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Economy / Economics / Re: Poll - If the reward halving is being changed, will you quit bitcoin?
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on: September 15, 2012, 12:37:34 AM
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There is no voting. Just do nothing— your node will happily ignore idiots who made a totally worthless fork, no matter how many of them there are.  This post might as well say, "Will you quit bitcoin if some people install on their own computers a web interface to paypal called bitcoin?" +1 Such a fork and how the sum of Bitcoin market forces changes would be very interesting though...  We have already seen a number of clones with different rules, which seem to predict which way it would ultimately turn out... BTW, there would in fact be voting, because as the Buddhists say, "One cannot 'do nothing'! One can only 'do not doing'!" So, it would be voting by "not doing"...  |
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Local / Политика / Re: Гондурас
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on: August 01, 2012, 06:25:31 AM
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город хартии Ты поясни, в чем профит лично тебе. Извини, начальник. Здесь вроде базар про Гондурас, а не меня. (Кроме того, указания нынче принимаю только от авторитетных, или вооружённых...)  Тем не менее, мне до старости ближе чем от молодости. Умирать нигде не грех. Но, как заметил выше один из наших сообщников, чем больше уютных, прогрессивных, необычных мест где можно закруглиться, тем лучше. Естественно, если выпустят и впустят...  К тому же, уж больно испанские бабы хороши!  Кроме того, чем дальше в лес, тем меньше смысл к личной прибыли сводится... На мой взгляд, идея похвальная, и далеко не новая и корпоративная. Думаю что будущее за городами-государствами типа средневековых, а не за федеральными и республиканскими субъектами, особенно если криптовалюты раскрутятса... |
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Other / Off-topic / Re: RiseUp.net
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on: August 01, 2012, 12:17:35 AM
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Lol - free trade haters that support Bitcoin?
Yes, seems one of the remarkable Bitcoin characteristics is that it "makes strange bed-fellows." |
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Other / Off-topic / RiseUp.net
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on: July 31, 2012, 08:00:18 PM
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Does anyone have any experiences to share regarding the RiseUp.net email service?
Thank you for your time.
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Guns
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on: July 21, 2012, 03:46:44 PM
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I haven't read the whole thread, but I find it interesting that some people think the situation in Colorado would have ended better if a dark theatre full of smoke and screaming people was also full of cross-fire.
I'd think if everyone around you was armed, the last thing you'd want to do in that case was start shooting as then someone else would likely assume you were the gunman and aim for you instead of the guy who started it.
I don't think Americans will ever change. The statistics are clear, just look at the graph posted early on in the thread. Countries which have strong gun control laws have way, way lower homicide rates and a notable lack of random massacres.
I think you are right in saying that "if everyone around you was armed, the last thing you'd want to do in that case was start shooting..." I think that would include the original shooter in this case. If you read the Armed Citizen column i mentioned earlier, in most cases criminals flee as soon as they start getting return fire. Like them, this guy was shooting as long as he was not in danger; as soon as the armed police showed up, he gave up! The statistics are far from clear. I think they have more to do with the socio-economic situation in a given country than gun laws. Check the gun laws of the countries that are above the US on the homicide rate list. Seems that i remember some notable random massacres in countries with really strong gun laws... Can someone from Switzerland substantiate that most males of military service age are required to keep an automatic military "assault rifle" in their houses? Even the Americans don't allow former soldiers to do that! Why don't we hear about more Swiss mass murders, if the availability of high-capacity guns, and "assault weapons" is really their cause? |
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Guns
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on: July 21, 2012, 03:03:16 PM
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You said: Today is why regular citizens of America need to be able to carry firearms.
And then you admitted: It seems unfortunate to me that even though most of Colorado citizens are privileged to have the legal right to carry firearms, (most people in the world don't have that right) none of the ones at the scene availed themselves of the opportunity to be able to defend themselves or others...
I'm not seeing this as demonstrating how lenient gun laws are the solution. I stand corrected: Today is why regular citizens of America need to be are able to carry firearms. Furthermore, there are reports that Cinemark theaters have a long-standing "No Firearms except law enforcement" policy. How ironic that would be if true...  If one looks carefully at the list below that you provided, if i understand it right, it shows no correlation between permissiveness of the gun laws and gun death statistics. I left the clearest examples of that in your list below: For example, Vermont has
Gun deaths per 100,000: 8.4
Permissive gun laws: 3rd out of 50
California has
Gun deaths per 100,000: 9
Permissive gun laws: 50th out of 50
So, even though CA has the strictest gun laws, it has more gun deaths than VT with one of the most "lenient" gun laws. That lack of correlation appears in 26 of the 50 US states.Bases on that, seems to me that even in the US states where one sees a correlation, the American experience suggests the null hypothesis (due to chance) with regard to gun-death rate/"gun-law permissiveness" correlation. I find the statistics below interesting. A google search returned this result: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/01/11/20-deadliest-gun-states-from-mississippi-to-arizona.html#3, Alaska Gun deaths per 100,000: 17.6 Permissive gun laws: 11th out of 50 #5, Louisiana Gun deaths per 100,000: 19.9 Permissive gun laws: 23rd out of 50 #7, Alabama Gun deaths per 100,000: 17.6 Permissive gun laws: 27th out of 50 #8, Nevada Gun deaths per 100,000: 16.2 Permissive gun laws: 22nd out of 50 #11, Kentucky Gun deaths per 100,000: 14.4 Permissive gun laws: 5th out of 50 #12, West Virginia Gun deaths per 100,000: 14.8 Permissive gun laws: 25th out of 50 #13, Tennessee Gun deaths per 100,000: 15 Permissive gun laws: 31st out of 50 #15, Idaho Gun deaths per 100,000: 12.5 Permissive gun laws: 2nd out of 50 #19, North Carolina Gun deaths per 100,000: 12.3 Permissive gun laws: 28th out of 50 #20, Florida Gun deaths per 100,000: 12.5 Permissive gun laws: 41st out of 50 #21, Kansas Gun deaths per 100,000: 10.5 Permissive gun laws: 14th out of 50 #23, Texas Gun deaths per 100,000: 10.7 Permissive gun laws: 32nd out of 50 #24, Michigan Gun deaths per 100,000: 10.9 Permissive gun laws: 39th out of 50 #25, Maryland Gun deaths per 100,000: 12.1 Permissive gun laws: 44th out of 50 #27, Pennsylvania Gun deaths per 100,000: 10.7 Permissive gun laws: 40th out of 50 #28, Virginia Gun deaths per 100,000: 10.7 Permissive gun laws: 35th out of 50 #29, Utah Gun deaths per 100,000: 9.5 Permissive gun laws: 18th out of 50 #30, Vermont Gun deaths per 100,000: 8.4 Permissive gun laws: 3rd out of 50 #32, North Dakota Gun deaths per 100,000: 8.9 Permissive gun laws: 15th out of 50 #34, Maine Gun deaths per 100,000: 8.1 Permissive gun laws: 9th out of 50 #37, Nebraska Gun deaths per 100,000: 8 Permissive gun laws: 19th out of 50 #38, South Dakota Gun deaths per 100,000: 6.5 Permissive gun laws: 16th out of 50 #40, California Gun deaths per 100,000: 9 Permissive gun laws: 50th out of 50 #41, New Hampshire Gun deaths per 100,000: 5.9 Permissive gun laws: 26th out of 50 #42, Minnesota Gun deaths per 100,000: 6.6 Permissive gun laws: 36th out of 50 #44, Iowa Gun deaths per 100,000: 5.3 Permissive gun laws: 38th out of 50 |
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Guns
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on: July 20, 2012, 06:12:26 PM
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Today is why regular citizens of America need to be able to carry firearms.
And tell me how Colorado gun law was a hindrance to your dream. It's not my dream. It seems unfortunate to me that even though most of Colorado citizens are privileged to have the legal right to carry firearms, (most people in the world don't have that right) none of the ones at the scene availed themselves of the opportunity to be able to defend themselves or others... Upon googling, i also see that unless an American citizen is from a US state with which Colorado has "reciprocity", even a citizen who is legally allowed to carry a firearm in another US state, she is not allowed to do so in Colorado: Colorado gun lawsThat restriction seems to apply even to American soldiers.  Also, looks like the Colorado and other US states' laws prohibit legal firearm carriers from carrying in places where mass shootings have already taken place in America, such as schools and universities. |
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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Guns
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on: July 20, 2012, 03:47:46 PM
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Today is why regular citizens of America need to be able to carry firearms. What a horrendous massacre over there in the state of Colorado!   Considering how many guns and mentally ill people there are in the world, regular citizens everywhere need the means to defend themselves. Even one sane, armed person could have made a difference... |
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Local / Новички / Re: Сокращение эмиссии
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on: July 18, 2012, 03:49:37 PM
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Ориентировочно в декабре, суточный размер эмиссии с текущих 7200 монет уменьшится до 3600. Каким образом на это отреагирует биткоин?
млин, что вы так зациклились на курсе. курс вообще не измениться, ответной реакцией будет повышение комиссии при переводах +1 Думаю, что эмиссионный эффект уже встроен в нынешний курс к деревянным валютам. Надеюсь, что к тому времени власти загонят все валютные биржи Б в тень и банкротство, и курс к деревянным будет только теневым... Тогда Б станет валютой оцениваемой относительно других биржевых товаров, услуг, и т.д. Вот это будет истинным курсом, и мир Б станет ещё интересней... |
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Local / Ελληνικά (Greek) / Re: Ελλάς (Greece)
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on: July 17, 2012, 01:03:32 AM
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Just did another search of pages in Greek. Still outside bitcoinx.gr and some blurbs on deltahacker.gr, i can't find much about B in Greek space. I thought by now, it would at least be maligned as a scam somewhere in the Greek media... So perplexing... |
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Local / Новички / Re: Основа криптовалюты
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on: July 15, 2012, 08:52:05 PM
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Это не так. Б является платёжным средством несмотря на нестабильность курса.
Полноценная платежная валюта это эквивалент в соотношении с которым производится обмен товара. Курс должен быть предсказуем в определенных рамках. Если курс валюты летает в разные стороны, то это создает очень серьезные проблемы как для продавцов, ... Вспомните ситуацию в этой стране в 90х. Рубль был платежным средством? формально да, но фактически все цены у людей в голове автоматически переводились в доллары, з\п тоже измеряли исключительно в долларах. БитМит хороший из множества примеров... Плохой пример. ... Эти аргументы, как говорят в англо-разделе, "уже добиты до смерти" в местных спорах. Так-что я с Вами вновь из пустого в порожнее переливать не буду... Насчёт затруднений курса Б для продавцов\покупателей, почитайте аргументы фирмы БитПей... 90-ые были временным явлением. И до того и после, Р являлся платёжным средством. На мой взгляд, Б как эквивалент - тоже временное явление, и в положителном и в отрицательном смысле. Время покажет. |
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Local / Новички / Re: Основа криптовалюты
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on: July 15, 2012, 07:45:21 PM
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деньги любят стабильность...
Только деньги, которые будут являться платежным средством, например биткоин таковым не является, он-инвестиционное средство. ... Это не так. Б является платёжным средством несмотря на нестабильность курса. БитМит хороший из множества примеров... |
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Economy / Speculation / Re: When will bitcoin hit $100?
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on: July 15, 2012, 07:31:53 PM
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My guess is that now there are a lot of people/teams, as ingenious and educated or more so than "Satoshi", who are working on even better p2p currency.
(Current "Alternative" p2p currencies, are simply Bitcoin clones, using the same basic concept of mining, etc.)
Since B still can't even come back to its record against USD, i think such a new currency is likely to be unveiled before 100 USD is reached.
If not, i think Bitcoin's value will be suppressed as the result of centralization in mining, full-nodes and exchanges.
If the governments decide to crack down on them, particularly the exchanges and other Bitcoin<>Fiat middlemen, it's difficult to envision 1Btc=100USD...
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Class action Litigation vs. Bitcoinica Consultancy LTD & Intersango LTD
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on: July 15, 2012, 06:47:41 PM
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At this early stage, lawsuits will have a chilling effect on trying to bring new people into the community, especially new businesses.
Jeff, I disagree completely. There have been plenty of cases in the past where bitcoins were stolen or deposits unrefunded, yet I am unaware of a single attempt to fix this. How can an attempt to resolve this issue discourage people from using Bitcoin? +1 Is there a standing bounty for the identity and whereabouts of Tom Williams of MyBitcoin? If not, then this so called "community" has already set a giant precedent that it can be ripped off any way that works, and all it will do is just crawl away to be ripped off the next time... IMHO, MyBitcoin is who did the most chilling and damage to Bitcoin, and the latter still survived. I agree that Amir and Co. did a great deal for "the community", and got slammed by Murphy's Law, or whatever it's called in English. (In Russia, we call it the Law of the Sandwich. ) As an observer, seems to me that Zhou Tong bears most of the responsibility for hacking together and making available that miserable contraption, without much regard for security... Amir & Co. just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and didn't back out, or take Bitcoinica offline and fix it, when it was wisest to do so. It's hard to do the best thing in such complex circumstances... Nevertheless, seems the only way for them to clear their name completely is to go through an external law suit, which will involve a police investigation. |
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