Kdrop22 reputation and trust thread

Chicago Times is experimenting with a Bitcoin paywall/donation address (for today only).

Send a small donation their way - all funds go to Charity.
http://www.suntimes.com/

Many cash strapped newspapers will be watching this, wondering if they should adopt this model or at the least write articles about this. This could potentially help spread the word and bring Bitcoin to the masses.

A teenager doing a giveaway and sparking interested among others.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1w4p1w/when_this_post_in_an_hour_old_i_will_be_doing/

http://www.reddit.com/r/teenagers/comments/1w4vog/otherim_back_with_another_bitcoin_giveaway/

Send him some spare change if you can, so he can tip others.

I'm looking to buy protoshares for 0.1 BTC, in the next couple of days (and possibly more next week)
How many Protoshares would you exchange for 0.1 BTC?
Serious offers only please.
Thanks

How safe is it to leave funds at the exchanges for a long period of time.
e.g., 10k sitting at the exchange at low bids for a long time.
Given all the news about BTC being stolen from wallets etc.. I know it is fiat and not BTC, but the hacker could easily convert the Fiat to BTC and take them out.