Yep, just because Allan needs the "allocation class" (ModGods sounds less stylish) doesn't mean we all need Mr Right.
2015-02-17 20:31 GMT+01:00 archytas <[email protected]>: > 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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