Quote from: RHorning on January 07, 2011, 12:30:50 PM

I'm just glad that at least somebody had the guts to call this a scam. It is, of the most basic and illegal variety... with a good reason why stuff like this is usually declared illegal in most countries. As long as Bitcoins are seen as play money and not worth anything, I suppose this is a harmless diversion that I'd still recommend against, but it certainly shouldn't be something encouraged.

If you want to be rich, provide some goods or services that do something others need. You can build a better mousetrap and make far more money than scamming somebody out of their money, and do something positive for the community at the same time. Threads like this simply are not helpful and IMHO it should be locked, but that is just me.

Yes, I get the humor being poked at with all of the various polygon and polyhedron references. Such is happening because this shouldn't be a serious discussion, but I argue even that is a waste and is sustaining a thread that shouldn't get attention in the first place. Such humor is also indirectly a personal attack on the original poster... something I think is also awful decorum and something that should be stopped for its own reason too. I suppose there are a bunch of kids here that want to play, but it is time to grow up kids!

Nothing wrong with a little sarcasm to tell the truth. Look at how CNN, MSNBC, etc. has failed to counter FOX News while 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' is the only show capable of countering Fox's exaggeration with their own humorous slant. Quite effective IMOP.

The Internet is full of wrong info and one just need some good B.S. filters. You are probably an older guy but a lot of kids and teenagers would fall for this Ponzi stuff. I fell for one once when I was a teenager.