Generally, most/all energy is kinetic, depending on how you look at it. Heat is "average kinetic energy", motion on a very small scale. Potential energy is basically stored kinetic energy.
Given that energy can be converted between forms, saying that one form is a "stored" form of another doesn't really mean that the two are identical. Then we have photon energy, E=hf, mass-energy equivalence (E=mc^2), energy stored in electron spins (I forget that one), chemical energy, latent heat of vaporization and so on that don't really lean to a kinetic energy interpretation. |
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How about mass * acceleration * distance?
That has units of energy but has no direct physical representation that I am aware of. The closest is kinetic energy (1/2*m*v^2). I forget how to rewrite that in terms of distance. |
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According to physics there is heat, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism and kinetic energy. So I ask you again: Which of those are the pyramids supposed to harvest? Oh btw: Are you trolling? That yt video seems way, way farther out than your usual posting style, can it be you brought that up just because I called you new age?  No, you're doing it wrong. You just have to believe and then you can feel smarter than all those people who devote their lives to working in labs, trying to find out how the universe works. Care for a crystal? |
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private property and especially land is the big error in anarcho-market-libertarian thinking.
no one can guarantee absolute private property and the protection of it but an authority like a king or state the smartest, strongest, fastest, most powerful, and/or most numerous well-armed defenders.
FIFY Kings, Queens, and states are overthrown all the time. I've been thinking that an alt chain tracking property would be the way to go. Maybe start with it being just a sort of title insurance, but as it grows in importance and shows how it does a better job at keeping track of real estate than government does, it can out-perform government's title management and eventually replace it. Could be interesting. If it could provide a method of settling property disputes without getting a surveyor in, you could really be onto something. |
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I agree with ElectricMucus, most of this stuff just falls out of architectural necessity. With a pyramid, you basically have three dimensions, width, length and height. If you go to ratios, that only gives you two variables. So when people pull a dozen numbers out of ratios on a pyramid, you know they're working too hard.
Whilst there's no doubt that many older civilizations were more sophisticated than we give them credit for, there's also often not any particular reason to ascribe things to advanced mathematics. If I recall correctly, the slope of the pyramids is the same as that of sand allowed to fall into a pile. That doesn't require fancy engineering, merely observation and measurement.
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I guess in some (tens of) years with powerful computers the private keys for current addresses will be cracked and those coins (that will not move since) will return to the system
This is indistinguishable from theft and thus not a desirable outcome. |
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I love this argument, no taxes always mean violence and dead people on the street while completely ignoring how many wars are funded through public spending  No, no. You misunderstand. You just need the right people in government. And the right people is me, of course. |
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Hmm. Maybe I am part of the conspiracy. I wouldn't put it past me, I'm sure I'm hiding something...
Ah-ha! I knew it. Which one of the old guys in the mural is you? I'm the one with the giant gherkin  |
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You could probably buy the whole of Detroit for 6.5BTC considering they are buying up houses just to knock them down.
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I don't really care much either way but anyone claiming there isn't anti-semitism hasn't been keeping up with their crazy, right-wing, zionist conspiracy theories.
Ah, I didn't say there weren't crazy, left-wing, zionist conspiracy theories as well  And you didn't say there weren't sane zionist conspiracy theories. But the glaring omission implies they exist "as well," by your logic. Hmm. Maybe I am part of the conspiracy. I wouldn't put it past me, I'm sure I'm hiding something... |
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You also can't eat gold. That's why its good to have a large quantity of Bitcoins, but at the same time have some gold and silver buillion (one ounce coins) to spend in an emergency if the Internet is unavailable for a period of time. For example, after an EMP (electromagnetic pulse). Exactly. Diversification is the key. We watched that "Doomsday Preppers" series recently and couldn't believe the people who prepared for one specific type of event to the exclusion of any others, often when it would only take a slight modification to their strategy to be more generally prepared. Hyper-focus and obsession need to be guarded against. |
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I don't really care much either way but anyone claiming there isn't anti-semitism hasn't been keeping up with their crazy, right-wing, zionist conspiracy theories.
Right wing? The right wing likes Zionism. Even more than they hate Muslims! They've completely linked Jesus and Israel. I call their conflation of idolatry 'Jesusrael.' They love the idea that the existence of a state called Israel proooves the Bible is true and that Jesus is coming back (real soon, any minute now). You should to to Democrat Underground or Daily Kos and drop in to a George Soros thread if you want to see crazy anti-semitism run amok. Ah, I didn't say there weren't crazy, left-wing, zionist conspiracy theories as well |
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OK, that's a lie. I'm thinking September/October 2013. What do you think?
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Gold is real and you can hold it in your hand and most importantly it does not need electricity or the Internet to exist. If there is any shortage of electricity to power computers or other devices needed to get to bitcoins or to run the servers it needs to run the block chain or the Internet then bitcoin no longer exist. Gold has been treasured for centuries because if its durability, something bitcoin does not have as long as it depends on electricity and the Internet to survive.
Bitcoin is real and you can hold it in your brain. And I'd argue that bitcoins are more durable than gold. (Can you make backup copies of your gold?) The bottom line is that people who claim that gold is better than Bitcoin because it's "physical" are confusing cause and effect. Gold's corporeal nature is a bug, not a feature. But it was that corporeal nature that enabled gold to function as a decentralized money (what you really care about). Decentralization is critical to prevent manipulation / debasement by a centralized issuer. But that decentralization came at a cost: gold is (from a modern perspective) terribly inefficient as a medium of exchange. On the other end of the spectrum, modern electronic fiat is a much more transactionally efficient money. But that just trades one problem for another (and larger) one. Centralized currencies give tremendous power to the issuer. And power corrupts. Bitcoin is not revolutionary because it's "digital" or "virtual" (so are the vast majority of dollars). And Bitcoin is not revolutionary because it's decentralized (so is gold). Bitcoin is revolutionary because it's BOTH. You also can't eat gold. If things get so bad that the Bitcoin network is inoperable, you'll be taking your sackful of gold (you bought real gold and not certificates, right?) over to the neighbors to trade for food and they'll shoot you as a threat (and then take your gold). Water, food & ammunition are hedges against such a scenario (though there's a slight issue with that third one at the moment). |
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Someone start a "Bitcoin will never reach $30 again" thread.
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I don't really care much either way but anyone claiming there isn't anti-semitism hasn't been keeping up with their crazy, right-wing, zionist conspiracy theories.
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These are not unsolved problems either. Mesh networking is surely on the way and limited power independence will arrive in good time (without the need for government to throw money at it, I'll add).
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The only correct way to do such security is to receive the certificate fingerprint directly from the party or have someone you trust provide it to you.
This is kind-of the way it is done with the CA system except you are trusting the CAs because the browser providers put some default providers in there because... Well, do you know why? Do you know what requirements the browser providers make of the CAs to warrant them giving them your trust by proxy?
The truth is that it's a pretty shoddy system and definitely a result of convenience over security. I still use it because risks are low and I don't consider other options to be realistically worth the hassle. So convenience over security for me too but I'm doing it by choice. There are many (most) people out there who are unaware of the implications.
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