So how complex might things be Gabby?  You don't vote for the 
groaf-jawbs-burn-the-planet-some-more "visionaries" - so what do you know?

On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 2:20:50 PM UTC, Gabby wrote:
>
> If things are that simple I really understand how and why you down on on 
> people who worship the golden calf - instead of the bull. ;)
>
> Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2015 schrieb :
>
>> Tread softly Gabby, you can expect to be treated as you have treated 
>> others.. Sorry to disappoint  you Gabby the debut/crediet system created in 
>> the someone used in the machine accounting you see today.. They just have 
>> given names to the slight of hand tricks.. 
>>
>> Banking is a unique finacial environment. Normally  it would  be a boring 
>> uninteresting  subject the then a name as a joke created interest.  Found 
>> out that creating a legal  bank is much easier than  I ever imagined..   
>> Just lacked the major bank connection need to do interbank banking..   
>> Didn't  realize  at the time I had those needed connections also.. 
>> Talking with a childhood friend Vern asked me why I didn't sign the 
>> required paperwork..   I am still surprised by friends I made while being a 
>> yatch bum.. (",)
>>
>>
>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gabbydott <[email protected]>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 2:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>
>> Barky-barky Allan tells our red-penned Neil that he has it right. Very 
>> cute. Gain robber control  to change the system from within, wow, what a 
>> fresh idea! Still a way to go to machine transaction time, though. Sigh.
>>
>> Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2015 schrieb :
>>
>>> You have that right. Banksters is slight of hand. Or is that slight of 
>>> money? 
>>> The actual banking system of debit and credit was developed  by a monk  
>>> in the middle ages. That was how accounting was taught years ago..  Today 
>>> accounting is taught as three card montie..  Shuffle cloud the issue 
>>> claiming clarity of sight. 
>>> Banksters do not want clarity as it does not serve their greed and 
>>> control.
>>> If you want to change the system  change it from within..  You have to 
>>> create the illusion for banksters that they are in control..   Bitcoin is 
>>> an outside force giving banksters an point of attack.. 
>>> If you want change the current banking system make the banksters attack  
>>> themselves by creating a banking system within their system..  Why not 
>>> control how you you use the system.   You have to remember  that the rudder 
>>> controls and turns the ship. 
>>> My question is why not be the rubber in yourbanking affairs. 
>>>
>>>
>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: archytas <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>>
>>> I think the actual expertise is phony.  They have built up a big control 
>>> fraud around very little.  In the past we have been dominated by such as 
>>> water-engineers with basic skills hidden by their 'access' to the 
>>> water-gods.  The financiers are similar.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 10:17:59 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Are these alternative  currency really  a challenge  to the banksters?  
>>>> If you want to really challenge banksters expertise  use it to your 
>>>> advantage by using the onion effect a system  within  a system..  The 
>>>> onion 
>>>> has been used for generations  under various names.. 
>>>> If you are forced to swim across a flooded  you do not survive by 
>>>> swimming  against the current. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: archytas <[email protected]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:07 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>>>
>>>> There have been many other alternative currencies, including drugs and 
>>>> spices.  The interesting thing is not Bitcoin itself (or the 80+ other 
>>>> versions), but the challenge to claims of bank expertise and various 
>>>> 'rents' in the economic system, oincluding those imposed by 'professionals'
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:54:12 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> well  can not imagine why it is  interesting. 
>>>>> If it is security  you want stay off the net and even then they still 
>>>>> have you..  To much info readily  available. But you know that.. 
>>>>> Onions  have great security ..  So what makes it interesting? 
>>>>>
>>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: archytas <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:23 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>>>>
>>>>> In that sense Allan, iy was just another bubble.  This is not why it 
>>>>> is interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:15:42 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We'll, if that is how you want to pay your bills..  Have fun,  l 
>>>>>> recall when Andrew became excited about bitcoin the said value was in 
>>>>>> the 
>>>>>> 1000 € = 1 bitcoin..  Just looked up the value it is 211 € ..  Let me 
>>>>>> help 
>>>>>> you pay your bills you give me 1000 euro and in a few days I will give 
>>>>>> you 
>>>>>> 211 € back..   Good deal right?  When I first looked into bitcoin (when 
>>>>>> it 
>>>>>> first came out)  you could buy 2 for less than a Euro.. 
>>>>>> My question really is how many euro did Andrew lose..  They would not 
>>>>>> let me create a small wallet so I cold sell my jewelry.. 
>>>>>> Now I was not allowed  to create a wallet,  found out later it was 
>>>>>> due to questionable activities.   But if you like looking at short 
>>>>>> term..   
>>>>>> Have fun. And I am called a zombie..  lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: gabbydott <[email protected]>
>>>>>> To: minds-eye <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 9:51 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's make this a third person case and say people need money. They 
>>>>>> need money pay their bills. Please don't be so hard on them, dear Allan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-02-17 21:15 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you worship money....  
>>>>>>> My memory is saying it is not worth anything for data storage and 
>>>>>>> reterival and that is what computers are about.. In 1977 I walked away 
>>>>>>> from 
>>>>>>> programming.. 
>>>>>>> Can be fun if and that is a big if.. 
>>>>>>> Do you like long hours and extreme focus and the edge of sanity.   
>>>>>>> The research projects were interesting.. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين
>>>>>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: archytas <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 8:31 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: What could the internet be?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.  Current 
>>>>>>> strategies 
>>>>>>> are advertising and the begging bowl.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  
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