"Interestingly, Bitcoin (briefly) achieved parity with the US dollar earlier this year, but it hasn't sustained that value."
How do you figure that? It looks to me like BitCoin continues to climb in value relative to dollars in every market with non-trivial volume. See: http://www.bitcoincharts.com/
This idea has been around a while, but maybe this time it will stick. In 1993 when "multimedia computers" (i.e. CD-ROM, audio cards and graphics that could almost play low-resolution video) were bleeding edge, Todd Rundgren released an interactive album titled "No World Order". Refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_World_Order
I dropped cable TV in 1999. These days Netflix (discs and streaming) have completely replaced cable TV for my household, and mostly replaced broadcast TV. (I really like the 2 Roku set-top boxes I own.) News is mostly online. TechDirt, /. and Google are standard fare.
I have cable internet, but it's business-class so it's truly unlimited (static address, no ports blocked, no monthly caps, etc). For folks in my area with consumer-class internet from the local cable company, it's actually cheaper (about $5 a month) to get internet service with basic cable TV than without cable TV.
Fight Terrorism
Fight Terrorism.
Stop being afraid.
Stop electing people who brandish fear like a weapon.
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"
package require Tclx
echo [rand 100]% of all statistics are made up on the spot!
Re: forgiveness & permission
The complete quote is even better:
Why don't you just go ahead and do it? Remember, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
-- RADM Grace Hopper (July 1986)
forgiveness & permission
"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
-- RADM Grace Hopper (July 1986)
sustained BitCoin value
"Interestingly, Bitcoin (briefly) achieved parity with the US dollar earlier this year, but it hasn't sustained that value."
How do you figure that? It looks to me like BitCoin continues to climb in value relative to dollars in every market with non-trivial volume. See: http://www.bitcoincharts.com/
18 years and counting...
This idea has been around a while, but maybe this time it will stick. In 1993 when "multimedia computers" (i.e. CD-ROM, audio cards and graphics that could almost play low-resolution video) were bleeding edge, Todd Rundgren released an interactive album titled "No World Order". Refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_World_Order
The trend started a long time ago
I dropped cable TV in 1999. These days Netflix (discs and streaming) have completely replaced cable TV for my household, and mostly replaced broadcast TV. (I really like the 2 Roku set-top boxes I own.) News is mostly online. TechDirt, /. and Google are standard fare.
I have cable internet, but it's business-class so it's truly unlimited (static address, no ports blocked, no monthly caps, etc). For folks in my area with consumer-class internet from the local cable company, it's actually cheaper (about $5 a month) to get internet service with basic cable TV than without cable TV.