Some of the currency is being generated illegally.
No, it is not.
There is no such thing as illegal generation of bitcoins. Sure, the illegal access of systems is connected to the generation of bitcoins, but that connection has nothing to do with legality.
The most important one is that the creation of a bitcoin is *not* backed by anything. It burns computational power for nothing. But just using energy to produce it does not input *value* in the same way in which printing a bill or forging a coin does not produce any value.
Printing or minting does not generate value either. Assuming for argument sake that bills and bitcoins where both uncounterfeitable*, then what difference is there? It is just an abstract thing to be traded for goods and or services.
* ignoring that in reality bitcoins are much harder to counterfeit then hard currency... also setting aside that AFAIK uncounterfeitable is not an actual word.
Illegal generation of bitcoins? Not as far as the bitcoin system is concerned. If an unregulated system doesn't care, then who does? The unauthorized use of computer systems is a problem, but after that point they are not doing anything illegal.
The closed Google bits are just a handful of applications that run on Android (notably the Market), they are not somehow required for building a useful Android stack. Complete, Open Source implementations such as Cyanogen exist, and are relatively popular.
The beauty (and the purpose) of language is its provision of a common syntax that everybody understands so that when you express something, everybody to whom you may be speaking can interpret your message.
I more or less agree with your... correctness, but "litigatory" easily passes the interpretation test.
It's pretty weak to try to derail somebody's argument by pointing out mistakes in their use of language, especially when the speaker's meaning us perfectly clear.
The stated purpose is actually to make road users pay for the roads they use. Fuel consumption does not come into that calculation at all, as fuel consumption has nothing to do with the cost of maintaining roads.
I do have to admire that slippery slope you got going on there though. Freedom yeah! Down with socialism!
If there was a secret jail break button combo or something (up, up, down, down, left,...) that unlocked your phone, I'd say you might be on to something - but the methods used are usually security exploits that can also be used by remote attackers to compromise your phone - I really don't think Apple are doing it on purpose. Security is just hard.
A less ergonomic six axis with no buttons - unless you count virtual buttons, then its a subpar six axis you can't use while looking at the TV. Cool maybe, but significantly less useful.
They are as open as each individual manufacturer wants them to be - which, in many cases, is pretty damn closed up.
Not anymore. HTC put out an official statement back in May (issued by the CEO himself) that they will not be locking the bootloaders on any new devices. Samsung responded in April with a similar (albeit unofficial) statement.
Motorola are the only manufacturer who seem to be stuck in the "don't give the customer what they want" rut, but they haven't exactly been setting the Android world on fire since the original Droid.
They'll run out of people before we run out of money.
But that is the problem, isn't it? They haven't run out of people, and we have run out of money. Asymmetrical warfare can be a bitch like that.
We are going to spend at least a trillion dollars on this war. Even if we spend a million dollars to kill a bad guy, that's still a million dead bad guys.
Microsoft has donated more than $3.9 billion worth of software to nonprofit organizations in more than 100 countries worldwide, now reaching over 40,000 nonprofits each year.
That's $3.9b worth of artificial scarcity. It didn't cost MS a dime.
I hope to god they aren't trying to use it for a tax break, but I fear that is the whole point.
Even if we never move beyond the superhero movie — or even if we do — there will always be plenty else worth watching.
What is that even? A better submission summery might have read "Guy who hates movies about costumed heroes and is a bit hung up about it reminds self that movies without costumed heroes will continue to be watchable."
Most villages have the resources to put together - for example - a generator made from a scrounged truck parts, if only they had the know-how. Enough to power a phone charger couple of hours a day. Try powering a netbook, let alone a desktop, on tens of watts a day.
The bigger barrier would be access to a mobile network, and the means to pay for bandwidth.
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Yeh, because everyone knows that illegally downloading things is also known is "culture".
Ahem. kawabago is talking about the downloading or purchasing of culture. Not the culture of downloading or purchasing.
Easy enough if the bitcoins were 'free' I suppose, but not so much for anyone thinking of them as anything other than a scam.
Okay, I just can't help myself... you think the actual bitcoin protocol is a scam now?
Aren't you part of the faction that is claiming the BTC have monetary value?
No... not really. I do think BTC is an interesting experiment that raises a lot of questions. Do I have to be in a faction?
Just try to get a court - any court, anywhere in the world - who would entertain the notion of "illegal generation of bitcoins" and then we can talk.
Some of the currency is being generated illegally.
No, it is not.
There is no such thing as illegal generation of bitcoins. Sure, the illegal access of systems is connected to the generation of bitcoins, but that connection has nothing to do with legality.
The most important one is that the creation of a bitcoin is *not* backed by anything. It burns computational power for nothing. But just using energy to produce it does not input *value* in the same way in which printing a bill or forging a coin does not produce any value.
Printing or minting does not generate value either. Assuming for argument sake that bills and bitcoins where both uncounterfeitable*, then what difference is there? It is just an abstract thing to be traded for goods and or services.
* ignoring that in reality bitcoins are much harder to counterfeit then hard currency... also setting aside that AFAIK uncounterfeitable is not an actual word.
Illegal generation of bitcoins? Not as far as the bitcoin system is concerned. If an unregulated system doesn't care, then who does? The unauthorized use of computer systems is a problem, but after that point they are not doing anything illegal.
The closed Google bits are just a handful of applications that run on Android (notably the Market), they are not somehow required for building a useful Android stack. Complete, Open Source implementations such as Cyanogen exist, and are relatively popular.
Weird... what is the point of the bold-emphasis? I mean, you cocked up the spelling of Arrakis too ;)
Giedi Prime, maybe?
Hell I don't think most people realize that buying a new car instead of fixing an old one is better for the environment.
I'll spare you the "fixed that for you" but you totally got that backward.
/facepalm
^us^is. Luckily the mistake is not bad enough to obscure my meaning. :)
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The beauty (and the purpose) of language is its provision of a common syntax that everybody understands so that when you express something, everybody to whom you may be speaking can interpret your message.
I more or less agree with your... correctness, but "litigatory" easily passes the interpretation test.
It's pretty weak to try to derail somebody's argument by pointing out mistakes in their use of language, especially when the speaker's meaning us perfectly clear.
The stated purpose is actually to make road users pay for the roads they use. Fuel consumption does not come into that calculation at all, as fuel consumption has nothing to do with the cost of maintaining roads.
I do have to admire that slippery slope you got going on there though. Freedom yeah! Down with socialism!
Apple are using the courts to shut down competitors, which means that they do not back their own capacity to compete.
If there was a secret jail break button combo or something (up, up, down, down, left, ...) that unlocked your phone, I'd say you might be on to something - but the methods used are usually security exploits that can also be used by remote attackers to compromise your phone - I really don't think Apple are doing it on purpose. Security is just hard.
A less ergonomic six axis with no buttons - unless you count virtual buttons, then its a subpar six axis you can't use while looking at the TV. Cool maybe, but significantly less useful.
They are as open as each individual manufacturer wants them to be - which, in many cases, is pretty damn closed up.
Not anymore. HTC put out an official statement back in May (issued by the CEO himself) that they will not be locking the bootloaders on any new devices. Samsung responded in April with a similar (albeit unofficial) statement.
Motorola are the only manufacturer who seem to be stuck in the "don't give the customer what they want" rut, but they haven't exactly been setting the Android world on fire since the original Droid.
They'll run out of people before we run out of money.
But that is the problem, isn't it? They haven't run out of people, and we have run out of money. Asymmetrical warfare can be a bitch like that.
We are going to spend at least a trillion dollars on this war. Even if we spend a million dollars to kill a bad guy, that's still a million dead bad guys.
And a smoking crater for an economy.
ID hasn't demo'd multiplayer to anyone. Not that there isn't a MP mode (there is), but this is a solo game first and foremost.
Microsoft has donated more than $3.9 billion worth of software to nonprofit organizations in more than 100 countries worldwide, now reaching over 40,000 nonprofits each year.
That's $3.9b worth of artificial scarcity. It didn't cost MS a dime.
I hope to god they aren't trying to use it for a tax break, but I fear that is the whole point.
I realize that some people download movies they have no intention of ever watching, just because they can, but I'm not in that category.
And - I'd like to add - this category does not represent lost revenue either.
The article is about a glasses-free technology.
...masturbatory spectacle of Sucker Punch
Alright, so he's just not a fan of the genre.
Christ, do you remember how bad Watchmen was?
Hang on, WTF?
Even if we never move beyond the superhero movie — or even if we do — there will always be plenty else worth watching.
What is that even? A better submission summery might have read "Guy who hates movies about costumed heroes and is a bit hung up about it reminds self that movies without costumed heroes will continue to be watchable."
Most villages have the resources to put together - for example - a generator made from a scrounged truck parts, if only they had the know-how. Enough to power a phone charger couple of hours a day. Try powering a netbook, let alone a desktop, on tens of watts a day.
The bigger barrier would be access to a mobile network, and the means to pay for bandwidth.