Given the fact that a normal desktop PC cannot generate bitcoins in a reasonable amount of time, isn't it a given fact that we need another party to create or transfer those bitcoins? When another party creates those bitcoins for me, how can I be sure that they won't keep a copy for later use?

Your scenarios are way too complicated. It's simple as this: the boss didn't open the files in readonly mode.

Luckily they invented the fridge, and it didn't take too long before it all ended for them

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The US invaded Iraq without UN approval and with false proof (remember the WMD) to "liberate" it. Now Russia does the same with Crimea, only the proof is much more valid, even if this poll was a complete farce. What's new?

Disclaimer: I'm EU citizen and totally against all this idiotic behavior. But let's be honest - the US has no moral standing in cases like this anymore, even if Obama is not to blame for Iraq. And the EU, well, they simply have no backbone in foreign policy.

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." ~ Plato

That will be fun! This will only work if SSH is banned as well. That means they can only use Telnet. I'm all for it. Let them do this and let us have a good laugh! ;-)

You remember PEEK and POKE? What is this discussion about? Peeking and poking!

You can use the free version. Setup another computer with sufficient capacity, so probably 6x 4TB external drives in a ZFS system of something like that. Make the first backup locally. Then move the computer to another location.

Only catch with these local backups - it seems to be that when CP goes offline (bankrupt), even the local backups won't work anymore. Just disconnect the network cable from the backup server, and then try to restore a file from the local backup to test this. I use CP myself, and haven't seen anything that compares in price, but this "feature" is something I really don't like.

Doors... to protect that money!

Money... to pay for the gas and the doors to keep the heat inside!

No, but it could result in the year of the Linux Desktop!

Yes, if they open source it!

FTFY!

I use Kaspersky for family computers, $40 for 3 computers yearly I believe. Before I used Avast, until it started to get annoying. I forced her to use Firefox when she started using a computer, and installed Adblock and some other addons that keep browsing safe without annoying her with popups. You can even install Noscript in such a way that it blocks a known list of sites and scripts, without ever asking for new scripts. If she had to buy a new computer, I would use the old Windows 7 install disc and remove Windows 8 right away. I have moved her from Office 2003 to OpenOffice and LibreOffice. If I had to move her to Linux, I would start with finding out a setup in a VM that looks most similar to what she uses now, then install that but only if it was an LTS version.

My mother is 81, started using a computer about 15 years ago, first Windows 98, then 2000, XP and now 7. From 98 to XP I always used the same (classic) interface. When moving to 7 I tried to make it as "classic" as possible, but MS messed this up. I don't understand that they have absolutely no clue about older people having troubles moving to new interfaces. Was it so much trouble to keep the classic interface?

I installed Mozilla/Firefox and Eudora from the beginning, removed IE from the desktop. She still uses Eudora (which does not install in 7 if I remember correctly, but you can just copy the install folder from XP and that's all). I tried to install Thunderbird once, but she didn't like the buttons. That was years ago. Now Eudora starts to show signs of age as well, and I'm in doubt what to do. I don't like Thunderbirds layout.

I moved her from Office 2003 to OpenOffice and then LibreOffice without much trouble. I helped her get a new mobile phone recently, and I hate the fact that this phone will probably not be available anymore in three or five years, and then she'll have to get used to a different phone. So I'm going to buy a second one, just in case. Same with de house phone. How difficult can that be? Well it can! So another set that has to be doubled.

When this computer is finished and Windows 7 is done, and there is nothing left but a Windows 8 interface, I'm afraid I have to move her to Linux as well. Then I hope to find an LTS version that stays up to date for five or seven years, with a classic gnome interface or maybe something like mint. My goal is to keep changes as minimal as possible, but in the current world, this is a difficult task.

Just let them believe that they are going to invade Europa (the continent) and they will probably stand in line to support this idea.