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Submission + - Ecuador to forge ahead with State-Backed Digital Currency

Submitted by jaeztheangel on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:32AM

jaeztheangel writes: Ecuador's government has approved plans to start a new Digital Currency backed by the state. With defaults in recent history, and dwindling oil reserves is this a brave move, or a foolish one?
Congress last month approved legislation to start a digital currency for use alongside the U.S. dollar, the official tender in Ecuador. Once signed into law, the country will begin using the as-yet-unnamed currency as soon as October.

Submission + - Making extinct arachnids walk again (software.ac.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:21AM

An anonymous reader writes: "...Even though we can’t CT scan these fossils, as the fossils are made of the same stuff as the host rock and so X-ray techniques don’t work, we can however still study them using the same kind of digital techniques..."

Submission + - Google Play Store Now Allows App Refunds Within 2 Hours Instead of 15 Minutes (techfeasta.com)

Submitted by TechFeasta on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:36AM

TechFeasta writes: Sometimes we mistake the description and purchase the App which doesn’t satisfy us. Has same happens with you?
Google play use to allows app refunds within 15 Minutes, For the convenience of users Google has reportedly but not officially increased the time to 2 Hours. Users can now ask for App refunds within 2 Hours of purchasing a paid app and game

Comment Re:a viable model for society (Score 1) 79

by jaeztheangel on Sunday August 03, 2014 @03:01PM (#47594863) Attached to: The Social Laboratory

and tells you what a contract 'is'.

Comment a viable model for society (Score 1) 79

by jaeztheangel on Sunday August 03, 2014 @08:35AM (#47593011) Attached to: The Social Laboratory

but is it healthy long term?

aren't social contracts supposed to be voluntary? At least at some level?

Comment Re:How to regulate something that is unregulateabl (Score 2) 172

by jaeztheangel on Monday July 28, 2014 @05:46PM (#47553335) Attached to: US States Edge Toward Cryptocoin Regulation

if it looks, acts, and tastes like digital gold, why not?

Comment Re:How to regulate something that is unregulateabl (Score 3, Insightful) 172

by jaeztheangel on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:53PM (#47551333) Attached to: US States Edge Toward Cryptocoin Regulation

perhaps they will require a licence to accept payments using them?

Comment CryptoCurrencies should be produced professionally (Score 1) 172

by jaeztheangel on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:52PM (#47551319) Attached to: US States Edge Toward Cryptocoin Regulation

Without a doubt the most troubling aspect of the market is the fraud, scamming, lying and cheating that goes on from amateur dev teams that take a half-understood slice of code, rebrand it, and then pump it up in EXACTLY the same boilerroom scams that have plagued traditional fiat markets.

The fact we need people to share their skills safely, train users, and businesses how to use crypto-currencies properly, and also ensure that those who create 'new' altcoins - are held accountable for the currencies they create, and to the people who bought into them.

It's not enough to print monopoly money - we have to build businesses first so it's worth trading for a REAL good or service.

Comment DRADIS Contact! (Score 1) 701

by jaeztheangel on Sunday July 20, 2014 @06:58AM (#47493237) Attached to: Favorite "Go!" Phrase?

BSG++

Comment Reputation is Subjective (Score 1) 100

by jaeztheangel on Saturday July 19, 2014 @03:35PM (#47490135) Attached to: New Digital Currency Bases Value On Reputation

Because you can't bank on someone who may fall out of fashion in an instant.

Ask those poor people now stuck with Rolf Harris artwork.

Comment Re:Everyone (Score 1) 73

by jaeztheangel on Saturday July 12, 2014 @06:01AM (#47437129) Attached to: Google, Dropbox, and Others Forge Patent "Arms Control Pact"

well, we've already taken the coinage back from them (bitcoin). Perhaps it's time we decentralised the courts?

Comment Everyone (Score 1) 73

by jaeztheangel on Friday July 11, 2014 @03:32AM (#47429675) Attached to: Google, Dropbox, and Others Forge Patent "Arms Control Pact"

Or just the "boys club"?

This would create an oligarchy, not a democracy.

Comment Let's not jump to conclusions. (Score 3, Informative) 284

by jaeztheangel on Sunday July 06, 2014 @06:03PM (#47395387) Attached to: Consciousness On-Off Switch Discovered Deep In Brain

The Claustrum as an area of the brain has been well established as an area of orchestration of various sensory subsystems. It has been studied for over two centuries[1].

These studies clearly demonstrate that the Cl is richly innervated with a wide and diverse array of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Lesion, stimulation and recording experiments demonstrate that the functional and physiologic capacity of the Cl is quite robust. A recurring theme of claustral function appears to be its involvement in sensorimotor integration. This may be expected of the Cl, given the degree of heterotopic, heterosensory convergence and its interconnectivity with the key subcortical nuclei and sensory cortical areas. The Cl remains a poorly understood and under investigated nucleus.

It makes sense that a major loss of function is associated with interrupting the Claustrum - but there are several nuclii in the brain - the Hippocampus being one. Claiming it is the 'one true center of consciousness' in the brain doesn't account for the countless studies which reveal just how complex the operation of our neural networks actually are, and may be premature.

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