I have never seen so many AC posts in any thread as I do in BC threads.

Although, they all seem to think its so odd that I read things I don't agree with though. As if going outside of ones comfort zone is somehow a 'bad thing'.

Hello Anonymous COWARD.

It feels just fine to not have my ideas set in stone, and always see the possibility of things changing for the better, and being open to watching for them to occur.

Although, it does feel good that you find me important enough to not only track my comments, but to bring up past ones I have made that you have bookmarked in the hopes of a 'gotcha-moment'. I doubt anyone cares enough about your ideas enough to do the same. In fact, you haven't seemed to post any ideas, instead hitching on to the ideas of others for the contents of your own comments. A machine can think at that level.

This is life son, keeping a closed mind offers no benefits to you. Trying to find your own personal worth in the posts of others' changing ideas over time, simply shows that yours don't.

Feel free to not post anonymously next time, although I doubt you have the integrity to do that. Until you do, you are just a sad, sad little boy in the world. One that is undoubtedly taken advantage of by others on a regular basis, due to your lack of self-identification and your worth attached to nothing more than the ideas of others.

Unlike you, I have people that I communicate with here other than in the comments, and while it's frustrating to have to sort through the non-stop barrage of bitcoin advertisements to get to that point, I still would like to communicate with them. You see, this is how ideas are formed, and changed. I am willing to admit that my ideas can change, or that I made a mistake. You on the other hand, seem to see it as a sign of weakness that people can change their thought patterns... that must be a horrible life to live, always sticking to your guns no matter how much it hurts you... all for the sake of your non-existent pride, and the silly concept of ego that you must possess. Therein lies the difference between us; you are controlled by your ego, whereas I control my ego.

Please, keep following me. It seems to fit your personality nicely. The rest of us are leaders, and will lead you followers around for the entirety of your life.

That's funny, I have the same feelings about the non-stop spam of BitCoin stories on slashdot that seem to be programmed to appear no matter when I sign on in the hopes that the fad has finally passed.

To be fair, the 'pump' phase of pump-and-dump has not quite ended yet. However, the signs are starting to show that it is near. It doesn't matter if its stocks, commodities, or tulips. When the volatility begins to swing wildly like it currently is for bitcoins, the 'dump' phase is not far away.

I stopped reading slashdot for awhile, because of this blatant garbage. If I wanted to read a bunch of shills, I would read ITworld.

Low and behold, I finally come back today, and there is ANOTHER bitcoin story(non-story). Slashdot just lost a reader, and I've been here for oh... 14 years.

Not if it's the sheriffs office I don't.

Around here, that's a quick way to get charged with a felony possession of govt property. You see, authority doesn't usually like it known that they are making mistakes, and will put the blame and hardship on the kind person who points them out, instead of taking responsibility for it.

No, but it sounds like you will be.

You see, the rest of the responsible people(which you seem to not know any of based on your comments) actually only buy things they can afford, and do not get sucked into the neverending treadmill of debt.

I work one job
I have a paid for car.
I OWN my own home.
I am in my mid 30's.
Competition is not 'fierce' in my profession, because I'm not doing something for a career that anybody with a pulse can do.

Granted, I didn't pop out a bunch of kids and THEN think that I would worry about how I would support them later. I also am not under the delusion that I am somehow 'entitled' to go out to eat or run up a $200 bar tab most nights of the week.

Life is all about choices, and you have nobody to blame but yourself for the ones you have made.

'The Man' isn't keeping you down, he doesn't have to. It sounds like you are doing a fine job of it yourself.

So we can post THIS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_(unit)

Why?

Did they also have the incorrect physical address and you were worried about them busting down your door? Seriously, your email is not tied to your physical address.

It's not your problem that other people make mistakes, and it deserves ZERO of your time.

When I went to read the article that is linked, I went down into the comments. The FIRST one, among many others along the same line, is from an online 'reputation' company basically advertising how important their services are because of this convenient incident. Included is a way to contact them for their services.

On what planet do bloggers suddenly allow ads like this in their comments... when they are not working together?

Radio waves were not 'invented'

Radio waves were discovered.

You can't tell if it's a troll?

Advertising to go to a chiropractor, in a discussion about cell phone apps, didn't give it away to you?

Sr. Systems Administrator here - large company.

0 certs, 0 degrees.

But then again, I also have a business I owned in the past on my resume.

As we like to say;
"Certs and degrees show how much you really know, like a wedding ring shows how you are monogamous."

This is not a left-right thing. This is a religious, non-religious thing. There are lefties that are religious, you know.

But back to my point. You are right that religious people do not think the world is perfect. I did a poor job explaining my position, upon re-reading it. I should have been more clear that religious people think the world WAS perfect, and its current state of imperfection, is caused directly by our actions. This is what I was referring to as the 'Broken Utopia' and this mindset comes directly from the creation myths of many, many religions. I believe the Precautionary Principle is a subset of what I am describing, and I do not want to give the impression that I think this is only on one side of the political spectrum. As you said, the lefties have their nonsense as well, and I think it is just as misguided for the exact same reasons.

Like I said, a broken utopia.

Speaking of not being able to correctly assess risks... How many people died mining coal last year?

Nothing is getting a 'pass'. Life is not a guaranteed experience, where only things that you want to happen, will happen. I'm not sure of the connection to tobacco here, although some are confused by my attribution of this mindset to religion... so you may have a point. Personally, I think 'radiation' is so misunderstood by the general public, that keeping news stories out of their view is more often than not, a GOOD thing. Because they have a poor understanding of it, they will make poor decisions. Look no further than the west coast of the US. The actual facts are that these people get more radiation on a daily basis from the smoke detectors in their houses(Americium), than any possible fallout from Fukushima. But nothing gets in the way of an irrational panic, so we saw stories about very possibly ONE ATOM being detected in sensors designed to test for above ground nuclear tests around the globe. Along with the nonsense of people rushing to buy and stockpile iodine tablets. Mass Stupidity.

Nuclear power is not 100% safe. Coal power is not 100% safe. Neither of those things is not safe because we MADE them unsafe. They are unsafe because the entire reality of existence is not 100% safe. If 'not safe' was some sort of measuring stick, cars would have been banned long ago, as they have killed upwards of 40,000 people a year in this country alone. Obviously, as a society we have decided the benefits of having them is worth the risks that go along. Given the deaths/year for nuclear power, it easily provides more of a benefit to us as a whole, than the risks that come with it. You think we would give it up? Put your money where your mouth is, and stop using products that are a direct result of it. Stop using anything that was produced with cheap power from nuclear energy. I have a feeling you have never worked this out as if it was true in your real life, and that you are just repeating something you heard.

I doubt 40,000 people(other than nagasaki and hiroshima) have been killed by nuclear power, even tangentially, in the entirety of its existence, let alone in a single year like automobiles have. Pretending it is 'dangerous' is based on nothing but your fear. You talk of not being able to asses risks correctly, but you somehow miss the incredible misjudgements you are making in regard to nuclear power. You don't hear about every single car accident where someone dies, because they happen so often, multiple times a day, all across the country. You do hear about a disaster at a nuclear power plant, because it does not happen at the same frequency, and this makes it much more dramatic. Because of this, you think nuclear power is more dangerous than driving, and should be banned? The hard numbers do not support that assumption at all, and I find it hard to believe that you aren't aware of this. In the first 100 years of the existence of the automobile, it had killed 3.2 MILLION people in the US alone. Yet this is not something you consider more dangerous than nuclear power? I find that fascinating.