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1  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Newbie restrictions on: July 13, 2011, 07:07:18 PM
I've got an idea:

There should be a faster alternative way of becoming a member (for those who do not want to spend 4 hours and write 5 posts).

For example, a newbie could donate 0.01 btc and automatically become a member.

Or he/she could make a deposit of 0.1 btc (which would automatically returned to her/him after she/he publishes N useful posts and spends M hours online).

I don't think trolls are ready to pay/risk their money.

Then you're simply making it a pay-to-use website, which is probably not the best for the community. 4 hours and 5 posts is not a huge amount, it really shouldn't take you that long if you actually plan to be active in the future.
2  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Whitelist Requests (Want out of here?) on: July 13, 2011, 07:04:37 PM
Please let me out.  I believe I have the appropriate number of posts, and have waited the 4 hours.  However, I am still locked.  Please help.

I believe it counts the total time you've been active on the site, rather than simply counting the hours since you've registered. You can check the former in your profile.
3  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Heard about Bitcoin on Aljazeera on: July 13, 2011, 07:01:48 PM
I have mixed feelings about this.  Any news about bitcoins spreading around is good but Al Jazeera has a very bad anti-American reputatation.  They went out of their way to tell the terrorist side of the story in Iraq and as an anonymous currency it isn't a good idea to associate with that kind of thing.  As a libertarian I know drugs should be legal so things like silk road are okay but there should be a way to root out other criminal groups who try and use bitcoin.

You sir, are a racist piece of shit, and ignorant to boot. The largest news network in the world is "anti-American"? Idiot...

Regardless of whether or not I personally believe it has an anti-American bias, that's what the public perceives it to be. Also, since when does size mean anything? Fox News is absolutely massive yet has a noted right-wing bias. Size doesn't equal objectivity.
4  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Organized campaign to discredit / destroy BTC? on: July 13, 2011, 06:57:49 PM
I'm not sure that there is currently an organized attempt to bring down bitcoin.  From what I understand, the Mt. Gox hacking was an attempt to steal bitcoins.

That being said, there will most definitely be an organized government effort to bring down bitcoin.  Probably won't happen for another couple of years because the government is slow and reactive rather than proactive, but it will happen as long as bitcoin continues to grow in popularity and use.  The people who run our government can't stand that something might be outside of their control.  Nothing makes them angrier. 

You can bet your bippie on that! Not just the Government per se, but the financial Oligarchy [which really owns/runs the Govt.]. They also have access to supercomputers or just huge corporate computer networks, that can (as I understand it) if more powerful than the total of all connected BTC users be used to steal the entire lot of 'em. Alternatively, they could just hire expert black hacker types to build bots, traps and trojans to  upset the system. Many a President and Administration were assassinated/overturned due to attempts to control the FED [or other high finance policy].....watch out! It's coming...the only question is WHEN! While BTC will never be as powerful as the FED, the idea could become as strong, and an incentive to move away from the financial institutions that run the ****ing planet and are the main backers of the intel organizations and MIICC. Again. Forewarned is forearmed.

Yeah...this kind of conspiracy theorist nonsense isn't helping anything.
5  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: donations on: July 13, 2011, 06:55:22 PM
Does anyone actually donate here?
6  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Introduce yourself :) on: July 13, 2011, 06:54:39 PM
Hi, I'm Pacifist. I'm interested in learning more about the Bitcoin system and possibly investing in the future.
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