On 04/24/2013 09:31 AM, Bob Beck wrote: > This conversation is not appropriate for bugs@.. All of you who know > better, stop feeding the fucking trolls. > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Jorge Armendariz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 04/23/2013 08:06 PM, Ted Unangst wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 19:02, Jorge Armendariz wrote: >>> >>>> It would also be nice if we can buy our CD/DVD's with bitcoins. Way too >>>> much fee's in paypal, credit card and debit cards (just a thought). >>>> Especially for those outside of the U.S. or even Western world might >>>> facilitate for them the ordering process to do it that way. >>> So this week the project will have $50, and next week $200, and the >>> week after $25? We're building an operating system, not a hedge fund. >>> >>> The project needs money to pay bills denominated in "legacy" >>> currencies. >> Let me put it in a way that is understandable for all. There is still a >> lot of untapped sources of incom >> <http://endthelie.com/2013/04/05/the-new-renaissance-how-bitcoin-millionaires >> -will-change-the-world/#axzz2PhSGA0IK>e >> out there, and they are disproportionately of the hacker mentality >> <https://www.quantcast.com/inside-quantcast/2013/04/who-uses-bitcoins/>. >> They might not be OS hackers per say, but honestly it takes absolute 0 >> effort to create a wallet where people can donate money. All you will >> have is gain, and absolutely nothing to lose. You put 5 minutes of >> effort to put a simply x amount of bits address, and voila that is it. >> If it was too much of a headache for you, if you would get even 100 >> dollars of donations as a result of that. That would be a steal, but I >> can almost guarantee you will get a whole lot more than that (my guess >> is tens of thousands or more). I will personally make sure, at no >> expense of your own to go and evangelize this for you. So that you don't >> have to even move a finger in order for that to happen. >> >> I am sure that many here would share some of my problems with Credit >> cards/debit cards/paypal chargebacks along with identity theft. Just >> right now I am contesting for months now in my Dads account, Netflix, >> Hulu, Skype charges that are completely foreign among other things. I >> don't know from where the hell that came from. However, my use with >> credit/debit cards is going to be over for good soon. I have had to make >> SOO many new accounts because of that, and most of the time I have never >> received my money back. On top of all the waste of hours of precious >> time trying to get your money back. So yes, I would be VERY pleased to >> be able to still support such a project as OpenBSD but without all the >> drama associated with that. All it takes is one merchant, I don't care >> how getting a hold of your info and honestly I don't trust anyone with >> that information and neither should anyone when there is a ten times >> better option. >> >> Now with regards to the whole "legacy" currency a system such as bitpay >> <https://bitpay.com/> takes care of that type of problem, if you want to >> instantly transfer your BTC into fiat. Even more perfect, BTC wallets >> secured with OpenBSD type of security almost looks like the two were >> meant for a marriage, in fact that is what got me into OpenBSD so that I >> can keep a clean install with a wallet with nothing else installed so >> that it is hack proof. There are tons of articles >> <http://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitpay-receives-510000-from-investors/> >> proving the credibility of this company (bitpay) and the huge amount of >> full time workers just created recently is proof that they are working >> round the clock pretty busy attempting to meet the demand. >> >> It looks to me that you are not too aware of BTC >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo>, if you are then my >> apologies. However, for everyone out there this is pretty mainstream now >> and is here to stay. If you want to cash out that is your deal, but >> there are plenty of options out there. >> >> Being the group of alpha hackers that you are, this would be something >> that surprises me no one has accepted. */Therefore I would heavily >> reconsider your options, and adapt/*. Thanks hope I was more clear this >> time. Once again thanks for all the great work everyone. My hope is that >> you can be able to fund many other projects with such quality code such >> as PF, SSH and many other things of that nature that have helped the >> open source movement be so secure. >> >> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] My apologies, the guy who wrote the original thread did it in the wrong place to post. Yeah you are right.
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