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I watched Fire House, Warrant, and Dokken last night up in Coushatta Casino.
It's only worth as much as what someone will give you for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
And that's the irony of Bitcoin. With respect to trade, anything is only worth as much as someone will give you for it. I suspect that Bitcoin trading for dollars is a rigged system: someone has 'made up' how much it is worth to semi-legitimize it as a currency.
Simply, if we go one step further, you can't buy anything with bitcoins. I know you say you can, but in the grand scheme of things, you can't. Currency only becomes a currency when there is a critical mass in a community. Of course, people believe there is an 'online community' (Bwaahaahhh!)
Having said all that, much like Shaggy, I'm on the sidelines. But I have a good chuckle over it.
Go to Vegas. I just got back. Had a great time. Public intoxication is the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Huh? Last time I checked my 10 dollar bills were worth exactly that amount of money, it's not like the value is negotiable unless it is a collectable bill. How much a dollar is worth depends at least on demand and supply. For example if the government were to double the money supply by printing more money, then ceteris paribus, the value of each dollar would drop 50 percent both domestically and internationally (forcing prices for the same goods to double). For instance after World War I Germany was forced to pay war reparations of tens of billions of dollars and so it decided to simply print loads of cash and that resulted in the some of the worst inflation ever recorded. :LQuote:
Originally Posted by SJWhiteley
The expression it is only worth as much as someone will give you for it usually applies to buying and selling true goods meaning that you might have a highly collectible one of a kind item to sell, but it is completely worthless unless you find the right buyer(s), and the expression hints at the forces of demand and supply underpinning the pricing mechanism. In the case of bitcoins the problem is that they are entirely worthless, there is no limit regarding the supply of equivalent coins, thus they are merely generating false demand by selling the con that they are as rare as gold.Quote:
Originally Posted by SJWhiteley
You might be right regarding the value of the bitcoins, to get the scheme underway they may have manipulated the market to get the value of a bitcoin to rise from 1 cent to a dollar over a relatively short period of time, and in so doing generate a lot of investment interest in the virtual coin.
What, does that mean you don't fancy mining for a few bitcoins of your own?Quote:
Originally Posted by SJWhiteley
Shoot we have New Orleans for that. Plus I did go to Vegas last.... November I think it was or maybe it was October.Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
Never been to New Orleans.... I should go some time.
Whenever you do, hit me up and I'll go to. I'll keep you away from the side of bourbon that no straight person should ever see.
This is the post race.
I'm so glad it is.
Because if it wasn't the post race.
I would not be posting useless post.
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Where you can write anything and everything you want, just because you like it XD
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I can never understand the need for humans to view animal behavior through the lens of morality. This is the pinnacle of arrogance. Morality and ethics are nothing more than abstract creations of the human mind. Reminds me of a time I was watching some YouTube where a guy was throwing chickens into a crocodile pen and filming the crocs killing them. In the comment section, quite a few folks were complaining about how cruel it was. Nature is not cruel. Nature is nature. If you really want to describe it, it would be more accurate to say nature is efficient, not cruel. Cruelty implies some kind of moral understanding and intent to violate its parameters. Nature has no care or understanding of morality hence it cannot be cruel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
Hell, if anything, nature is nurturing. It provides all that we need to survive.
HA! You were banned!
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@KG - That threw a NullReferanceException
I outlined that it is always critical for humans to assess their own behaviours in order to judge their own morality and that includes making decisions about which animals, if any, they choose to kill and consume.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
For example it is very difficult to justify killing herbivorous animals including sheep, cows, and the cheeseburger you had last week, as they merely consume plants and don't usually kill any other animals unless they are in mortal danger and are forced to defend themselves from a predator.
By contrast I also suggested that some animals have inherent designs and or display behaviours that make them a threat to the universe, including fish and raptors i.e. birds that prey on other birds (rather than every other species of bird which are typically highly likable), and that killing and consuming these animals enables one to save the universe. \(^.^)/
Can you justify killing and eating cows on a regular basis? :L
Hmmm you might be onto something there Niya, although I quite like them nonetheless. =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Surely you should have been able to understand why. Most folks know that crocodiles are ferocious mindless beasts that eat their own babies and spouces, are derivatives of the dinosaurs, and continue to consume and grow ever larger until the day they die. Chickens by constrast are highly likeable as they are not capable of growing indefinitely, form luvable pair bonds, the roosters look very handsome, and the hens even supply eggs for everyone to eat. I would definitely defend any chicken being attacked by a croc if I could. =DQuote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Some parts of nature are extremely cruel, crocodiles, alligators, monitor lizards, and particularly Komodo dragons are all very cruel species that do not possess any redeeming features and therefore make it onto my dinner plate whenever possible. :-9Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Sometimes it is efficient, sometimes it is cruel, sometimes it is a combination of the two as in the case of lizards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
I disagree, some animals are fundamentally likable and defendable where as others species make me want to shoot them. ︻┻┳══━一,┳━Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Sometimes the products of evolution are definitely likable. =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
What about you dday9, can you justify killing and eating cows and chickens on a regular basis?
No need for justification. Think of it like using the bathroom, it's just natural(at least to me).Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
Road House
°o°! Would you eat other humans if you could? The disabled? Children? What about members of your family? What about "bushmeat"?Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Did you miss me ?Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
Very odd way of looking at this. Animals have no capacity for understanding the morality of their behavior so why would you judge them based on moral guidelines ? Does this seem sensible ? Animals are guided by their instincts and all that really matters is that these instincts lead to the continued survival of their kind, even if its instinctive cannibalism. Who are we to even question several million years of evolution.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
They taste good. Justification enough for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
Why do you not view killing clearly innocent animals a crime tantamount to murder? Is it because they are a less intelligent species?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
If you view all creatures as fundamentally innocent then arguably you shouldn't be eating any any of them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Go vegan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
I happen to worry about the safety of the universe and don't mind eating threatening species, especially if they taste nice. =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Another way of looking at it is that over the course of time some animals have evolved into very threatening species, i.e. if they continue to evolve in that particular direction they will literally threaten the safety of the universe. That reason alone is enough for me to justify killing and eating them. I guess you might say that I try to eat animals like the comet that killed the dinosaurs. ☄Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Great to have you back Niya. CC's not the same without you :)
"Now with added Niya!"Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
Because my stomach doesn't care. The enzymes in my body that break down proteins in meat don't care. The tastebuds on my tongue that tell me when meat tastes good don't care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
Oooo Kay :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Witis
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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter
MOAR MERMAIDS!!!!xDQuote:
Originally Posted by SJWhiteley
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