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Ooh, this has answers! Awesome! Let's answer at random

As I said, we're not security experts and using the bitaddress.org code directly sounds a bit hard to implement, especially since we already had trouble finding our way in a huge file that had html, javascript and css thrown about in random places :/

Which brings us to another problem. Even if we bought ssl, turned keys into images etc. people would hardly trust this since we're not planning to get rich off this or do any marketing, so it's gonna stay underused forever. The main idea was to build an app for our main page to show off our design skill and I suggested bill generator to help out the bitcoin community at the same time

Trust issues can, of course, be avoided. Whoever wants to, they can just download files (as I said, there's no index.html anywhere) and print offline

Lastly, our illustrator made a few changes for christmas time. Three characters and one background have a christmas theme now

Yes, that's Walter White sporting deer horns

Again, the address is:
http://studiospektar.hr/btcprint/bitaddress.html

none taken, I'd love to hear a second opinion

Thank you

While I see how that might be useful, it was our intention to make a fun and cartoonish set with subtle political overtones... that is, if you find Che Guevara, Walter White and undead Mickey Mouse subtle

That's definitely true and a good idea. I'll ask the illustrator if he would be arsed to make some kind of evil corporate santa or something along those lines


The truth is, we didn't do any homework D: but the source is on the page so if anyone distrusts our server can always pull the page off and make their own bills offline

Hello,

A while ago I joined a small team of (mostly) game developers, but we sometimes do apps and stuff. Anyway, we hacked up the bitaddress.org code and added some pretty art for you to print and use as a gift or hidden away in a safe place:
http://studiospektar.hr/btcprint/bitaddress.html
Now, we're not security experts, so I'd love it if someone could see if our meddling managed to open the program for possible abuse from our side or someone else's side. We didn't put the index.html, so you can browse the files freely
Yes, I know the random generation time is shorter, that's because we're still testing. I'll change it as soon as I remember where to change it (found it)

We also take any other kinds of complaints and ideas. We don't promise to work on it too hard, but you could always try

If you don't like clicking on places, here's an example pic of the public side:

I pixelated the address to stop any qr readers from accidentally sending money into limbo

Why not? Currently, banks are a necessity. But if all the transaction power is given to the people, banks will became what they should have been in the first place: A service. Mainly for people who are willing to pay a small fraction of money to have their other money kept in safety. Let's face it, being your own bank is risky

Just to mention, I'm not talking about US economy, I don't even live in USA

Ooh, looks like someone lives in a fancy neighborhood

They already have that, it's called Bitcoin

I didn't say we should remove miners, wtf?!? I said that it's not necessary for absolutely everyone to mine, but there should be seeding by as many people as possible

Mining is not that crucial to bitcoin. Seeding a blockchain is more crucial and the Bitcoin client is already doing that.

http://getgrounded.tv/2011/12/19/grounded-news-is-living-off-the-grid-now-a-crime/

I always get suspicious around news like this, but it looks true. The government finds people living in the desert, inspects the area and tries to scare them away on frivolous charges (ie. some old dude's house in the middle of nowhere has a door few inches smaller then the standard designed for easier wheelchair access)

I have no real questions, I just posted this because I'm angry

Damn, I just remember that interaction with the opposite sex impairs your mental skills. This is even more complicated then I thought :/

Aaand we come back to investing money in success

The biggest problem is that sports can easily be given an incentive because you need less imagination and more focus. You just say "run faster and get money" and the dude runs faster.

Making a good scientist is more complicated then that. You need to find talented students and reward them right away. Now, giving them a reward that doesn't make them lazy is the complicated part. From the top of my head, I'd say they could get more free time from education that does not concern them (like sports) and possibly giving them access to technology that gets them laid (like an earlier access to a driver's licence)

Entertainers are best left to their own devices, they know what they're doing

So, you don't agree that the places where you're more likely to get killed/robbed are the places that lack government education?

Problem with child abuse (especially sexual) is that it has the power to make you go "eww" even more then murder. While I'm happy that we finally live in the times where such acts are talked about, and therefore more easily revealed and stopped, there's an unhealthy aura of fear surrounding it. And fear is a powerful way to control someone.

Not to mention that arresting even a potential child abuser gives more love points to the police then solving any drug or murder related case.

while pointing at problems seems like a great accomplishment, I still didn't hear the real answer: Should we keep things as they are, but try to improve the education system, or should we remove government-sponsored education altogether? Or, should we do something else?

I agree we can always have a better government and a better education system. Or, are you trying to tell us that we don't need an education system at all because it supports the current government system too much?