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1  Economy / Economics / Re: Do You Think Bitcoin Will Replace Dollar Soon? on: January 15, 2016, 05:22:01 PM
The problem is fiat currency. That is currency that has value because everyone thinks it has value. The moment a majority of people stop believing that, the currency crashes. Bitcoin is also fiat currency.

We need to get back to currency based on something of real value, like gold. Fat chance of that happening anytime soon, though.
2  Economy / Economics / Re: Why not just print dollars? on: January 15, 2016, 05:17:50 PM
 Suppose you have a cake. You hand out tickets to people so they can each get a piece. If you hand out a thousand tickets, either you're going to have to slice the pieces very, very thin, or a lot of people are just going to have worthless tickets. If you hand out just two, each person can have quite a bit of cake. The value of the tickets, then, depends a lot on how many you hand out.

That's basically what money is. It's a promise to pay from the government. You get the money and you can trade it with people in that country for stuff. And just like with the cake, if suddenly tons of people have money, either the money ends up being worth very little or most of the people with money get nothing for it.

A good example of this from history was Germany in 1922. Faced with a sagging economy and forced to pay massive debts as reparations for World War I, the government started printing money as fast as they could to meet these demands. Paper mills and printing presses were LITERALLY running as fast as they could night and day. Over a period of six months or so, the value of the German mark dropped 3.7 MILLION times! What you could once buy for a mark now cost four million marks. People literally lugged around suitcases full of money to pay bills. Absolutely crazy stuff.
3  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: What are the chances of an address collision? and what happens when it does? on: January 15, 2016, 05:10:31 PM
Since Bitcoin addresses are basically random numbers, it is possible, although extremely unlikely, for two people to independently generate the same address. This is called a collision. If this happens, then both the original owner of the address and the colliding owner could spend money sent to that address. It would not be possible for the colliding person to spend the original owner's entire wallet (or vice versa). If you were to intentionally try to make a collision, it would currently take 2^107 times longer to generate a colliding Bitcoin address than to generate a block. As long as the signing and hashing algorithms remain cryptographically strong, it will likely always be more profitable to collect generations and transaction fees than to try to create collisions.

It is more likely that the Earth is destroyed in the next 5 seconds, than that a collision occur in the next millenium.
4  Other / Archival / Re: potential hero for sale on: January 15, 2016, 10:59:12 AM
This user changed his/her password recently.
5  Economy / Digital goods / Re: WTB gmail accounts on: January 14, 2016, 09:35:49 AM
i have so many gmail accounts
you still need?
i send pm
6  Economy / Digital goods / [WTS] localbitcoins account 500+ on: January 14, 2016, 09:29:07 AM
sell localbitcoins account with 500+ Number of confirmed
7  Economy / Digital goods / Re: [WTS]livejasmin accounts with Credits on: January 14, 2016, 09:22:01 AM
still have
8  Economy / Digital goods / Re: [WTS][AUTOBUY]$100 starbucks,Windows,Fandango,Xbox Live,Netflix on: January 14, 2016, 09:21:09 AM
Two Questions:

1. How are the cards obtained, legally?

2. Do you accept an escrow from Bitcointalk?
sure i accept escrow from bitcointalk, buyer pay fees
anyway you are Trustworthy

obtained legally
9  Other / Off-topic / Re: What Song are you Listening To? on: January 14, 2016, 09:17:33 AM
Armin van Buuren - In And Out Of Love
10  Other / Off-topic / Re: Last Movie you watch ? ( Daily thread ) on: January 14, 2016, 09:15:40 AM
Terminator Salvation
11  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: January 14, 2016, 09:10:28 AM
Yes. It always matters whether a person is honest and trustworthy. How is this even a question?
 
However, that said, even a mostly honest and trustworthy person can have lapses in judgment, or make the wrong call thereby seeming untrustworthy. That's just part of humanity's natural condition.
 
Also, this question should not be assigned to a single politician if you ask me. Doing so presupposes that one politician's trustworthiness is more important than another's. We, the electorate, will want all of our candidates to demonstrate qualities of honesty and trustworthiness. In this way, the answer is really a resounding, "No!" It doesn't matter if Hillary Clinton is individually honest and trustworthy any more than it matters for any politician in the field.
12  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do Atheists hate Religion ? on: January 14, 2016, 09:02:09 AM
Well, You are the exception when you state: " I am a Christian but have no problem with people who are gay,atheist, or from a different religion."

I would gather from this statement -- as opposed to the stand of many Christians -- that you would allow an atheist to hold public office -- NOT allowed in many areas of the country, and agree that gays TOO have the civil right to marriage.

Too often, some "religious believers" DO have such trouble with opposing beliefs. And when they characterize people with different beliefs, (or no religious belief) as sinners and immoral, and worse not even capable of living a moral life, then many people, including atheist, start to object.

Too often these "religious believers" practice unjust discrimination toward people who believe differently.

In some fanatical cases it even escalates into violence.

You ask about RESPECT? I am sorry. I CAN NOT respect anyone who because of their irrational and inherently contradictory "beliefs" bring unjust suffering and pain into this world. When "believers" teach their children to ignore logic and reason in favor of bigotry and blind faith, then this is destructive to society.

Too often the phrase "I love the sinner but hate the sin" leads to hatred of the supposed sinner. Some Christians (and others of other faiths) may STATE that they love their fellow man, but their ACTIONS prove otherwise.

When bigoted "believers" start spending millions to pass hate legislation and to deny segments of our society their JUST civil rights in the name of their "religion" THEN sorry I simply can NOT respect their beliefs.

And they are correct, too often in the past, religion HAS led to unjust war, persecutions, violence, and such" just read some history. When religious fanatics obtain secular power, all manner of injustice and horrific persecutions Proceed. Just look at the history of the Catholic Church in the Middle ages.

It is BECAUSE many people of 'religious belief" CAN NOT in fact respect the differing beliefs of others which causes the problem.

And even when egregious actions do not take place, just by the fact that so many "religious people" condemn and judge others around them, and make every effort to alienate from family, government, and church, and other societal institutions, those who "believe differently" this itself brings too much unnecessary pain and suffering to innocent people.

Just read some of the replies on this forum concerning abortion, gay rights, gay marriage, and even something as inflammatory as evolution, and you will see my point.

When a child is taught to ignore scientific evidence, to ignore logic, to ignore reason, and make their moral judgments based on ignorance and bigotry and moral codes which no reasonable person can follow, and on obviously UNTRUE statements (or untrue interpretations of statements) found in writings 2000 years old, this is itself seen by many (including atheists) as IMMORAL and damaging to the very children they are raising.

Bad psychology is bad theology. Yet many people of religious belief totally ignore the consequences of their beliefs and the forcing of these beliefs on too many vulnerable children.

For just one small example, the suicide rate in this country of gay teens is not 4 to 10 times that of non-gay teens because of nothing. Violence towards gays did not increase 4 fold in CA after the fighting over Prop 8 for nothing. People's beliefs have consequences, and when these consequences bring harm to innocent people, then sorry I can NOt respect those beliefs.

And you obviously do not know your 10 commandments. Please explain which one speaks of do not hate your fellow man? And this brings in an important issue. NO ONE today, NO ONE follows the 10 commandments as they were understood by the Hebrew when they were FIRST written. MORAL CODE changes!

People today do NOT follow the Bible -- and for this we should be VERY thankful. But to claim that the Bible is an inerrant source for moral code today IS A LARGE PART OF THE PROBLEM! First of all, nothing could be further from the truth. But on the other hand, most people FIRST formulate their beliefs, and THEN use the Bible to validate them.

PLEASE -- this is WHY atheist so adamantly dislike your religion. STOP formulating moral code based on an ignorant so-called book of revealed truth formulated by ignorant men, when such moral code brings unnecessary pain, harm, and suffering.

There is much of human wisdom written in the Christian scriptures. But to claim that ALL of this scripture is to be used as a conclusive source of moral code is the height of ignorance, irrationality, and limits the pursuit of justice in today's society..
13  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How can I invest bitcoin? on: January 14, 2016, 08:58:08 AM
buy 100btc and let in your wallet 10 years then fiat
14  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Best way to get BTC easily on: January 14, 2016, 08:54:41 AM
trading and loan btc
15  Other / Archival / Re: How many satoshi you earned today ? ( Daily thread ) on: January 14, 2016, 08:53:54 AM
10k from gambling
16  Economy / Digital goods / Re: [WTS][AUTOBUY]$100 starbucks,Windows,Fandango,Xbox Live,Netflix on: January 14, 2016, 08:49:45 AM
500$ itunes i got
update

17  Other / Off-topic / Re: Whats your job IRL? on: January 13, 2016, 07:31:35 PM
i don't know what is IRL, i only been afk some time
18  Other / Off-topic / Re: How much can you make from a gambling site? on: January 13, 2016, 07:27:50 PM
-300$
19  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to deal with stress? on: January 13, 2016, 07:25:52 PM
“In life, there’s always a solution to a problem,” says Professor Cary Cooper, an occupational health expert at the University of Lancaster. “Not taking control of the situation and doing nothing will only make your problems worse.”
20  Other / Off-topic / Re: Which smartphone do you use and why? on: January 13, 2016, 07:24:04 PM
I am using a Galaxy 4 because it gives me better battery and screen is very good to consume rich content.
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