Didn't I see this poll the first week of November? "Slashdot requires you to wait longer between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment. It's been 18 seconds since you hit 'reply'." There are two things wrong with this. First, it's a computer. Computers are supposed to INCREASE productivity. Slashdot wants me to sit and wait on a stupid clock before I press enter. Second, Slashdot refuses to tell me how many seconds I must wait before hitting 'reply'. I can only assume they want me to pontificate on the stupidity of this forced reduction in functionality and productivity. This is a highly productive comment, after all.

They should monitor politicians for corruption.

Is that some number between 0 and 1000, or could it also be negative?

I tried to mod up, but it won't work (even though I have 15 mod points). Slashdot seems as competent as MtGox.

A motion filed by lawyers is not a judgement and is nowhere near legal precedent, as the typically sensational /. headline implies. Lawyers regularly file motions claiming the sun rises in the West and sets in the East.

I prefer sucrose. It tastes good.

Not dumb at all. There is risk with an unregulated exchange, and there is risk with a bitcoin wallet on your own PC. There are techniques for good security for a personal bitcoin wallet, but there is no (or little) regulation for bitcoin exchanges. Savings in an unregulated, uninsured bitcoin exchange are at a much higher risk than in a bank. But some people are not so good at personal PC security, so a bitcoin exchange might actually be safer than their PC.

Yes. You don't have to use an exchange at all if you don't want to. By the same token, you can start your own exchange if you want to, get people to send you their bitcoins, and close the exchange and claim they were stolen.

There's a reasonable chance of it. It would be easy to do.

flexcoin was insignificant compared to MtGox -- about 1000 times smaller. Even so, unregulated, uninsured bitcoin exchanges (banks) are risky places for savings.

This way, the federal government can prevent those irritating demonstrations like this ones in Ukraine.

Computer directed flight control in 1940? Must have been a very large plane.

Why do we need a Space Elevator if we have Transporters?

Ice cream? Nobody told me I could get ice cream!!

Why on earth would a New York City MTA executive tell companies they need to locate in big city downtowns? Surely he doesn't have an ulterior motive, does he? I wonder what the advice would be if we surveyed small-town mayors. Obviously biased news is not news.