Perhaps I just don't understand what you mean by "the amount of Bitcoin needed to increase to reflect the amount of transactions being undertaken in Bitcoin".
Yes, the "economy" doesn't grow if people are just shuffling coins from one wallet to another. We'll never know if the transactions are "real" or "not", and there's no centralized control of the exchange of bitcoin for non-bitcoin to verify that the economy is growing and that more should be added to the pool.
Seriously, if you're going to learn a language, why not Spanish or Chinese something else you can use to communicate with and represent real people with real problems.
It would surprise me not-at-all if this is a setup.
"See?", some other nutjob politician says, "English should be the official language, just to prevent this sort of stuff from happening."
I would add that ideally, the amount of Bitcoin needed to increase to reflect the amount of transactions being undertaken in Bitcoin. Bitcoin does not do this.
Wouldn't that actually weaken Bitcoin?
Consider: Miners want to mine more coins. More coins per block are awarded if more transactions occur. Miners start tumbling their coins to increase transaction volume.
9. At least two translations of the bible (To point out that while it is claimed to be the word of god, it's translated by humans and should be treated accordingly. Also it contributes a lot to western 'Culture' and bias)
10. At least two translations of the Koran (Same reasoning as number 9)
My understanding from Muslim acquaintances is that they learned Arabic so they can avoid the inevitable errors in translation.
My understanding from many Christian ministers is that they've studied classical Greek and Hebrew, again, to avoid similar errors in translation.
I agree with reading the several translations if you want to find out why not to implicitly trust a translation of a religious text.
If someone recommend CitR to you, you can question their taste from then until they die. If someone tells you it changed their life, I'd just stop talking to them.
You don't need to read it, carrying a copy with you at all times suffices.
it's the same for executing superuser commands... it asks a password as a security layer... you can also disable it if you want, but is very recommended to confirm that you are really allowed to do that
For my personal computer, I consider WiFi networking "working" to be a core function. It should just work when the computer is on. (Yes, before user log in.)
Not so with a lot of superuser commands - for example, installing software.
I'll freely admit that I don't see the advantage of the KDE Wallet system, and every time I've tried to interact with it, it's thoroughly pissed me off. I'm glad it works for you.
Whenever I set up a network for friends/family/etc, I get a piece of white* electrical tape, and write on it the SSID and passphrase. I usually also suggest that they put this information on the refrigerator, so that if guests come over, they can readily get online.
Later, when they ask me how to set up their new tablet, I say "go find the router... the information is all written on it."
I usually get a second piece of tape and write login username and password on it, and stick that on the bottom.
At the point when an attacker can read the stickers you put on the box, they've already got you anyway.
In my experience, security envelopes aren't lined with toner, but with printer's ink (like from an offset press, not an inkjet).
My understanding is that those envelopes are helpful to prevent optical-light shining (like candling an egg), but I don't think they'll protect against x-ray. Anyone got an x-ray machine we can test with?
If they do something bad (...), they'll be the ones held responsible.
Let's review every single EULA I've ever read going back 35 years or so...
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose
They may be responsible, but they're probably not liable and I'm the one who is likely to get injured.
All that only helps if you're comparing checksums and compiling your own binaries.
If you're not paranoid enough to do that, you're trusting that the compiler/packager/distributor of the binaries didn't amend the source or have a compromised compiler toolset.
If I were to go about attempting to compromise all the (pick-a-Linux-variant) systems out there, I wouldn't submit my "improved" code to kernel.org, but I might attempt to load a compiler at (distributor of selected Linux variant) with a surreptitious payload (see above comment).
My last corp (admittedly, "just" a $500M/yr revenue CE company) upgraded the video card in my desktop CAD workstation...
In general, CAD is the only time I think about upgrading a video card instead of replacing the whole workstation - but the rest of the workstation really needs to be fairly current to justify it. There has to be at least 2 years left before we planned to replace it anyway, and there has to be a significant (and necessary) performance increase.
There's just no way we upgrade the processors. Too much hassle, and you're losing vendor warranty support.
Pretty much, you pick the base computer off the list that closest matches your needs ("standard" desktop, "standard" laptop, "power" laptop, "power" workstation), maybe get a RAM or video card upgrade, and that's it for a few years. (Unless you're a VIP, which pretty much everyone is not... but the VIP's usually want standard stuff too, not custom builds.)
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The much larger Skybox 1 meter resolution are not that small, weighing 100kg.
That's pretty small, compared to the ~2000kg competition.
Perhaps I just don't understand what you mean by "the amount of Bitcoin needed to increase to reflect the amount of transactions being undertaken in Bitcoin".
Yes, the "economy" doesn't grow if people are just shuffling coins from one wallet to another. We'll never know if the transactions are "real" or "not", and there's no centralized control of the exchange of bitcoin for non-bitcoin to verify that the economy is growing and that more should be added to the pool.
Seriously, if you're going to learn a language, why not Spanish or Chinese something else you can use to communicate with and represent real people with real problems.
It would surprise me not-at-all if this is a setup.
"See?", some other nutjob politician says, "English should be the official language, just to prevent this sort of stuff from happening."
Really ASCII? You can't do the symbol for cents?
FTFY
I would add that ideally, the amount of Bitcoin needed to increase to reflect the amount of transactions being undertaken in Bitcoin. Bitcoin does not do this.
Wouldn't that actually weaken Bitcoin?
Consider: Miners want to mine more coins. More coins per block are awarded if more transactions occur. Miners start tumbling their coins to increase transaction volume.
Doesn't that game the system?
More importantly, since there are multiple satellite constellations, why aren't there more multi-system receivers available?
9. At least two translations of the bible (To point out that while it is claimed to be the word of god, it's translated by humans and should be treated accordingly. Also it contributes a lot to western 'Culture' and bias)
10. At least two translations of the Koran (Same reasoning as number 9)
My understanding from Muslim acquaintances is that they learned Arabic so they can avoid the inevitable errors in translation.
My understanding from many Christian ministers is that they've studied classical Greek and Hebrew, again, to avoid similar errors in translation.
I agree with reading the several translations if you want to find out why not to implicitly trust a translation of a religious text.
If someone recommend CitR to you, you can question their taste from then until they die. If someone tells you it changed their life, I'd just stop talking to them.
You don't need to read it, carrying a copy with you at all times suffices.
Research thus far has provided no conclusive answer to this question.
it's the same for executing superuser commands... it asks a password as a security layer... you can also disable it if you want, but is very recommended to confirm that you are really allowed to do that
For my personal computer, I consider WiFi networking "working" to be a core function. It should just work when the computer is on. (Yes, before user log in.)
Not so with a lot of superuser commands - for example, installing software.
I'll freely admit that I don't see the advantage of the KDE Wallet system, and every time I've tried to interact with it, it's thoroughly pissed me off. I'm glad it works for you.
Whenever I set up a network for friends/family/etc, I get a piece of white* electrical tape, and write on it the SSID and passphrase. I usually also suggest that they put this information on the refrigerator, so that if guests come over, they can readily get online.
Later, when they ask me how to set up their new tablet, I say "go find the router... the information is all written on it."
I usually get a second piece of tape and write login username and password on it, and stick that on the bottom.
At the point when an attacker can read the stickers you put on the box, they've already got you anyway.
*: Yellow works too.
A business network should be using per-user WiFi authentication (like WPA-Enterprise), already avoiding this problem.
If you're bitching about having to enter a password ONCE after logging in then you don't even belong in the discussion.
Slightly off-topic, but - If I entered a password to log in, why do I need to enter another?
In my experience, security envelopes aren't lined with toner, but with printer's ink (like from an offset press, not an inkjet).
My understanding is that those envelopes are helpful to prevent optical-light shining (like candling an egg), but I don't think they'll protect against x-ray. Anyone got an x-ray machine we can test with?
If they do something bad (...), they'll be the ones held responsible.
Let's review every single EULA I've ever read going back 35 years or so...
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose
They may be responsible, but they're probably not liable and I'm the one who is likely to get injured.
All that only helps if you're comparing checksums and compiling your own binaries.
If you're not paranoid enough to do that, you're trusting that the compiler/packager/distributor of the binaries didn't amend the source or have a compromised compiler toolset.
If I were to go about attempting to compromise all the (pick-a-Linux-variant) systems out there, I wouldn't submit my "improved" code to kernel.org, but I might attempt to load a compiler at (distributor of selected Linux variant) with a surreptitious payload (see above comment).
I think there's a "how to make a tinfoil hat for your written correspondence" instructable out there.
Some people will go to any length to try and get free Kandi.
If this is the sole purpose of your visit, you might want to wait a while.
They've only built two of the car-vending machines so far (although they're working on more).
It's learning to have fun.
No problem.
I can wait 20 years for the computer to catch up.
My last corp (admittedly, "just" a $500M/yr revenue CE company) upgraded the video card in my desktop CAD workstation...
In general, CAD is the only time I think about upgrading a video card instead of replacing the whole workstation - but the rest of the workstation really needs to be fairly current to justify it. There has to be at least 2 years left before we planned to replace it anyway, and there has to be a significant (and necessary) performance increase.
There's just no way we upgrade the processors. Too much hassle, and you're losing vendor warranty support.
Pretty much, you pick the base computer off the list that closest matches your needs ("standard" desktop, "standard" laptop, "power" laptop, "power" workstation), maybe get a RAM or video card upgrade, and that's it for a few years. (Unless you're a VIP, which pretty much everyone is not... but the VIP's usually want standard stuff too, not custom builds.)
That means they're not trying all that hard.
Heck, for $9700, you can get the EXACT SAME HARDWARE and a copy of Windows 8...
What's $5,000 extra dollars?
About what you might pay for fuel over 4 years at 35 MPG.
Or, if you prefer, approximately the sales tax on a base model Tesla S.
Counter question: who wants their garage to catch fire to save $5000?
I wouldn't expect to see a report like this if someone had managed to steal 15 bitcoins.