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Submission + - Mt Gox shuts down (smh.com.au)

Dan541 writes: Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, abruptly stopped trading on Tuesday and its chief executive said the business was at "a turning point" but gave no details.

Comment Re:Professional Email Address (Score 1) 149

If you judge people based on their choice of free or low-cost email provider then you, sir, are the hack.

People are also judged on their choice of free or low-cost clothing. Which is why the guy wearing clothes from the charity bin doesn't get the executive job. It's called professionalism. You wouldn't wear track pants to work in a professional environment so why would you use hotmail on your resume?

Comment Re:Anyone could be a blogger... (Score 1) 137

But you see, a blogger doesn't have a 'job' to lose(meaning, blogging is not their occupation), so what do they care if they write false accusations?

"I pride myself on the quality of my blog, and have the sources documentation and research to back up everything I write about. I also provide contact details so that I can retract any inaccuracies if they do appear, which fortunately has only ever happened once. I also have no editors to sabotage the final print before publishing meaning the end product is always what I intended. The same cannot be said for journalists."

I botched the quote tags.

Comment Re:Anyone could be a blogger... (Score 3, Interesting) 137

But you see, a blogger doesn't have a 'job' to lose(meaning, blogging is not their occupation), so what do they care if they write false accusations?

I pride myself on the quality of my blog, and have the sources documentation and research to back up everything I write about. I also provide contact details so that I can retract any inaccuracies if they do appear, which fortunately has only ever happened once. I also have no editors to sabotage the final print before publishing meaning the end product is always what I intended. The same cannot be said for journalists.

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