Posts by besty

not wishing to get off topic here but the CC have denied status to other similar religions in the past, notably Plymouth Brethren, in connection with ostracism of former members

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/271691/1/Plymouth-Brethren-have-their-application-for-Charitable-Status-accepted-finally

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Bitcoins - anyone here mining?

by Jim_TX in

howdy!.

it's been a while since i've poked my head in here.... i was just curious if anyone on the forum is involved with bitcoin mining?.

i am, and am having fun doing it.

besty

With the price seemingly on a steep decline, how do the ecomonics of mining still work out?

I read an article saying that the increased mining power may be the reason that the price is dropping as miners convert the minted coins into cash

I think a lot of miners would find it uneconomical below $250 fiat at current difficulty. It would be interesting if the exchange rate to USD drops below that general range. Miners have various cost inputs - the capital cost and electrical efficiency (hash/w) of mining rigs, the cost of electricity, staff and space costs etc. Of course 'the short-term price' of Bitcoin is where a lot of media attention goes, but the bigger picture is the long-term value of blockchain technology.

There was also the fraud of the mining machine maker who used the new machines to mine themselves and then delivered them to people who had paid and were waiting for them once they were effectively near useless and past the price / performance ratio required.

Yep Butterfly Labs take a bow. Bad actors in the BTC space will be dealt with by traditional law enforcement.

The other thing that seems strange to me - most of the companies offering services and hyping up bitcoin actually don't want bitcoin themselves, they seem to want to sell bitcoin to you in exchange for your fiat currency. For all the pro-bitcoin / anti-fiat rhetoric they seem pretty keen to get *real* money. If people really though a bitcoin was going to be $10m one day (ha, that seems laughable right now!) then surely no one would ever let go of them? Which then means they will be valueless as they couldn't be used for currency - is this the problem? Everyone wants everyone else to spend theirs so that their own appeciates in value?

It would be a hard sell to ask for Bitcoin in exchange for...erm...Bitcoin :-) that would be kind of pointless?

In the case of services related to Bitcoin I agree that any company in this space should be accepting Bitcoin as payment, and if they don't then perhaps you need to ask them why not.

So, I guess I'm still a sceptic for now.

That's the only rational position to take until you see enough evidence to change your mind, which I'm sure you will over the next few years as the dust settles.

I'll leave you with this little gem from Steve Jobs, 1985:

PLAYBOY: Those are arguments for computers in business and in schools, but what about the home?

JOBS: So far, that’s more of a conceptual market than a real market. The primary reasons to buy a computer for your home now are that you want to do some business work at home or you want to run educational software for yourself or your children. If you can’t justify buying a computer for one of those two reasons, the only other possible reason is that you just want to be computer literate. You know there’s something going on, you don’t exactly know what it is, so you want to learn. This will change: Computers will be essential in most homes.

PLAYBOY: What will change?

JOBS: The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people—as remarkable as the telephone

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Bitcoins - anyone here mining?

by Jim_TX in

howdy!.

it's been a while since i've poked my head in here.... i was just curious if anyone on the forum is involved with bitcoin mining?.

i am, and am having fun doing it.

besty

just for you Simon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUNGFZDO8mM

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TV.JW.Org - WTF is Wrong With This Guy? - CAPTION THEM

by passwordprotected in

jw
friends

i've heard about his bombastic, overly patronising, cartoon-ish delivery before, but i'd never actually seen it...until now.

and i should add, this religion bears little to no relation to the one i left 6 years ago.. .

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besty

look out for some self-aggrandizing stats on video plays pretty soon

http://www.jwplayer.com/video-analytics/

yep - the boffins at jw.org have succumbed to the benefit of online tracking of web visitors..-all your views are belong to us..

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Bitcoins - anyone here mining?

by Jim_TX in

howdy!.

it's been a while since i've poked my head in here.... i was just curious if anyone on the forum is involved with bitcoin mining?.

i am, and am having fun doing it.

besty

just signed up for a circle.com account - very slick...also check out xapo.com as an alternative...

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Aren't Watchtower literature trolleys and stands illegal?

by jwfacts in

in many places it is illegal to set up a stand and sell things in public without council approval.

so why is it that jws can set up their trolleys in busy public areas without being asked to move on?

i saw this article this morning about muslims being asked to stop handing out leaflets in parramatta, because it is illegal.

besty

I think every local government will have different guidelines...

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Aren't Watchtower literature trolleys and stands illegal?

by jwfacts in

in many places it is illegal to set up a stand and sell things in public without council approval.

so why is it that jws can set up their trolleys in busy public areas without being asked to move on?

i saw this article this morning about muslims being asked to stop handing out leaflets in parramatta, because it is illegal.

besty

Morning commuters at my central London rail terminus are subjected to running the gauntlet in the following order:

1 - Charity collectors - about twice a month there will be a team with buckets for cash donations - always good causes

2 - Brand marketers releasing a new product will do give-away free samples of brekafast bars etc - popular with most people grabbing freebies

3 - Free morning newspapers being handed out - ignore

4 - Authorised homeless man selling Big Issue magazine - ignore

5 - various unauthorised beggars - ignore

6 - JW's with cart - ignore

They are just another annoying obstacle which most people are visually filtering - it might be different at quieter locations - in Central London 99.99% of people stream past them without a glance.

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Watchtower/Telecom Ownership Agreement!

by Atlantis in

watchtower-qcstelecom ownership agreement.. .

re: petition to transfer ownership of qcstelecom, inc., to watchtower bible and tract society.

http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/common/viewdoc.aspx?docrefid=%7b57614a3f-7101-408a-8b25-b3499530db5a%7d.

besty

@punkofnice - there is a difference between 'no punches pulled' and asserting baseless nonsense - those type of comments just feed the JW persecution complex and are the opposite of helpful to our position.

PS - none of my immediate family talk with me either.

Lets discuss over a beer in London one of these days ;-) PM me if up for that,