How about linux virtualization?
I'd like to do that because some nontrivial fine motor disability makes me use voice recognition software.
I use cygwin all the time to maintain remote servers.
I just wonder if I'll get the eight GPU benefit of linux in virtualization.
Sorry to hijack the thread.
If you're talking about a Linux virtual machine, no. The OS and drivers must have direct access to the video cards, not through a virtualization layer. Thank you very much. :-) So I will work through SSH. That's a better situation anyway. Debian Lenny or Ubuntu. No GUI. Straight mining rig. |
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How about linux virtualization?
I'd like to do that because some nontrivial fine motor disability makes me use voice recognition software.
I use cygwin all the time to maintain remote servers.
I just wonder if I'll get the eight GPU benefit of linux in virtualization.
Sorry to hijack the thread.
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The best the Bitcoin community should strive for in the short-to-mid term is greater adoption by the average person, not by a governmental entity. That would bring unwanted pressure and and potential legal barriers to the use of the Bitcoin in the US at least, considering the fact that the only reason the dollar has any value anymore is that it is tied to oil.
The dollar is backed by the full metal jacket of the United States Government. |
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We absolutely need one.
MtGox, in the absence of an "open source" way of trading currency, looks like it is endorsed by the bitcoin community ( even though decentralization by its very nature precludes endorsement of anything. )
That perception makes the whole project look like a pyramid. I don't think it is but that is currently in nearly impossible argument to make with experienced traders.
A currency subforum would circumvent any logistical legal barriers to any paper for BTC.
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Does this work because of the dependance on their oil?
See: WWII I think you meant "See Petrodollar". |
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136 postings and you're out?
More specifically… Hundreds of BTC?
Tell your tale. I get more information out of a negative opinion than a true believer.
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That would have been off the wall hilarious if the original comparison had been the Special Olympics. :-)
" and tonight, in what is considered to be the Special Olympics of the Nobel Peace Prize, New York Times writer Paul Krugman wins for his understanding of economics."
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As a heavy metal, it is indeed poisonous.
Napoleon gave his guests a thin golden leaf for his dinner guests to eat as an appetizer.
The aristocracy of Europe has more problems than just inbreeding. :-)
Another anecdote on aluminum vs. gold in history…
Napoleon give his VIP guests aluminum flatware for dinner. Everybody else got gold flatware.
You don't have to go far back in history to see metals considered more valuable than gold. Silver basically financed the entire Spanish expeditions to the new world. Silver was lacking in Europe but, to this day, the western hemisphere is well endowed with this shiny metal.
A currency based on silver for the whole world is possible. Do I want that? Hell no. The more virtual, the better. Fiat is already 97% virtual. It's very convenient. It's the smoke and mirrors and power plays (see paypal, Et Al) that ticks off any one not sleeping under a rock.
I'll tell you what cryptocurrency means to me: ability.
I grew up with the science fiction stories with credits as a plot device. These electronic units were apparently independent of whatever evil empire was wrecking things.
Unfortunately, severe disability precludes using physical cash and coins. As a consolation prize for disabilities beyond my control, I got to use credit and debit cards.
I get a degree of freedom if I trade for it with my privacy. Is it necessary to know that I bought a book or went to a restaurant? As a merchant, why does anybody care if a customer buys from me? Will I get an audit for selling a few hundred units while GM and The Federal Reserve get no audit whatsoever ever.
Nobody's business.
I hope it's not an elaborate (REALLY elaborate) pyramid scheme because that would be so disappointing.
SHA 256 is a good an encryption method at this level. I'd like to see worst case scenario of what we're going to do in the event of a hack. I'm like to see the system moved to SHA3 before any catastrophe as it will not have any possible hidden weakness of SHA1 as SHA2 might have.
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There once was a crown jewel called aluminum -or however the British misspell it ;-).
Any rock put into the crown sent the message that it was not only more valuable than anything you will never own, it is more valuable than your existence.
Today, I wrap peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in aluminum foil.
Things change.
In my lifetime, I want to wrap my sandwiches in gold foil.
Look up the relationship between lead and gold.
Silver is inflationary for reasons similar to aluminum. Silver is a byproduct of zinc and copper mining.
Industrial requirements will win the day with shiny "precious" metals. There's a lot of money to be made shorting this nonsense.
Another situation relates to the death of De Beers. Diamond foil.
Quantum computing will require heat resistance that silicon can't handle. Diamonds can handle it. Diamond wafers are an absolute necessity to the future and if necessary, the future will crush Debeers.
The point of all of that, which I could've just stated in one line, is that artificial scarcity (example, 21,000,000 bitcoins) backed up by strong mathematics IS the future. I know it's optimistic but post scarcity will come.
And regarding apple coin…
1. The overwhelming majority of artists cannot afford apples. If anything is post scarcity, it's the music business.
2. "No greater treason than the right deed for the wrong reason."- TS Elliott
I hope to the flying spaghetti monster that Apple does their own variation of bitcoin and then shed their containers before the first bust arrives.
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I'm all in favor of small groups spinning off the bitcoin code. There are parts of the user spectrum that don't need to be in the main branch. The very light side (small towns) and the very dark side (criminal organizations.)
They should both develop their own branches.
we can tell other people what they should and shouldn't be doing as much as we want .... doesn't make a damn bit of difference in my experience. Thank you, Captain Obvious. We should shut down the forum immediately. That's another "should". :-) The OP was asking about his goal. I'm guessing he wants to implement a variation of BTC to minimize or to eliminate the chaos of an exchange. If TPB was the only avenue for bit torrent, where would the protocol be? |
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I'm all in favor of small groups spinning off the bitcoin code. There are parts of the user spectrum that don't need to be in the main branch. The very light side (small towns) and the very dark side (criminal organizations.)
They should both develop their own branches.
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I suspect that such a virus already exists.
It is silently spreading and collecting wallet.dat files as we speak.
Once it has incubated for long enough it will spend all balances at the same time.
This strategy will maximise its profit. By the time infected users find out about it, it's too late.
Let's consider the possibility. Install on a TrueCrypt volume and run only if the USB key is in and the volume is decrypted? They would have to get it all at once because the first vulnerability is going to send bitcoin through the floor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2Maybe the designers already know how to crack it? |
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After see him in court in the news, maybe due to the yellowness of the picture, DSK really resembled Mr. Burns from the The Simpsons. Except maybe for not be bald.
I always thought George W and Colin Powell were a perfect match for Montgomery Burns and Wayland Smithers. As to Dominique Strauss Kahn, the yellow is probably from hepatitis. |
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Its like Ender's Game. We're killing aliens.
hahaha… We could be. I like the concept of bitcoin but questions like this are nagging me because my knowledge, not ignorance. Requiring people to pass a test before posting sounds too much like church of scientology indoctrination to me. Sure, people should read the fucking wikis and independently verify the information presented. They should also use the search function. I just don't see a problem with a question like the OP asked. That's the kind of question there should be repeatedly asked. Bitcoin will survive if it can withstand these kind of questions. Scientific method should rule the day here. I'm not entirely convinced that it does. |
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After a certain amount of money… I'm not even going to bother explaining it… Watch this Brazilian central banker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-Qe8uc2jEThe real problem is that Dominique Strauss Kahn wanted to be president. Sarkozy gave him a lesson in a world of power where other people with power might not like you. That's a lot different from the world of central bankers. I guess Dominique Strauss Kahn can hang out with Eliot Spitzer now. |
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I think I bought the last one.
:-)
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So… When you were brainstorming this idea, did anyone in the group have any objections?
TrueCrypt and a couple of USB keys… Maybe a backup of a TC volume on my hard drive… If I was more paranoid to protect my tiny stash of BTC, I'm sure I can make it more secure. Hidden volumes perhaps.
What do I need you for?
The entire point is to remove middlemen(AKA banks… Or "reserves" if you prefer.) taking a cut of every transaction.
Find a new business idea.
However… If you tattoo yourself with "me can haz bitcoin?", I and many others will be willing to toss a few cents your way. :-)
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Either they will raise the limit, or the Fed will print more money.
Or both. |
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Krugman deserves his Nobel prize even less than Obama.
Captain Obvious says that deflation is bad for printed currency based on debt.
Thank God for the New York Times or I might never know that.
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What does that mean?
I'm interested but it feels like I need to know how many Libraries of Congress are involved.
Is that 7.2 BTC for the USD price of 6.8 BTC?
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