Sounds like it might fuck your brain up in the process...

One of the biggest advantages pushed to programmers of FOSS is that, yes, someone else can use your code, but you then get their improvements and changes too if you want them. And there are many other things as well but most of them boil down to, well...

Every piece of code I write as open-source, I open-source because my goal is the good of the community.

Thomas took code that was made open-source for the good of the community, made no improvements, contributions, or meaningful changes whatsoever. He simply re-released it to try and have it be for the good of him and only him. He wasn't trying to take Satoshi's openness and be equally open: He was trying to take Satoshi's idea and modify it for his own financial benefit at the expense of others, and he contributed nothing whatsoever in return.

Then when ixcoin blew up...

Thomas of course gives multiple speeches about how his goal was to have an exact copy of Bitcoin. Except with a different block chain. And very minor reward adjustments. He throws all that right out the window when he needs code from SolidCoin. "Yeah, I want a direct fork of Bitcoin. Oh, shit. Direct fork won't make me lots of money. Time to grab code from elsewhere."

Also, for the record, yes, FOSS can indeed be stolen, as far as the legal system is concerned. Linksys/Cisco comes to mind... And then there was another one, I can't remember the name off the top of my head, but they took open-source libraries and embedded them into a commercial application which was sold for profit, and they were slapped with a restraining order commanding them to remove all of the offending code or stop distributing software.

You understand that there is a button marked Edit for posts you make right?

Got a response from them after I inquired why the convo was removed:


I don't understand why they claimed it sounded "promotional"?  Most of the post I made was phrased in question form, such as "in what ways will Bitcoin permit various economic groups to interact across government boundaries.." etc. My only guess is that the mod there figured that Bitcoin was like Paypal, in being a company/organization. With that frame of reference, I can see why any mention of Bitcoin might seem promotional.

It does bother me that I must now repost a new convo, and hope that new people comment on it. I'm going to respond to their email and ask if the first post can be re-instated, and that I will edit it to fit better within their guidelines.

All part of the struggle =)

The piracetam was cheap powdered stuff. I don't remember the brand.

I was taking both choline bitartrate and soy lecithin at like quadruple the recommended dose.

Nicabate 4mg mini mint lozenges.  You can pick them up at supermarkets here in Australia.

IMMST?  Do you mean imminst.org? I haven't checked for a while but there used to be some interesting discussions on nootropics there.

No, it was a subjective statement obviously referring to a larger issue.  There's a reason nerds are nerds.  They're good with gadgets, but they suck at understanding what people actually want.

You know what I meant when I said "good stuff."  I was referring to the ridiculously limited selection of things you can buy with SC.  I'm on this forum every day, and I haven't seen one thing that I can buy with SC.

I'm not excited yet because I don't believe you are good at understanding what people want.

Edit:  Your debating talents include "oh yeah, that's coming...hasn't happened yet, but it will.  You just watch. Watchin' yet?"

Anyone with an opinion on the matter is showing classic 'Capitalist' symptoms

'Capatalist' symptoms include-
-seeing righ/wrong in anything
-thinking limits should be imposed on anything
-Explosive Diarrhea

While I don't support trolls, I'm also not opposed to them..... rarely do the bad guys see themselves as bad- and that's because good/bad is nothing but an opinion. What a bunch of hypocrytes posting..... it's funny to see them call themselves libertarians- it's like the stigma attached to Christianity- not saying there's anything at all wrong with Christianity itself, most people don't pracitice what they preach. sheesh, so far sure some people got their feelings hurt (which is their own problem- not the offenders), but some true colors have been revealed as a result.....

I tried taking piracetam, but it made me incredibly drowsy, even with tons of choline.

I find it an interesting topic, but I'd like to see some good peer-reviewed studies on the effectiveness of some of these things, as well as the long term side effects.
It seems to me that many people just pop a variety of pills of varying dosages and experiment on themselves in a haphazard way.
While you'd think personal experience - ie 'what works for me' would be a good guide - I'm not so sure.  I know from my own experiments with diet that it's very hard to draw valid conclusions as there are so many variables.

The only things I take that are remotely nootropical are caffeine (tea,coffee,chocolate) and nicotine.  I don't smoke - I just occasionally take a nicotine tablet (supposedly to help quitters -lol) as a mild mental pep up and general stress reliever.