Choice one: BitCoins are a legitimate currency and are recognized as such by the U.S. government. What he's doing isn't illegal unless they are.
If they are charging him, then they are admitting that BitCons are a legitimate currency. Bad for him, good for the rest of us?
Choice two: Physical BitCoins are novelties sort of like the commemorative coins minted by Franklin Mint. What he's doing isn't illegal unless what Franklin Mint does is illegal.
The Franklin mint may have already gone through all the necessary legal loopholes, since it was a functional mint at one point.
The big risk of a diversion campaign like that is if the imaginary technology turns out to be real... then we've just inspired our enemies to perfect it, while we've wasted our time.
Like I said: "Common sense says no, but there's always a nagging little doubt in the back of the mind to drive the necessary paranoia."
Is it wrong that I have a 3GHz machine whose only task is to play DOOM?
Spring of 1994, I bought a new computer that came with a bootleg copy (full version) of DOOM. I soon bought copies of every edition I could lay hands on. From that bootleg they sold a dozen full retail games to me (including DOOM3, even tho I didn't like it enough to play it). Goes to show what being worth the money does for ya.
I'm wondering why it's not a function of tire slip vs distance traveled. If your GPS says you traveled further than your tires rotated, you're on a slippery surface and need to change driving tactics. Notify once, not constantly. Or turn on a dash icon. (Or leave me the hell alone; I learned to drive under such conditions and I can figure it out myself, thanks very much.)
As to cold being a factor... ice at -40 is not slippery; it can be downright sticky.
this was just poor communication, not poor understanding.
Amusing, given your name.
Did you ever wonder why we never hear about Seal Teams 1-5? Why do we only ever hear about Seal Team 6's exploits?
Turns out it's exactly the sort of thing you're talking about: a ploy to make the Soviets think the Americans had more going on than they did by skipping straight to 6.
Why not attribute the exploits to all "six" teams, rather than having a conspicuous gap from 1 to 5?
Further, your desktop computer and/or server isn't a box, stop calling it that.
Mine's a box. Granted, it is made of metal and plastic, rather than cardboard, but that doesn't matter. Boxes can be made of all sorts of materials. Why do you think it isn't a box?
If you can't tell us, why did you reply?
Because not being able to tell us is a data point as well.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.