You still have the right to change your government, right?
RIGHT ??
Wrong. Voters have the choice between 3 parties all of whom sold out to the US and none of which have any interests other than fiddling expenses and giving themselves pay rises. They promise different things but when it comes down to it the choice is illusionary.
The problem appears to be that these people are put into power based on their promises not their past actions and they are unaccountable to anyone once they are in power. There is literally no way to hold them accountable for their actions even in the most extreme cases where they go to war without the backing of the population that voted for them. See the war criminal Tony Blair for an example of that.
I can't believe that much money was stolen. It further sets back BitCoin from ever becoming mainstream.
Banks that hold USD or any other national currency have been known to get robbed from time to time. Bitcoinica was like a bank created by a 17 year old scammer with no building experience. The only people who put money in there were blinded by greed and would have been robbed by someone sooner or later.
But.. but... but... isn't Bitcoin for people too smart to use government currency? How could these smart people fall for a scam like that?
BitCoin is a good system but it's attracted a very large number of naive people and a large number of scammers and thieves who feed off of them. Scams are everywhere and people who really should know better fall for obvious scams all the time.
Mt. Gox is almost the only exchange that hasn't yet lost customer funds or collapsed. Even there, one wonders. They're vague about who's really behind the organization. Mt. Gox started as "Magic, the Gathering Online Exchange."
Actually mtgox was robbed, supposedly by its own security auditors. It leaked its entire password database onto the internet and those usernames and passwords were used to rob various other sites as well.
Well, 3rd parties have their place. But saying voting for a credible 3rd party? The world doesn't always work that way. Sometimes, they're worse than a two party system.
And sometimes they are better. I'm not saying vote for any 3rd party, I'm saying vote for a 3rd party you believe in.
The thing is the problem isn't obvious to at least 50% of US voters, if it was it would not exist.
The only way to get any third party seriously considered is to let people know they do have a choice. If enough people believe they have that choice then sure enough the choice is real.
American politics is hopelessly polarized between the two poles of democrat and republican, each pole ensuring the survival of the other. You need to change the system by voting for any credible third party.
Voting for any part of the democrat/republican alliance will not reduce the power of the democrat/republican alliance.
With rating "Score:5, Informative" I can only assume it means yes.
And if a female says 'Fuck you' to a male it's an insult aimed at someone who has wronged them because males are fundamentally evil, it's a justified comment. The male should be ashamed at upsetting the female in such a cruel way and deserves to be told to fuck off.
If a male says 'Fuck you' to a female that's sexual harrisment and the male should be locked up because he is clearly evil, mostly likely a murderer, almost certainly a rapist.
I don't treat women with disrepect, I don't treat other races with disrespect, yet it's pretty common to be accused of racism or sexism for not giving certain groups superior rights and priviledges. The various race and gender laws and rules have only make racism and sexism a more serious problem.
Or are we still running with the assumption that all white males are fundamentally evil and everything they do is sexist and/or racist.
Fuck you.
That's not really an answer though is it? We have sexism rules and laws that ensure females are treated better than males and ethnic origin rules and laws that ensure non-whites are treated better than whites. All these really do is create resentment, more sexism, more racism, more imbalance. Things are very messed up right now but laws enforcing sexism and racism will not reduce sexism or racism.
If there was an assault then call it an assault and let the police handle it.
Exactly. If I really was a l33t computer cracker who secretly broke laws all over the place the very last thing I'd do is go to a conference for computer hackers where I would be conveniently identified by NSA, FBI, or whoever the hell else takes an interest in computer crimes and added to who knows what lists for future 'processing'.
One man was apparently out of order, it wasn't a group effort by an entire community. The creep didn't do anything bad enough to get himself arrested and was banned for life for his actions, can't that be an end to it?
Or are we still running with the assumption that all white males are fundamentally evil and everything they do is sexist and/or racist.
Wow I don't think I've ever seen the truth so eloquently and accurately stated. The question now is what do we do about it?
Install an actual proportional representation voting system. That way each vote counts.
Sadly this goes directly against the interests of the republician/democrat alliance and they will fight with everything they have to stop it happening. Getting a majority of the population to understand the need for proportional representation would be a massive challenge against huge budgets and gigantic PR machines.
Why not vote on the third guy then? I mean, your country has to have more than two guys who want the job, right? Or is it somehow forbidden to have a political party that's neither republican nor democrat?
The system is rigged in such a way that there is no effective third party. Neither of the parties with true power will change this as it means giving away a share of their power. The voters are confused with constant republican v democrat non-issues and believe that any vote for any other party is just a wasted vote.
In essence US democracy has reduced to a republican/democrat alliance that is garenteed power forever, it's a dictatorship with the illusion of free choice.
The Jester had posted something about Wikileaks with his usual "#ticktock" threat on Twitter yesterday. He seems to have deleted the tweet since then, though.
That 'Th3 J3st3r' person is an internet troll who conducts minor DDOS attacks in the name of US Patriotism.
The guy is a moron who is going to end up inside one of the jails of the country he claims to be fighting for sooner or later.
The problem is that according to the US everyone and everything is an enemy combatant. Even the mighty US doesn't have the resources to be at war with everyone at once.
All money is virtual monopoly money. With BitCoin there is a fixed amount in the monopoly box, with USD the government can keep printing more and giving it to themselves and their bankster pals thus constantly devaluing the USD you hold.
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Like lots of posters have already said you can't take the Daily Mail seriously. It's something less than news, maybe like the US FOX news only worse.
It's marketed and tries to present itself as a news paper so I can understand your confusion if you have never seen it before.
Mr Cameron should fire his foreign minister for even allowing this suggestion to be made.
That appears to be the only reasonable course of action.
This 'foreign minister' fool has grossly exceeded his authority by threatening an act of war.
You still have the right to change your government, right?
RIGHT ??
Wrong. Voters have the choice between 3 parties all of whom sold out to the US and none of which have any interests other than fiddling expenses and giving themselves pay rises. They promise different things but when it comes down to it the choice is illusionary.
The problem appears to be that these people are put into power based on their promises not their past actions and they are unaccountable to anyone once they are in power. There is literally no way to hold them accountable for their actions even in the most extreme cases where they go to war without the backing of the population that voted for them. See the war criminal Tony Blair for an example of that.
Where you see censorship and fees I see authority, standards, and trust backed by social institutions.
The parent was talking about Paypal. You know who Paypal are right? The payments company with a very long history of robbing their customers?
http://paypalsucks.com/
http://paypalcomplaints.org/
Search google for 'paypal scum'.
I can't believe that much money was stolen. It further sets back BitCoin from ever becoming mainstream.
Banks that hold USD or any other national currency have been known to get robbed from time to time. Bitcoinica was like a bank created by a 17 year old scammer with no building experience. The only people who put money in there were blinded by greed and would have been robbed by someone sooner or later.
But.. but... but... isn't Bitcoin for people too smart to use government currency? How could these smart people fall for a scam like that?
BitCoin is a good system but it's attracted a very large number of naive people and a large number of scammers and thieves who feed off of them. Scams are everywhere and people who really should know better fall for obvious scams all the time.
Computer smart != scammer aware.
Mt. Gox is almost the only exchange that hasn't yet lost customer funds or collapsed. Even there, one wonders. They're vague about who's really behind the organization. Mt. Gox started as "Magic, the Gathering Online Exchange."
Actually mtgox was robbed, supposedly by its own security auditors. It leaked its entire password database onto the internet and those usernames and passwords were used to rob various other sites as well.
Well, 3rd parties have their place. But saying voting for a credible 3rd party? The world doesn't always work that way. Sometimes, they're worse than a two party system.
And sometimes they are better. I'm not saying vote for any 3rd party, I'm saying vote for a 3rd party you believe in.
It seems you are right. I'm impressed.
As far as I know the iphone doesn't use full disk encryption. It's not that difficult to get all the data off it.
What 'law enforcement' means is that it's not convenient to steal people's data.
The thing is the problem isn't obvious to at least 50% of US voters, if it was it would not exist.
The only way to get any third party seriously considered is to let people know they do have a choice. If enough people believe they have that choice then sure enough the choice is real.
Romney Ryan 2012, TAKE BACK AMERICA!
Romney Ryan 2012, Ensure the continuous oscillation between Democrat and Republican to the exclusion of all else.
If the answer is ever Republican or Democrat you oversimplified the question.
American politics is hopelessly polarized between the two poles of democrat and republican, each pole ensuring the survival of the other. You need to change the system by voting for any credible third party.
Voting for any part of the democrat/republican alliance will not reduce the power of the democrat/republican alliance.
> Fuck you.
With rating "Score:5, Informative" I can only assume it means yes.
And if a female says 'Fuck you' to a male it's an insult aimed at someone who has wronged them because males are fundamentally evil, it's a justified comment. The male should be ashamed at upsetting the female in such a cruel way and deserves to be told to fuck off.
If a male says 'Fuck you' to a female that's sexual harrisment and the male should be locked up because he is clearly evil, mostly likely a murderer, almost certainly a rapist.
I don't treat women with disrepect, I don't treat other races with disrespect, yet it's pretty common to be accused of racism or sexism for not giving certain groups superior rights and priviledges. The various race and gender laws and rules have only make racism and sexism a more serious problem.
Or are we still running with the assumption that all white males are fundamentally evil and everything they do is sexist and/or racist.
Fuck you.
That's not really an answer though is it? We have sexism rules and laws that ensure females are treated better than males and ethnic origin rules and laws that ensure non-whites are treated better than whites. All these really do is create resentment, more sexism, more racism, more imbalance. Things are very messed up right now but laws enforcing sexism and racism will not reduce sexism or racism.
If there was an assault then call it an assault and let the police handle it.
Readercon is to hackers as donut is to washtub?
Exactly. If I really was a l33t computer cracker who secretly broke laws all over the place the very last thing I'd do is go to a conference for computer hackers where I would be conveniently identified by NSA, FBI, or whoever the hell else takes an interest in computer crimes and added to who knows what lists for future 'processing'.
One man was apparently out of order, it wasn't a group effort by an entire community. The creep didn't do anything bad enough to get himself arrested and was banned for life for his actions, can't that be an end to it?
Or are we still running with the assumption that all white males are fundamentally evil and everything they do is sexist and/or racist.
Some guys who don't contibute to the world lost a whole lot of money. Well Boo Hoo for them.
Don't expect me to care that people who were getting something for nothing lost a load of cash.
WTF... Dear America: the rest of the world doesn't divide their "world views" between left and right.
To be fair nor does America. They divide their world views into right and far right.
This is just nuts. Either this is a joke, stress is getting to this guy, or google has started employing loonies.
Wow I don't think I've ever seen the truth so eloquently and accurately stated. The question now is what do we do about it?
Install an actual proportional representation voting system. That way each vote counts.
Sadly this goes directly against the interests of the republician/democrat alliance and they will fight with everything they have to stop it happening. Getting a majority of the population to understand the need for proportional representation would be a massive challenge against huge budgets and gigantic PR machines.
Why not vote on the third guy then? I mean, your country has to have more than two guys who want the job, right? Or is it somehow forbidden to have a political party that's neither republican nor democrat?
The system is rigged in such a way that there is no effective third party. Neither of the parties with true power will change this as it means giving away a share of their power. The voters are confused with constant republican v democrat non-issues and believe that any vote for any other party is just a wasted vote.
In essence US democracy has reduced to a republican/democrat alliance that is garenteed power forever, it's a dictatorship with the illusion of free choice.
The Jester had posted something about Wikileaks with his usual "#ticktock" threat on Twitter yesterday. He seems to have deleted the tweet since then, though.
That 'Th3 J3st3r' person is an internet troll who conducts minor DDOS attacks in the name of US Patriotism.
The guy is a moron who is going to end up inside one of the jails of the country he claims to be fighting for sooner or later.
The problem is that according to the US everyone and everything is an enemy combatant. Even the mighty US doesn't have the resources to be at war with everyone at once.
Drug dealers now accept virtual Monopoly money.
All money is virtual monopoly money. With BitCoin there is a fixed amount in the monopoly box, with USD the government can keep printing more and giving it to themselves and their bankster pals thus constantly devaluing the USD you hold.