That's a shame, I used it and it was way fast to get up to May, only a few hours and no CPU usage

Me too. Just imagine how awesome it will be when it releases. Our grandchildren will be so psyched.

Your dropdown for importance of things doesn't work. Once I selected "6" for most important I found that I wanted to reassign it. But when I changed my answer to 5, neither 5 NOR 6 were available to me for the other options. I ended up running out of choices.

If pruning is more functional and the default, more people will run nodes. Right now, a huge part of my SSD is dedicated to the blockchain. Soon, I won't have the space for the entire thing. Sure, I could move it over to the HD, but the point is the system discourages running a full node.

Did someone host it somewhere so everyone can test?

Dislike is good too, it prevents people from going out of line because flaming will be disliked immediately.

You may also know that when it comes to software it is frequently delayed. Any ETAs are simply guesses. There are always issues that need to be resolved, and you need to first figure out how to solve them before you can actually do it. This means the variance is huge. Sometimes a bug is fixed in one line of code after five minutes, sometimes it leads to a complete redesign of a system.

I'm not making any statements about this particular case because I'm not informed enough. But software is something that is constantly improved by developers. You shouldn't be talking about release dates and ETAs because those things are almost meaningless. What matters is the speed and quality of development. So we shouldn't ask when it's getting released, we should ask if they're putting enough developer effort to be worth $100,000 a month.

There has been more than $1,500,000 in developer hours/effort put into bitcoin already, the only difference is not all of those people got paid for their contributions

Anyone know how much has been spent on BTC development?

This is called security by obscurity. It works until it doesn't, and the guy happens to know how to work that system. Does it make you safer? Maybe. Is it worth your time doing this compared to other measures? Probably not.

It's probably safer to know how to secure Linux than to use a system you are not familiar with.

From what I got from his post, the forum software was not compromised, but his log-in credentials to the server. Having different forum software would not help in any way for this particular attack.

The forum was down and it's not asking for you to do anything out of the ordinary. I certainly changed my password.

This process is flawed. Someone who is a smart motivated individual is much more likely to finish college than someone who isn't. That doesn't mean that this individual who finished college couldn't have accomplished the same things if he had not gone to college.

A self-selected group that chooses not to go to college cannot act as a control to another self-selected group who chooses to go to college. To have a better comparison, you'd need to actually intervene and randomly select people who will go to college and have a control group that is not allowed to go to college.

For example, someone born with rich parents and doesn't have a high school diploma makes on average more money per year than someone who was born into a poor family, but finished college. This actually says that it's more important to have rich parents than to go to college.

It's not his own account, but that account DOES post statements made by him. That's why it's in quotes. It's also within 20 minutes of the plane actually being downed if you look at the time. It's not some random guy in the US making this up, this is someone definitely in the area.

Because it appears that colleges and universities have taken economic theory and applied it. Colleges are businesses selling to student consumers. The colleges are often making a good profit, which of course is used to build buildings, to hire assistant deans and other administrators, while hiring fewer full time professors and more adjuncts. I can't help but wonder if the consumers are getting their monies worth, or simply a degree along with debt.

Russian anti-air weapons

http://web.archive.org/web/20140717152222/http://vk.com/strelkov_info

"B paйoнe Topeзa тoлькo чтo cбили caмoлeт Aн-26, вaляeтcя гдe-тo зa шaxтoй "Пpoгpecc".
Пpeдyпpeждaли жe - нe лeтaть в "нaшeм нeбe".
A вoт и видeo-пoдтвepждeниe oчepeднoгo "птичкoпaдa".
Птичкa yпaлa зa тeppикoн, жилoй ceктop нe зaцeпилa. Mиpныe люди нe пocтpaдaли.

A тaкжe eщe ecть инфopмaция o втopoм cбитoм caмoлeтe, вpoдe бы Cy."

they thought they shot down this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-26

So it's really not any kind of conspiracy, it's just complete retardation, and I'll put my money on people being stupid every time

I have had enough unpleasant run-ins with people calling themselves feminists to see where this article is coming from. For what it is worth, I have met some people calling themselves feminists who very decent people and that convinces they aren't all to blame for the negative image described the article.

The thing about environmental activists came as a complete surprise to me. I've never viewed them as anything other than positive. The compromises you mention usually involve the destruction part of our world, the world the future will inherit. That to me is more important than anything, that is humanity's future.

I'm glad when something puts pressure on any government to stay honest. It's a matter of politics at this point between countries and you'd better be damned sure that Russia's not just going to let this slip through their fingers. It's a smart move on their part, free positive exposure while the U.S. tarnishes itself a bit in the eyes of many. Plus, Russia has set it up in such a way that they have the freedom to change their minds if they wish (say, within the next 3 years).

They may also be able to get some concessions or use Snowden as a bargaining chip with the U.S. down the road or it may prove useful just to keep him around. Maybe they just don't care all that much and get the benefit of a tiny publicity boost with the outside world by looking like they're more "free" than the U.S; in whatever way you slice it they get something out of it for cheap coin. When the country with the most powerful military in the world has a phrase like "We always get our man" doesn't get their man, it carries a statement that Russia wants to promulgate.

A suspected case of Ebola has made it to Toronto

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/08/08/world/africa/08reuters-health-ebola-canada.html?ref=world&_r=1&referrer=


Hmmm... Unless this person had direct contact with the medical personnel or was on a flight with the man that took the virus to Nigeria, then I wouldn't be too concerned about this one. There have only been 9 cases of Ebola in Nigeria so far and all of them stem from the same patient in Lagos.

http://consumerist.com/2014/08/01/gamestop-bonus-trade-in-video-game-get-your-fingerprints-uploaded-to-national-database-for-free/


As much as I wouldn't want to do this, and I generally like the Consumerist's articles, it's often a part of law enforcement, as Gamestop is generally required to abide by "pawn shop law." It's going to be the same at Best Buy's and Mom n Pop shops in the same areas that take in the same volume of trades for cash.

PROTIP: You get more out of your used games selling them on Ebay anyway. Stop screwing yourself by going to gamestop

Don't be surprised that those about to be executed don't fight back even with them outnumbering their captors.
 
They probably went through the most horrifying mental torture that you could imagine.
In cases like these the POWs are sometimes divided into groups and forced to watch false executions of other groups. Executioners prepare the POWs as if they are going to be executed and then shoot next to them, have a good laugh and load them back into trucks. Several 'treatments' make POWs become very docile because they are first shocked, then terrified beyond belief, and finally relieved and reassured that they may live if they bow down. Instant Stockholm syndrome combined with indifference.
When the time for the actual execution comes, they don't even know what's real anymore and they don't care.