[We may soon realize that the things that didn’t make sense economically only didn’t because we were making economic calculus with very limited information.]

I found this yesterday and meant to post it then, but the Pirate fiasco got the better of me. The whole article is rather fascinating and somewhat out of reach of my full understanding, hence posting here and thus learning from the brainiacs on this forum who know more than I. I opted to use the hr-bar oppose to quote tags for readability.

http://lebleu.org/blog/2012/04/30/multidimensional-value-and-the-future-of-transactions/

We may soon realize that the things that didn’t make sense economically only didn’t because we were making economic calculus with very limited information.

Here are Lazlo’s 10 dimensions of capital.

1. Natural capital: the raw materials we use as input in our industrial processes and the affordances1 they provide

2. Manufactured capital: the finished products to which we ascribe market value

3. Financial capital: the monetary repre- sentation of market value

4. Technological capital: the implements and methods of doing or making that extend human capability

5. Intellectual capital: the knowledge and know-how that support human activity and innovation

6. Human capital: the health and well- being of a productive and creative population

7. Social capital: the coherence and func- tionality of relationships in a commu- nity and the foundation of trust that underlies them

8. Cultural capital: the lifeways and tradi- tions that characterize a society or social group

9. Ecosystemic capital: the biodiversity and biotic robustness of a bioregion

10. Evolutionary capital: the potential for a course of action to be ongoingly emer- gent, regenerative and opportunity increasing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnUmpQhiOw

I'm proud to announce that giszmo's suggestion of Watsi (at watsi.org) seems to be a perfect candidate for the next funding project by Bitcoin100.

Although it's not important, giszmo, I'm curious as to how you found out about them.


http://www.friendsofcostarica.com/1/post/2012/4/costa-rica-rpcvs-help-fund-high-impact-medical-treatments.html

Chase Adam, the founder of Watsi, is the guy in the center in the back row.

Feel free to express your support or otherwise on this thread so that we at Bitcoin100 can pursue this cause in a promptly manner.

~Bruno~

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/02/midwinter_festival_nudist_camp_undercover.php

I wanted so badly to post the image, but I wasn't sure if it would have been pulled, therefore I opted to go this route.

Contribute to this thread world happenings that would make you want to kill yourself.

~Bruno~

[I. Introduction]

The following is the first post of thread baring the same name as this thread, sans the author's name. The original can be found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=103044.0

A poster on that thread suggested that this should be made available in Newbie, hence me posting it here, and thus allowing any new Bitcoiners an opportunity to reply to such a great post.

Full Disclosure: I probably am guilty of at least a couple of the talking points.

I. Introduction

Over the past few months, I've observed a general trend on this forum that I think is rather disturbing. We have always disagreed and debated on a vast variety of subjects, but more and more often of late those debates seem to turn into or in some cases start as nothing but 'flame wars', to use the colloquial term. This forum, once a reasonable facsimile of a haven for intellectual and civil discussion, has mutated into a wasteland of mud-slinging, baseless accusations, fear-mongering, utterly nonsensical FUD, mob mentalities, and worst of all, xenophobia. This is most pronounced in the Marketplace and associated sub-forums, but seems to be permeating throughout the extent of these boards.

II. Why The Marketplace Matters

Some of you probably avoid the Marketplace altogether, and wonder if it really matters. Regardless of where you prefer to spend your time, the fact remains that Bitcoin is a currency. Trade is necessary for both a healthy economy and, perhaps more importantly, recruitment of new users.

III. Mud-slinging

We all disagree with each other. If we didn't, we'd have nothing to talk about. But disagreement does not have to translate into insults.
Ad hominem reasoning not only fails to provide any result of worth for either involved party; it poisons the general topic of discussion and makes the thread useless for any future or current readers. One simple insult can create multiple threads of incoherent flaming.

IV. Baseless Accusations

These threads tend to sound like tabloid articles. Inciting headlines, extravagant claims, and no logical evidence whatsoever to back them up. If you have a serious accusation and want results, please make a factual claim and back it up (Example). Factual and civil trade disagreement threads have a much higher rate of resolution. Remember, whether the counterparty is a scammer or not, they are a human being, and a successful dispute resolution is much more likely if you treat them like one.

V. Fear-mongering

This sometimes goes hand-in-hand with the above, but sometimes not insomuch an accusation as chaos-inciting content, often simply links to other threads with an eye-catching title attached. First of all, we do not need multiple different threads to discuss the same thing. Second, if you're going to make extravagant claims, at least take the time to make them yourself.

VI. Utterly Nonsensical FUD

Also known as spam. I receive quite enough of this in my email inbox. If you don't have anything useful or intelligent to post, don't post. It's as simple as that.

VII. Mob Mentalities

Also known as the 'exponential thread growth problem'. Don't take what other people say at face value, and don't simply repeat other's sentiments. All of you have something unique to contribute to discussions. Contribute it!

VIII. Xenophobia

This one concerns me the most, as I think it could have far-reaching implications. Most people who read about Bitcoin and come here have read almost ubiquitously negative press discussing drugs, Ponzi schemes, and ever-imminent collapse. They decided to take a chance and investigate for themselves. What do they find? A community which refuses to do business with anyone relatively new. A community filled with animosity. Half the forums polluted with allegations of Ponzi schemes. In other words, they find exactly what the media told them to expect. Their conclusion? The media is right. Do we really want to embody what the media portrays us as?

IX. Addendum: BS&T

First of all, I will admit that I am most certainly not an unbiased observer. I did my research and invested into BS&T. I have no factual conclusion as to whether it is a Ponzi or not, nor do I think I have enough expertise to surmise a claim. But, regardless of whether BS&T is a ponzi, an innocent company investing in third-world medical care, or an elaborate hoax conceived by Bernie Madoff's hitherto unknown twin, endlessly fretting and arguing about it will accomplish nothing whatsoever.

Those of you with convinced BS&T is a Ponzi scheme, I'm glad you're being cautious with investment. Please refrain from starting hundreds of separate threads stating nothing new whatsoever. Perhaps it is a scam, perhaps not. I know some of you have far superior wisdom which you are ever eager to share, but us mere mortals are still capable of intelligent analysis and decision-making. If BS&T truly is a Ponzi, somehow I suspect we will notice.

X. Conclusion

I'm just some nameless forum member writing another rant, albeit perhaps not on one of the usual subjects. All I ask is that you read and think upon it. Perhaps this won't make any difference. But it certainly wouldn't have if I didn't write it.

Best regards,
BinaryMage

Feel free to reply to any or all.


How does a Bitcoiner from Spain get The Pirate Bay https://twitter.com/tpb to be their very first follower on Twitter when tpb follows only approximately 25% of their followers?

I took a screenshot, and the only way to have it removed from his list is to either ignore tpb or tpb opts to unfollow him. Either way, that would be an interesting development if that did occur, hence taking a screenshot.

~Bruno~

<snip>

Think Bitcoinica. ZT bending over, with AT, DN and PS behind him.

[Audience Member No. 1:]

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/aug/09/rick-lax-tries-gaming-gamers-defcon/

You, in this scenario, are Neo to Siviak’s Morpheus. Only Siviak doesn’t look or sound like Laurence Fishburne; he looks like an ’80s movie villain and sounds like Tom Hanks. And Siviak’s really talking about Social Engineering (SE). It’s like hacking, if you substitute the computer for a person. Jedi mind tricks, essentially. SE covers both obtaining information and persuasion. And right now, Siviak is talking about what you should do if you get caught breaking into a building—how you might convince somebody that you belong there.

“Always look like you know what you’re doing,” Siviak says. “Always look like you’re supposed to be there. If somebody tries to stop you, don’t be afraid to tell them, ‘I don’t have time for this.’ Ever seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?”

Everybody applauds. They’ve seen it. “Just remember the line, ‘If I get caught, it’s not going to be by a guy like that.’”

It’s time for audience Q&A:

Audience Member No. 1: “My friend and I snuck into a building to scan for vulnerabilities. We were trapped there for seven hours. They locked the doors on us. I was the pretend supervisor, and I got cornered. What was I supposed to say to get out?

Siviak: “A Navy SEAL once told me, ‘If you’re in a situation you can’t think your way out of, scream, “Oh my God! This parachute is a knapsack!” And run.’ What he meant is, do something unpredictable.”

Siviak: Now, does anybody here have a story that would drive the point home?

Audience Member No. 13: I once had to make up a story about a reric corrector to distance myself from some email reeks.

Everybody applauds. They’ve seen it.

~Ain't Cackling~

Inspired by HeavyMetal's thread title: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99274.0

I hope the title speaks for itself, for I would have no clue as to how to build such a thing, but sure the hell can put in a lot of input.

My guess would be that it'll be based on a similar protocol that the Bitcoin client is, but the mining results would all be metals instead of coins, from the most precious on down to the least valuable. That way a person with only a CPU can mine to his/her heart's content without feeling left out, because he'll/she'll will always be able to mine the lower valued metals valued a tad more than the electric cost.

It'll be nice if this idea were more visual than the way mining Bitcoin is set up--just a bunch of text.

Of course, virtual commodity exchanges would have to be built, and the metals would only be exchanged for bitcoins, then can be converted to cash, but can also be used to purchase products and services.

Each miner would have the option of storing their metals on their computer or at Fort Gox, for lack of a better name. One could use the services of MyCryptoMetal to convert their metal to Bitcoin, whereupon... On second thought, what the fuck was I thinking?

Seriously, something to think about for all you coders and investors out there.

~Bruno~

I can't believe that after all Pratyeka went through to get a Bitcoin article on Wikipedia, he's never been mentioned on this forum prior to this thread/post.

Whois Pratyeka: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Pratyeka&oldid=495060747

I argued bitterly for the restoration of the Bitcoin article from the evil hands of the deletionists, and have since been vindicated in my judgement as Bitcoin's rise to prominence has continued.

Now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
First iteration: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bitcoin&oldid=275832581

Bitcoin is an open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system developed by Satoshi Nakamoto that's completely [[P2P|decentralized\\, with no central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of the network to check for double-spending.
See also

Anonymous internet banking
eCache
Pecunix
Ripple monetary system
Yodelbank
External links

Official website
This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Therefore, I want to be the first to say, "Thanks, bud!" if you're lurking on this forum using another pseudonym.

~Bruno~

[Now where I have seen the following quote before?]

Is he this guy? http://www.techfundz.com/dwolla-online-cash-transactions/

Shane Neuerburg is Co-Founder and CTO. Prior to Dwolla Shane was a Software Engineer at Reliance Telephone and at Emerson. He has a BSc Computer Science form the University of North Dakota.

Or is he this guy (same image used)? http://www.quora.com/Grant-Awes

Grant is an Senior at Iowa State University working to expand his professional experience through class studies and involvement with several organizations on campus, while maintaining a strong work ethic with classes. He has maintained an emphasis of working with Digital Media on campus, mainly based on Social Media platforms and content management systems, all of which involved leadership roles. He's currently living in Des Moines, socializing within the Silicon Prairie on a regular basis.

Same guy? http://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-238558.html

Hello,

I am currently a senior in high school with 5 years of PHP/MySQL development experience (yes, I started at the age of 12/13). I have done a full fledged forum and have helped developing another one. I have created a guestbook, two news scripts (one flatfile and one MySQL), a portal script, and many (did I say MANY) small scripts for various clients.

I would love to obtain a rewarding job with a web development firm. I am willing to work part time (5 hours a day) from now until my completion of college (UND in Computer Science). At that point, I will consider moving to full time if needed. During summers, I will also then be able to work full time.

I have many references if you need them, and I will show you any of my work at your request.

I am also available for freelance coding until I have started working part time.

My email is shane@ciaengineering.com and I can also be contacted via AIM at CXProgramming.

Thanks for your consideration!

Shane

Now where I have seen the following quote before?

(yes, I started at the age of 12/13)

~Bruno~ (I love BlowBobs!)

The reason I'm asking is because I just went to my 21 Million Image thread in Newbie to post (haven't been there lately, cause--you all know), and noticed that 4 different users uploaded images, and they all made the same mistake--wrapping the image links with quote tags instead of image tags. Then they were are corrected, one-by-one, not en masse, hence not a glitch since other posts before and after were working fine. I took screen shots in case I needed proof for some reason.

Another thing is that the none of the other themes (I use default) show the edits. Therefore, I now ask, if a mod/admin does change a post, does that mean it would not show up as an edit like if the original poster were to edit his post?

I await your reply.

~Bruno~

If my laptop were stolen, and I registered the S/N, can Toshiba aid in the police investigation by providing info they have on file of me to the police if the laptop were recovered, and they wanted to make sure that I am the rightful owner?

~Bruno~

How can the following be true when it's been proven that he doesn't have a license to practice law in the state of Washington? http://lawyers.legalhelpmate.com/WA-Lawyer-Patrick-Murck-909178.aspx

Patrick A. Murck, Attorney at Law.
Patrick Murck has a law practice in Seattle (WA)

This Lawyer has extensive experience representing clients in Business Law, Computer & Internet Related Crimes, Intellectual Property matters.
Contact Info:
Phone: 703-608-8864
Fax:
Main Office Location:
7541 32nd Ave, NW
Seattle, WASHINGTON, 98117

[Statement 1: Zhou Tong is `Dustin Curtis` owner of lifepath.me]

This thread will start with the premise laid-out nicely by greBit, base mainly on my findings. There should now be no concern about ruining some 17-year-old Asian boy name Zhou Tong reputation. The next post will show exactly where he goes, for he's posted his FourSquare data.

Please help me connect the dots illustrated by Bruno ...


Statement 1: Zhou Tong is `Dustin Curtis` owner of lifepath.me

Evidence:

That is correct! Kevin Lim owns isthereason.com. Kevin Lim is the same person that was selling lifepath.me on eBay at the time that Zhou Tong owned it. Zhou Tong even mentions lifepath.me on his Twitter account(s) prior to it being for sale on eBay. The email addresses even match up.

~Bruno~

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lifepath-me-timeline-website-including-domain-name-code-and-designs-/140610305563#ht_3383wt_1165

Statement 2: Kevin Lim is `brainopera`
Evidence:

Registrant:
Kevin Lim
Pine Grove, Block 1K, #01-39
Singapore, 599001
Singapore

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: ISTHEREASON.COM
Created on: 08-Aug-04
Expires on: 08-Aug-13
Last Updated on: 09-Aug-11

Administrative Contact:
Lim, Kevin brainopera@gmail.com
Pine Grove, Block 1K, #01-39
Singapore, 599001
Singapore
+65.97371764

Technical Contact:
Lim, Kevin brainopera@gmail.com
Pine Grove, Block 1K, #01-39
Singapore, 599001
Singapore
+65.97371764

Statement 3: Kevin Lim is a bitcoin vendor in singapore
Evidence:

A simple Linkedin search would have found out who is William W. Murck. Or try that Google thingy that's all the rage. Seriously, a researcher like Patrick A. Murck, could not find out the following? http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/6286926273/will-buy-bitcoin-in-singapore

Statement 4: Kevin Lim is `sgbitcoins@yahoo.com.sg`
Evidence:

Now this: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/hackerspacesg/FkuQ70ss2Z0/F_16htqyfDIJ

Singapore Bitcoins

Hi all,

I'm selling Bitcoins for cash on delivery. Please contact me directly
via email if you want to trade.

Prices and details here: https://sites.google.com/site/singaporebitcoins/

Thank you.

(To the mods: if ads like this aren't welcome on the mailing list, I
apologize. As Bitcoin is relevant to tech and startups, I hope that
this isn't considered spam.)

Scroll down a few posts and you see Kevin Lim's name.

https://sites.google.com/site/singaporebitcoins/

This service is currently on hiatus.

Contact us at sgbitcoins@gmail.com

~Bruno~

Statement 5: Zhou Tong is a bitcoin vendor in singapore called `sgitcoin`
Evidence:

His email address is sgitcoin@zhoutong.com on www.sgitcoin.com

Domain name: sgitcoin.com

Registrant Contact:
   Zhou Tong
   Tong Zhou ()
  
   Fax:
   PO Box 465
   Carlton South, VIC 3053
   AU

Administrative Contact:
   Zhou Tong
   Tong Zhou ()
   +61.390157926
   Fax:
   PO Box 465
   Carlton South, VIC 3053
   AU

Technical Contact:
   NameTerrific
   Tong Zhou ()
   +61.390157926
   Fax:
   Level 10, 50 Market Street
   Melbourne, VIC 3000
   AU

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
   node-1.us.terrificdns.com
   node-2.us.terrificdns.com
   node-3.us.terrificdns.com
  
Creation date: 02 Sep 2011 16:50:00
Expiration date: 02 Sep 2013 16:50:00

Statement 6: Zhou Tong is closely linked to Kevin Lim
Evidence:

If we can show that sgitcoin.com and sgbitcoins@yahoo.com.sg belong to the same identity.

They certainly appear very similar, coincidence would be hard to argue

Statement 7: bitchen is `sgbitcoins@yahoo.com.sg`
Evidence:

Hi everyone,

I'm offering GoxUSD funds or BTC for International Bank Wire/ WU/ Moneygram or local bank/ COD for people in Singapore. I will take a percentage as fee for withdrawals. This is a fast way for people looking to trade on Gox without waiting for their insane wire transfer times.

You can contact me via PM on the forums or drop me an email at sgbitcoins@yahoo.com.sg

Do let me know if you have any queries.

Statement 8: bitchen = Kevin Lim
Evidence:
From Statements  4 & 7

[WHERE STATISM COMES TO DIE AND THE FREE MARKET COMES TO PREVAIL!]

WHERE STATISM COMES TO DIE AND THE FREE MARKET COMES TO PREVAIL!

I wonder if anybody here is attending this festival and, moreover, will there be any BTCitcoiners vending there. I believe it's just like the PorcFest that recently took place in Lancaster, New Hampshire.

~Bruno~

[EDIT:]

IAPtno17


EDIT: (below will be my way of keeping track of the lineage)

• Post 20
• Post 23

(feel free to pen your own)

Bartender: You don't look old enough to vote, let alone drink.
ZT: Here's a note from my mom.
Bartender: I guess that'll make it okay then. What'll have?
ZT: Anything will do. I'm having trouble sleeping lately.
Bartender: This should do it. That'll be five bucks.
ZT: Which credit card can I use here?