Societies have rejected homosexual behavior for centuries. Why is there now a push to make this behavior acceptable now?

Recall the quote from a presidential election. Something like "I was against it before I was before it" or some nonsense like that.

Google claims the moral high ground of protecting privacy while at the same time maximizing profits by exploiting your web activity.

Companies like Facebook mine all of your posts for the purpose of targeting advertising to get you, or your friends, to buy products and services - that you honestly do not need

Companies are getting hacked left and right and your personal information and credit cards are getting stolen.
All of this is going on and yet Slashdot posters continue to assail government agencies? Amazing.

If NSA would have been involved in making TCP/IP would people have used it?

There is a lot of hate being spewed at the NSA these days. Totally ridiculous title that needs to be changed by a Slashdot moderator.

Thanks for the information and you make a good point on the first but not the second. I read the news Wiki articles and it appears there is evidence to support your point about the 1954 Coup and John Stockwell.

The posts about Snowden are allegations that the government gave information to US companies but there is no evidence cited to support this allegation. His supposition is built on the premise that the US government had access to the information thus they must be giving it to US companies.

It appears that China and France are actively engaged in Industrial espionage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...

Thanks for that post. Very insightful.

What were the charges that the Feds used against gangsters back in the day? The tax implication will provide a mechanism to go against those using Bitcoin illegally. I do not believe miners are criminals. However this news does put them in a sticky situation.

What are the facts to support these claims?

The Feds next step will be to start regulating transactions on/off exchanges. To assess tax implications you will need to provide a social security number and address for tax purposes. At that point they will process the ledger and link transactions to individuals. Will this spell the beginning of the end of Bitcoin?

I agree with you on the point about the recent problems with the financial services sector. Advocates of Bitcoin need to acknowledge that Bitcoin is not a panacea. I believe there are other fundamental flaws that have yet to be discovered.

Good point. That looks right.

The point is to compare the magnitude of the MTGOX debacle in terms people can understand. The malleability feature was one of the points that was exploited for this major theft. How many more security holes and flaws are in Bitcoin?

The frequencies 2305-2310 MHz provide bandwidths of 0.05-1MHz for full duplex analog or digital modes. Amateur operators appear to be secondary operators on that band however. Appears that most digital modes are low rate and low bandwidth. These would not provide bandwidth to approach data rates for EDGE let alone WCMA and LTE. The ARRL could have chosen to lobby Congress and the FCC years ago change rules to allow for more experimentation at higher bandwidths and frequencies.

I agree. What is the better way to wright it? Also, do you agree or disagree with my point?

You missed the point. If this were to happen in the financial services sector you could't just wave you hand at it to make it go away. Bitcoin foundation says on their website the software is new. There are no doubt holes in the protocol that have yet to be exploited.