It isn't that bleak Allan. Andrew has the basic description right. People generally refuse to see the bigger picture these developments are exposing.
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 6:34:02 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Dream on Andrew, sorry and I already your are going to say I am full of > shit,, by it is okay.. all own source is good for is ease in hacking.. I > will watch people do the delusional twisters. > A few people will always maintain machine language you are lucky because > they are not interested in delusional dead.. beware through he people who > will employ them are rue control freaks. The safety net is within numbers > and time, the segmentation ability is where the secret lies.. > > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew vecsey <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 5:57 PM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be? > > You can get a better explanation of the blockchain from the internet than > I can give you. But as I like to simplify complicated things, I will give > it a try. The blockchain is a public ledger that is kept by volunteers. The > volunteers document transactions made by users.The ledger is verifyied by > consensus of the volunteers. The the only way that ledger can be falsified > is that 51% of the volunteers that maintain the ledger all have to agree to > a falsified version of the ledger. The users broadcast a transaction they > want to include in that ledger, and the volunteers transcribe that > transactions in that ledger. There is no centralized point of control, as > the ledger is distributed by the volunteers. The transactions can be > Bitcoins, a cryptocurrency that apparently can not be falsified due to the > encryption it uses, or any other transactions, like ownership of assets, or > contracts. The blockchain is refereed to as a "trust-less system" in that > you do not have to trust a centralized authority to maintain that ledger, > as there are none. The protocol that is used for the blockchain is an open > source program that prevents anyone compromising that protocol without > everyone else knowing about any changes that might compromise it. The > entire system is of course very complicated. The main aspects that allow > such a system to be implemented is the mathematics of cryptology, the > internet, the distributed network of computers, and geeks that maintain > that network not because they want to hack or control it, but because they > want to keep it honest. I hope that helps. > > On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 3:56:22 PM UTC+1, Gabby wrote: >> >> I am interested in empowerment tools. What is the blockchain technology, >> Andrew? First what it is and then what is does, okay? Thanks. >> >> Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2015 schrieb andrew vecsey : >> >>> I have been thinking about your post Niel. >>> The internet connects people via their computers. That is very >>> empowering. especially to the owners of centralized computers that offer >>> porn, entertainment, commerce and information. It is however the >>> decentralized form of the internet that is truly empowering, enabling >>> people globally to freely communicate and share information without the >>> control of centralized powers. The blockchain technology is the most >>> empowering. It frees people to make money transactions without banks, legal >>> transactions without lawyers, and allows people to vote and voice their >>> opinions without politicians. >>> >>> On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 3:41:22 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote: >>>> >>>> Most of my use of the internet concerns researching pretty dire >>>> academic papers and books through still largely restricted access. It's >>>> much cheaper than buying the stuff directly, particularly as 99% of what >>>> shows up is dross. I've played with the rest to find out what is there. >>>> Search is a big plus compared with rooting through stuff in a university >>>> library. Now, much google search just turns up dross I don't want. >>>> >>>> In an academic project we are interested in what is on the net >>>> generally - in terms of how much of general consciousness this represents. >>>> >>>> Rational discussion is a tiny part of what is on the net. Techies spend a >>>> lot of time looking for cut and paste code and ways we might automate this >>>> sweep. There is a background idea that we are looking for new ways to do >>>> 'expert knowledge' on the metaphor of people not being able to build cars >>>> but able to drive them with a bit of training. My own bad is 'big data' >>>> as >>>> a new language that would bring a different speed to human discourse and >>>> potentially control of the means of production. >>>> >>>> Lately, I'm interested in the lack of a business model for anything >>>> except trash. I can join a site where a couple of young women will send >>>> me >>>> off-the-peg clothes on approval to ensure my sartorial elegance, though >>>> don't. There are plenty of interesting Moochs, but I don't have time. I >>>> bank n line and have the joy of never seeing a bank clerk. Shopping can be >>>> done in the same manner as shops don't interest me at all. My insurance >>>> renewals are always 30% higher than I can get the same cover for via one >>>> of >>>> the broker sites on the day. >>>> >>>> I do electronic teaching. So I'm no longer racked by whatever diseases >>>> undergraduate classes try to kill me with. And I never see a boss or have >>>> to attend a useless staff meeting, or have my classes flooded as the >>>> students discover I'm an easier touch and tell jokes. The work is more or >>>> less pre-prepared and my timetable is not changed at ridiculous short >>>> notice and I don't have to take time to teach kids from other classes, at >>>> my door because they can't get anywhere with the guy supposed to help. >>>> >>>> I can watch television and films through illegal sites, but would >>>> really prefer to pay for channels where I could select from much wider >>>> material without packaging. The current business model encourages loads >>>> of >>>> channels with the same (usually old) dross, or stuff like Netflix with >>>> only >>>> 1% I'd want to see and don't want to pay to support. Sports channels >>>> require me to pay for soccer I don't want. Tony has done more for me in a >>>> few minutes (neglecting his production time) than Sky Arts bores ever >>>> could. We lack a business model of actual choice. With one, insanestream >>>> news and other entertainment, the crap science pornography of the BBC, >>>> Discovery and so on, would be things of my past. In chronic business >>>> terms, I wonder how they do market segmentation at all. I am sick of Blue >>>> Peter (kids programme here) presentation. >>>> >>>> One can imagine plenty of people like the best through this group >>>> wanting something very different and something large enough not to be a >>>> part of when time presses and so on. Uber, properly supervised against >>>> racist drivers, could bring very radical change - I meet few who can >>>> explain why - though we have not yet worked out that technology could >>>> massively reduce what we currently call work and planet burning. In the >>>> meantime we can't even set up a discussion group without Gabby (and >>>> everyone really) worrying on the curtain shades. Give us a twirl then >>>> girl, like one of those doxies Bruce Forsythe used to encourage. I can >>>> see >>>> something of a business model, starting with Chris' 'attractors'. The >>>> eventual key is content for a sophisticated audience - remembering very >>>> few >>>> people do education without any kind of accreditation pay-off and the >>>> means >>>> to pay for organisation does not move easily from free. 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