WinXP can be explained; older laptops run XP way faster than Vista, 7, or 8.

The browser, however, is a mystery.

Man.  That's it?  Amazon is lame.  This really is an imitation of Microsoft points.

Or...y'know...a poll could work great.

OP, you're a douche.  Did you know that?  If nobody ever told you before, then you can thank me with BTC, address is below.

Asking for donations, and asking for 10 BTC to reveal his super-secret hacking methods...

Get the fuck out of here.  If Bitcoin was truly this insecure, you wouldn't be asking for BTC that would be worthless if you were actually cracking private addresses.  This would mean Bitcoin would be tanking soon, to oblivion, and your 10 BTC from every sucker who fell for it would be worth the dirt under your feet.

This this this this and some more of this.  Kids don't become people when they turn 18; kids aren't property until they turn 18; kids aren't yours or ours and theirs or his, they're people, they were always people, and they should be treated as they are, people, or else they'll grow up thinking they're dogs.  Treat someone like an animal, they'll assume the role of an animal.  There's a disturbing connection between people even in their 40's and above and the way they act like children facing their parents when it comes to the relationship between the citizen and the state.  You break a kid in early, and tell them to listen to you or you'll beat them, like they're not human, like they're a dog needing discipline, and yeah, they'll be obedient lap dogs, and they'll keep that behavior up until the day they die, or until they break out of it of their own accord, as is the case with many of us who were hit when we were younger.  Force teaches people that they're not people, that they're subjugate to a higher power, whether it's the parent, the state, or God itself; that they're second to something else, that there's some real or abstract entity that is above them in every sense of the word.  The worst part is, we don't need to teach someone how to be a person; they're like that already.  We suffocate the logic that a kid is human by telling him he has to do this or that or he'll be punished; you basically turn that human being off, and introduce coercion, as in, "Do this behavior and you'll be punished, but do this other behavior and you'll be rewarded."  This is dog logic.  People logic works as follows: "Do this behavior and you'll be hurting people, but do this behavior and people will be glad you did it."  As all of these conversations boil down to, it's the difference between force and voluntarism.  It's behavior directed by one's own empathy, not behavior directed by another's hand.  It's the difference between freedom and slavery, and it all starts with a freshly created human being.

Couldn't you just print out the private addresses and, I dunno, laminate it, and keep it somewhere safe?    This all seems excessive, albeit really cool.

Yep looks down for me.  I hope it stays down.

I'm fairly certain it's going to be forever pegged to fiat; it might get cheaper or more expensive if it catches on, but, I doubt they'll ever stop selling it if they can help it.  You're essentially buying store credit; as Amazon coin can only be used to purchase Amazon products (And I believe this is limited to apps and kindle books and digital goods of that sort), it works the same as a gift card.  I don't consider them a money on their own, personally, just fiat in another form.  If they knew what they were doing, they'd keep it on a 1 AZC = 1 Cent ratio, as nobody really wants their gift card to be worth less later on.

What a beautiful city.  It's like Bitcoin heaven.

Reminds me of Microsoft points; there's literally no reason to use them in lieu of USD, where you can, y'know, figure the real cost of the product you're buying, but the geniuses behind charging to use Netflix after already paying for Netflix thought it was a good idea.

'Cos y'know, fuck you, we're Microsoft.  Considering the fact that Amazon is pushing for the Internet sales tax to drive out competitors, I'm never buying from them again.

Some gangs wear red.

Some gangs wear blue.

Some gangs wear black,

and shiny badges, too.

4 points are generated when people play fair.  3 points are generated when someone doesn't.  2 points are generated when neither does.

The mind of the autistic...  Fascinating.

But for the record, as we know who we're playing with beforehand, I would always, always, always, choose kill, for you and anyone else I already know would choose kill, just to make sure you couldn't get a lead.  In the end, we're all sitting on fewer points than we could've had, and nobody would get a lead.  Thanks, kokjo.

Way higher, and at the rate we're going right now, unavoidable, unless Bitcoin turns out to be like the Titanic.

I can't create an account if I don't participate in social media?

What the fiddly fuck is this shit?

It's odd knowing we have all the answers on how to fix "this" or "that" but not being able to go through with them; there's no button that says "do this", but instead, millions upon millions of people whose minds would need swaying.  All I could really do is raise my kids in this fashion and explain to others (not now, of course, as no parent would listen to the parenting advice of the childless) why one method trumps another.

Which Anarcho-Nut keeps telling you to return to these threads?  I know kokjo only comes to deliberately troll, but it's almost like you want to be taken seriously.

$1 McDonalds double-cheeseburgers.

I created a thread like this not too long ago.  In the end, reputation threads for Bitcoin traders are very much relevant to Bitcoin, and don't belong in off-topic.

So violent competition leads to fewer total points earned, even if one has more than the other, while peaceful competition leads to more points overall; both prosper together, in this case, at an even rate.

It's a simple game, but it has a valuable lesson

Sounds like, in the end, if both trade, they'll inevitably get more points than if they choose to kill; however, if the point of the game is to wind up with more points than the other guy, then killing has to eventually happen.  Once someone gets a lead, it's all downhill, as the other guy knows he has to attempt to kill or else he'll never go forward.  Once someone gets a lead, through killing, he can continue killing, knowing he'll always stay on top by doing so.