Quote from: nimda on July 25, 2012, 05:41:18 PM

I'm not bashing Bitcoin, I'm bashing the vaporware which happens way too often. Just "because Bitcoin" doesn't mean people should announce every thought that pops into their heads.

Quote from: nimda on July 25, 2012, 10:44:42 PM

No. I just don't want people announcing stuff which doesn't exist. Sure wikispeed has prototypes, but I bet they won't sell one before June of next year. I don't really care to know about it right now. I'm not a venture capitalist. Same thing with BFL, Bitcoincard, Ellet, etc. Maybe if any one of these people set an ETA which was anywhere near on time (does wikispeed even have an ETA?) then I'd be interested.

Really, I'm bashing the unrealistic ETA's. Some of these products won't ever exist, even though they were supposed to come out months ago. There's a saying that it's better to be 15 minutes early, so that even if you're 12 minutes late, you're still on time. Really, once I left middle school, I stopped being late.

I'm starting to think I can make money on this. Every announcement of a big product in this forum, I'll ask for an ETA. Then I'll make a bet that they won't hit it. We can do a negative interest thing: for every day before the eta that they ship, I'll give them 1% extra. For every day late, they give me 1% extra.

Nice backpedal. We don't want a lot of things to happen, but they still do. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. For that, put your efforts toward human trafficking or child abuse.

I want to know about ideas and things being developed. I want to be able to gauge potential trends. I want to have an estimate on production, even if it isn't guaranteed or absolutely accurate. As do many businesses, which is part of the reason that a lot of them are even in business.

At least be genuine and start off with the proclamation that you want to speculate and make bets like a rote gambler. Otherwise, stop killing hope: live and let live. We can all do with less negativity.