Until Bradley Manning has his name officially changed by a court order, his name is still Bradley.
Maybe people should stop catering to every silly whim of this traitor just because he's on their "Free Bradly Manning" tee-shirt.
Rather than being snarky, I will suggest that you do more research into Bitcoin. There was a time when you could easily exchange BTC for USD on exchanges like MtGox. Those times are past now that Bitcoin has suddently gotten the attention of the US government. That attention is proof enough that Bitcoin isn't "silly" at all but considered a serious threat to the status quo.
So no, it isn't just useful on silly sites no one cares about.
"Use Bitcoin" used to be the easy answer to Paypal dontation problems but not any more.
Since most donation-based projects ultimately want USD or EUR, they need an easy way to convert BTC donations to their target fiat currency. The days of easy conversions of BTC to fiat are pretty much over. Governments are increasingly seeking to regulate (or eliminate) the BTC currency markets, making this even more of a mine field than Paypal.
The displacement of the inexpensive, efficient and reliable urban transportation known as "street cars" by diesel-powered buses was one of the gravest errors in urban planning. How's that for a future that never came? Expanding the street car rather than replacing it would have reduced the smog so endemic in the 60's and 70's.
My wife has posted negative reviews on a certain vendor's website (from real product experience, not trolling) when a product she bought was unsatisfactory.
This elicited an immediate email from customer service offering various deals to bribe/entice her to change or withdraw the review. Companies are free to do what they wish on their website but that still struck me as disingenuous.
Anyone says anything bad about China/Chinese and some PC do-gooder brings up race.
It isn't about race, it's about the proven track record of a government tainting their country's products with viruses, trojans and backdoors.
I've seen this myself in my own family. I'm of Mediterranean extraction and my daughter takes after me with dark complexion and oily skin. Neither of us are bothered anywhere near as much as my wife and son who show more Germanic ancestry (fair skinned)
This is so noticable that we comment on it all the time in the summer.
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Until Bradley Manning has his name officially changed by a court order, his name is still Bradley.
Maybe people should stop catering to every silly whim of this traitor just because he's on their "Free Bradly Manning" tee-shirt.
Oh, the humanity!
Rather than being snarky, I will suggest that you do more research into Bitcoin. There was a time when you could easily exchange BTC for USD on exchanges like MtGox. Those times are past now that Bitcoin has suddently gotten the attention of the US government. That attention is proof enough that Bitcoin isn't "silly" at all but considered a serious threat to the status quo.
So no, it isn't just useful on silly sites no one cares about.
"Use Bitcoin" used to be the easy answer to Paypal dontation problems but not any more.
Since most donation-based projects ultimately want USD or EUR, they need an easy way to convert BTC donations to their target fiat currency. The days of easy conversions of BTC to fiat are pretty much over. Governments are increasingly seeking to regulate (or eliminate) the BTC currency markets, making this even more of a mine field than Paypal.
I don't see the value add of Lockbox. It sounds like what I'm doing now with the Truecrypt/Dropbox combination.
At least that's what we called in in high school.
Yes, but it provides a distraction for the public from the collapsing economy and rampant domestic NSA surveillance.
I found a wikipedia link to what I'm babbling about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
The displacement of the inexpensive, efficient and reliable urban transportation known as "street cars" by diesel-powered buses was one of the gravest errors in urban planning. How's that for a future that never came? Expanding the street car rather than replacing it would have reduced the smog so endemic in the 60's and 70's.
Why listen to a known liar?
Yes, but does it glow in the dark?
What's next? Wolvogs?
My wife has posted negative reviews on a certain vendor's website (from real product experience, not trolling) when a product she bought was unsatisfactory.
This elicited an immediate email from customer service offering various deals to bribe/entice her to change or withdraw the review. Companies are free to do what they wish on their website but that still struck me as disingenuous.
Only the police and military should be allowed to disable javascript.
Let's see what happens.
Anyone says anything bad about China/Chinese and some PC do-gooder brings up race.
It isn't about race, it's about the proven track record of a government tainting their country's products with viruses, trojans and backdoors.
That's what made me the fastest man in the world too.
Onoz! Look at all those black people! Must be a bad neighborhood!
Sounds real reliable.
Especially in China.
He may not live past his first term but at least he'll shut down the TSA.
Maybe it's because my daughter and I are the only ones who wear perfume.
Depends.
I've seen this myself in my own family. I'm of Mediterranean extraction and my daughter takes after me with dark complexion and oily skin. Neither of us are bothered anywhere near as much as my wife and son who show more Germanic ancestry (fair skinned)
This is so noticable that we comment on it all the time in the summer.
It all boils down to trusting a company once again.
What about former countries? Yugoslavia? How old is Serbia? It wasn't a country while it was part of Yugoslavia.
The list goes on and on.