Bitcoin value as an anonymous way to pay for things is dubious at best. Every transaction is logged in the blockchain. It is easier to trace then cash. The real advantage is in frictionless payments (i.e. cutting out money processors like visa, paypal or even western union). You should take the time to learn about something rather then spewing out your nonsense. The bitcoin protocol itself can even be leveraged for other uses besides currency. There are many many legit uses of bitcoin. You can buy all kinds of legal goods with it and is not diminished because criminals use it. With that line of thinking we should outlaw cash which is ridiculous.
Nobody uses cold hard cash anymore, except people who have a reason to hide where their money goes. E.g. drug dealers and pirates.
See how easy that is to turn around? There is a need for a currency that can be used without giving a cut to major payment processors, I am surprised that you cannot understand that.
I am not sure what the issue is. You can send an unlimited amount of bitcoin for a fee of.0005 BTC which is less then 10cents. Pay 10k with Mastercard and they take a 3% cut. ($300)
I don't know. The source may be as clean as freshly fallen snow. I usually download the binaries and trust that it is clean. Most likely fine but who really knows. I don't have the skills (or time) to do a whole audit of the source and then compile it myself. So I stay away from obvious problems out there and trust things like virtualbox to be clean for my personal use. I also trust that this open source project has many smarter people then me looking after these things. That is the beauty of open source in my opinion, it's just more trustworthy. But I still don't give it "ultimate" trust.
Does it even need to be said anymore when it applies to commercial products? Not to be the guy with the tinfoil had or anything, but given that Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Yahoo etc etc have cooperated with the NSA (not much choice) why would Oracle not also be a part of that? I will still use VBox for my little uninteresting personal needs. Maybe a nice Hi NSA motd or desktop wallpaper.
I just subscribed to Netflix explicitly for Breaking Bad. Say what you want about Netflix and DRM but I have never seen anything as easy as this. Not bad for 8 bucks a month and will pay that any day of the week.
Casinos post all odds on house games. Any sane person knows the odds are against them. There is no deception. The average person who goes to a Casino goes with a hope of beating the odds and also having a good time. The atmosphere, friendly service etc etc. They budget an amount they can afford to lose. I have done it myself. Problem gamblers are mathematically challenged if they think they can beat the house. I think the only way you can possibly win long term is to cheat or play poker. In poker you only need to be better then your opponents, you don't play against the house, but they will take a cut with the rake. And to be clear only the very best make money at poker long term, the rest (majority) are donators.
This is quite true. Today's technology has just clarified that fact. But the cat is now out of the bag and anyone worried about surveillance, unless they are idiots, will take measures to protect themselves. The rest of the population who don't give a crap will carry on. All the NSA are going to have left to read is "ZOMG Kim Kardashian!!!!!"
A friend of mine always buys an unlocked phone because he travels frequently to the US. It allows him to swap SIM cards so he doesn't get killed on roaming charges. There are advantages for some to have unlocked phones. For you maybe not so much. For him he would not mind a contract with a subsidized phone if he could swap the SIM card.
Ya lets not help the kid socially integrate into his surroundings. Press criminal charges for his thoughts. They should be grateful they got an actual clue to a problem rather then trying to suppress his attempts to deal with his situation and make his day more bearable.
Which is a few billion years away. We will either be extinct by then or totally unrecognizable by today's standards and not human at all. Chances are we will be extinct and another species may evolve to surpass what we are today and they could go extinct and the cycle repeats itself a few times. Assuming this hunk of rock and mud is still habitable.
It's funny because its true. I built a house a few years ago and contractors would leave stuff. Even calling them to tell them and they would never come around and pick it up. Got a nice 300 ft 12Ga extention cord out of the deal. Why wouldn't you come back to get that? Although with the amount they charged me I pretty much paid for it anyway.
I don't think internet trolls are like this. I think that has more to do with a feeling of powerlessness. Beta status individuals now on an equal footing letting out some steam. Well that's my hypothesis anyway, I have never proven or dis-proven it.
As a long time stargazer I can sympathize with your neighbor and its pretty much the reason I moved out to the country. Floodlights are the worst, they illuminate every which way. Good lighting uses something to shield the light from going up and sideways and focuses the beam down toward the ground. We installed pot lights outside and use colored lights in them that are softer but are still plenty bright enough to see if you go outside. Also, there is no substitute for simply turning them off when you are in the house, although that is easy for me to say where I live. In the city some see them as a deterrent to people sneaking around their yard. You could always put your lights on a motion sensor as well I guess. You can google for outdoor residential lighting that minimizes light pollution. Check out a few astronomy forums, there are plenty of militant anti-light folks there that could advise you as well.
Windows in the consumer space is boring. Most people do not want a windows tablet or windows phone, because it represents that old boring desktop software to them. I think Windows should live on as the companies enterprise brand because the enterprise likes safe and boring and will continue to pay big bucks for that. What the consumer wants is exciting and edgy and that is why I think their consumer products just need a total rebranding. I am not a marketing guy, I am an IT guy, but it just seems obvious to me that they should dump the windows name for the consumer space. Since Xbox seems to have some traction maybe they could brand around that theme in some way for all consumer devices. But what the hell do I know, I am just a cubicle shmuck and maybe I don't get it, but Microsoft has proven without a doubt that they don't either.
Good grief, sounds like a great way to waste millions. So I assume you would need to purchase access off the system admin because it says that potential admins would apply for a government loan to purchase the hardware. So to access remotely you would have all of your stuff in your main building? What about redundancy and backups? Will this be the McAdmin's responsibility? I don't know but just provide me a port on your switch with a good uplink and a static IP and let's call it a day.
Slashdot Mirror
good god man, how do you use your phone with no arms.
This is why the insightful mod has been created. I am with you 100% on this one.
Bitcoin value as an anonymous way to pay for things is dubious at best. Every transaction is logged in the blockchain. It is easier to trace then cash. The real advantage is in frictionless payments (i.e. cutting out money processors like visa, paypal or even western union). You should take the time to learn about something rather then spewing out your nonsense. The bitcoin protocol itself can even be leveraged for other uses besides currency. There are many many legit uses of bitcoin. You can buy all kinds of legal goods with it and is not diminished because criminals use it. With that line of thinking we should outlaw cash which is ridiculous.
Nobody uses cold hard cash anymore, except people who have a reason to hide where their money goes. E.g. drug dealers and pirates.
See how easy that is to turn around? There is a need for a currency that can be used without giving a cut to major payment processors, I am surprised that you cannot understand that.
I am not sure what the issue is. You can send an unlimited amount of bitcoin for a fee of .0005 BTC which is less then 10cents. Pay 10k with Mastercard and they take a 3% cut. ($300)
I don't know. The source may be as clean as freshly fallen snow. I usually download the binaries and trust that it is clean. Most likely fine but who really knows. I don't have the skills (or time) to do a whole audit of the source and then compile it myself. So I stay away from obvious problems out there and trust things like virtualbox to be clean for my personal use. I also trust that this open source project has many smarter people then me looking after these things. That is the beauty of open source in my opinion, it's just more trustworthy. But I still don't give it "ultimate" trust.
Does it even need to be said anymore when it applies to commercial products? Not to be the guy with the tinfoil had or anything, but given that Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Yahoo etc etc have cooperated with the NSA (not much choice) why would Oracle not also be a part of that? I will still use VBox for my little uninteresting personal needs. Maybe a nice Hi NSA motd or desktop wallpaper.
I just subscribed to Netflix explicitly for Breaking Bad. Say what you want about Netflix and DRM but I have never seen anything as easy as this. Not bad for 8 bucks a month and will pay that any day of the week.
Casinos post all odds on house games. Any sane person knows the odds are against them. There is no deception. The average person who goes to a Casino goes with a hope of beating the odds and also having a good time. The atmosphere, friendly service etc etc. They budget an amount they can afford to lose. I have done it myself. Problem gamblers are mathematically challenged if they think they can beat the house. I think the only way you can possibly win long term is to cheat or play poker. In poker you only need to be better then your opponents, you don't play against the house, but they will take a cut with the rake. And to be clear only the very best make money at poker long term, the rest (majority) are donators.
23, pfffft. Welcome to last week.
This is quite true. Today's technology has just clarified that fact. But the cat is now out of the bag and anyone worried about surveillance, unless they are idiots, will take measures to protect themselves. The rest of the population who don't give a crap will carry on. All the NSA are going to have left to read is "ZOMG Kim Kardashian!!!!!"
A friend of mine always buys an unlocked phone because he travels frequently to the US. It allows him to swap SIM cards so he doesn't get killed on roaming charges. There are advantages for some to have unlocked phones. For you maybe not so much. For him he would not mind a contract with a subsidized phone if he could swap the SIM card.
Ya, they must take it seriously, the kid should be down at the firing range with an AK47 taking it out on a target with a human silhouette.
Ya lets not help the kid socially integrate into his surroundings. Press criminal charges for his thoughts. They should be grateful they got an actual clue to a problem rather then trying to suppress his attempts to deal with his situation and make his day more bearable.
Hey that gentleman made out well selling me his adenoids, they were not cheap. The transplant was a win win for all.
17inch? You could eat supper on it while reading slashdot.
Which is a few billion years away. We will either be extinct by then or totally unrecognizable by today's standards and not human at all. Chances are we will be extinct and another species may evolve to surpass what we are today and they could go extinct and the cycle repeats itself a few times. Assuming this hunk of rock and mud is still habitable.
wrong os friend. we are talking about windows.
say wuuuuuttt? tools options content disable javascript
It's funny because its true. I built a house a few years ago and contractors would leave stuff. Even calling them to tell them and they would never come around and pick it up. Got a nice 300 ft 12Ga extention cord out of the deal. Why wouldn't you come back to get that? Although with the amount they charged me I pretty much paid for it anyway.
Really? The racism card? good god....
I don't think internet trolls are like this. I think that has more to do with a feeling of powerlessness. Beta status individuals now on an equal footing letting out some steam. Well that's my hypothesis anyway, I have never proven or dis-proven it.
As a long time stargazer I can sympathize with your neighbor and its pretty much the reason I moved out to the country. Floodlights are the worst, they illuminate every which way. Good lighting uses something to shield the light from going up and sideways and focuses the beam down toward the ground. We installed pot lights outside and use colored lights in them that are softer but are still plenty bright enough to see if you go outside. Also, there is no substitute for simply turning them off when you are in the house, although that is easy for me to say where I live. In the city some see them as a deterrent to people sneaking around their yard. You could always put your lights on a motion sensor as well I guess. You can google for outdoor residential lighting that minimizes light pollution. Check out a few astronomy forums, there are plenty of militant anti-light folks there that could advise you as well.
Windows in the consumer space is boring. Most people do not want a windows tablet or windows phone, because it represents that old boring desktop software to them. I think Windows should live on as the companies enterprise brand because the enterprise likes safe and boring and will continue to pay big bucks for that. What the consumer wants is exciting and edgy and that is why I think their consumer products just need a total rebranding. I am not a marketing guy, I am an IT guy, but it just seems obvious to me that they should dump the windows name for the consumer space. Since Xbox seems to have some traction maybe they could brand around that theme in some way for all consumer devices. But what the hell do I know, I am just a cubicle shmuck and maybe I don't get it, but Microsoft has proven without a doubt that they don't either.
Good grief, sounds like a great way to waste millions. So I assume you would need to purchase access off the system admin because it says that potential admins would apply for a government loan to purchase the hardware. So to access remotely you would have all of your stuff in your main building? What about redundancy and backups? Will this be the McAdmin's responsibility? I don't know but just provide me a port on your switch with a good uplink and a static IP and let's call it a day.