A while back, Europe had a scandal where horse meat was being used in frozen lasagna. It took a bit of detective work to find the supplier who was selling cow meat, but only buying horse meat. A Blockchain could speed up this detective work, with tamper-proof evidence.
Of course, I can't imagine that Big Food are going to be totally happy with this solution. In principle, you could scan your tomatoes, and really see if they came from a hot house in Holland, or a sunny field in Spain.
Big Food won't want to make their supply chain totally transparent to their customers.
But you are correct, if someone tells me that they want to use a Blockchain, then they had better be able to tell me why they are using one, and what specific advantages over other technologies that it has.
Using a Blockchain just for the sake of using a Blockchain does not cut it. In this case, they want to be able to exactly trace who bought a tin of fish bait, but sold it as caviar.
. . . well, considering what Detroit did to DeLorean . . . Musk should be scared . . . I sense a "drug/terrorist" conspiracy coming against him . . . really soon . . .
. . . this story sounds as simple as a couple going through a difficult divorce . . . you can't ever really know where the truth lies, but it is somewhere in between . . .
I guess that would be no surprise as IBM and Deutschland have a long history...
. . . that attempted lawsuit scam gained no traction . . . or do we see IBM making any payments to anybody . . . ? It was an SCO / Linux thing . . . who was behind the whole matter . . . well, who had to gain in the story . . . ?
What microcomputer had IBM released before August 1977? The Apple II beat the TRS-80 by a few months, but I thought IBM didn't get into the microcomputer market until four years later.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that, "What doesn't kill you . . . makes you stronger!" So I think he was talking about this effect.
. . . and that was the whole point behind that apocryphal 70's CSI sex game known as "Rubik's Pubes", but the popularity of that game has waned, since folks don't have any pubic hair any more.
From what i can find this applies to some of the EE-series not the E-series.
You are correct . . . the bonds say "EE-series" on them . . . not to be confused with the E-series . . . or the former UNO President "Boutros Boutros-Gahli", who is not to be confused with the issuer of the E-series bond, simply known as, "Boutros Gahli" . . .
Here the quote from "The PolygamistRanchSister", who lives in the US:
You need to complete this form:
https://www.treasurydirect.gov...
You will need to sign the bonds at a US consulate or equivalent so they can "validate" that you actually signed. I'm sure you will need lots of ID.
You will need your social security number.
You need to include Dad's death certificate - that I had sent to you.
Then you need to mail the bonds to:
Treasury Retail Securities Site
P.O. Box 214
Minneapolis, MN 55480
In the form you will need to specify a bank account in which the money will be deposited. This cannot be a Germany bank.
So... you will need a bank account in the US. Then we would have to find a way to wire the money from the US bank to your bank in Germany.
I've been told - TOLD! - that in reality Apple has all its cash and equivalents in gold bullion and Tim Cook swims around in an Olympic Sized Pool of that bullion chanting "it's mine!
GIFs, or it didn't happen
My Sig spits 40 cal lead
. . . get a Heckler & Koch MP7 instead . . . the ammo from that . . . well, . . . full body armor isn't going to help you very much . . .
Yeah . . . I've seen that info . . . but the whole process sounds like a royal pain in the ass . . . especially since the US folks will withhold tax money, which *I* will need to jump through hoops for, to get it back . . . this can take years. I had the same problem when a company in the US *awarded* me with stock options . . .
The authorities cannot stock drug dealers, terrorists and business tycoons from laundering billions of dollars . . . . but the authorities *can* make life for simple folks difficult!
Yeah, but an important part of an investment . . . is the liquidity. I own some US Treasury E-Series bonds, and cannot find a bank in Germany that is willing to cash them.
If I listen to the bank, they claim is the problem is with the US government, who want to place more spyware in their systems than EU privacy laws allow. A court order in Germany will give the authorities full access to any private medical or financial data about you. The US government spooks want to access data with no court order or judge involved.
If I listen to the US government . . . the evil EU governments are shielding terrorists with their evil privacy laws.
It's like listening to a couple that is involved in a nasty divorce . . . the actual truth lies somewhere between the claims . . .
At any rate, I'm planning a trip to Switzerland to cash the bonds . . . in Texas mileage units, Switzerland is "Just Down The Road . . . A Ways" . . .
This is the Mr. Shkreli who Daraprim from $13.50 to $750/pill.
The pharmaceutical industry is a quirky, nasty beast. A doctor I know told me that he has treated patients with leg cramps successfully with quinine . . . as in, a Gin Tonic . . . but without the Gin . . . kind of like a "Zen" Gin Tonic, with no Gin.
Anyway, you can't patent quinine, so some pharmaceutical want to discourage the use of quinine . . . and replace it with more "profitable" medications. I would normally just right off the doctor as one of those conspiracy kooks . . . but these days . . . not too much surprises or shocks me.
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A while back, Europe had a scandal where horse meat was being used in frozen lasagna. It took a bit of detective work to find the supplier who was selling cow meat, but only buying horse meat. A Blockchain could speed up this detective work, with tamper-proof evidence.
Of course, I can't imagine that Big Food are going to be totally happy with this solution. In principle, you could scan your tomatoes, and really see if they came from a hot house in Holland, or a sunny field in Spain.
Big Food won't want to make their supply chain totally transparent to their customers.
Everything tastes better with Blockchain.
It's like bacon.
But you are correct, if someone tells me that they want to use a Blockchain, then they had better be able to tell me why they are using one, and what specific advantages over other technologies that it has.
Using a Blockchain just for the sake of using a Blockchain does not cut it. In this case, they want to be able to exactly trace who bought a tin of fish bait, but sold it as caviar.
That is legit.
Meh, you build yourself a little block shed separated from your house.
Yeah, that's what the Nuclear Boy Scout did.
Maybe we should encourage more folks to skip those dangerous batteries, and go straight for their own private nukes . . . ?
That's why you don't work on your car in your living room.
Well, for some of us folks . . . that rusty Chevy up on cinder blocks on the front lawn IS the living room . . .
- Drain it completely, and then try to charge: boom
Great, now that Slashdot knows this, "Da Terrorists" knows it as well.
And the USA government will know it, and WILL ban laptops on flights.
Oh, sorry - wrong product placement.
I was thinking more about the 70's TV Oreo commercial that the proper way to eat it, was to "unscrew it".
Could this be a hint to "root it"? Unscrew == root . . . ?
Why do we pay for corn farms for ethanol?
Tastes better. Less filling.
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. . . well, considering what Detroit did to DeLorean . . . Musk should be scared . . . I sense a "drug/terrorist" conspiracy coming against him . . . really soon . . .
. . . Vive la différence . . . !
. . . this story sounds as simple as a couple going through a difficult divorce . . . you can't ever really know where the truth lies, but it is somewhere in between . . .
I guess that would be no surprise as IBM and Deutschland have a long history...
. . . that attempted lawsuit scam gained no traction . . . or do we see IBM making any payments to anybody . . . ? It was an SCO / Linux thing . . . who was behind the whole matter . . . well, who had to gain in the story . . . ?
. . . and no, it wasn't the victims . . .
What microcomputer had IBM released before August 1977? The Apple II beat the TRS-80 by a few months, but I thought IBM didn't get into the microcomputer market until four years later.
There you are: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
. . . until I can not plug it in to a socket to charge it . . . it ain't gonna work . . .
Give me EV charging stations, like gas stations, and I will be with you!
Nobody wanted horseless carriages a while back either, but yet here we are.
Where ever you go . . . there you are!"
Google that quote, to see where it came from!
I don't want an EV.
In Germany . . . owning an EV will turn out to be a major pain in the ass . . . where do you charge it . . . ?
Lots of folks here live in rented apartments, where charging facilities just don't plain exist . . .
. . . jail is for poor folks . . . as every American Kid says during the morning roll call:
With freedom and justice . . . for the rich . . .
...if this *weren't* the case.
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that, "What doesn't kill you . . . makes you stronger!" So I think he was talking about this effect.
. . . and that was the whole point behind that apocryphal 70's CSI sex game known as "Rubik's Pubes", but the popularity of that game has waned, since folks don't have any pubic hair any more.
From what i can find this applies to some of the EE-series not the E-series.
You are correct . . . the bonds say "EE-series" on them . . . not to be confused with the E-series . . . or the former UNO President "Boutros Boutros-Gahli", who is not to be confused with the issuer of the E-series bond, simply known as, "Boutros Gahli" . . .
. . . April, 1987 issue date . . . I just checked . . .
The E-Series bonds stopped earning interest in April of this year.
Here the quote from "The PolygamistRanchSister", who lives in the US:
You need to complete this form: https://www.treasurydirect.gov... You will need to sign the bonds at a US consulate or equivalent so they can "validate" that you actually signed. I'm sure you will need lots of ID. You will need your social security number. You need to include Dad's death certificate - that I had sent to you. Then you need to mail the bonds to: Treasury Retail Securities Site P.O. Box 214 Minneapolis, MN 55480 In the form you will need to specify a bank account in which the money will be deposited. This cannot be a Germany bank. So... you will need a bank account in the US. Then we would have to find a way to wire the money from the US bank to your bank in Germany.
I've been told - TOLD! - that in reality Apple has all its cash and equivalents in gold bullion and Tim Cook swims around in an Olympic Sized Pool of that bullion chanting "it's mine!
GIFs, or it didn't happen
My Sig spits 40 cal lead
. . . get a Heckler & Koch MP7 instead . . . the ammo from that . . . well, . . . full body armor isn't going to help you very much . . .
No need. Instructions here: https://www.treasurydirect.gov...
Yeah . . . I've seen that info . . . but the whole process sounds like a royal pain in the ass . . . especially since the US folks will withhold tax money, which *I* will need to jump through hoops for, to get it back . . . this can take years. I had the same problem when a company in the US *awarded* me with stock options . . .
The authorities cannot stock drug dealers, terrorists and business tycoons from laundering billions of dollars . . . . but the authorities *can* make life for simple folks difficult!
Treasury bonds are an investment instrument.
Yeah, but an important part of an investment . . . is the liquidity. I own some US Treasury E-Series bonds, and cannot find a bank in Germany that is willing to cash them.
If I listen to the bank, they claim is the problem is with the US government, who want to place more spyware in their systems than EU privacy laws allow. A court order in Germany will give the authorities full access to any private medical or financial data about you. The US government spooks want to access data with no court order or judge involved.
If I listen to the US government . . . the evil EU governments are shielding terrorists with their evil privacy laws.
It's like listening to a couple that is involved in a nasty divorce . . . the actual truth lies somewhere between the claims . . .
At any rate, I'm planning a trip to Switzerland to cash the bonds . . . in Texas mileage units, Switzerland is "Just Down The Road . . . A Ways" . . .
Well, at least the US military is not using routers made in China . . .
. . . oh . . . wait . . .
This is the Mr. Shkreli who Daraprim from $13.50 to $750/pill.
The pharmaceutical industry is a quirky, nasty beast. A doctor I know told me that he has treated patients with leg cramps successfully with quinine . . . as in, a Gin Tonic . . . but without the Gin . . . kind of like a "Zen" Gin Tonic, with no Gin.
Anyway, you can't patent quinine, so some pharmaceutical want to discourage the use of quinine . . . and replace it with more "profitable" medications. I would normally just right off the doctor as one of those conspiracy kooks . . . but these days . . . not too much surprises or shocks me.