Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-19 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Hi Telmo.. Yes. The question of why spain/portugal lost the first world war against UK is very interesting, and I have my own conclussions that are deeply linked to other events, such is the location of the civilizations: why they appear at the border of land and sea, specially when this border

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-19 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Here I wrote something about this: Maxism Weberism is outdated: http://nocorrecto.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/maxism-webberism-is-outdated.html 2013/12/19 Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com Hi Telmo.. Yes. The question of why spain/portugal lost the first world war against UK is very

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Dec 2013, at 23:42, TH Kaas wrote: It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite convenient to use, especially for international transfers. Right. A money is anything you trust, and which is hard to copy. Bitcoins might have an added value to the fact that

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-15 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Dec 2013, at 23:42, TH Kaas wrote: It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite convenient to use, especially for international transfers. Right. A money is anything you trust, and

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-15 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I used to say that historically, the increase of individual freedom for good and for evil came with the availability of more liquid goods that were increasingly difficult to fall under the control of others, including governments: from land ownership to urban mobile assets, to money to non

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-15 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.comwrote: I used to say that historically, the increase of individual freedom for good and for evil came with the availability of more liquid goods that were increasingly difficult to fall under the control of others,

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Dec 2013, at 12:49, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Dec 2013, at 23:42, TH Kaas wrote: It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite convenient to use, especially for international

Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread Roger Clough
The bitcoin is an international speculative cyber-currency (based on nothing) that has been inflating rapidly in price. I would be wary of investing in it because it can drop in value just as fast as it is rising. It's probably a bubble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVu626uOGE Dr. Roger B

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread LizR
Bitcoins are apparently based on long and complex calculations rather than just nothing. I work with a guy who manufactures bitcoins and heats his house with the computer power required - or so he says. It sounds a ridiculous waste of power, time and effort, but he's probably autistic or something

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
I thought bitcoins were a fixed currency. That is the number of them is a constant. On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 5:33 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Bitcoins are apparently based on long and complex calculations rather than just nothing. I work with a guy who manufactures bitcoins and heats his

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread Pierz
Leibniz never used bitcoins goddammit so why should we! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
Beware of gold coins On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: Leibniz never used bitcoins goddammit so why should we! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread TH Kaas
It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite convenient to use, especially for international transfers. Op zaterdag 14 december 2013 17:40:25 UTC+1 schreef Roger Clough: The bitcoin is an international speculative cyber-currency (based on nothing) that has been

Re: Beware of the bitcoin

2013-12-14 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 15 December 2013 09:33, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: Bitcoins are apparently based on long and complex calculations rather than just nothing. I work with a guy who manufactures bitcoins and heats his house with the computer power required - or so he says. It sounds a ridiculous waste of