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1941  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: and patent trolls strike on: June 07, 2013, 07:51:09 PM
So this is how one logs enough posts to be come a Hero Member!

No, this is:

Interesting.
1942  Other / Meta / Re: My Bitcoin Forum account has been compromised!! on: June 07, 2013, 07:45:49 PM
Java seems to be the center of all hacking attempts related to Bitcoin.

So from now on, words to live by: just don't run Java on any website related to Bitcoin.
1943  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Hi to everybody! on: June 07, 2013, 07:31:00 PM
Hail, comrade.
1944  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Seems Apple is planning to release a currency of their own. on: June 07, 2013, 07:20:44 PM
it doesnt have a blockchain.. so its just another world of warcraft gold/facebook credit/amazon coin...

created out of thin air and centralised.. not really a threat to bitcoin just a way to reduce international licence fee's by doing all of their FIAT transactions from one office and use the other international offices for their special coin transactions.

plus only really useful for itunes customers.

so not really a new economy creator either

Basically this.  Unless we're trying to say that giftcards are the new Bitcoin killer, there's no point in flipping out.
1945  Other / Off-topic / Re: Would more women use bitcoin if... on: June 07, 2013, 06:26:20 AM
Hurts the eyes Tongue  I wouldn't wish this punishment on any woman.

Well, maybe the feminazis.
1946  Other / Off-topic / Re: Bitcoiner Personality - MBTI/Keirsey Poll on: June 07, 2013, 05:25:55 AM
Not at all surprised that INTJs dominate on here.

Actually, as of the time of your post, there are an equal number of INTJ's and INTP's.  Leave it to you INTJ's to rush to.. Judgement  Wink

Sorry, I didn't mean dominate the majority of the poll, but are one of the dominant groups on the forum. Also I've always thought of INTP and INTJ to be very similar. I'm a J, but am very close to a P.

As for the poll competition, you INTP's may have Einstein, but us INTJ's have Hawking who disproved some of his theories, so  Tongue

Not sure if that makes up for Ben Bernanke Tongue
1947  Other / Off-topic / Re: Bitcoiner Personality - MBTI/Keirsey Poll on: June 07, 2013, 04:52:09 AM
Very interesting!  INTP myself.
1948  Other / Off-topic / Re: Yes, no or I don't know? on: June 07, 2013, 04:31:33 AM
Maybe.  Will Spongebob ever find true love?

Don't know.

Why isn't there a SpongeAlice?

Not sure. Why does the sun come up?

Yes.  Where's my car keys?
1949  Other / Off-topic / Re: Yes, no or I don't know? on: June 07, 2013, 02:30:22 AM
Maybe.  Will Spongebob ever find true love?
1950  Other / Politics & Society / Re: New form of government in the digital age. on: June 07, 2013, 02:26:36 AM
Anarchism.

But I suspect I'll soon have to defend my position on this matter.
1951  Other / Off-topic / Re: Someone explain the Bitpay logo to me on: June 07, 2013, 12:03:13 AM
It's a pixel drawing of a bearded man in a hat sleeping.
1952  Other / Meta / Re: Deleted Post - censorship here on: June 07, 2013, 12:02:21 AM
I guess so.  Comparing homosexuals to human beings, OTOH, is like comparing oranges to fruits.
1953  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: FBI wants backdoor to all software on: June 06, 2013, 11:56:34 PM
I don't think it needs to be that drastic. If people make noise and have a solid message, politicians will realise this will affect their career. It happened with SOPA. It happens with gun control.

Although you have a point, and that's how a democracy should work, I personally just don't want to control how other people live their lives, which is what a democracy is about.  Further, even if people were on their game and actually kicked people out of office when they didn't perform satisfactorily, we're still stuck with someone else for however long it is until they can be reelected, whether we like them or not.

If people were smart enough to do that, the answer would be a direct democracy, as opposed to a representational democracy, where everyone is a politician however many times out of the year it takes.  If we're okay with enforcing how other people live and how companies should do business, that's what we should be rooting for.  I have no idea if this will squash corruption, as you would still need a strong, central force of power to enact on these decisions, in either form of democracy.  But I'm personally rooting for freedom, so neither systems cut it.
1954  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: FBI wants backdoor to all software on: June 06, 2013, 10:03:21 PM
That's a great idea and in an idealistically pure country it would work. but realistically even if the libertarian party got 20% of the vote the republicrats and demicans would just unify on all things freedom and security related. So what you are talking about is a party, coming out of nowhere, getting at least 51% of the vote for the president and in both houses of congress. Even then the judicial branch will be against you until enough judges die off to be replaced. If you think 51% care enough about freedom from warentless searches in ANY COUNTRY you are super idealistic. Most people have been conditioned to trade freedom for "security" the median and out political system encourage it. It has nothing to do with the people who realize how evil our government is acting but everything to do with all the less than intelligent people who couldn't care less.

That's the issue we're facing.  People still want to play the game, and when they realize they can't win, they don't stop playing the game, they just fold their arms and huff and say, "Well, we can't win, so why bother trying?"

So anyway, those who are winning at the game are also in control of public education, so it's taught that if you don't play the game, you're some kind of freak, an anarchist, and a terrorist, probably communist, and likely a witch.  Get them while they're young and they're much more likely to stick with you forever; just look at how successful those religious have been at this.  We still have grown men who believe in fairy tales; it's all they know.  Same goes for government; if you don't know the alternative, you can't solve the problem, or even be aware of what the problem is, you only ever see the ragged ends of the problem's tentacles but never see the core of the problem, so you try to change things within the game but you never really solve a problem, you only improve your own condition and make it worse for someone else.

The point isn't to get a Libertarian into office.  The point is to help society understand why the game of state and politics only works against them.  Understanding the difference is what separates the men from the sheep, as is common to say nowadays; people must learn to educate themselves, which is exactly what is avoided in public school, and exactly what we push on the Internet.  I have little hope for the generations before the dawn of the Internet, but high hopes for those who've spent most of their lives with it.  Luckily, people don't live forever.
1955  Other / Off-topic / Re: What phone are you using ? on: June 06, 2013, 09:43:16 PM
IMHO I think so, at first there were less usable apps for windows but it has caught up now! I will 90% get a Windows Phone 8 next because they are only going to get better! Tongue

Andy B

I had a windows phone once (I believe this was before Windows 8 existed...)  I'd gotten it because I was sick of Apple's BS iPhones.  Anyway, I absolutely despised it, namely because the battery lasted just half a day, and if the app you wanted to run wasn't made by Microsoft, it ran horrendously slow, to the point of aggravation.

But besides that, maybe a year prior, I'd given the MyTouch 3G a try, as I was sick of Apple's BS iPhones and wanted to give Android a shot.  Anyway, I absolutely despised it, namely because the screen was too small and everything ran slow, including the OS, and because everything ran slow, you couldn't type worth a damn, as the on-screen touch keyboard wouldn't register your movements half the time.  I'd traded that one in for an iPhone 3Gs, which led me to the Windows 8 phone.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the new Ubuntu phone, as I am sick of Apple's BS iPhones and want to give the Ubuntu phone a shot.  Don't ask me how I keep winding up with these iPhones, I honestly don't remember where they come from.
1956  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Overclock.net finally lifted the Bitcoin ban. on: June 06, 2013, 09:37:20 PM
If this is true, now they need to work on their censoring of Freedom of speech without acting like a bunch of douchebags. They still can suck it, for that all I know. Banned btc once, and ban freedom of speech, all I can say is fuck off. To late *********.net.

Agreed.  If the site owners didn't believe in free speech before, it's not likely they do now; they've simply allowed one thing to be spoken of, and they'll continue to silence users who speak in ways they do not like at their own discretion.

Reminds me of websites who ban talking about piracy.  I understand why they do it, but it doesn't make it any better.  I assume *********.net was trying to save their hide by avoiding something which could've gotten their website in trouble, but lets look at it objectively: if you need to silence your members to stay in existence, it's not the fault of the members, it's that which threatens your existence.  *********.net, then, is exactly what it wants to avoid.
1957  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: The Official "First Word that Pops Into Your Head" Thread™ | Get Out of Jail! on: June 06, 2013, 08:10:20 PM
wife
1958  Other / Off-topic / Re: Capitalism (continued from How do you deal with the thought about taxes) on: June 06, 2013, 07:52:17 PM
A bill?
1959  Other / Off-topic / Re: Test 123 - IGNORE on: June 06, 2013, 06:05:48 PM
Error 404 Test not found.

Error 405 Error not found.
1960  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Where are the Japanese? on: June 05, 2013, 09:25:05 PM
got love  Abe administration

who doesnt love hyper-inflation Smiley

Japan doesn't have hyper-inflation. They don't even have inflation. They are in a state of deflation - see the following chart:

Japan does have inflation, the charts you presented are manipulated propaganda.   If you have lived in Japan over a period of years then you would have seen the cost of food, water/energy/utilities rise slowly, that is inflation.   

Depends on how long a "period of years" is, as the charts seem to indicate that it takes a period of years for inflation or deflation to occur.
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