If one is using propriety DRM infected, locked down, systems it will happen. if one is not then it will not happen. The biggest threat to freedom coming out of the USA is not the NSA, it is the MPAA and any organization that uses DRM to "protect" its "premium" content. Understanding the real threat is the first step to dealing with it.

A very good of thumb. If your device supports DRM at the operating system level in any way then any and all information on said device is accessible to the NSA.  

Edit: Android is a perfect example. If one roots the device, a must to protect one's Liberty and Privacy, then the DRM on the device no longer "protects" the content providers. One simply cannot expect a computer or device to have two masters. The choice is DRM or Liberty and Privacy but not both.

yeah, I actually talked with fluffy about this and he said they had thought about it, but they have bigger fish to fry. I.e., it is doable, but would take time away from actually developing the core, so here we are again, monero being awesome.

Yeah, i've experimented with up to 1 level of subdomain so far... so blah.blippity.com

I think after that its just too many periods. I own paymonero.com and payxmr.com . If anyone wants an open alias there, let me know. I'll give away the first .... I dunno.... 25 for free for.... a year? After that, 30 XMR for 5 years? Currently, I don't have DNS-SEC set up (because i have to pay godaddy to do it because the site I registered on doesn't have them), so people will get that warning when they use it.

i wonder if my registrar will care that I'll have a bajillion text entries....

sure, you'll have to trust me, but if you want to avoid having to register a domain (and subsequent divulge personal information) this is one route.

I've been pondering though how to automate a type of security, wherein you would be notified if the dns entry became compromised (e.g., my password was hacked, the registrar was hacked... hrm, perhaps one could put the information into the monero blockchain (first X digits of address, with enough space left for the open alias address..) ... or this could just be an overcomplicated way of saying to just use namecoin as the registrar.... .

There really is no "gateway software". There's just the rippled software. To my knowledge, we have not distributed the binary to anyone who has not also received the source. In any event, the only licenses the rippled software source code is subject to are:

1) The OpenCoin license.
2) The OpenSSL license.
3) The Boost license.
4) The LevelDB license.
5) The Bitcoin license.

Rippled also uses SQLite3 and json-cpp which are in the public domain. Additional licenses might apply to the JavaScript unit tests.

They're not distributing rippled, so there can be no violation. You're not mandated to share your modifications on free software, butwhen you choose to do it, you have to follow the rules.
I don't think you can violate a license with code running on your server, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Confirmed, thanks. 

List:
nebiz - return to tip addy.
ryepdx - tipped.


Anyone else with overpayments please confirm here so I can process it at once, thanks!

+1

This has made me wonder about the problem of people who die with a considerable bitcoin balance? Since no one else knows their passwords for their wallet, are these bitcoins just as dead as their old owner?

So, is it only multiples of 10,000? If we have it filled by sunday, is it still possible to order more than 10,000? I'm doing everything I can to get some BTC Sunday, but what happens if it gets filled today? Does the Sunday deadline hold?

Thanks! Just trying to figure out how I can make this happen. I REALLY want in. I'm bumping my order up to 100 pieces. (8. btc)

JohnK and I are taking turns pretty much lol - I am up when he goes to sleep and he's up when I'm still asleep.

Yes I've been talking to local engineers to start up a project. Everyone's excited about this. Nothing is set in stone yet but I will let you know once the team is put together and our website is up etc. But the plan is that by the time the chips start shipping we would be able to offer a service to build ASIC machines using your chips that you ordered. You obviously would have to pay for the extra parts (PCB / PSU etc.) and labor. But that's all in the future for now. I am just planning ahead while we wait!

Looks like 52.802 for approx 660 chips.  Look about right?   (entered 51.48 in column B)

I am also interested in shipping the chips to burnin.  His post says he's working with you ragingazn628.

Once we get the order in, let us know how to coordinate shipping to burnin for creating the PCB boards.