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Most people don't realize that Freenet has a complete set of social networking tools because up until now the documentation for them was... lacking. This guide is a comprehensive set of instructions for installing and configuring a Freenet node and setting up Freemail and Sone accounts. It's never been easier to get started so start today.

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It would be a lot easier to cut back on pointless, redundant threads if there was a canned response for them. Something in this style, but adapted for Bitcoin criticisms:

Code:

Your post advocates a

( ) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante

approach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state before a bad federal law was passed.)

( ) Spammers can easily use it to harvest email addresses
( ) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected
( ) No one will be able to find the guy or collect the money
( ) It is defenseless against brute force attacks
( ) It will stop spam for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it
( ) Users of email will not put up with it
( ) Microsoft will not put up with it
( ) The police will not put up with it
( ) Requires too much cooperation from spammers
( ) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
( ) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers
( ) Spammers don't care about invalid addresses in their lists
( ) Anyone could anonymously destroy anyone else's career or business

Specifically, your plan fails to account for

( ) Laws expressly prohibiting it
( ) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email
( ) Open relays in foreign countries
( ) Ease of searching tiny alphanumeric address space of all email addresses
( ) Asshats
( ) Jurisdictional problems
( ) Unpopularity of weird new taxes
( ) Public reluctance to accept weird new forms of money
( ) Huge existing software investment in SMTP
( ) Susceptibility of protocols other than SMTP to attack
( ) Willingness of users to install OS patches received by email
( ) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
( ) Eternal arms race involved in all filtering approaches
( ) Extreme profitability of spam
( ) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
( ) Technically illiterate politicians
( ) Extreme stupidity on the part of people who do business with spammers
( ) Dishonesty on the part of spammers themselves
( ) Bandwidth costs that are unaffected by client filtering
( ) Outlook

and the following philosophical objections may also apply:

( ) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever
been shown practical
( ) Any scheme based on opt-out is unacceptable
( ) SMTP headers should not be the subject of legislation
( ) Blacklists suck
( ) Whitelists suck
( ) We should be able to talk about Viagra without being censored
( ) Countermeasures should not involve wire fraud or credit card fraud
( ) Countermeasures should not involve sabotage of public networks
( ) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually
( ) Sending email should be free
( ) Why should we have to trust you and your servers?
( ) Incompatiblity with open source or open source licenses
( ) Feel-good measures do nothing to solve the problem
( ) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome
( ) I don't want the government reading my email
( ) Killing them that way is not slow and painful enough

Furthermore, this is what I think about you:

( ) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
( ) This is a stupid idea, and you're a stupid person for suggesting it.
( ) Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your
house down!

Allow users to upload an optional public key to their profile and, if present and valid, all system emails to the user get encrypted with it.

I took a look at Tor Mail today and have some serious questions about what's going on with them.

Hosting IMAP and SMTP servers isn't free and they neither have ads nor do they charge for the service. Where is the money coming from?

Have these threads become ridiculous enough yet?

http://www.webcompact.net/index.php/news/33665-dummies-guide-to-what-went-wrong-in-europe

[Exclusive: Euro zone discussed capital controls if Greek exits euro: sources(Reuters) - European finance officials have discussed limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing euro zone capital controls as a worst-case scenario should Athens decide to leave the euro.EU officials have told Reuters the ideas are part of a range of contingency plans. They emphasized that the discussions were merely about being prepared for any eventuality rather than planning for something they expect to happen - no one Reuters has spoken to expects Greece to leave the single currency area.But with increased political uncertainty in Greece following the inconclusive election on May 6 and ahead of a second election on June 17, there is now an increased need to have contingencies in place, the EU sources said.]

Exclusive: Euro zone discussed capital controls if Greek exits euro: sources

(Reuters) - European finance officials have discussed limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing euro zone capital controls as a worst-case scenario should Athens decide to leave the euro.

EU officials have told Reuters the ideas are part of a range of contingency plans. They emphasized that the discussions were merely about being prepared for any eventuality rather than planning for something they expect to happen - no one Reuters has spoken to expects Greece to leave the single currency area.

But with increased political uncertainty in Greece following the inconclusive election on May 6 and ahead of a second election on June 17, there is now an increased need to have contingencies in place, the EU sources said.

I have a firewall rule that automatically blacklists any ipaddress that tries to initiate incoming connections on ports which I am not actively listening for connections. It looks similar to this:

Code:

iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m multiport ! --dports 22 -j SET --add-set blacklist src

The thing is, bitcointalk.org periodically ends up in my blacklist ipset. I can browse normally most of the time but every once in a while I notice that the forum won't load and I have to manually remove its address from the blacklist ipset. Is there any reason this should happen?

In order for Bitcoin to succeed as a currency people need to use it but unfortunately only about 0.00001% of the population will use an alternative currency for purely philosophical reasons. Everybody else needs a very clear and compelling reason that's sufficient to overcome the switching costs and increased complexity of dealing with multiple currencies. Here are three areas in which Bitcoin could potentially offer the rest of the world sufficient value to cause more people to switch.

1. Superior alternative to Paypal, etc

I listed this one for completeness but I think everybody understands this one and many people are actively working on it already.

2. The remittance market

Anybody who has ever sent money to friends or family members in other countries (or even within the same country) knows how expensive and inconvenient these services tend to be. There's a lot of potential here especially since the Bitcoin network takes care of the transfers itself.

The missing piece that keeps people in the developed countries from using Bitcoin to send remittances back to the less-developed countries is a lack of exchanges in those countries.

People who have sufficient knowledge of international business, local laws, contacts in the recipient country and access to capital can start exchanges there and then put out information campaigns in the developed countries to let the target population know that if they send Bitcoins to their family abroad the recipients would have a way to turn those Bitcoins into local currency (emphasizing the speed and cost aspects of doing so).

3. The informal economy

There are billions of people in the world who are trapped in poverty due in no small part to their inability to accumulate capital. Any segment the banking and legal systems can not or will not serve yet where the participants have internet access is a potential area in which people can benefit from Bitcoin. Any time that technology can be used to bypass legal obstacles to supplying a good or service there's an opportunity to grow the Bitcoin economy and provide the individuals involved in that activity with the benefits that come with having access to the services normally supplied by banks.

Donkey Kong, the 1981 Nintendo classic, exists in the upper echelon of Arcade Classics. This timeless arcade game was and still is one the most popular games ever made. Donkey Kong also has an impressive legacy that still exists in console games of today. Donkey Kong features the first appearance of Mario, (Mario wasn't officially named until Donkey Kong Jr.) who inspired countless games. It also features its namesake, the misunderstood giant ape: Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong has kidnapped Mario's girlfriend, Pauline. And Kong will stop at nothing to keep Mario from getting her back. The first level involves Donkey Kong rolling barrels down declined red steel girders. Mario must jump the barrels or smash them with the hammer, while he climbs up the various ladders to the top, where Pauline is held captive. The next level is similar, with ladders and steel girders with Kong guarding Pauline at the top. But instead of jumping barrels and climbing ladders to get to the top, Mario must remove rivets in the girders that will drop Donkey Kong on his head. Of course, it will take more than that to kill the mighty ape. The game then repeats the first level. After beating this level again, there is a mystery level that is a blast to play. I'll leave it a secret that can be revealed by the winning bidder.

Donkey Kong, an excellent classic game full of early 80s nostalgia, really put Nintendo on the map. This game began the company's string of successes that made it the gaming powerhouse of today. And it can be traced back to a simple yet fun game of 1981 and two characters, Kong and Mario, that have captured the imaginations of kids of all ages for generations.

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For those of you who want to improve your omega-3 intakes Bitucopia.com is now available for you to purchase grass-fed meats.

This suggestion is inspired by the method the Musicbrainz Tagger manages to communicate information from its website to the local application.

In order to have a better experience for online shopping the Bitcoin client should include a lightweight webserver and listen for incoming connections on localhost:8334. At the final stage of checking out from a store that accepts bitcoins the browser will be directed to send a POST to localhost:8834 containing the transfer details. Then the Bitcoin application will receive this information and pop up a confirmation dialog box to complete the transaction.

Now you can run an online store that accepts Bitcoins that needs neither a third-party payment processor nor requires the user to manually copy a Bitcoin address and initiate a transfer. This will make life much easier for store owners and customers.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

That is the beginning line to every Star Wars film, a movie franchise that has made billions worldwide. Star Wars is loved by thousands, most likely millions of people of all ages worldwide. It's a pseudo-mythology that is sorely lacking in today's high speed information age; a pseudo-mythology because the series is based on the amalgamation of many myths of the past. Though Star Wars does deal partly with a new mythology: man and machine. With Darth Vader the question is where does the man stop and the machine start?

Enough introspection though, Star Wars is an immensely popular series and when anything gets enough steam behind it, the inevitable arcade/video game will only provide more fuel. So it was on the the heels of Return of the Jedi in 1983 that Atari released the Star Wars arcade game. In it, you pilot an X-Wing star fighter as Luke Skywalker, future Jedi Master, and the one to bring balance to the Force. It'll take all your experience from Beggar's Canyon back home to make the assault on the Death Star. The Rebellion is counting on you.

In Star Wars, you fight your way through three stages. The first being a dogfight with TIE fighters, the next maneuvering across the surface of the Death Star, and the last making your final run along the trench to fire your torpedoes down the exhaust port, creating a chain reaction and destroying the Death Star once and for all. It should be noted that Star Wars used state of the art, for 1983, color vectors for it's graphics, as well as voice captures of Han, Obi-Wan, Darth Vader, R2-D2, and Luke. This game is a must have for any Star Wars fan.

Available for purchase at $1250 (plus shipping if applicable) BTC equivalent.

This ice hockey game from Williams allows for four players.



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Exact exchange rate will be determined at the time of order.

Sometimes the simplest things can be the best. Asteroids, by Atari, came out way back in 1979. There's no doubt that Asteroids is a classic. Thousands of fans hail this game as the best of all time. Fundamentally about vectors, while superficially about rocks careening through space, Asteroids succeeds as a great game in spite of, or perhaps because of, its simplicity.

In Asteroids you pilot a spaceship mired in an asteroid belt. You must maneuver your craft about, spinning and shooting to avoid a deadly collision. Each time you shoot an asteroid it fragments, creating more smaller targets. Occasionally a flying saucer will enter the screen; gun it down for bonus points. Asteroids is a game that is easy to learn (even without a joystick) but is difficult to master.

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Does anyone know how to pronounce that?

Who manages the main website?

I'd like to suggest adding this link to the Community section: http://www.meetup.com/BitcoinCryptocurrency/ as a way of promoting the currency and helping people find other interested individuals near them.

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We have this game available for sale on our website at a special price of $1500 (or equivalent BTC) until Saturday.

We can ship it to anywhere in the continental US for $350 (or equivalent BTC) or you or the carrier of your choice can pick it up from our Fort Worth, Texas store.

Abel'sFire.com is looking to expand our store to start selling products that will be specifically useful to Bitcoin users. One idea is to offer prepaid cards that allow people to use their Bitcoins to purchase basic necessities. Please let us know if there is any interest in other products as well.

Our site is located in the US so any sales would be either in person at our store in Fort Worth, Texas or via USPS mail.