And so when you go that link when something major happens, there are 10 threads with the same content! If a single thread could be on multiple boards, it would help that list.

some people have used bacteria as micro-reactors to produce electrical power, so in a way, yes!

From the article:


I think this last sentence is total bunk. It does not matter where the gold came from, or how it was processed, if it is pure then it is just as valuable as any other gold. Because you can't tell the difference.

Anytime you stick something in the water in the open ocean you have to worry about biofouling. How are you going to keep things from growing on your structure and stopping up the water flow?

If more people try to get him to guess Satoshi, will he learn over time?

When I was in High school, I only went out with Asians. Not because I was picky, I just didn't go out much and I happened to start with a Korean girl and a Bengaldeshi girl. I haven't dated any asians since, now married to a white American girl.

So is your name pronounced with an English J, like kok-Joe, or is it like a German J (an English Y), like kok-Yo? And is it a long o or short o (first syllable like English Coke or Cock)?

Hey, MP, I would be willing to work for bitcoin as your PR person. I would not scare away potential investors by calling them names. How about it?

This is where it would be nice to have some way for a thread to show up in more than one board. I think the same discussion is happening in Securities, Service Discussion, Project Development, and who knows where else.

I admit I said some harsh things about MPEx in the past, but there are things to like about what is there. Specifically, the stocks listed there have contracts of more than 20 words. They actually contain information, rather than the just a vague idea of most contracts that were on the GLBSE.

I do think it would be good to have the exchange listed on a separate domain name than the other parts of MP's business.

Out of curiosity, how involved is MP in the asset creation process?

Bitcoins cannot be controlled by a government, but the use of them certainly can. By trading in bitcoins you do not escape any regualtions of economic activity. They may be harder to enforce, but the laws still apply. Can I go to Canada and use USD and not pay taxes because the government there does not control the currency? No, that is absurd. Likewise, I cannot get around US law by trading in Euros.

If you are looking for a new place to start, how about setting up a city in Antarctica? You would not have a problem cooling your bitcoin mining rigs there!

Perhaps it is time or Nefario to lock this thread? I don't think he needs suggestions anymore.

Will IBB continue without GLBSE? Do you have a contingency plan for shareholders?

I have been giving this some thought, and to give dank some credit, there might be a grain of truth in it.

Let me explain. Through many technological advances, the human population has been increasing at an exponential rate. Since there is a small probability that any individual will have a mutation, for good or bad or mostly inconsequential, as the number of individuals rises the probability that any one of them will have such a mutation rises. Thus by simple probability we should be getting more mutations.

Another factor is that, due to both technology and changes in our social structure, we as a species are much more mobile than ever before. Simply put, people can migrate more easily now than in the past. This migration allows the mixing of genetic material from one area to another, increasing the likelihood that mutations can be spread throughout the population, and increasing the chances that multiple mutations may be present in any one individual. Most mutations are inconsequential, it is through compounding mutations that a species evolves, since some changes become synergistic to effect great changes.

Thus, to help the human species grow to its potential, we should advocate a worldwide loosening of national borders to allow the free flow of individuals between populations.

(Rules required on-topic statement:) Dank, you are still a slacker and I would only invest bitcoin with you if I could get some collateral and I was high and drunk and bitcoin prices had crashed to early 2009 levels.

I dont see it?

Ok, I'll bite. I might even sell my soul for bitcoins.

How does my signature look? did I get it right?

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I hold bitcoins.

Or alternately, I think the price of bitcoins will go down.

Doesnt glbse already have our email addresses? that is how you log in...

I have been getting a couple percent a month. Nothing huge, I have been caught by suprise a couple times, but still better than my 401k is getting.

Meh, I can take whatever Usagi wants to dish out. S/he already called me a scammer for spreading FUD.