If I say what this blog is about I'll just shift gears again. It's about stuff.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
VTV is a Liar & The Beatles Played Music.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Australian Chapter of The Zeitgeist Movement's Article Debunking The Venus Project.
The Australian Chapter of TZM has posted an article titled "Debunking The Venus Project." Peter Joseph Merola has told them to take it down or they will lose their official chapter status. I'm posting a link to it here as well as a back up if they do end up taking it down.
PDF available here: http://www.zeitgeistaustralia.org/spirit-of-the-times-issue-8/
PDF available here: http://www.zeitgeistaustralia.org/spirit-of-the-times-issue-8/
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
1 Year Later; Still on the BitCoin Fence
A year ago I was very critical of BitCoin, though I have since toned it down. The objection I initially raised what that aside from scarcity digital currency only had value in currency. The BitCoin itself (or rather the 1s and 0s existing on a magnetic drive) has no application outside of being a currency. Commodity currencies had uses outside of currency and would have a demand. Fiat monies, as bad as they are, had legal tender laws enforcing its value as a currency. I also had questions about the security of the BitCoin technology and since then I've come to see that such an endeavor would be futile.
Now that BitCoin is growing some roots and LiteCoin has started to grow as well, I'm back on the fence I originally was on at the time I initially heard of BitCoins.
I'm no stranger to digital currency. Those who remember me from the last decade remember when I had a full time job in SecondLife which also had it's own virtual currency. Though that money is constantly inflated and mostly floats with the US dollar around 250-270 "Linden Dollars" per 1 USD. which is what it still is today. The idea of a monopoly firm controlling every aspect of the currency isn't very flattering but it's fine considering it's mostly used to purchase digital land, pixel penises, and animal avatars. Just like BitCoin, you can buy drugs, but unlike BitCoin they will only get your video game dude high.
When people think BitCoin, they only think about SilkRoad (an anonymous site which is like an e-Bay for illicit drugs and other black market goods) which seems to get a good portion of the BitCoin economic activity. There's things like website and podcast hosting that takes these digital currencies as well as a cornucopia of other goods from electronics, books, even tobacco.
The reason I'm not fully on board is the volatility of the market. Like it's human counterpart, it's young, dumb and full of cum (or LSD to be more literal.) In the last month we saw it rocket from $23 to $235 (which is what it trades at the time of this post.) I think this is another bubble and it will pop. I can't understand how this could be sustainable.
I have set up 2 wallets. One for BitCoin and one for LiteCoin. I'll take them if you want to throw me a few space duckets, but for me holding my breath as a viable alternative currency I shall wait until it matures and make a final call.
If you want to donate a few:
BitCoin: 13Y8ZnLQDEDWFQbYmRLvm2FRHJF7s8RbxT
LiteCoin: LMfcVjvNJBdU4NbyLebgYjrmwvNgUCwuy1
Now that BitCoin is growing some roots and LiteCoin has started to grow as well, I'm back on the fence I originally was on at the time I initially heard of BitCoins.
I'm no stranger to digital currency. Those who remember me from the last decade remember when I had a full time job in SecondLife which also had it's own virtual currency. Though that money is constantly inflated and mostly floats with the US dollar around 250-270 "Linden Dollars" per 1 USD. which is what it still is today. The idea of a monopoly firm controlling every aspect of the currency isn't very flattering but it's fine considering it's mostly used to purchase digital land, pixel penises, and animal avatars. Just like BitCoin, you can buy drugs, but unlike BitCoin they will only get your video game dude high.
When people think BitCoin, they only think about SilkRoad (an anonymous site which is like an e-Bay for illicit drugs and other black market goods) which seems to get a good portion of the BitCoin economic activity. There's things like website and podcast hosting that takes these digital currencies as well as a cornucopia of other goods from electronics, books, even tobacco.
The reason I'm not fully on board is the volatility of the market. Like it's human counterpart, it's young, dumb and full of cum (or LSD to be more literal.) In the last month we saw it rocket from $23 to $235 (which is what it trades at the time of this post.) I think this is another bubble and it will pop. I can't understand how this could be sustainable.
I have set up 2 wallets. One for BitCoin and one for LiteCoin. I'll take them if you want to throw me a few space duckets, but for me holding my breath as a viable alternative currency I shall wait until it matures and make a final call.
If you want to donate a few:
BitCoin: 13Y8ZnLQDEDWFQbYmRLvm2FRHJF7s8RbxT
LiteCoin: LMfcVjvNJBdU4NbyLebgYjrmwvNgUCwuy1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Yes, Douglas Mallette is Still A Nutjob.
I know a lot of people think Douglas Mallette isn't crazy conspiracy nut, just a bit deluded on his ideology and commercial adventures. Well according to Douglas Mallette, GMO foods were designed by scientists to for the soul reason of giving you cancer. I can't make this shit up.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30066813
FF to 32:45
Yea, that would be a bad technology, Doug. That's why it doesn't exist. There's no evidence commercially available GMO foods are harmful. The reason GMOs are made is not to give you cancer (if it was, the scientists failed miserably) but to increase yield, resist parasites, resist molds, and to create vitamins and minerals that are lacking in a region's diet like golden rice.
This all goes back to Doug and his conspiracy theory mindset everyone wants to pretend doesn't exist. He's a loon, always has been and still is. This is the difference between a science geek and someone who follows the science. I think Maddox sums up the kind of science geek Doug is, and you can take a gander at his Facebook wall to confirm. Unlike most "I fucking love science" types, he thinks ZOMG THEY ARE GOING TO KILL US ALL WITH TOMATOES!!!!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30066813
FF to 32:45
"Some technologies aren't very good. Some technologies don't serve a proper purpose and they might not even be relevant as we move forward. What's the technological benefit of of creating some crazy-ass frankenfood that is going to give you cancer later on just because some scientists were paid to do so in a lab? I mean, what's the scientific relevance of that? ...And this is coming from a science geek." - Douglas Mallette
Yea, that would be a bad technology, Doug. That's why it doesn't exist. There's no evidence commercially available GMO foods are harmful. The reason GMOs are made is not to give you cancer (if it was, the scientists failed miserably) but to increase yield, resist parasites, resist molds, and to create vitamins and minerals that are lacking in a region's diet like golden rice.
This all goes back to Doug and his conspiracy theory mindset everyone wants to pretend doesn't exist. He's a loon, always has been and still is. This is the difference between a science geek and someone who follows the science. I think Maddox sums up the kind of science geek Doug is, and you can take a gander at his Facebook wall to confirm. Unlike most "I fucking love science" types, he thinks ZOMG THEY ARE GOING TO KILL US ALL WITH TOMATOES!!!!
Friday, February 22, 2013
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