I think the BitCoin community is doing a pretty good job of ruining the currency on their own without government help
Of course it is. You just keep right on thinking that. It's doing such a good job that you don't have scams like Mt Gox or other exchanges just vanishing in the night. Naw, nobody is out almost a half a billion dollars because of a poorly run exchange or just outright theft. Damn, skippy its doing a fine job.
Lord Apathy, I don't think you read very carefully. Bobbied said that it was doing a pretty good job of ruining the currency [on its own without government help], not that it was doing a pretty good job.
$1.99 for 100GB (previously $4.99), $9.99 for 1TB (previously $49.99), and $99.99 for 10TB.The 2 dollar plan per month means that the price for a gigabyte gets down to an incredibly low price of only two cents per month.
While it's true that the 2-dollar plan per month are $0.02 per month, the other plans are only $0.01 per month. Failing to mention this is bad math.
An 11 inch device is no less portable than a 10 inch device. And they're making plenty of those in the form of Chromebooks, capable of running complete OSes (I know, I have one). Hell, the very first comment in your link even points that out.
"Nevertheless, I'm taking your high-speed camera and its friends. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my power." --Luke Skywalker
Sorry, but lack of familiarity with the basic constructs of your language of choice is definitely a bad indicator. Being a good programmer means more than just knowing how to do the things you've already done. You need to know your language, platform, etc., so that you can spot issues or create solutions. Fizz Buzz is only a stupid test because it is so easy. It sounds like you think the "ability to research and find solutions" means that you can find a solution to your problem to copy+paste off of Stack Overflow.
I heartily agree. There's no excuse for not knowing what mod is, even if you've never happened to need it in a program. I wouldn't hire someone who didn't know what mod is or couldn't explain it to someone else.
the government is still just trying to maintain control.
But that's impossible! How will the government maintain control without the bureaucracy?
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local currencies in line. Fear of this treasury.
bitcoins going physical would be huge.
Don't underestimate traditional currency. The ability to deliver money electronically around a planet is insignificant next to the power of the federal mint.
I am the same way! But only for left-brain stuff. If I'm trying to code, I can't listen to music with words, because it's super distracting. But if I'm, say, focusing on something right-brain like drawing a picture or coloring in a book, then the words aren't distracting at all. The exception in the left-brain case is if I'm listening to an album I've already heard a zillion times — then my mind doesn't divert attention away to listen to the lyrics because it already has figured them out.
You know, I am the same way... but... are you sure it's the silence that's actually distracting? For me, it's the noise inside my own mind that's distracting when there's silence. Noise like earbugs/songs that I can't get out of my head, mostly.
Uh, where are you going to find someone to loan you $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins and return them as $200,000 worth of bitcoins? You expect to profit $300,000 while losing someone else $800,000? HAHAH, good luck with that.
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"shit", "piss", "fuck", "cunt", "cocksucker", "motherfucker", and "tits" are all you should ever need...
I think the BitCoin community is doing a pretty good job of ruining the currency on their own without government help
Of course it is. You just keep right on thinking that. It's doing such a good job that you don't have scams like Mt Gox or other exchanges just vanishing in the night. Naw, nobody is out almost a half a billion dollars because of a poorly run exchange or just outright theft. Damn, skippy its doing a fine job.
Lord Apathy, I don't think you read very carefully. Bobbied said that it was doing a pretty good job of ruining the currency [on its own without government help], not that it was doing a pretty good job.
$100 / 10 TB / month ==> $0.02 / month
Annnndd.... I can't type today.
(Why the hell doesn't Slashdot let us edit our articles to correct typos after posting?)
$1.99 for 100GB (previously $4.99), $9.99 for 1TB (previously $49.99), and $99.99 for 10TB.The 2 dollar plan per month means that the price for a gigabyte gets down to an incredibly low price of only two cents per month.
While it's true that the 2-dollar plan per month are $0.02 per month, the other plans are only $0.01 per month. Failing to mention this is bad math.
Here is a table of prices:
$2 / 100 GB / month ==> $0.02 / month
$10 / 1 TB / month ==> $0.01 / month
$100 / 10 TB / month ==> $0.02 / month
(Yes, I know it's technically $1.99 and not $2.00, but let's face it... prices ending in ".99" are retarded.)
On that plan, the price per gigabyte works out to $0.02 per month. Because you get 100Gb.
Actually, you get 100 GB (gigabytes), not 100 Gb (gigabits).
How do you know that person isn't taking $1,000,000 vacations and spending the $10,000 while ON vacation?
In other words, someone with an extra $10,000 to spend on games probably actually has an extra $1,000,000 to spend on other stuff as well.
"Show a pink cylinder with a purple sphere at the end with two pink spheres."
Dude, relax. It was a joke. Would the humor have been clearer if it had ended in ";)" ?
There are physical reasons why it can be pleasurable for many men (see link at end). The prostrate being the biggest one. [...]
Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward is pleasurable?
There... are... four... black holes!
Ha! My squirrel ate your water-flea
Ha! My dog ate your squirrel
To be fair, standard deviation has a meaning for any distribution, [...]
False.
Cauchy distributions have neither a mean nor a standard deviation.
An 11 inch device is no less portable than a 10 inch device. And they're making plenty of those in the form of Chromebooks, capable of running complete OSes (I know, I have one). Hell, the very first comment in your link even points that out.
Actually, it's 10% less portable.
The website where the story article is hosted is pretty terrible. It's apparently based entirely on some sort of JavaScript hacks [...]
Maybe they were... wait for it... Hacking the Concept of JavaScript?
"Nevertheless, I'm taking your high-speed camera and its friends. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my power." --Luke Skywalker
Sorry, but lack of familiarity with the basic constructs of your language of choice is definitely a bad indicator. Being a good programmer means more than just knowing how to do the things you've already done. You need to know your language, platform, etc., so that you can spot issues or create solutions. Fizz Buzz is only a stupid test because it is so easy. It sounds like you think the "ability to research and find solutions" means that you can find a solution to your problem to copy+paste off of Stack Overflow.
I heartily agree. There's no excuse for not knowing what mod is, even if you've never happened to need it in a program. I wouldn't hire someone who didn't know what mod is or couldn't explain it to someone else.
Guys, get a room!! ;-)
Who's the doofus that modded this "offtopic"? It should be modded "funny."
"We shall redouble our efforts"
I've always wondered... Why didn't he just say quadruple?
Let's not forget:
Moon
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Inception
The Fifth Element
Gattaca
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
World War W??
the government is still just trying to maintain control.
But that's impossible! How will the government maintain control without the bureaucracy?
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local currencies in line. Fear of this treasury.
bitcoins going physical would be huge.
Don't underestimate traditional currency. The ability to deliver money electronically around a planet is insignificant next to the power of the federal mint.
I am the same way! But only for left-brain stuff. If I'm trying to code, I can't listen to music with words, because it's super distracting. But if I'm, say, focusing on something right-brain like drawing a picture or coloring in a book, then the words aren't distracting at all. The exception in the left-brain case is if I'm listening to an album I've already heard a zillion times — then my mind doesn't divert attention away to listen to the lyrics because it already has figured them out.
You know, I am the same way... but... are you sure it's the silence that's actually distracting? For me, it's the noise inside my own mind that's distracting when there's silence. Noise like earbugs/songs that I can't get out of my head, mostly.
Uh, where are you going to find someone to loan you $1,000,000 worth of bitcoins and return them as $200,000 worth of bitcoins? You expect to profit $300,000 while losing someone else $800,000? HAHAH, good luck with that.
“And now, young cobalt-60 thieves...... You will die.”