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orkaa: unless you're in need of some
freedom jcpham:
freedom in the west has more to do with military dominance than i suspect anyone else thinks about
jurov:
freedom + eu grants. works wonderfully :D
jcpham: hopefully
freedom works beeter for romania than it did in the west
jurov: then "
Freedom and Solidarity"
mircea_popescu: fiat500 he's a kid, doing okay on the
freedom of speech angle, i don't mind him
aknap3: seriously though, I think it won't be a huge issue. I think the third world will appreciate the value of and benefit from bitcoin more than the first world -- they get increased access to global markets,
freedom from currency controls, plus they escape hyperinflation in their own currencies
mircea_popescu:
freedom is great for rural areas. to live in a city you must necessarily be very, very submissive.
mod6: And now, price pegs for bitcoin???! Eff no. Bitcoin is the last bastion of economic
freedom in the world.
pgp: the food of
freedom?
mircea_popescu: topace|2 well the idea is to allow the push-er this
freedom bgupta: so apparently anonymous took up mircea_popescu's call to pretect
freedom by preventing the rise of bitcoin, but instead of selling btc as their methodology, they are ing usin g a ddos against mtgox. Hey if it can't trade it can't rise. ;)
ChaangNoi: i love the
freedom in btc land, people get to do what they want. mp is not forcing anyone to do anything
ChaangNoi: in btc land stupid people get to do stupid things with their money, i love
freedom midnightmagic: Human longevity has increased; human standards of living have increased; human
freedom to pursue a healthy happy life is greater than it ever was; human knowledge is at its greatest peak in all of history; human treatment of disease is greater and more effective than it has ever been, ever in all history; human notions of morality and ethics (on the whole) are greater than they have ever been.
midnightmagic: Progress does exist in the form of higher standards of living,
freedom, and the advancement of human knowledge and science.
mircea_popescu: just because your master stripped you naked and beat you with a whip doesn't mean there's no need for whips in this new state you're making "for
freedom".
mjr_: and i mean, it is pretty much exactly what they believe in as far as distributed systems and
freedom mircea_popescu: "The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed
Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, in response to a failure by the agency to release any documents pertaining to the “Emergency Wireless Protocols,” (Standard Operating Procedure 303 or “SOP 303″)."
jurov: what are you all on? i'll happily accept 1TB blockchain.. its still little price for btc
freedom truffles: is there
freedom of speech anywhere?
mircea_popescu: "The whole point of bitcoin is OPENNESS.
FREEDOM. NO GOVERNMENTS.
Luke-Jr: Ukyo: to a degree. and miners have the
freedom to ignore transactions by design.
smickles: mircea_popescu: a lesson in
freedom?
DeadWeasel_: i'm asking these questions, trying to motivate myself to learn to trade some bitcoin assets. i believe in this as crucial piece of the
freedom triangle that is humanities future. also, I guess I'm greedy. I want more than I have.
OneMiner: I think it's in very poor taste to make that movie or even the trailer. They should just drop this. But it's an important
freedom. They'll never be prosecuted.
toffoo: novusordo: I dunno, I think you could argue that a system as free, open, and unregulated as bitcoin will always invite a fair share of asshats. it's the cost of
freedom.
EmanuelDeOrtego: True communists believe
freedom is a resource to be rationed.
mircea_popescu: in the us you have
freedom of speech and everyone is stupid-liberal.