disagrees? |
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Get ready to pinch a loaf...
It's got stop orders in place... I'm not worried. |
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My bot is happy. Keep disagreeing while I pinch some more pennies . |
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