Of course. But to be effective, I'd have to be able to move USD quickly between the markets, not just bitcoins. Or deposit them there beforehand. This time, I was way too late to benefit from the swings.

Even though MtGox is the largest BTC exchange, this dip in value seems to have affected only that one exchange. Tradehill for example was completely unaffected. Bitcoin is still a pretty small currency so these kind of events should be expected until more people buy into it to create stability. If nothing else, it may attract daytraders. :-)

The MPAA and RIAA would beg to differ. they apparently own both laws and congressmen.

:-D I did put a smiley in there, you know. ;-)

That said, I think BitCoin (or another decentralized cryptocurrency) has a bright future for many uses, but for the same reasons Venezuela has problems selling oil in Euros when almost all others use dollars, BitCoin isn't right for your needs.

How about doing it like Venezuela and ditching the dollar? http://www.weusecoins.com/ ;-)

I got taken but got bored waiting for St. Peter so I took the lift back down. Man, they really need some new decorators up there, it was all boring white and cold bright lights.

Tucker.

[_] I was going to put it up on rotten.com, but it was blocked in my hosts file.

Come on, anyone with at least a two-digit IQ could easily find me on the net. Or did you put 127.0.0.1 google.com in your precious hosts file?

If I ran, why am I still here?

You yourself (or one of your personalities*) have stated approximately 40 000 billion times now that Barbie encourages others to respond as AC to your frothing rants, yet you seem unable to fathom the concept that someone else, other than her, could be replying to you. That is truly a textbook example of retardation.

Oh and BTW, that you can't even be bothered to spell my nickname correctly is seen as a cardinal sin in my religion and a mortal insult in my culture. Prepare to die.

* Please note that I use this word for want of a better one. This person+ actually has no personality. It was surgically removed after a tragical accident when apk got the concepts "harvesting used condoms" and "combine harvester" mixed up in his youth. Not a pretty sight.

+ What do you call something that vaguely resembles a human, but has the mental capacity of a retarded ant?

That mail was the funniest shit I read all day. :-D

And Delphi? I stopped using that crap in 1998.

So basically, you had a wet brain fart. So noted.