Wait..did /. just make a case for supply side economics? Imagine that! The people that usually push heavily for government mandates, regulation and price controls are actually claiming that a high supply of widgets leads to lower prices.

Bwahahahahah

Using the power of government to protect your shitty minor inventions and intellectual property, is not something to brag about. The headline should read, "IBM has 8,000 new ways to infringe on innovation and keep competition down!"

Yeah...I use my Shift Coinbase card all the time to buy dinner, pay bills or whatever I feel like using it for. I don't understand the ignorance people here display towards BTC.

This is the most likely scenario. The market is a beautiful thing...probably several big whales decided to cash out, meaning the supply spiked causing the price to go down. The ignorance of looking at a 24 hour 17% drop vs a 300% 12 month raise is astounding. I would think most people who understand financial markets would not be this ignorant to call this a "crash"

You are an idiot....stop talking. I pay bills and buy lunch with Bitcoin all the time.

This is it...Bitoin is dead!! It's up 300% over the last 12 months but down 18% over the last 24 hours. It's fucked! Bitcoin is dead!! What idiots use this crap??

It allows users to build trusted cells...no strangers are involved unless you want them to. If your brother shows up and rapes you when you ask him for help, you have bigger problems to worry about. just saying...

Oh no...because cops never ever kill dogs, kids and brown people for no reason.

Like Cell 411, which is decentralized: http://getcell411.com/

I don't know anyone who invested in gold, therefore gold is a useless metal. WTF kind of logic do these people use?

I've paid for my entire vacation this summer with my Coinbase SHIFT card and bought several trips and hotel rooms through Expedia. I win and come on top every time. All these idiots talking about how useless Bitcoin is makes my head hurt....

purse.io
expedia.com
overstock.com

Many others....wake me up when your IQ goes up

"Zero cost" - meaning you will wait for hours or days for your transactions to get confirmed. You have no idea what you are talking about.

You are an idiot...kill yourself

Why is this unbelievable? Many ham radio people I know are outright assholes. This is just the natural outcome of the attitude in the industry...arrogance towards newbies with questions, act superior because you know more about ham radios than the guy asking questions, etc. What is amazing is that people are actually surprised at this.

The laws are usually idiotic, unethical and stupid. There were laws that forced black people to work for free...it was called slavery and it was legal. Forget the law. Just do the right thing - especially when it comes to employment, many people act as if they are owed something. No...you are a free human being. Go work wherever you are happy, and if you aren't happy somewhere, quit and find another job. Only incompetent people who can't compete will sue the place they work to get ahead or stay employed.