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6661  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 17, 2011, 12:06:47 AM
I don't know whether this has been mentioned, but Bruce just made a new "better" forum (bitcoinscene).
The first post is by a user called "Penis."  How appropriate.
edit: oh damn it was the 4th post Tongue

Says that other forum is started by Kevin, the guy who ended up with $12,000 of MtGox's money after the hack in June, and was claiming he should keep the money because it was MtGox's screw up, and he got it fair and square. What ever happed to that situation with Kevin/Toasty, anyway?
6662  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I'm done on: September 16, 2011, 07:07:11 PM
Should I not even ask why the guy who sexualizes cartoon animals is trying to petition Disney to bring back a show about cute woodland critters from the early '90s? How far gone do you have to be to think Disney is going to give you the green light to make a show featuring their characters in an orgy?

To be fair, if you want an example of people sexualizing cartoons, look at the entire country of Japan. Also, just being a fan of a specific show doesn't mean you're wanting to make porn out of it (people already do that without needing to ask for permission).
But, calling for him to get help won't likely do anything. Remember, all his personal and life problems are "our" fault?
6663  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I'm done on: September 16, 2011, 05:58:00 PM
Frankly I blame consumerism for this attitude.... I want this car, I want these shoes, I want this laptop.

Nah, it's ,sadly, just common within the furry community for some reason. Don't know why it attracts those types, but there are a lot of somewhat lazy nerds without degrees, shit jobs, and no drive in there, who blame their life outcomes and awkard personalities on everyone else. It's not the majority, by far, but "furries" with actual degrees and professional level jobs (tech support is not a professional level job) are rather rare.
6664  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I'm done on: September 16, 2011, 05:50:36 PM
Heh, furries... Drama, blame others first, and total lack of drive/fighting spirit. You're being an embarasement to sleazy business finance foxes everywhere (weird, but true, almost all finance/business types in the furry random I've met were foxes). When shit hits the fan, don't say "fuck you, I'm leaving," say "fuck you, I'm busting through and will keep going despite you." Also, sorry to see you go. Guess we'll see you in a month or two.
6665  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 15, 2011, 01:54:26 PM
Posted to the other forum today (just copy/pasting from digest E-mail)
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Topic: POS needed Yesterday

Bruce Wagner <bruce@onlyonetv.com> Sep 15 08:34AM -0400 ^

Yesterday I was contacted by a major national chain restaurant with more than 500 locations nationwide.

The guy said, "Your show was an inspiration, and the primary reason we now accept bitcoins."

WOW!

They want my help in setting them up to accept Bitcoin ASAP.

They plan to install Bitcoin POS in about 3 locations, as a test, THIS WEEKEND!

Only Love,

Bruce
6666  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Over 127,000 Bitcoins stolen!!! on: September 14, 2011, 10:29:38 PM

I'm glad this criminal was brought to justice, like one day the Mt.Gox and MyBitcoin thieves will be.

Except MtGox didn't steal anything, and even compensated some people for their losses.

Duh, I meant the people who stole from them.

Yeah, fuck those people!
6667  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Over 127,000 Bitcoins stolen!!! on: September 14, 2011, 09:07:51 PM
I'm glad this criminal was brought to justice, like one day the Mt.Gox and MyBitcoin thieves will be.

Except MtGox didn't steal anything, and even compensated some people for their losses.
6668  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 14, 2011, 08:59:46 PM
Is Wagner still even doing this?  I thought he was in hiding.

He was away in Tokyo for a week, and said he is still working on editing those shows before he'll post them, but he's still releasing new shows back home in NY, and apparently still has sponsors. Don't know if they are paying him.
6669  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 14, 2011, 12:58:56 PM
ok Bruce, watched a bit of the new show, David Forster seems to be a cool guy... however the VIDEO ASPECT RATIO IS STILL MESSED UP.

Are you use it's not just you? I'm not noticing anything wrong. Maybe it's just a BIT off and I can't tell?
6670  Economy / Economics / Re: Why there was a Bitcoin hype on: September 12, 2011, 07:21:16 PM
Tor works because data can be encrypted, and once that's done you can't connect source with destination, you only see an opaque bitstream at each point. Even if you own all three hops you have only managed to match source with destination; you still can't decrypt the traffic.

In contrast physical packages are easily tagged, x-rayed and tampered with, and there's little recourse against it. Multiple hops will not give increased security vs. a single one, quite the contrary it will pass the package through hands of  3rd parties that are free to join the system. If I was law enforcement I would certainly participate in the "Physical Tor" and have interesting packages arrive in my mailbox each day, as opposed to scanning the whole parcel traffic in a given country or region.

True, packages can be opened and inspected, but since you don't know who sent it or where it's going, all you'll be doing is inspecting. You'd also have to pick it up directly from the other person, since the act of you scanning their code on the package is what pays them (they won't just drop it at a mail box). Also, if you open it to inspect it, the next person may report the package as having been tampered with, which may make your reputation drop, and higher reputation means you can charge higher delivery prices (like Silk Road apparently works). And sure, the system isn't perfect. There was a large discussion about the details on a thread that sort of died out, regarding how to protect packages from tampering, or even set up two-tier payments, one for normal packages, and one for "risky" ones.
6671  Other / Off-topic / Re: Proof that Something Awful Members get paid to troll? on: September 12, 2011, 03:15:38 PM
A guy I know over there reads these forums and sent me this:

...

In response to another user on BitCoinTalk.org saying people are getting paid to troll us.

I don't know what to think about it.


-Jason

Money well wasted
6672  Economy / Economics / Re: Why there was a Bitcoin hype on: September 12, 2011, 03:10:53 PM


That is the stupidest fucking idea I have ever heard...

...even more-so since regular shipping can be virtually anonymous, and more secure and less suspicious...

I agree, passing on a parcel would be slow, bureaucratic and victim to high levels of theft, why bother passing on a parcel for change if you can claim to have passed it on and just steal it then sell it on ebay or the like?

You don't get paid until you scan the code of the next person in the chain. If you just take the package, all you get is a package and ruined reputation, since the system will know who was the last person to take it.
6673  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The last president that tried to end the FED was assassinated. on: September 11, 2011, 05:00:48 PM
We're nowhere near as bad as France yet, and not even close to India, so i think it's a bit early to panic.

Trade surplus, short working week and higher lifespan than US; you may not like the politics but most countries would leap at a chance to be doing as well as France.  

From  business and employment sense, not many would. A lot of countries and politicians are forgetting that we no longer live in a country-by-country world, but in a global world, and everyone has to compete against everyone else in the world, not against the other citizens in heir country. So any sort of protectionists laws that try to keep only your citizens employed, try to keep a wage level as some base amount, or try to prevent imports of goods from abroad, at this point only screw the people living in the country with those laws.
I do like their higher lifespan, my guess that's thanks to their universal healthcare and much better food, but I'm not sure how much longer the former will be able to last in Europe.
6674  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Forum hacked? on: September 09, 2011, 08:20:31 PM
He wallet.dat upload was pretty frikin hilarious XD Cosby seems kinda lame compared to that.
6675  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Where do you fall on the political compass? on: September 09, 2011, 08:16:11 PM
At least it's nice to see that no one (seriously) got a result above the horizontal.

Mine kinda surprised me



I was quite convinced that I'd be on the left side, and was somewhat more pro Keynesian regulation just 6 years ago (though still considered myself socially liberal and economically conservative). What have you done to me, Bitcoin!?
6676  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Forum hacked? on: September 09, 2011, 07:51:57 PM
At least it was someone tasteful and respectable. Would have been trully awful if it was goatseecoin or something :X SA fail to live up to their name.
6677  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The last president that tried to end the FED was assassinated. on: September 09, 2011, 07:20:08 PM
We're nowhere near as bad as France yet, and not even close to India, so i think it's a bit early to panic.
6678  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 09, 2011, 04:39:23 PM

Oh, so you actually know about it outside of the media idiocy regarding it

Yep. It was one of the cases I had to read in my undergrad law class. Fairly short summary, followed by a few pages of actual details.


Ah, so it isn't a lack of information.  You're just really that dumb.

Yep. You're probably right.
6679  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin Show on OnlyOneTV.com on: September 09, 2011, 04:37:34 PM

Was he a fox or raccoon by chance?

Hmmm?
6680  Economy / Economics / Re: Why there was a Bitcoin hype on: September 09, 2011, 04:16:53 PM
Excelent point. Really, the only major competitive advantage I see for it now is micropayments on people's YouTube videos and blog posts, but, although it's easy to pay and to collect, people will still have to go through the huge trouble of actually buying the coins for later donation.

A while ago someone had the idea of setting up a Tor style physical goods delivery system, where each person would be able to get paid in Bitcoin as they pass the package along. Think Mirrored Edge game. The central system would let you register your location, possible routes, and delivery fees, and people would be able to set up deliveries with the system automatically calculating the best relay path among the package runners, as well as distribute payment in bitcoin at every confirmed package hand-off. Each person would only know where the package is coming from and whom to take it to, but never the origin or the final destination.
it sounded like an intriguing system, and may have been a nice way to make some extra cash for people who commute long distances to work anyway, but it seems the project just kind of fizzled out before it even got off the ground.
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