Well, what business are we talking about, here? Buying followers to fake the popularity of your page and discovering that those "followers" are fake? Or buying mailing lists stolen by blackhats or piled by crawlers? Both cases look rather shady to me, and if someone get ripped buying drugs, he could do us all a favor and file a complaint and the closest police station...
It's sadly in French, but this very interesting documentary shows things like sexless couples in Japan. Where it's considered absolutely normal by some women to have sex only once a year.
Well, am not the oldest guy around here, probably. But I think there is a growing tendency now for men/woman to spend their time/money on things other than "Socializing". Quite many of my friends spend their money collecting figurines or video games or whatever, and though they are interested and in need of meeting strangers and the other sex, they prefer to keep such interactions to a minimum and find the whole "mating ritual" too complicated. (I admit that my circle of friends is composed of rather like-minded individuals). Hell, there is an entire movement for this, provided it deals more with the rejection of society's expectations. So yeah, I guess it's impossible for the people aforementioned to live as shut-ins because there is no financial support from their parents for this kind of lifestyle. But they simply evolved now and kept their social interactions (and interests) to the bare minimum. I imagine that if they had rich parents who allowed them to do anything, they would live as hikikomoris, but if those japanese shut-ins were forced to go out and work, they would still simply work and socialize to feed their own isolation, in their own little way.
I actually tried understanding why they do what they do, and I was met with an interesting answer, "Why not?".
Alright, a stupid question, but what kind of thrusters does the ISS use? Excuse my limited imagination, but when I think of thrusters, I think of an engine burning something to move. Do the ISS's thrusters need constant refueling, in this case?
Well, color me ignorant, because I am, but it seems that banks feel indeed threatened by it because, as you said, it IS something unreal, and those who use it and believe in it are deluded. But if "Famous Bank X" starts dealing with it, bitcoins will have that one proof of existence and even your average joe will now hear of it. But then again, this is my personal take on the situation, and am just a dude watching the news on his laptop.
Some of the greatest Visual Novels I read were made by a couple of kids in their basement over the span of summer holidays. Why is a financing campaign needed?
Hmmm... but what will happen now? This might be good news, but this is what should have happened from the very beginning. So, even though they took it off for the Xbone, I fear that they simply paved the way for draconian restrictions by the next gen (if that happens someday).
Well.. to sum it all up, check Sony's stock. 18 minutes worth of conference on a game console, probably only something like 8 minutes concerning games, the rest is for gimmicks. What could I possibly say?
Out of mod points so posting this to support parent. I am jealous of the submitter anyway, he clearly didn't have to deal with too many conservatives in his life.
Anyone remember that show called BattleBots? That became later Robot Wars? As a kid I used to love that, never missing a single episode... Too bad it got canceled in favor or shows I won't even dare name. It was a huge inspiration for me and all the kids I used to talk about it with.
Exactly. If traditional retailers are struggling to compete with the internet model, maybe it's because the traditional model is now obsolete and should just be left to die. I know there is the whole jobs and outsourcing issues, but we cant keep the dying breed on life support forever because people are depending on it.
This. As much as I love the idea of having DNA samples to play around with on the fly, I actually thought it was more in the lines of a device capable of sequencing the DNA quickly. Imagine the potential of a handheld sequencing device... can't wait to clutter the databases with more sequences.
Not really a defender of Bitcoins, but:
You can get real money in four different ways:
1. Have a special skill or qualification that allows you to acquire money.
2. Put others to work earning you money for a profitable wage using other peoples special skills or qualifications.
3. Speculate, lol.
4. Steal.
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Well, what business are we talking about, here? Buying followers to fake the popularity of your page and discovering that those "followers" are fake? Or buying mailing lists stolen by blackhats or piled by crawlers?
Both cases look rather shady to me, and if someone get ripped buying drugs, he could do us all a favor and file a complaint and the closest police station...
Isn't this simply a tor/firfox bundle though? You could simply download it and check whatever blocked websites you want, if I understood correctly
Are you one of those lucky persons without a friend who feels obliged to tweet every plate she eats?
Tell that to Christians refuting Evolution, in their eyes if it isn't fast enough, it's not a law.
Well, evolution at work, I guess. if you'r stupid enough to lose your head, you probably shouldn't regrow it.
But... we are the enemy.
And then they wonder why people prefer porn to actual real women.
It's slashdot, we'r bound to have some basement-dwelling sun-haters around here somewhere.
It's sadly in French, but this very interesting documentary shows things like sexless couples in Japan. Where it's considered absolutely normal by some women to have sex only once a year.
Well, am not the oldest guy around here, probably. But I think there is a growing tendency now for men/woman to spend their time/money on things other than "Socializing". Quite many of my friends spend their money collecting figurines or video games or whatever, and though they are interested and in need of meeting strangers and the other sex, they prefer to keep such interactions to a minimum and find the whole "mating ritual" too complicated. (I admit that my circle of friends is composed of rather like-minded individuals). Hell, there is an entire movement for this, provided it deals more with the rejection of society's expectations.
So yeah, I guess it's impossible for the people aforementioned to live as shut-ins because there is no financial support from their parents for this kind of lifestyle. But they simply evolved now and kept their social interactions (and interests) to the bare minimum.
I imagine that if they had rich parents who allowed them to do anything, they would live as hikikomoris, but if those japanese shut-ins were forced to go out and work, they would still simply work and socialize to feed their own isolation, in their own little way.
I actually tried understanding why they do what they do, and I was met with an interesting answer, "Why not?".
Alright, a stupid question, but what kind of thrusters does the ISS use? Excuse my limited imagination, but when I think of thrusters, I think of an engine burning something to move. Do the ISS's thrusters need constant refueling, in this case?
Heh, your comment reminds me of those Internet Tough Guys. No offence, but say that again after actually going through the situation.
This isn't funny, I got mugged with a mug once, and it was horrible.
Well, color me ignorant, because I am, but it seems that banks feel indeed threatened by it because, as you said, it IS something unreal, and those who use it and believe in it are deluded. But if "Famous Bank X" starts dealing with it, bitcoins will have that one proof of existence and even your average joe will now hear of it.
But then again, this is my personal take on the situation, and am just a dude watching the news on his laptop.
Some of the greatest Visual Novels I read were made by a couple of kids in their basement over the span of summer holidays.
Why is a financing campaign needed?
Hmmm... but what will happen now? This might be good news, but this is what should have happened from the very beginning.
So, even though they took it off for the Xbone, I fear that they simply paved the way for draconian restrictions by the next gen (if that happens someday).
Now this would be one hell of a TV game show, hunting stone age animals with stone age weapons. I bet MTV would fund this.
Well.. to sum it all up, check Sony's stock. 18 minutes worth of conference on a game console, probably only something like 8 minutes concerning games, the rest is for gimmicks. What could I possibly say?
Another interesting experiment would be to keep an eye on these kids and see what they will become later. This might be very interesting.
Out of mod points so posting this to support parent. I am jealous of the submitter anyway, he clearly didn't have to deal with too many conservatives in his life.
Anyone remember that show called BattleBots? That became later Robot Wars? As a kid I used to love that, never missing a single episode... Too bad it got canceled in favor or shows I won't even dare name. It was a huge inspiration for me and all the kids I used to talk about it with.
Exactly. If traditional retailers are struggling to compete with the internet model, maybe it's because the traditional model is now obsolete and should just be left to die. I know there is the whole jobs and outsourcing issues, but we cant keep the dying breed on life support forever because people are depending on it.
This.
As much as I love the idea of having DNA samples to play around with on the fly, I actually thought it was more in the lines of a device capable of sequencing the DNA quickly.
Imagine the potential of a handheld sequencing device... can't wait to clutter the databases with more sequences.
Not really a defender of Bitcoins, but:
You can get real money in four different ways:
1. Have a special skill or qualification that allows you to acquire money.
2. Put others to work earning you money for a profitable wage using other peoples special skills or qualifications.
3. Speculate, lol.
4. Steal.
Only one of these is ethical.
Who shall we blame this time? Dem dirty communist hippi anarchs? or ye good olde muslims?