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by Skepticus
Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:25 pm
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: Let's have some fun with the NSA...
Replies: 32
Views: 1067

Re: Let's have some fun with the NSA...

Coito ergo sum wrote:But that's another matter altogether.... :prof:
[chimed in unison] 'But that's another matter' :biggrin:
by Skepticus
Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:07 pm
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

piscator wrote:∴ I give the above phracktorial exposition ⇑ by counter-cultural factotum ⇒Skepticus⇐ 1337 stars ∴
Awww Thanks piscator. :D I'd give at least as much, if you could just get your avatar to turn around. :hehe:
by Skepticus
Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:47 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

Funny how the gubment can't access the bitcoins to confiscate them. That makes me think there will be attempts to outlaw it soon. Yep! the bitcoin protocol was designed from the roots up, to be impervious to third party interference (and therefore impropriety). The very same principal that mitigate...
by Skepticus
Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:20 pm
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: Let's have some fun with the NSA...
Replies: 32
Views: 1067

Re: Let's have some fun with the NSA...

Anybody who ever read Stephen J Gould's essay called 'The Pandas Thumb', would understand the folly of perpetually trying to jury rig a broken or faulty system. Some times it best just to cut your losses and opt for a bottom up design, that takes the full scope of needs and issues into account. That...
by Skepticus
Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:53 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

Don't trade drugs on the net. Use a street dealer you know and trust in your local area. :coffee: "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither." ~~~ Benjamin Franklin. When doing good, avoid fame. When doing evil, avoid punishment. -Chuang Tsu Yes but, these days it's harder to avoid pu...
by Skepticus
Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:04 am
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
Topic: Welcome Subversive Science!
Replies: 39
Views: 16128

Re: Welcome Subversive Science!

JimC wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Ignore these fools! Welcome to our humble abode, Sub. Now, what cheese did you bring? :Jack:
And gin!

Cheers from the extremely deep south!
I'm a bit further south of there, but I still smelled the cheese. ;) Welcome SS.
by Skepticus
Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:32 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: Do you know this "ugly" woman?
Replies: 28
Views: 779

Re: Do you know this "ugly" woman?

There's gotta be more to this story.
by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:46 pm
Forum: Stage & Screen
Topic: Robin Ince - comedian talks about Darwin and Feynman
Replies: 2
Views: 1436

Re: Robin Ince - comedian talks about Darwin and Feynman

Thank you for posting this Psycho. This guy is brilliant!
by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:17 pm
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

Here is a very sensible well thought out take on this matter: Silk Road And The Potential To Disrupt A Truly Evil Industry "If it had grown large enough, Silk Road, or a collection of similar online services, would have begun to seriously challenge the revenues of local and international mobsters o...
by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

Here is a very sensible well thought out take on this matter: Silk Road And The Potential To Disrupt A Truly Evil Industry "If it had grown large enough, Silk Road, or a collection of similar online services, would have begun to seriously challenge the revenues of local and international mobsters on...
by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:32 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

Scrumple wrote:Don't trade drugs on the net. Use a street dealer you know and trust in your local area. :coffee:
"He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither." ~~~ Benjamin Franklin.
by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: News, Current Events & Politics
Topic: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect
Replies: 27
Views: 3321

Re: FBI arrests Silk Road drugs site suspect

The parting shot posted on the Silk Road forum by it's head Admin:

by Skepticus
Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:37 am
Forum: Science, Technology & Environment
Topic: Bitcoin & the crypto-currency revolution. (get some here).
Replies: 189
Views: 34650

Re: Bitcoin & the crypto-currency revolution. (get some here

That number 4 is a good point... :handrubbingtogetherplottingsmiley: Bit late if you had no account on an exchange all ready to buy. The price is back up to $128 at this point and rising. We've seen it all before and we'll see it again. Some shit happens panic merchants panic, the price drops for a...