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6441  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [BETA] Bitcoin blockchain torrent on: October 25, 2012, 06:20:35 PM
We will work around this in the next release of the bitcoin client.
Theoretically it would be sufficient to replace "unsigned int" and "fseek" by "fpos_t" and "fsetpos". But because of "CAutoFile" and "FILE *" mixing the actual fix may be quite complex.

It's been a while since I ran into a similar issue myself but if I recall correctly, it was pretty much a drop-in fix.
6442  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 25, 2012, 05:55:20 PM
2. Laws are created by people, and cannot violate the constitution.

Admit it. You just wrote that for the lulz.
6443  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 11:53:05 PM
Question: If Germany had developed a nuke, would stealing Hitler's* suitcase which contains the activation code be immoral?




*(Apologies to hoteliers. Damn autocorrect)
6444  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 11:48:10 PM
You can go with the old standard e.g.; it is moral because god is on my side,
Even Jesus told people to pay their taxes to the emperor in Rome.  This was very controversial at the time.  The Romans did not hesitate to use force to make people pay their taxes.  Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.  He had a clear understanding of property rights.

They s was more about god than Caesar
6445  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 09:44:57 PM
It wasn't rhetoric?  Of course it isn't moral. If you think it is moral, and it is important to you, you should move to a property (country) where mugging is allowed.
If I put on a costume, for example, this one, or one like it, does that make it OK for me to steal from people?
No, it is still illegal.  Breaking the law is not OK and not moral.
OK, Which brings us to the next point.

We've ruled out voting, costumes, and benefits. You seem hung up on the law. So, if we were to make slavery legal, would that make it moral?

What if they made morality illegal?
6446  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet on: October 24, 2012, 08:36:32 PM
It is a trust issue.  If you know a source for a live CD with the Bitcoin software already installed that can be trusted to NOT have put in other stuff...

noids come in pairs you know.

I guess one option would be for some kind soul to put together a live CD but include scripts which download and install the bitcoin software onto a known-good(ish) live-cd so that some others can verify that it's a good CD. You can then choose to either create the CD yourself or trust that if there was something up, someone would have found it.
6447  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet on: October 24, 2012, 07:00:01 PM

Like the live cd, your "wallet" is NOT on the disk (in this case image).  Any traces of it are disposed of when reverting to a snapshot.  Unlike the live cd, you only have to install the bitcoin software once.  If you really know your stuff, install the software and create your own live-cd with it.


Ah, so basically an alternative to the live CD. Though I would assume that a useful live *would* have the software installed.
6448  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 06:51:49 PM

We've already ruled out majority consensus as legitimizing theft. I'm isolating each factor to see which one it is that makes it moral.

True enough. I guess it's just been so long since you asked the question and no one has answered it that I just forgot.
6449  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet on: October 24, 2012, 04:38:48 PM
A big fan of VM's myself, how about getting a VM (Used to use VMWare, but VirtualBox fan these days) of your favourite distro up and running, install all of the necessary software, take a "snapshot" of it (shut down is safer, but you can "snapshot" a running VM).  Do your wallet transactions inside the VM after booting it up, transfer the file to cd/usb stick/whatever..., shut down the VM reverting to snapshot.  Then you won't be needing to install the software every time, but you still get the benefit of having a system which doesn't actually contain your wallet.  If you are extremely paranoid, download the software installs separately and install them in the VM while not connected to the web.

I'm not sure what the VM gains you.
6450  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 04:34:32 PM
If you were true to your Libertarian principles, you would respect my non-answer. Grin
Why should I give legitimacy to your analogy by voting one way or the other? Tongue

I guess I should expect no different from someone who uses "blahblahblah" as their username... I'm done talking to you until you answer whether or not a mugger becomes moral when he promises to spend some of the money on the mugged.

I take objection to your example.

You should have *two* muggers. Then they can clearly come to a majority consensus over the use of your money.
6451  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / Re: here's just how screwed ASIC buyers are - READ THIS if you have a preorder on: October 24, 2012, 03:41:04 PM

A good investor however should look at all possible outcomes.

There's really no reason to think they'll use the ASICs to mine (for profit) any more than you'd expect your car dealer to take your car on a trip to Mexico before they deliver it to you.
6452  Bitcoin / Mining software (miners) / Re: Which is the fastest miner? on: October 24, 2012, 03:39:05 PM
6453  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama issues executive order claiming power to seize Americans' bank accounts on: October 24, 2012, 04:26:03 AM

You do not understand much about healthcare.  There is much to be gained by streamlining and diagnosing early.  The worst part of all is RIGHT NOW we are ALL PAYING to care for those who do not have insurance.  It is done in the ER and the cost is passed on to you in higher healthcare costs.  UNLESS YOU TURN PEOPLE AWAY TOTALLY YOU WILL PAY THIS COST. 


Please provide some data on that. From what I have seen almost all of the money goes towards chronic conditions for those over 55. ER bills are nothing compared to that.

I heard (though I can't guarantee it's veracity) that the cost of screening everyone for everything they might have (but don't) far outweighs the potential savings. Of course, it'd be nice for the individuals to get early treatment and not die horribly but in terms of sheer economics, it's a policy that pushes the cost of healthcare up (and we have nowhere near enough healthcare providers for it anyway).
6454  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama issues executive order claiming power to seize Americans' bank accounts on: October 24, 2012, 04:19:38 AM
And to-date, I have never met an intelligent, college educated, "liberal" who joined the ranks of the "real world" and turned conservative.

Pleased to make your acquaintance.
6455  Bitcoin / Mining software (miners) / Re: Which is the fastest miner? on: October 24, 2012, 04:04:56 AM
Uh... Im sorry to say this but practically NO laptop is going to beable to mine,

Not necessarily true Cheesy



*(I have no idea if this works for mining).
6456  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 03:58:38 AM
Not every market can be an effective free market.

Cool. Let's start with you list absolutely anything you can think of that you feel cannot be a free market and that the government absolutely must be involved in and then let's get the government out of everything else. Then we can talk again.

Well, for starters, any service that is controlled by large interests. We all see how well OPEC can make us sweat.

What? OPEC *is* government(s). Just not ours.
6457  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Uncle Sam Prepares To Unleash Up To 30000 Drones Over America For "Public Safety on: October 24, 2012, 03:57:20 AM
Between 3d printing and the technology and skills available to the average consumer, it might be interesting to see AI piloted "drone killers" make an appearance. Then the drones will evolve to fight back and before you know it, it's Skynet all over again
6458  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 03:50:51 AM
Not every market can be an effective free market.

Cool. Let's start with you list absolutely anything you can think of that you feel cannot be a free market and that the government absolutely must be involved in and then let's get the government out of everything else. Then we can talk again.
6459  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why are people scared of taxes? on: October 24, 2012, 03:43:37 AM
No, it will be vastly cheaper if privatised. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem. Also, business are accountable, because I can take my money elsewhere if I don't like their services. The government monopolises its services.
The Economic calculation problem only applies where there is a market which can be free.

Can you explain then why The USA, which has the most privatised health system of all developed nations of world, pays more per capita for it's health services than any other country?  That is only counting public spending, not private insurances.  The USA are far from the top quality wise.  Number 38 in the world on life expectancy, which is lower than even Cuba.

The private sector will organize itself to maximise profit.  This is not automatically the most cost effective way.


There are several factors, the chief amongst which is that health insurance is heavily regulated, creating high barriers to entry and suppressing competition. Employer provided healthcare also tends to lead to people not examining the actual cost of their healthcare leading to higher prices. Employer provided insurance arose, of course, from government wage control legislation.
6460  Bitcoin / Mining software (miners) / Re: Android miner interface on: October 24, 2012, 03:30:28 AM
I use the Android app Bitcare. It uses block Blockexplorer to monitor an address, download MtGox info to display live prices, and most importantly: can use a pools API settings to monitor mining information. I use it with Ozcoin, and displays which workers are up or down, my hashrate, accepted/reject shares, and expected payout. It's pretty handy.

The only thing it doesn't do that you might want is to be able to start a miner when ur not at the computer, but I don't know of any way to do that easily from a phone.

That is something worth looking at. There are ways I could start the miner if needed (VNC, SSH etc) so if the other functionality is already there...
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