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Technology & Information / Re: Valve offers free games to Debian Developers

« on: January 23, 2014, 02:11:51 AM »

I am Debian dev, free games plz.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 23, 2014, 02:08:58 AM »

I have my computer mining Dogecoins now. The community is right, having thousands and thousands of coins, despite them being worthless, is pretty neat.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Return of the Messiah!

« on: January 21, 2014, 11:10:41 PM »

Apparently it happens with turkeys sometimes, but the offspring rarely survive.

Also, they've made viable mouse embyos in the lab using parthenogenesis.

Nothing you just said had anything to do with what you originally posted. You promised me lesbian lizards. You said nothing about parthenogenesis, nor did you talk about why you think it should be "a genetic clone of the mother" which doesn't happen in parthenogenesis even if that is what you were talking about.

I respect your ability to google things after you realize you had no idea what you were saying, but it doesn't really make up for the fact everything you said is wrong.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: What Religion are you?

« on: January 21, 2014, 01:52:35 AM »

Be lucky you didn't mention dragons, they would have killed you for that.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Return of the Messiah!

« on: January 21, 2014, 01:50:20 AM »

Biology's weird. It could be that an egg cell didn't divide properly, and somehow came pre-fertilized. If the baby is a genetic clone of the mother, then we know what happened. There are some lesbian lizards that use this method of reproduction.

No.

To which part?

Literally every sentence in that post is wrong or can't happen.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Return of the Messiah!

« on: January 21, 2014, 12:29:20 AM »

Biology's weird. It could be that an egg cell didn't divide properly, and somehow came pre-fertilized. If the baby is a genetic clone of the mother, then we know what happened. There are some lesbian lizards that use this method of reproduction.

No.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 20, 2014, 06:47:02 PM »

Just let me get some 2x4s and a hatchet. I'm sure I could make you some sort of boat-ish thing to burn on.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 20, 2014, 06:39:22 PM »

And who would build a viking longboat just to burn it up?

Who wouldn't?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 20, 2014, 04:09:18 PM »

But the boat thing would be ideal, albeit a tad unrealistic.

It would probably be cheaper to burn you on a long boat than to bury you like everyone else.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The new "Family Jewels"

« on: January 20, 2014, 12:35:19 AM »

I still think the "turn body into tree" thing is the best so far. Aside from the inevitable emotional impact if the tree dies, has to be removed, etc..

http://www.urnabios.com/

They come with pine trees, but I'd rather be an oak tree. Oak trees are cool.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Return of the Messiah!

« on: January 19, 2014, 12:53:15 AM »

What the fuck is even going on in this thread?

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 18, 2014, 01:19:37 AM »

What's a consensus network and how does it differ from a normal network?

What kind of network are you referring to as "normal" here?

What's a triple-entry bookkeeping system?

The sender, receiver, and an anonymous third party each verify the transaction. As a result, none of them have to trust each other, because there is no single point along the transaction line that someone can forge the ledger.

Aren't pounds and dollars 'currency for the internet?' They seem to be accepted more readily than Bitcoins.

And? Just because pounds and dollars are currency for the internet doesn't mean Bitcoin isn't for the internet.

That keeping a detailed log of every transaction ever made inherently has some security and privacy concerns.

Security wise it is the most secure transaction system ever created. Yes, it is inherently not private, but nothing you do online is private anyway, so I don't see the problem here.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 17, 2014, 03:37:17 AM »

Just because you can't see how it could work doesn't mean it can't work. Why didn't you read the thread before you opened your yap with your 'expertise'.

"Hi, I'm Thork, and I make it plainly obvious that I didn't read the link I posted."

Ah, well at least that's clear...

Or you know, you could try asking about the part you didn't understand?

Yeah... there's absolutely nothing which could go wrong with that system...

What's your point here?

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 16, 2014, 05:15:21 AM »

How long does it take to generate a bitcoin?

Approximately 10 minutes.

So you don't know?  Got it.

Harhar. Just like with RE'ers, I'm not going to answer any stupid questions. I will not take time out of my day to resolve your ignorance.

Apparently, it isn't being done right:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/250-000-worth-bitcoins-stolen-net-heist-980871
http://threatpost.com/thieves-covering-tracks-following-100m-bitcoin-heist/103088
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/05/million-dollar-fine-for-sneaky-bitcoin-botnet-builders/
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/gaming-company-caught-building-bitcoin-mining-botnet-users-computers-gets-light

Yes, a lot of people are stupid.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 16, 2014, 03:29:04 AM »

Armored cars transport stuff.  What do bitcoin algorithms do?

Transport stuff. Just a lot more efficiently than a truck covered in plates of heavy armor.

A $100 bill cost about 13 cents to print and smaller bills are less than 10 cents.  How much does it cost to generate a bitcoin?  How many bitcoins will ever be produced?  How many other forms of crypto-currency are being developed and will they be compatible?  What is the exchange rate between bitcoins and coinyes?  What about financial transactions that require anonymity?  How do you stuff a bitcoin in a stripper's g-string?

http://bitcoin.org/en/faq

What do I look like, an American finance lawyer? Its a planar currency.

If you have an objection, state it. World banks are subject to regulation. This would be no different.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking

Fractional reserve banking doesn't work with Bitcoin, because unlike paper currency, you can't simply print more of it when you run out. You either have Bitcoin or you don't. I would never take a Bitcoin "IOU." The difference being with dollars you can't tell if the bank is lying to you or not, but with Bitcoin you can absolutely tell how much you actually control. With Bitcoin a bank isn't really necessary, done right no one can steal your Bitcoins. Mine are on Google Drive, for example, and it would take some poor sucker over 14 trillion years to figure out the long ass password I encrypted them with.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 15, 2014, 11:29:56 PM »

I want to set up my own currency called 'Magic Beans'. You will be able to harvest beans by completing algorithms. 

Plenty of people have tried to emulate Bitcoin, but can't. You can copy the source code as many times as you want, but Overstock will be taking Bitcoin, not your Thork-coin crap.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if the bitcoin algorithms serve any useful function, other than wasting CPU cycles?

Does an armored bank truck do anything other than waste gas? Securing a financial system is not a "waste." In fact, if the world used Bitcoin, billions would be saved every year, as money printing and transport would be obsolete. It costs many times more to maintain the Dollar than it does to maintain Bitcoin.

Who actually uses bitcoins, anyway?

Everyone who bothers to look them up and realize how useful it is.

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Technology & Information / Re: Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 15, 2014, 04:34:37 AM »

I can't see an argument for marketing genius. Sure he's getting his name out there, but making people think you're pathetic and more jealous than the Old Testament God isn't going to make people think you're hardcore and it isn't going to sell albums.

>invest in BTC
>teach courts and public about BTC by gaining publicity for suing a BTC spin-off
>watch as your investment skyrockets due to increased public knowledge

Kanye may seem pretty stupid, but sometimes I can't help but point to the fact that he has a lot more money than me. If he's stupid, well then maybe I need to be stupid too.

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Technology & Information / Coinye, a Bitcoin spin-off, is being sued by Kanye West

« on: January 15, 2014, 04:17:41 AM »

Among the defendants is Amazon.com, for hosting the websites, Johnny Bravo, I don't even know why, and Dogecoin, the person, not the coin, since someone is squatting Coinye domain names under the alias "dogecoin."

http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/01/15/coinye-im-sorry-kanye-west-suing-dogecoin-amazon-coinye-exchanges-developers/

Either Kanye is a complete tool or a marketing genius. I'm going with the former.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Heaven

« on: January 15, 2014, 01:26:13 AM »

Valhalla, now that's a place to go after death. A place where you just drink and fight until the apocalypse comes, and then you fight it. You fight the fucking apocalypse. You know you won't win, but you fight it anyway because you and your friends are all the top badasses in the universe.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: You are selfish.

« on: January 13, 2014, 03:11:37 AM »

I am selfish. There. I said it.  Please donate below.