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  1. It works... on Cornell Software Fingers Fake Online Reviews · · Score: 1

    They tested it on Slashdot's Packt book reviews!

  2. Mass psychosis would explain BitCoin... on Mass Psychosis In the USA? · · Score: 1

    Right?

  3. Re:Here's a novel idea on Ex-NSA Chief Supports Separate Secure Internet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's an idea, if a service being infiltrated can result in deaths, DON'T CONNECT IT TO THE FUCKING INTERNET

    Your idea won't work. How can people employed at power plants, banks, etc. use bitcoins (the only secure currency of the future) if their network isn't connected to the Internet?

  4. Re:What happens when the power goes out? on Could PSTN Go Away By 2018? · · Score: 1

    Obvious: don't have a crisis when the power is out.

  5. Learn Mandarin and buy Bitcoins on Why People Who Make Things Should Learn Chinese · · Score: 0

    It's the future!

  6. His business model makes sense to Slashdot crowd on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 2
    1. Trademark the term Bitcoin [tm]

    2. Collect a royalty everytime someone uses them

    3. Profit! He'll soon be a Bitcoin [tm] millionaire*

    * which will buy him a BigMac [tm] in the real world once that phony currency collapses.

  7. No, but it can lead in Bitcoin development on Can the US Still Lead In Space Despite Shuttle's End? · · Score: 1

    Why waste R&D funding flying to the moon, when you can develop an alternate currency here on earth.

  8. Safe for Bitcoin wallet? on Dropbox TOS Includes Broad Copyright License · · Score: 2

    Is it still safe to store my Bitcoin wallet there, so I can access it from anywhere?

  9. 100% of Slashdot book review are Packt... on Book Review: Moodle 2.0 First Look · · Score: 1

    Is this a statistical aberration or did all the other publishers go out of business?

  10. Re:Questions, questions. on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 1

    It seems very early on for any meaningful pattern to have become visible.

    Not if you're a lawyer.

  11. Re:Good on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 1

    It's not a disease, it's punishment from God for the evil they're perpetrating on travellers.

  12. Does FF4 have a BitCoin wallet? on Firefox Is For "Regular" Users, Not Businesses · · Score: 1

    Whichever browser is the first to come with a built-in BitCoin wallet is surely the better one.

  13. Obligatory BitCoin reference on Ask Slashdot: CS Degree Without Gen-Ed Requirements? · · Score: 1

    If you don't take courses in economics and history, you could end up wasting your time on an "alternative currency" programming project that's just a big scam without realizing it.

  14. Use of proceeds on Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They should take the $65 million (or whatever they have left after paying their lawyers) and invest in BitCoins. Then they'll end up richer than Zuckerberg.

  15. Cheaper alternatives exist on Tracking Bracelets for Autistic Kids and Senior Citizens · · Score: 1

    Lock grandma in the basement and she won't wander off. Then invest all the money you save on monitoring fees in BitCoins.

  16. Re:lol on An Entirely New Class of Aircraft Arrives · · Score: 1

    The D-Dalus is the BitCoin of the aviation world... bunch of claims that sound too good to be true and which are subsequently disproven, but that won't stop it from being on the front page of Slashdot every day now.

  17. Re:Impact on bitcoins? on LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec · · Score: 3, Funny

    To all the haters.... how did bitcoins hurt you so much that you know hate them?

    By clogging up Slashdot's front page with bitcoin stories, when the space could be much better used for Packt book reviews.

  18. Impact on bitcoins? on LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're targeting banks and other high-ranking establishments... are my bitcoins at MtGox going to be safe?

  19. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 1

    It would be a perfect place to keep your Bitcoin wallet. You could carry it around in your pocket to keep your bitcoins safe from hackers.

  20. Impact on Bitcoin? on First Exploit On Quantum Cryptography Confirmed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this have any impact on the security of my bitcoin wallet? If not, who cares.

  21. Re:$2 a day? on Redbox Brings Video Game Rentals To Vending Machines · · Score: 1

    You can rent LA Noire for 0.2785 bitcoins today.

  22. Re:Bitcoin? on RIM Struggles Continue · · Score: 2

    In the long run, RIM and bitcoin will tend towards the same value.

  23. Re:Obviously not real on The 8-Bit Computer That's Been Built By Hand · · Score: 1

    He could be a Chinese exchange student living in Massachusetts.

  24. Can it store bitcoins? on The 8-Bit Computer That's Been Built By Hand · · Score: 1

    This computer is of no use if it can't store my bitcoin wallet.

  25. Re:Not gonna happen in stock Android on Cyanogenmod Puts Users in Control of Permissions · · Score: 1

    You just used it again.