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Mirror, Mirror

Lily Collins, Julia Roberts

One of my most hilarious, inspiring, laglag jockey, & hagulgol movies!

The dwarves are...awwoooo :-P

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8-bMgDANEk

Hindi bagay sa iyo ang family business!

Field Of Dreams, 1989

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, and Burt Lancaster

When Ray Kinsella's daughter Karin falls off the baseball field bleachers, & young baseball player Archie "Doc" Graham leaves the playing field to return to his older doctor self in order to save her.

Start taking care of yourself... Now na!

Lose Yourself - Eminem

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o25jgGIQqRg

MS: Well, I don't exactly like getting into arguments, & you're not my desired gender But in general, make up making out is the best

C: No better way than being here & now!

Even if I can be too intense?

Kayod, Kayod - Apo Hiking Society

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ2ynVPactM

Only when you really love yourself can you really love others

I'll find a way to exceed your expectations

Even if I'm oc-oc?

Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China last half of April.

Hopefully, Tibet, first half of May

Tuloy Pa Rin, Neocolors

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2PofcigPaMo

Self service na ba? Hmmm... Ice cold raw organic cucumber, bell pepper, & avocado juice Any else cares for some?

Yup, we're not in the same page alright :-)

Gravity, just like mathematics, is a natural phenomenon, NOT a technology, it JUST is.

Bitcoin, like the internet, cryptography, opensource, & basketball, is a created technology, NOT a natural phenomenon, it CAN be changed.

In fact, the internet, cryptography, open source, & basketball HAVE changed significantly since their inceptions, subject to their regulators. For the internet, it's the top domains & associated parties. For open source, it's the particular varieties, like Ubuntu Foundation.

Don't you find a contradiction there: no regulatory body for the internet, but it can't be modified? & yet there is some form of internet regulation as well as modification. Including manipulation, as best exemplified by China.

Sure, the top concepts may not change, but the detailed implementations may & have changed radically.

I have nothing against bitcoin, except the fiction that it's not in any way regulated.,

I've expressed by opinion enough :-)

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Cryptography is a science. You can't modify science. in the same way that you can't modify the rules of gravity. it just is.

 

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there is no regulatory body for the internet, nor for open source software. In fact there is a movement to keep the internet free and open for everyone.

 

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Now you can't modify the internet, you can't hack the "internet" and change it to suit your needs. Nobody owns the internet, Nobody controls it. You can't change the internet, you can only modify the way you access the internet, via mobile, via computers, and pretty soon via wearable devices such as Google Glass. But the internet won't change. The whole idea of the internet will be there as constant as the sun in the sky.

 

It's the same way with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

River Of Dreams-Billy Joel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM

Dragon Tiger Gate

Ass kicking Good vs. Evil comic book adaptation, with some sprinkling of sexy scenes & childhood issues resolution.

Excerpt from http://www.rottentom...on_tiger_gate/:

SPL collaborators Donnie Yen and Wilson Yip join forces once again for this high-energy adaptation of Wong Yuk-Ling's popular manga Dragon and Tiger Heroes. The Dragon Tiger Gate is a Hong Kong martial arts dojo co-founded by the descendents of Dragon (Yen) and Tiger (Nicholas Tse). Separated as children, Tiger fights for the cause of good and Dragon goes to work for fearsome drug smuggler Ma Kun (Chen Kuan-tai). As the action gets under way, Tiger gets into a scrap with Ma Kun's gang and ends up in possession of the Lousha Plaque - a sacred icon of immense value to the powerful criminals. Though Ma Kun and Dragon allow Tiger to abscond with the Lousha Plaque for the time being, Dragon soon sets out to recover the object as nunchaku-spinning warrior Turbo (Shawn Yue) makes his presence known. As Tiger attempts to lure Dragon away from the dark side, the pair is forced to work together for the first time in years in order to defeat formidable Lousha Gang leader Shibumi (Yu Kang), whose penchant for one-on-one fights sets the stage for an explosive climax. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Sirena - Gloc-9

An earth globe & a star theater

Tindi ng thread na ito a...hinga...hinga...hinga...

O, I never meant to lump the bitcoin system with pyramid scams, though I might not have been clear about that. What I meant was that without a regulatory body, late adopters could be substantially at the mercy of early adopters, who could have made their killing before any manipulation, while the adopter base was still being substantially increased.

I'm not imputing any intent to manipulate in the bitcoin system, only that without a regulatory body, it is prone to manipulation.

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another misconception. Bitcoin isn't a ponzi scheme, even late adopters can still gain from the system, and in the first place, Bitcoin is more than a get-rich-quick scheme. If you stop thinking about it in that light, but instead as real currency then the notion of it being a pyramid scheme goes away.

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I'm not faulting any of the technical issues you raise, Larry, as they are all valid. My issue is the premise:

Someone or some group created the bitcoin system. They didn't ask anyone's permission to do that & they're not accountable to anyone.

Logically, someone or some group can also modify the bitcoin system. Most probably, that would be the original creators, or their effective successors, but it could also be reverse engineering hackers. They don't need to ask permission to do that, precisely because they're not accountable to anyone.

Cryptography, just like hyper space drives, is a technology. It was created, it can be modified, albeit only by knowledgeable technicians. The parameters can be changed, if not the mathematics, to substantially favor particular parties, even just by minimal fore knowledge.

The only reasons the bitcoin protocol, just like any other technology, cannot be modified are:

1. The technical knowhow is somehow lost- which renders the system inoperable as soon as any component fails, which is inevitable, hence the purpose of maintenance, which needs technical knowhow.

2. The knowledgeable technicians don't want to modify it- but then various means of persuasion can be used to convince the technicians otherwise.

The only counter to this is a regulatory body. The system may be modified, but the regulatory body is accountable for the modifications. Which is the case with the internet or open source. But is not the case with the bitcoin system if it does not have a regulatory body.

that's the beauty of the bitcoin protocol

 

the limits are set by mathematical algorithms in place to do just that.

 

the entire system is governed by math, and because its math you really can't take advantage of it, it's black and white.

 

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primitive currency systems of ancient men. Back then there were no federal reserves, or central banks. Everyone had rocks or strips of leather to indicate currency, and traded those in exchange for goods. The value was set collectively, and was not subject to manipulation since there was only a set number of blue rocks that you can use. Nobody could say that your rocks were worth less, everyone had to agree on the value of your rocks. Much like bitcoin.

Metamorphosizing...

Anyone heard of or tried The Filipino Dream? How sustainable really is it? Selling cartons of juice?

Interesting concept! I hope I don't stray too far off topic as I try to present another perspective. It's not technical but more conceptual.

May I just point out that just like anything conceptualized, it can be re conceptualized & even de conceptualized. Except that in this case, since there is no central regulatory agency, there is also no central accountability for any shenanigans.

Peer to peer accountability is a nice concept but only really works in a personal community. When the community is impersonal, as when the population runs past the hundreds, political economics rules, & by that I mean including all the shenanigans that come with it. There's really no such thing as pure economics with a level playing field for everyone. Even when playing monopoly with 6 players, non economic issues can arise between alliances hehehe.

Take the $, which is no longer backed by gold, & is supposedly regulated by whatever US authority.

Now compare that with the bitcoin, also not backed by gold, but who regulates the limits of its so called mining? Nobody? But who set the limit in the first place? & how was it set? Nobody is accountable.

& if it was initially set by someone, then it can always be reset. Particularly since nobody is accountable.

Of course, if there is a central regulatory agency, all my comments are moot. In fact, though, there must be a de facto central regulatory agency, even if they don't call & market themselves as such, calling & marketing the system instead as peer to peer. But I believe the next evolution of this system is to establish some form of regulatory agency, whatever it will called, decentralized, federal, etc., much like the open source community, but where there is some accountability. But then I think this

will eventually lead back to the current system, with the same shenanigans.

Personally, any global currency system, backed by no real standard, such as gold, is the real root of the exponentially increasing economic inequality in the world. Sure, this inequality was initially set by historical realities, such as natural resources & climate conditions in various localities, but this could still be & have been relatively easily offset by personal, community, national, & maybe even regional initiatives, when there were still real standards, like gold.

Without real standards, like gold, the system is subject to manipulation, & much more so when there is no central regulatory agency. & I'm not even going into the inequality between those who have bit access & the overwhelming majority who don't.

I think bitcoins may really be lucrative for the haves, much like trading, & even derivative trading. Or like pyramid multi level marketing systems. Those who get in first, make the most, & when the structure inevitably crumbles, or is restructured or reorganized or what have you, those who come in later have no recourse.

Personally, I'd like to take a good hard look back at the primitive barter system & see how it's good points can be integrated into global cyber economy hehehe.

Lastly, I'm not really particularly a gold standard advocate but it makes a clear historical example.

To any admins, pwede paki palitan ang topic title to (add Underrated):Favorite Underrated Japanese, Korean, or Chinese Martial Arts Movies?& then delete this post? Ty.

Sexy swordswomen rivalry, intelligent plot surprises, cinematic action choreography, tight witty screenplay, tear flooding drama, what more do you want?

Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowless_Sword:

The film is set after the fall of Sanggyeong, the capital of Balhae in 926. Dongdan Kingdom dispatches the Chucksaldan (a.k.a. Killer Blade Army) to find and k*ll the last remaining member of the Balhae royal family, exiled prince Jeong-hyun, to prevent the possible reconstruction of Balhae. Prime Minister Lim Sun-ji, on the other hand, sends a young, talented swordswoman, Yeon So-ha, to find Prince Jeong-hyun first and bring him back safely. Jeong-hyun, however, is reluctant to come and fight for the throne, still bitter about his unfair exile. The rest of the movie follows So-ha and Jeong-hyun's journey as they fight their way back to the capital, fall in love and whether or not Jeong-hyun manages to reconstruct the fallen kingdom of Balhae.