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what is this "brake pedal" you speak of?
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lol yup you can tell hes had extensive weapons training. i wonder what was downrange while he was firing at that 45 degree angle..
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kurious
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firing into the ground can ricochet or create a spray of spall depending on what it hits. not good when its near you.
when firing into the air, when it comes down its just at normal falling speed as its expended all its energy on the way up. wont hurt anymore than a pebble of equivalent weight falling on you. also the direction i fire in is literally square miles of woods. no houses at all. so i fire maybe 10 degree from vertical in that direction.
A 'pebble' falling from several kilometers (without any acceleration except for gravity) will kill you I think. At least that's what I remember my calculation of over a decade ago. I've seen news articles too of (unintended) casualties from kalashnikovs being fired straight into the air in celebration in the middle east. air resistance will be the limiting factor. i am unsure of the actual speed, depends on the bullet weight and size. i do know people who have been hit by falling birdshot (myself included, i do a lot of skeet shooting) and its nothing. but those pellets are smaller. those kalashnikovs fire a heavy bullet. but were they indeed fire straight up? ive seen most fired maybe 30-40 degrees from vertical but thats just what i see on the news. not doubting you but all it takes is a slightly more horizontal trajectory and it will still have a lot of energy when the bullet hits the ground, as it wouldnt of expended its initial energy gaining altitude. It seems you are right to feel some caution: https://science.howstuffworks.com/fire--bullet-straight-up-how-high-does-it-go.htm'deaths not uncommon'
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January 15, 2019, 02:33:28 PM |
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January 15, 2019, 02:38:12 PM |
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Dumbest thing I've seen today. Storing coins means storing your keys. If you do that, your computer can break, USB lost, 6 times if you want. You'll still have your coins.
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I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)
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January 15, 2019, 02:39:19 PM |
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Just another worthless cloud shill. I always like the people who go on about how "secure" the cloud is. Sun used to go on about "One arrow, one target" while those of us in the know called it "one egg, one basket".
Eh, whatever. Another case of blame someone else for failure.
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vapourminer
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what is this "brake pedal" you speak of?
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January 15, 2019, 02:41:32 PM |
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air resistance will be the limiting factor. i am unsure of the actual speed, depends on the bullet weight and size. i do know people who have been hit by falling birdshot (myself included, i do a lot of skeet shooting) and its nothing. but those pellets are smaller.
those kalashnikovs fire a heavy bullet. but were they indeed fire straight up? ive seen most fired maybe 30-40 degrees from vertical but thats just what i see on the news. not doubting you but all it takes is a slightly more horizontal trajectory and it will still have a lot of energy when the bullet hits the ground, as it wouldnt of expended its initial energy gaining altitude.
It seems you are right to feel some caution: https://science.howstuffworks.com/fire--bullet-straight-up-how-high-does-it-go.htm'deaths not uncommon' interesting info, thanks for the link (i followed a couple more from that one too). kalashnikovs are the goto weapon for large parts of the world, and they do back a wallop with a heavy bullet. getting hit with a heavy bullet that size would not be pleasant at all. i mainly carry a handgun in the woods and thats what i would be firing in the air as a warning shot for the wild dogs and such. and even though i know its miles of woods i think i will at least consider trying to fire into a tree from now on. its just habit to never, ever fire a round with no real target as if i miss the tree that bullet can go a long way. and while there should be no one in my woods.. still..
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January 15, 2019, 02:42:21 PM Merited by gentlemand (1) |
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Dumbest thing I've seen today. Storing coins means storing your keys. If you do that, your computer can break, USB lost, 6 times if you want. You'll still have your coins. I’d rather have my private keys engraved on a 12 inch metal dildo & implanted in my rectum for 23 hours a day, only taking it out to shit before putting it back in than have my bitcoin’s on any exchange.
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January 15, 2019, 02:45:11 PM |
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I’d rather have my private keys engraved on a 12 inch metal dildo & implanted in my rectum for 23 hours a day, only taking it out to shit before putting it back in than have my bitcoin’s on any exchange.
Mind you that if you une half inch high words you can store 2 wallets on your dildo. It's even more efficient than an exchange.
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January 15, 2019, 02:45:25 PM |
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yup it is. i own 13 acres, all woods. my firing range has a nice hill for a backstop. outside of that i wont fire unless i absolutely have identified the target and i consider it an immediate threat. although i have fired into the air when the occasional wild dog or such shows too much interest in me or the wife.
all in all its mainly a lot of practice rounds to keep my skills honed.
Firing in the air always bothered me. It has to come down, possibly on top of someone. Why not fire into the ground? firing into the ground can ricochet or create a spray of spall depending on what it hits. not good when its near you. when firing into the air, when it comes down its just at normal falling speed as its expended all its energy on the way up. wont hurt anymore than a pebble of equivalent weight falling on you. also the direction i fire in is literally square miles of woods. no houses at all. so i fire maybe 10 degree from vertical in that direction. 13 acres !!!, you can practice many types of shooting. 
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January 15, 2019, 02:48:34 PM Merited by LFC_Bitcoin (1) |
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I’d rather have my private keys engraved on a 12 inch metal dildo & implanted in my rectum for 23 hours a day, only taking it out to shit before putting it back in than have my bitcoin’s on any exchange.
That's another type of security risk. 
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January 15, 2019, 02:51:43 PM |
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^ It looks like Zappa.
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January 15, 2019, 02:52:37 PM |
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Last year I was a millionaire (in dollars).
And Maybe now a more inceased position in BTC? Better BE  Not much Mic, not as planned. I had quite a few unexpected expenses that required some fiat money that then I was not able to re-acquire and re-invest. I am good anyway since with the current prices I should have a bit more time  Yeah a man gotta take care of his personal business first of course, hope you can re-invest as you wish the coming days,weeks, months etc
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January 15, 2019, 02:54:28 PM |
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I’d rather have my private keys engraved on a 12 inch metal dildo & implanted in my rectum for 23 hours a day, only taking it out to shit before putting it back in than have my bitcoin’s on any exchange.
That's another type of security risk.  Shit, I didn’t think about getting a full body search at an aiport or if I ever get arrested. 
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air resistance will be the limiting factor. i am unsure of the actual speed, depends on the bullet weight and size. i do know people who have been hit by falling birdshot (myself included, i do a lot of skeet shooting) and its nothing. but those pellets are smaller.
those kalashnikovs fire a heavy bullet. but were they indeed fire straight up? ive seen most fired maybe 30-40 degrees from vertical but thats just what i see on the news. not doubting you but all it takes is a slightly more horizontal trajectory and it will still have a lot of energy when the bullet hits the ground, as it wouldnt of expended its initial energy gaining altitude.
It seems you are right to feel some caution: https://science.howstuffworks.com/fire--bullet-straight-up-how-high-does-it-go.htm'deaths not uncommon' interesting info, thanks for the link (i followed a couple more from that one too). kalashnikovs are the goto weapon for large parts of the world, and they do back a wallop with a heavy bullet. getting hit with a heavy bullet that size would not be pleasant at all. i mainly carry a handgun in the woods and thats what i would be firing in the air as a warning shot for the wild dogs and such. and even though i know its miles of woods i think i will at least consider trying to fire into a tree from now on. its just habit to never, ever fire a round with no real target as if i miss the tree that bullet can go a long way. and while there should be no one in my woods.. still.. Fire in front of the dog.
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January 15, 2019, 03:17:59 PM |
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you did found some cool BTC stuff out there ..... much more as in belgium probably here its only me and the Belgians that I know that are the crypto-stuff @ Belgium "joke" for other Belgian WO readers 
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January 15, 2019, 03:22:35 PM |
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Bitcoin bottomed around 0400 hours GMT on 14 January 2015.
We are now past that time in this cycle. If the fractal holds, we have bottomed.
I just bought again.
Did my eye's read that correctly? 
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January 15, 2019, 03:27:29 PM |
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Im nowhere on the centralised trustles default pseudo trustlist (2nd layer) my name is mud  I don't know how it exactly works, but I have you in my white trustbox if that is worth anything 
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January 15, 2019, 03:46:19 PM |
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I'm a little bit ashamed at myself at how horrible I am at prognosticating anything crypto-related, but the current issues with ETH, overall, has led me the seriously ponder; "Is ETH truly and honestly dead, and it just doesn't know it yet ?"
I can't see how it survives 2019 without plunging to at least half it's current valuation.
It almost feels like all the individual elements that have plagued ETH over the last couple years, have recently come together, and left it teetering on the edge of being declared a failed project.
The fact that it's nigh-impossible for the average joe to run a full, modern ETH node is a catastrophic oversight in retrospect.
Bitcoin has a valid use cases TODAY, thus value and incentive to hold it and use it TODAY. ETH has ?? Nothing but future promises on supposed future use cases for solutions for problems that don't really exist (because idealized, ivory tower bullshit, not reality), therefore no incentive to hold it or use it TODAY nor in the FUTURE. It's valuation at any time has zero to do with its utility, which is really nil.
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January 15, 2019, 03:49:21 PM |
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A 'pebble' falling from several kilometers (without any acceleration except for gravity) will kill you I think. At least that's what I remember my calculation of over a decade ago. I've seen news articles too of (unintended) casualties from kalashnikovs being fired straight into the air in celebration in the middle east.
yeah, firing into the air around people is attempted assault, stupid and dangerous
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January 15, 2019, 03:51:41 PM |
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So I guess people believe that as long as a crypto is secure, scales, has a good wallet, can run a node, and runs on good hardware, then....
....it really doesn't NEED TO HAVE ANY PURPOSE FOR EXISTING BEYOND THOSE THINGS TO BE A SUCCESS??
Are you guys for real? Those are all just technical details, that can be easily cloned and replicated with the click of a mouse.
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