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Comment Re:All joking aside... (Score 1) 695

Why? I'm asking a serious question - what leads you to believe that (a) it's right to think of Bitcoins as an investment, and (b) that now is an attractive time to invest in them?

I look at it as a VERY short-term investment. If you look at the recent history, after a sharp drop, there has always been a rebound, however temporary. The stuff is up and down like a pogo stick. Don't get me wrong - as a long-term investment, it's far too risky. But I'm certain that in a week, it will have regained much of today's losses.

Comment Lies! (Score 2, Funny) 347

The NSA would never use shills to alter and/or direct web discussions. Most citizens of the western world misunderstand the intelligence enterprise as it relates to counter-terrorism, which contributes to the NSA's limited ability to develop necessary anticipatory knowledge to mitigate risks, or respond to emerging threats. People who insinuate that there are NSA shills on web forums demonstrate a clear affinity and tendency to support for the cyber-terrorists that infiltrate our webspace.

Comment Re:Solving the wrong problem (Score 2) 330

Actually the problem is that Earth-based solar collection is terribly inefficient. A solar cell (15 - 20% efficient to begin with), fixed to one spot on the Earth, is exposed to sunlight for a fraction of a day, sunlight which has been diffused by the Earth's atmosphere. Extraplanetary collection is actually a very good idea.

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