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Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

Sept 20-23 Come and join in the Spirit of Peace, Prayer, Brotherhood, Yoga, Song and Dance.

It will take place at Iztaru, the Guias and Scouts Camp near Cartago.

Sept. 21 at 7:30 am well dance the PanEuRhythmy and at 9 am we will have a ceremony of gratitude led by the elders of the Huetares Indigenous Indians. There can be no peace between Nations until there is peace with Mother Earth. In Costa Rica we will be celebrating by signing a Peace Treaty. There will also be a ceremony is to ask permission of the mountain and their ancestors for the realization of the Hopi prophecy for The Fire Unity, One Day December 21, 2012. http://www.celebremoseldiauno.com/

Hopi Prophecy: http://www.tribalmessenger.org/prophecies/hopi-hopi.htm

Rainbow Prophecy: http://tribuarcoiris.blogspot.com/2011/02/los-guerreros-del-arcoiris-profecia.html

We celebrate with a bonfire until 10 pm.

On Sept 21 and 22, Elena Ross will share the PanEuRhythmy Universal Harmonious Movement to help humanity resonate at the same frequency as the Universe.

On Sept 22 and 23 there will be a Yoga Workshop (suggested donation $50.00)

There will be representatives: from the South, Taita Juan, Shaman de Colombia; Don John of Canada as a representative of the northern indigenous; Representing the Hopi a group of Rainbow Warriors, who are traveling here by land from Canada and Brazil.

FREE Camping for the Rainbow Family Sept 20-23.

If anyone needs to rent a bed or cabina please make your reservations and view the park entrance fees and other details http://siemprelistos.com/propio/html/iztaru/tarifas.htm

Contact Francisco: yogaparaelalma@gmail.com to learn more about upcoming events:

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DE 20 a 23 de Septiembre.

A partir del dia 21 de Septiembre las 9 am tendremos una ceremonia gratuita dirigida por los huetares para bendecir y pedir permiso a la montaa y a los ancestros para realizar all el Fuego de la Unidad el Da Uno, el 21 de diciembre.

Tendremos fogata de celebracin hasta las 10 pm.

Tendremos como representante de los indgenas del sur al Taita Juan de Colombia. Como representante de los indgenas del norte a Don Jhon de Canad.

En representacin de los Hopis tendremos a un grupo de amigos de Rainvow, los guerreras del arcoiris, quienes ya salieron para ac por tierra desde Canad y Brasil.

El 21 de septiembre y el 22, a las 7:30 am Elena Ross compartir el Paneuritmia Movimiento armnico universal para ayudar a la humanidad resuenan en la misma frecuencia que el Universo.

El 22 de septiembre y el 23 habr un Taller de Yoga (donacin sugerida $ 50.00)

Acampar gratis, Se podr dormir en tiendas de campaa o en las cabaas del campo Escuela. Ver tarifas de entrada al parque y otros detalles en http://siemprelistos.com/propio/html/iztaru/tarifas.htm

Peace Treaty with Mother Earth

I choose here and now, freely and consciously make peace with Earth and do what you have to do to live sustainably, to know, minimize and offset my carbon footprint and help make Costa Rica a carbon neutral nation . DAY ONE NETWORK http://www.celebremoseldiauno.com

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Optional________________________________ ____________________________________Place of Birth Where are you now?

Please print, sign and return to: pazconlatierra@gmail.com

The list of names of those who endorse this agreement and make One Day Network (Day One Network) will be delivered to the President of Costa Rica One Day (December 21, 2012), as a civil society contribution to the goal of mitigating global warming, along with the request to sign the Agreement Peace with the Earth.

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Tratado de paz con la Madre Tierra

Elijo aqu y ahora, libre y conscientemente, firmar la paz con la Tierra y hacer lo que tenga que hacer para vivir de forma sostenible, conocer, minimizar y compensar mi huella de carbono y hacer que Costa Rica alcance el estado de Nacin Carbono Neutral. Conoce, minimiza y compensa tu huella de carbono en DAY ONE NETWORK

QUE ES EL DIA UNO? http://www.celebremoseldiauno.com/

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_______________________________ ____________________________________Nacin de nacimiento Dnde ests ahora?

Por favor de imprimir, firmar y enviar a: pazconlatierra@gmail.com

El listado con los nombres de quienes avalan este acuerdo y conforman la Red del Da Uno (Day One Network) se entregar a la Presidenta de Costa Rica el Da Uno (21 de diciembre de 2012), como un aporte de la sociedad civil a la meta de mitigar el calentamiento global, junto a la solicitud de que firme el Acuerdo de Paz con la Tierra. QUE ES EL DIA UNO? http://www.celebremoseldiauno.com/

ICCCR | Intentional Conscious Communities of Costa Rica

What is virtual reality? – A simple introduction

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

by Chris Woodford. Last updated: March 3, 2017.

You'll probably never go to Mars, swim with dolphins, run anOlympic 100 meters, or sing onstage with the Rolling Stones. But ifvirtual reality ever lives up to its promise, you might be able to doall these thingsand many morewithout even leaving your home.Unlike real reality (the actual world in which we live),virtual reality means simulating bits of our world (or completelyimaginary worlds) using high-performance computers and sensoryequipment, like headsets and gloves. Apart from games andentertainment, it's long been used for training airline pilots andsurgeons and for helping scientists to figure out complex problemssuch as the structure of protein molecules. How does it work? Let's take acloser look!

Photo: Virtual reality means blocking yourself off from the real world and substitutinga computer-generated alternative. Often, it involves wearing a wraparound headset called a head-mounted display, clamping stereo headphones over your ears, and touching or feeling your way around your imaginary home using datagloves (gloves with built-in sensors). Picture by Wade Sisler courtesy of NASA Ames Research Center.

Virtual reality (VR) means experiencing things through ourcomputers that don't really exist. From that simple definition, theidea doesn't sound especially new. When you look at an amazingCanaletto painting, for example, you're experiencing the sites andsounds of Italy as it was about 250 years agoso that's a kind ofvirtual reality. In the same way, if you listen to ambientinstrumental or classical music with your eyes closed, and startdreaming about things, isn't that an example of virtual realityanexperience of a world that doesn't really exist? What about losingyourself in a book or a movie? Surely that's a kind of virtualreality?

If we're going to understand why books, movies, paintings, andpieces of music aren't the same thing as virtual reality, we need todefine VR fairly clearly. For the purposes of this simple, introductory article,I'm going to define it as:

Putting it another way, virtual reality is essentially:

Artwork: This Canaletto painting of Venice, Italy is believable and in some sense explorable (you can move your eyes around and think about different parts of the picture), but it's not interactive, computer-generated, or immersive, so it doesn't meet our definition of virtual reality: looking at this picture is not like being there. There's nothing to stop us making an explorable equivalent in VR, but we need CGInot oil paintsto do it. Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

We can see from this why reading a book, looking at a painting,listening to a classical symphony, or watching a movie don't qualifyas virtual reality. All of them offer partial glimpses ofanother reality, but none are interactive, explorable, or fullybelievable. If you're sitting in a movie theater looking at a giantpicture of Mars on the screen, and you suddenly turn your head toofar, you'll see and remember that you're actually on Earth and theillusion will disappear. If you see something interesting on thescreen, you can't reach out and touch it or walk towards it; again,the illusion will simply disappear. So these forms of entertainmentare essentially passive: however plausible they might be, theydon't actively engage you in any way.

VR is quite different. It makes you think you are actually livinginside a completely believable virtual world (one in which, to usethe technical jargon, you are partly or fully immersed). It istwo-way interactive: as you respond to what you see, what you seeresponds to you: if you turn your head around, what you see or hearin VR changes to match your new perspective.

"Virtual reality" has often been used as a marketing buzzwordfor compelling, interactive video games or even 3D movies andtelevision programs, none of which really count as VR because they don't immerseyou either fully or partially in a virtual world. Search for "virtualreality" in your cellphone app store and you'll find hundreds ofhits, even though a tiny cellphone screen could never get anywherenear producing the convincing experience of VR. Nevertheless, thingslike interactive games and computer simulations would certainly meetparts of our definition up above, so there's clearly more thanone approach to building virtual worldsand more than one flavor ofvirtual reality. Here are a few of the bigger variations:

For the complete VR experience, we need three things. First, aplausible, and richly detailed virtual world to explore; a computer modelor simulation, in other words. Second, a powerful computer thatcan detect what we're going and adjust our experience accordingly, inreal time (so what we see or hear changes as fast as we movejustlike in real reality). Third, hardware linked to the computer thatfully immerses us in the virtual world as we roam around. Usually,we'd need to put on what's called a head-mounted display (HMD) withtwo screens and stereo sound, and wear one or more sensory gloves.Alternatively, we could move around inside a room, fitted out withsurround-sound loudspeakers, onto which changing images are projectedfrom outside. We'll explore VR equipment in more detail in a moment.

A highly realistic flight simulator on a home PC might qualify asnonimmersive virtual reality, especially if it uses a very widescreen, with headphones or surround sound, and a realistic joystickand other controls. Not everyone wants or needs to be fully immersedin an alternative reality. An architect might build a detailed 3Dmodel of a new building to show to clients that can be explored on adesktop computer by moving a mouse. Most people would classify thatas a kind of virtual reality, even if it doesn't fully immerse you.In the same way, computer archaeologists often create engaging 3Dreconstructions of long-lost settlements that you can move around andexplore. They don't take you back hundreds or thousands of years orcreate the sounds, smells, and tastes of prehistory, but they give amuch richer experience than a few pastel drawings or even an animatedmovie.

What about "virtual world" games like Second Life and Minecraft? Do theycount as virtual reality? Although they meet the first four of ourcriteria (believable, interactive, computer-created and explorable),they don't really meet the fifth: they don't fully immerse you. Butone thing they do offer that cutting-edge VR typically doesn't iscollaboration: the idea of sharing an experience in a virtualworld with other people, often in real time or something very closeto it. Collaboration and sharing are likely to become increasinglyimportant features of VR in future.

Virtual reality was one of the hottest, fastest-growingtechnologies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but the rapid rise ofthe World Wide Web largely killed off interest after that. Eventhough computer scientists developed a way of building virtual worldson the Web (using a technology analogous to HTML called VirtualReality Markup Language, VRML), ordinary people were much moreinterested in the way the Web gave them new ways to access realrealitynew ways to find and publish information, shop, and sharethoughts, ideas, and experiences with friends through social media.With Facebook's growing interest in the technology, the future of VRseems likely to be both Web-based and collaborative.

Photo: Augmented reality: A heads-up display, like this one used by the US Air Force,superimposes useful, computer-based information on top of the things you see with your own eyes. Picture by Major Chad E. Gibson courtesy of US Air Force.

Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets have put what used tobe supercomputer power in our hands and pockets. If we're wandering round the world, maybe visiting a heritage site like the pyramids or a fascinatingforeign city we've never been to before, what we want is typicallynot virtual reality but an enhanced experience of the excitingreality we can see in front of us. That's spawned the idea ofaugmented reality (AR), where,for example, you point your smartphone at alandmark or a striking building and interesting information about itpops up automatically. Augmented reality is all about connecting thereal world we experience to the vast virtual world of informationthat we've collectively created on the Web. Neither of these worldsis virtual, but the idea of exploring and navigating the twosimultaneously does, nevertheless, have things in common with virtualreality. For example, how can a mobile device figure out its preciselocation in the world? How do the things you see on the screen ofyour tablet change as you wander round a city? Technically, theseproblems are similar to the ones developers of VR systems have tosolveso there are close links between AR and VR.

Close your eyes and think of virtual reality and you probablypicture something like our top photo: a geek wearing a wraparoundheadset (HMD) and datagloves, wired into a powerful workstation orsupercomputer. What differentiates VR from an ordinary computerexperience (using your PC to write an essay or play games) is thenature of the input and output. Where an ordinary computer usesthings like a keyboard,mouse, or (more exotically)speech recognition for input, VR uses sensors that detect how your body ismoving. And where a PC displays output on a screen (or a printer), VRuses two screens (one for each eye), stereo or surround-soundspeakers, and maybe some forms of haptic (touch and body perception)feedback as well. Let's take a quick tour through some of the morecommon VR input and output devices.

Photo: The view from inside. A typical HMD has two tiny screensthat show different pictures to each of your eyes, so your brain produces a combined3D (stereoscopic) image. Picture by courtesy of US Air Force.

There are two big differences between VR and looking at anordinary computer screen: in VR, you see a 3D image that changessmoothly, in real-time, as you move your head. That's made possibleby wearing a head-mounted display, which looks like a giant motorbikehelmet or welding visor, but consists of two small screens (one infront of each eye), a blackout blindfold that blocks out all otherlight (eliminating distractions from the real world), and stereoheadphones. The two screens display slightly different, stereoscopicimages, creating a realistic 3D perspective of the virtual world.HMDs usually also have built-in accelerometers or position sensorsso they can detect exactly how your head and body are moving (bothposition and orientationwhich way they're tilting or pointing) andadjust the picture accordingly. The trouble with HMDs is that they'requite heavy, so they can be tiring to wear for longperiods; some of the really heavy ones are even mounted on standswith counterweights. But HMDs don't have to be so elaborateand sophisticated: at the opposite end of the spectrum, Googlehas developed an affordable, low-cost pair of cardboard goggleswith built-in lenses that convert an ordinary smartphone into a crude HMD.

An alternative to putting on an HMD is to sit or stand inside aroom onto whose walls changing images are projected from outside. As youmove in the room, the images change accordingly. Flight simulatorsuse this technique, often with images of landscapes, cities, andairport approaches projected onto large screens positioned justoutside a mockup of a cockpit. A famous 1990s VR experiment calledCAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), developed at theUniversity of Illinois by Thomas de Fanti, also worked this way.People moved around inside a large cube-shaped room withsemi-transparent walls onto which stereo images were back-projectedfrom outside. Although they didn't have to wear HMDs, they did needstereo glasses to experience full 3D perception.

See something amazing and your natural instinct is to reach outand touch iteven babies do that. So giving people the ability tohandle virtual objects has always been a big part of VR. Usually,this is done using datagloves, which are ordinary gloves with sensorswired to the outside to detect hand and figure motions. One technicalmethod of doing this uses fiber-optic cables stretched the length ofeach finger. Each cable has tiny cuts in it so, as you flex yourfingers back and forth, more or less light escapes. A photocell atthe end of the cable measures how much light reaches it and thecomputer uses this to figure out exactly what your fingers are doing.Other gloves use strain gauges, piezoelectric sensors, orelectromechanical devices (such as potentiometers) to measure fingermovements.

Photos: Left/above: EXOS datagloves produced by NASA in the 1990s had very intricate external sensorsto detect finger movements with high precision. Picture courtesy of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC).Right/below: This more elaborate EXOS glove had separate sensors on each finger segment, wired up to a single ribboncable connected up to the main VR computer. Picture by Wade Sisler courtesy of NASA Ames Research Center.

Artwork: How a fiber-optic dataglove works. Each finger has a fiber-optic cable stretched along its length. (1) At one end of the finger, a light-emitting diode (LED) shines light into the cable. (2) Light rays shoot down the cable, bouncing off the sides. (3) There are tiny abrasions in the top of each fiber through which some of the rays escape. The more you flex your fingers, the more light escapes. (4) The amount of light arriving at a photocell at the end gives a rough indication of how much you're flexing your finger. (5) A cable carries this signal off to the VR computer. This is a simplified version of the kind of dataglove VPL patented in 1992, and you'll find the idea described in much more detail in US Patent 5,097,252.

Even simpler than a dataglove, a wand is a stick you can use totouch, point to, or otherwise interact with a virtual world.It has position or motion sensors (such as accelerometers)built in, along with mouse-like buttons or scroll wheels. Originally,wands were clumsily wired into the main VR computer; increasingly,they're wireless.

Photo: A typical handheld virtual reality controller (complete with elastic bands), looking not so different from a video game controller. Photo courtesy of NASA Ames Research Center.

VR has always suffered from the perception that it's little morethan a glorified arcade gameliterally a "dreamy escape" fromreality. In that sense, "virtual reality" can be an unhelpfulmisnomer; "alternative reality," "artificial reality," or"computer simulation" might be better terms. Thekey thing to remember about VR is that it really isn't a fad orfantasy waiting in the wings to whistle people off to alternativeworlds; it's a hard-edged practical technology that's been routinelyused by scientists, doctors, dentists, engineers, architects,archaeologists, and the military for about the last 30 years. Whatsorts of things can we do with it?

Photo: Flight training is a classic application of virtual reality, though it doesn't use HMDs or datagloves. Instead, you sit in a pretend cockpit with changing images projected onto giant screens to give an impression of the view you'd see from your plane. The cockpit is a meticulous replica of the one in a real airplane with exactly the same instruments and controls. Photo by Javier Garcia courtesy of US Air Force.

Difficult and dangerous jobs are hard to train for. How can yousafely practice taking a trip to space, landing a jumbo jet, making aparachute jump, or carrying out brain surgery? All these things areobvious candidates for virtual reality applications. As we've seenalready, flight cockpit simulators were among the earliest VRapplications; they can trace their history back to mechanicalsimulators developed by Edwin Link in the 1920s.Just like pilots, surgeons are now routinely trained using VR. In a2008 study of735 surgical trainees from 28 different countries, 68 percent saidthe opportunity to train with VR was "good" or "excellent"for them and only 2 percent rated it useless or unsuitable.

Anything that happens at the atomic or molecular scale iseffectively invisible unless you're prepared to sit with your eyesglued to an electron microscope. But suppose you want to design newmaterials or drugs and you want to experiment with the molecularequivalent of LEGO. That's another obvious application for virtualreality. Instead of wrestling with numbers, equations, ortwo-dimensional drawings of molecular structures, you can snapcomplex molecules together right before your eyes. This kind of workbegan in the 1960s at the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill, where Frederick Brooks launchedGROPE, a project to develop a VR system for exploring the interactions between protein moleculesand drugs.

Photo: If you're heading to Mars, a trip in virtual reality could help you visualize what you'll find when you get there. Picture courtesy of NASA Ames Research Center.

Apart from its use in things like surgical training and drug design,virtual reality also makes possible telemedicine (monitoring,examining, or operating on patients remotely). A logical extension ofthis has a surgeon in one location hooked up to a virtual realitycontrol panel and a robot in another location (maybe an entirecontinent away) wielding the knife. The best-knownexample of this is the daVinci surgical robot, released in 2009, ofwhich several thousand have now been installed in hospitalsworldwide. Introduce collaboration and there's the possibility of awhole group of the world's best surgeons working together on aparticularly difficult operationa kind of WikiSurgery, if youlike!

Architects used to build models out of card and paper; now they'remuch more likely to build virtual reality computer models you canwalk through and explore. By the same token, it's generally muchcheaper to design cars, airplanes, and other complex, expensivevehicles on a computer screen than to model them inwood, plastic, orother real-world materials. This is an area where virtual realityoverlaps with computer modeling: instead of simply making animmersive 3D visual model for people to inspect and explore, you'recreating a mathematical model that can be tested for its aerodynamic,safety, or other qualities.

From flight simulators to race-car games, VR has long hovered onthe edges of the gaming worldnever quite good enough torevolutionize the experience of gamers, largely due to computersbeing too slow, displays lacking full 3D, and the lack of decent HMDsand datagloves. All that may be about to change with the developmentof affordable new peripherals like the Oculus Rift.

Like any technology, virtual reality has both good and bad points.How many of us would rather have a complex brain operation carriedout by a surgeon trained in VR, compared to someone who has merelyread books or watched over the shoulders of their peers? How many ofus would rather practice our driving on a car simulator before we setfoot on the road? Or sit back and relax in a Jumbo Jet, confident inthe knowledge that our pilot practiced landing at this very airport,dozens of times, in a VR simulator before she ever set foot in a realcockpit?

Critics always raise the risk that people may be seduced byalternative realities to the point of neglecting their real-worldlivesbut that criticism has been leveled at everything from radioand TV to computer games and the Internet. And, at some point, itbecomes a philosophical and ethical question: What is real anyway?And who is to say which is the better way to pass your time? Likemany technologies, VR takes little or nothing away from the realworld: you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

The promise of VR has loomed large over the world of computing forat least the last quarter centurybut remains largely unfulfilled.While science, architecture, medicine, and the military all rely onVR technology in different ways, mainstream adoption remainsvirtually nonexistent; we're not routinely using VR the way we usecomputers, smartphones, or the Internet. But the 2014 acquisition ofVR company Oculus, by Facebook, greatly renewed interest in the areaand could change everything. Facebook's basic idea is to let peopleshare things with their friends using the Internet and the Web. Whatif you could share not simply a photo or a link to a Web article butan entire experience? Instead of sharing photos of your wedding withyour Facebook friends, what if you could make it possible for peopleto attend your wedding remotely, in virtual reality, in perpetuity?What if we could record historical events in such a way that peoplecould experience them again and again, forever more? These are thesorts of social, collaborative virtual reality sharing that (we mightguess) Facebook is thinking about exploring right now. If so, thefuture of virtual reality looks very bright indeed!

So much for the future, but what of the past. Virtual reality hasa long and very rich history. Here are a few of the more interestinghighlights...

Artwork: The first virtual reality machine? Morton Heilig's 1962 Sensorama. Picture courtesy US Patent and Trademark Office.

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What is virtual reality? - A simple introduction

Kameran Fally | What in the world is going on?

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

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John McAfee Admits Bitcoin Is A Total Scam – Your News Wire

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

In a recent CNBC interview, John McAfee inadvertently explained why Bitcoin is a total scam doomed to fail within the next 12 months.

In answering Jamie Dimons claims that Bitcoin is a fraud, McAfee gave an illuminating response:

However, sir you called Bitcoin a fraud. Im a Bitcoin miner. We create Bitcoins. It costs over one thousand dollars per coin to create a Bitcoin. What does it cost to create a U.S. dollar? Which one is the fraud? Because [the dollar] costs whatever the paper costs, but it costs me and other miners over a thousand dollars per coin its called proof of work.

Naturalnews.com reports: The problem with John McAfees explanation, of course, is that it admits Bitcoins can only be created through the practice of computationalwheel spinning operationswhere the difficulty and duration of such wheel spinning is artificially made needlessly complex by the Bitcoin algorithm. In a world where Bitcoins used to be created for less than one pennys worth of computational work, a single Bitcoin now requires over US$1,000 worth of artificial work to be achieved. A rational person must ask McAfee, Why did Bitcoins used to cost just a penny to create, and now they cost a thousand dollars? The 100,000 X increase in complexity for generating a Bitcoin, it turns out, is anartificial work algorithmknown as computational difficulty in mining.

This admission should be shocking to all Bitcoin holders for the simple reason thatif Bitcoin drops below $1,000, mining now becomes unprofitable, rendering a very large part of the entire Bitcoin mining infrastructure instantly obsolete. The only thing keeping Bitcoin mining profitable right now is the bubble pricing of Bitcoin itself, and because all bubbles eventually burst, Bitcoin mining will sooner or later reach a point where its not worth the investment of hardware, electricity and time. (Theres also the 21 million coin limit thats rapidly approaching, by the way, which will spell the end of Bitcoin mining as it is conducted today.)

Furthermore, the artificial work aspect of Bitcoin mining and its artificial computational complexity isthe digital equivalent of paying people to dig ditches and fill them in againwhile claiming the activity boosts economic output. This idea, believe it or not, is the classic economic paradox routinely pushed by left-leaning economic myth-meisters like Paul Krugman. Those of you who follow economic news know that Krugman openly and wholeheartedly believes that government could boost the economy by literally paying millions of people to dig ditches and fill them in again. This artificial work generates real-world abundance, according to economic fools like Krugman. Thats why Zero Hedge rightly posts an article entitled, Why Paul Krugman Should Go Back To 5th Grade.

And yet Paul Krugmans ditch-digging artificial work is actually no different than John McAfees Bitcoin mining artificial work. In both cases, McAfee and Krugman ridiculously claims that work along has intrinsic value, even if little or nothing is actually accomplished in the real world. According to McAfee, computational expenditure automatically equals value, even when the notion is patently absurd to any rational person.If CPU cycles equaled wealth, then no one in the world would ever have to work againbecause people could just run computers all day and let the CPUs create wealth.

Any belief in such a system is, of course, irrational and absurd. There is no such thing as aperpetual wealth-generating machineunless you own the money supply itself and can hoodwink others into trading their effort for your currency. Thats what the Federal Reserve does, of course, and thats the entire con of theBitcoin Ponzi scheme: To recruit as many people as possible into the Bitcoin scheme so that they pay you cash in exchange for your CPU cycles.

To produce artificial work, Bitcoin consumes enormous resources

Bitcoins proof of work, in other words, is nothing more thanartificial work. Yet what is the real world result of such artificial work? While generating absolutely nothing thats real in the real world remember as Steve Quayle says, If you cant touch it, you dont own it the Bitcoin mining processconsumes enormous amounts of electricity, computing hardware and time. Yet in the end, theres nothing to show for all that work except for carbon dioxide emissions and mercury pollution from the Chinese coal plants that power nearly a third of global Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin, in fact, has become one of the key vectors of environmental pollution thats causing hazardous air in Californias cities.

McAfee claims that artificial work is actually proof of work. In reality, its proof of nothing more thanthe incredible stupidity of the mining infrastructurewhich is now burning more electricity than a city of one million people just to keep the Bitcoin blockchain from collapsing.

Surely theres some value in the work that we did to create the coin, McAfee stated. But actually, there isnt any real-world value in it at all.Bitcoin is adigital fiat currency backed by nothing, and all the work used to create Bitcoins is actually artificial work thats made artificially complex for no logical reason other than a crude mechanism for artificial scarcity. Yet even that scarcity is a complete failure, since any person can create and launch their own cryptocurrency alongside Bitcoin, instantly creating a massive new supply of crypto coins that flood the marketplace. (And many newer cryptos are vastly superior in design to Bitcoin. For example, Z-cash)

On top of all that,Bitcoin is clearly not a store of value, and recent research by Princeton scientists found thatBitcoin isnt anonymous, either. Bitcoin is also highly subject to government regulation, as the recent market plunges clearly demonstrated, following the announcement of Chinas largest Bitcoin exchanges closing their doors. Liquidations of Bitcoin by Chinese investors are already underway and will continue through September 30th.

One by one, all the promises we were told about Bitcoin have unraveled: It isnt anonymous, transactions arent instant, transactions arent free, Bitcoin isnt a reliable store of value, it isnt immune to government regulations and so on. Yet John McAfee, in his self-deluded cluelessness, points toartificial workand says, essentially, See? Were expending CPU cycles for all this! Doesnt that have value?

Actually, it doesnt, Mr. McAfee. It has no more value than the GPU calculations of a nine-year-old kid playing a first person shooter on a Saturday afternoon. Yeah, his rig is running all sorts of complex calculations, but at the end of the day, theres nothing to show for it other than Cheetos crumbs that fell between the cushions of the couch.

Computation does not automatically equal value

Computation alone does not equal real-world value. John McAfees attempt to conflate the two ideas only shows how deeply he has deluded himself about the future of Bitcoin. And those who falsely believe that computation equals value are only allowing themselves to be fooled by this non-logic for the simple reason thatthey all own Bitcoin i.e. Bix Weir and others and cant come to grip with reality without admitting they were wrong all along.

The bottom line? Bitcoin is headed for failure, but cryptocurrency is here to stay. The most likely long-term scenario in all this is that well seea cryptocurrency backed by JP Morgan and the government a blockchain with built-in NSA snooping and an identity layer so that all transactions can be tracked by the IRS to enable government confiscation and criminalization as deemed appropriate by the crooks in Washington.

Once this approved blockchain is rolled out, it wont be long before government finds a way to criminalize all unapproved blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.

And how hard is it for government to criminalize Bitcoin? Not hard at all: Its a simple matter to run a false flag dirty bomb operation the FBI already masterminds and executes terrorist plots every day across America then make sure the bad guys who are recruited into the sting operation are fully funded by Bitcoin.

A few hours later, the fake news New York Times will declare, CHICAGO DIRTY BOMB TERROR PLOT FUNDED BY BITCOIN. And the house of cards falls like dominoes. The entire media will be directed by the CIA to describe Bitcoin as a currency for terrorists, murderers and drug dealers, and Bitcoin will be targeted in exactly the same way the Silk Road was taken down. A few Bitcoin promoters will be imprisoned, the government will claim its fighting terrorism, and theclueless sheepleof society will applaud the news that they are being protected by authorities.

Seeing all this play out is as clear as day. And why is this so obvious? Becausewe are all living as slaves in a totalitarian society run by fake news, fake terrorism and fake authority.

Will that totalitarian regime allow all their central banks and government currencies to be made obsolete by a libertarian cryptocurrency they dont completely control?Of course not. And anyone who believes Bitcoin will overthrow the globalist money / debt cartels is naive and stupid. Trust me when I say a bunch of geeks arent going to overthrow centuries of globalist money domination that now rules our corrupt world.

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Posthumanism in Film | Philoscifize

Posted on March 13, 2018 by ev1

As much as I love reading, I love immersing myself in a great film. The genre I find myself coming back to time and again is science fiction. Here are a few films in which I saw a posthumanistic theme or two.

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Terry Gillams The Zero Theorem (2013)

Kind of a mix between George Orwells 1984 (with management at Mancom vs. Big Brother), David Mitchells Cloud Atlas (with the opening scenes looking like something from Neo Seoul) and Ernest Clines Ready Player One (with the rapid evolvement of technology where everyone is basically living in a virtual world), The Zero Theorem piqued my interest and got me thinking, yet again, about living in a futuristic utopian society. Reclusive computer operator Qohen Leth is tasked with solving the Zero Theorem a mathematical equation that aims to prove that life is meaningless. Connecting with the theory that we will be overcome by a technological singularity, this film makes clear that everyone is connected all of the time. For example, Qohens workplace Mancom. Mimicking a kind of arcade, Mancom resembles an epicenter for rapid technology progression. Every employee has their own work space a neon slice carved out of a cylindrical power source equipped with a screen and the ever-necessary bicycle pedals to fuel them (or perhaps the pedals are simply for exercise seeing as the characters never step away from their devices for more than the time it might take to use a bathroom). Another example is thateveryone at the party our main character attends, by request of his supervisor at Mancom, is wearing ear buds and is connected to what appear to be touchscreen tablets (13:28). No one really talks to anyone else in person because they are all plugged-in to their electronic devices. The Zero Theorem gets a tad strange, even for my fascination with the scientifically abstract, so I concluded that the film was definitely open for interpretation. In the end, Qohen essentially escapes to a virtual world where he can live in peace and worry about the theorem no longer. The viewer is supposed to assume that our protagonist will be happy in this world of no reality; possibly proving that life has very different meanings for everyone. I conclude my analysis of The Zero Theorem by asking, why would you want to prove that life is meaningless? *begin infinite responses*

Christopher Nolans Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar is a film that now sits near the very top of my all-time favorite films list. This movie has so many great themes.

First: communicating with the past/the concept of time Someday we may be able to reach back through time to communicate with our past selves (through physical touch or mental stimulation). This concept in the film sparks so much thought on time travel that it is hard to wrap my mind around it. As one travels farther out into space, time moves at a slower pace compared to earths time. In the end, Matthew MacCoughnaheys character, Cooper, comes back physically younger than his daughter because time has passed differently for them according to their whereabouts. Time travel and communicating with the past are considered posthuman concepts that reach beyond what we conceptualize at the moment.

Second: gravity The whole film is centered around gravity (no pun intended). Communicating with the past involves gravity. Constructing their new home involves gravity. It even plays a role in time. One of the final scenes in which Cooper winds up in the fourth dimension behind his daughters bookshelf involves the use of gravity through dimensions to communicate effectively.

Third: environmental disaster This theme provides the movie with its immanence. Finding a new home for humanity because we have depleted our resources on earth is the main goal. The posthuman concept hangs in the delicate balance of this very theme; if we destroy our earth, we will need a place for ourselves to continue our existence. The film focuses on a technological singularity that is highlighted in the beginning with clips fromKen Burns and Dayton Duncans 2012 documentary,The Dust Bowl. This singularity is ourselves. Now, that creates a bit of a paradox seeing as the definition of a technological singularity as defined by Wikipedia is some form of artificial intelligence exponentially expanding. But, as humans are the creators of this artificial intelligence, would that not make the definition humans overcoming ourselves? My point is, in the film, humans have triggered the collapse of our planet and must race to find a progressive, posthumanistic solution.

Fourth: the power of paradox Coopers daughter Murphy believes that there is a poltergeist toppling over the books on her bookshelf. However, the pair soon discover that the ghost is using gravity to communicate with them in the form of binary. Cooper decodes the message, discovers NASA, is recruited for the mission of saving their planet which leads him into space, stumbles through an explosion and into the fourth dimension, and ends up behind Murphys bookshelf. He is the ghost. This is an example of the bootstrap paradox or ontological paradox and some may even see it as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Alex Garlands Ex Machina (2015)

Deus ex machina is the literary device that refers to when an implausible character or concept is introduced to the story and produces an interesting outcome. It is also greek for god from the machine. Both device and greek origin procure a kind of unsettling inexpectancy; the audience (or in our case humanity) never knows what to expect. The tone of the film projects to the audience a feeling of anxiety; Domnall Gleasons character is being tested and no one knows what Ava is thinking. With only three characters throughout the entire feature, the audience must decipher what each ones motives are.

Ex Machina asks the question, how far do we take artificial intelligence? So far that we build a face for it? Does this help to integrate this foreign mechanics into our society, or does it simply just come with the concept? In the film Ava proves that she has already started thinking for herself; she does not need to rely on her human creator for survival any longer. Mimicking emotion is one of the most frightening and newfound aspects of this film. Perhaps that answers one part of the distance in question; AI is encased in a human-like shell to prevent discrimination.

The film also brings cyborgs into the conversation. If (both in the film and in reality) we can manufacture life-like artificial intelligence as a whole, then we should be able to break all of that apart and create artificially respondent parts. There is currently so much scientific research going into mind controlled prothetic limbs that it is inspiring. In this instance, the artificiality should become a part of the human, not the human becoming a part of the technology. I believe that that is where much of the fear of posthumanism enters the realm of thought. Will we fall to the artificial intelligence that we have created? Will it overcome us? What Garlands Ex Machinadoes is take that fear and put it into action. The film leaves the audience without a solid ending, a cliffhanger, if you will. What happens next is left up to the imagination. Perhaps Garland will make a sequel and show us Ava on her own amongst human beings

Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey

Another film that sits at the top of my all-time list is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mainly for the fact that it is so open for interpretation and takes my curiosity to another level. Yet, it is blatently clear that a technological singularity takes over. The singularity that I am referring to is the Heuristically programmed ALgorithm 9000. The antagonist of the film, HAL 9000 is a computer with artificial intelligence. With the idea of posthumanism comes a sense of stepping beyond our current capabilities. To me, most of the time, that means expanding our endeavors into our universe and the final frontier. This film doesnt even begin to depict the shear number of emotions and possibilities of our future. Similar to Samuel Delany, whose novel, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, I wrote about previously, Kubricks direction with this film leaves a lot to be questioned while stumbling through experiencing it. Which is why it is such a useful tool; Margaret Atwood once said something like: without our curiosity we are simply empty minds. And its true! This film does not give the viewer all of the answers by any means. I appreciate that the most.

Lee Toland Kriegers Age of Adeline (2015)

This one is for the slight romantic in me. Okay, perhaps the giant sap who secretly enjoys rom coms Here we have a woman who is struck by lightening in her late 20s, which then makes her stop aging. Similar to MacCoughnaheys character in Interstellar, Adeline appears younger than her daughter. The notion that someone could live to see centuries of evolution and technology past ones intended lifespan is incredible.

This movie is the wild card amongst the others in this post. The singularity is not necessarily a technological one. The lightening strike was pure nature and coincidence. But I think what stems from that phenomenon are the ideas that it offers for futuristic thinkers.There are, of course, ethical questions here, as well. Is it morally right for humans to live longer than normal? What happens to a person and their mind when they outlive everyone that they know and love? Does there come a point in life when youve seen enough? Does the mind ever stop craving to know what comes next?

Tarsem Singhs Self/Less (2015)

Joining Age of Adeline in the conversation of immortality is Self/Less. Faced with death, wealthy businessman Damian Hale decides to shed his body for a new, lab grown vessel. Now, let me stop right there. That idea in itself would have catastrophically high rates of consequence. The ethical issue that is then added to this film is the fact that the intended new body for Damian is in fact a body that had a life before he was to inhabit it. Should Damian give up his new life for a man he does not even know? Backing up even further, was it even ethical for the lab to have started such projects such as these? Strong arguments could be argued for either case. This film makes me increasingly curious about opportunities that may be available to us in the future. Of course posthuman ideas are going to come with compromises, but are they sacrifices that we will have to make with a gulity conscience?

Wrapping this up, some similarities that I have noticed in all of the films above are that they each focus on a singularity that has the potential to replace humanity, have an overwhelming sense of simultaneous doom laced with the greatest spark of hope humanity has ever felt, and they all show how creative our minds are already. If we have the ability to think up these ideas now, the question of creating them might only be an ethical one in generations to come. No one will be asking, Can we do that? The inquiries will shift to a more confounding, Should we do that?

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Posted on March 13, 2018 by Danzig

This week I attended the ESEH conference in Munich. My session (organized by Martin Hultman, thanks for the invitation) and one other session dealt with posthuman ideas and new materialism (which can be seen as related fields). In various presentations one could hear the now common claims that everything flows, matter is energy, matter matters, trees are agents, animals (read geese) have culture, anthropocentrism is bad, etc. A term like materiality was used quite often but I agree with Ingold when he wonders what academic perversion has introduced this concept. To me it is a concept lingering from social constructionism. Materiality and even matter itself are terms that say very little. Where is this matter located? Has it to do with particles (rather than waves)? To Harman, materialism is simply an idealism with a realist alibi. Some of the presentations made that very clear.

In one presentation geese, that unfortunately landed in a polluted lake, were described as creatures with culture. There we find one of the main problems with these ideas. Anthropocentrism is seen to be wrong but the animals are being anthropomorphized. Instead of getting rid of the concepts of nature and culture once and for all, formerly natural animals are forced into the cultural sphere instead. They are just like us rather than we being like them. Animals are seen as persons and subjects, etc. Correlationism seems to hold a strong grip on posthumanism and new materialism since they still discuss the dichotomy between subject and object, culture and nature, etc. Hence, the suggestion that animism may provide a new way to interact with other entities (seeing animals, plants, stones, etc. as entities with personhood, not just from a social constructionist perspective but rather from a realist perspective) needs some more elaboration. Are non-western views really that different from western views? They are still anthropocentric. The Maya tethers such persons to turkeys, plants, stones, etc. but that perspective tells us nothing of what a turkey (or goose) feel. For that we must perform an alien phenomenology and become turkeycentric. Animism is, in my view, simply a sensual profile made of real objects. It is nothing revolutionary, not a new paradigm.

To quote Bogost: posthumanism is not posthuman enough. I am reluctant to the use of any concept that begins with the prefix post (yes, I know that I once used the term posthumanocentrism). Ideas that claims that they are not post anything else always seem more promising. So, instead of animating or anthropomorphizing every entity with personhood we must, as Harman says, morph the human realm into a variant of the inanimate. There we find the similarity between entities, they are not all subjects or persons. Instead they are all objects (or units). We should not reduce them to some underlying process (undermining) or being part of a greater network (overmining). We should definitely not reduce matter to being transformations of energy and refer to Einsteins famous equation. The only field of thought that I have seen this to be a common ingredient is in New Age (quite common in the 2012-phenomenon). We do not want to tread on that slippery slope that may drag us down into muddy waters.

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Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

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One of the goals of any future White collective should be the evolution of a more advanced human type. This new man in the past has sometimes been referred to as the Ubermensch. I will use this term as well. I wanted to describe my own vision for the Ubermensch and where it fits with the White Path (1) religion that Ive been describing. I want to contrast this Ubermensch with the transhumanist vision that is pushed by the globalist elites and their ideological fellow travelers.

The starting point for my vision of the Ubermensch is with a physical description. The new man/woman would be a perfect physical specimen. The model for which can be found in athletes and models found in their respective fields today. The real challenging question is how much technology should be used in the creation of such specimens? This author prefers that while technology can be used, that much of the development of such bodies should still require that the individual work hard to obtain it. The discipline required to obtain a healthy body is part of the reason for obtaining it. While important, the physical attributes of the Ubermensch are really the least significant aspects.

The real importance lays in the mental and spiritual realms. An Ubermensch is a being that exemplifies the 9 noble virtues (2). This is being that can lead people. That has creative and problem solving abilities. This is a being who is highly motivated, but at the same time serene. This is a being who loves life and who loves the mission allotted to him/her by the Creator (3), but who will gladly sacrifice their life for the good of the mission. This is a being who cares little for material possessions. This is a being that desires mastery in their specialization within the collective White community. This is a being in-tuned with the Force/God and nature. This is a being constantly looking to improve him/herself, while being confident in who they are. This is a humble being. This is a being without ego. This is being whose intentions stem from a positive place (love, goodwill, kindness).

Achieving the Ubermensch will require an environment that could bring this person about. The White Path will be the most important institution in bringing this being about. The White Path will include the White gods in its theology that act as models of the Ubermensch. New mythologies will be written (or uncovered) that tell of these beings in action. The practice of meditation and contemplation will be a major part of producing such beings. The educational institutions will also be important in bringing this being about, but this author expects that the White Path will have its own educational institutions just as the Catholic Church does. Physic powers will be cultivated.

If theres one point that I must make perfectly clear to future persons carrying out my vision, is that you MUST NOT mix the human mind with machines. There is no reason for a human mind to have the computational ability of a computer. If you need to compute something, use a computer. Hooking the mind into a computer will allow for outside forces to control the mind. The future White collective community must always keep the mind machine free.

The future White intergalactic civilization will use robots, computers, and androids, but the decision making will always be done by humans with minds not hooked into computers. The concept of singularity (where artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more intelligent than humans) is extremely dangerous. The future White collective must always have an off switch for AI and if no off switch is possible; then the technology should not be created.

People make the argument that future enhanced humans will be able to think, compute, and communicate faster than non-enhanced humans. This is true, but once the human mind is jacked into a central computer, or into a cloud of other minds, all human freedom will be lost. It can even start out with good intentions, but if someone can hack into the central computer, then all reality can be controlled by outside forces that dont have good intentions. Theres an inventor named Kurzweil who has been pushing this future. His argument is persuasive in that hes promising immortality. The problem is that his immortality is a false promise. If our minds get downloaded into computers, whats to stop someone from smashing the computers? Wars will occur between cloud-mind entities, which can and will result in computers being turned off. With the introduction of scalar weapons, whole solar systems will be able to be blown away.

Of course, not everything Kurzweil says is bad. We should pursue life enhancement technologies. We should regrow arms and legs. We should make the blind see and the deaf hear. We should replace bodily organs. We can even use virtual reality for various uses. But we must not hook our minds up perpetually to computers. Computers also go down without wars; what happens if the computers go down and people are forced to live without them? Will people be able to cope with life in the real world?

Much of Kurzweils motivations come from a fear of death and sadness from the loss of his father at an early age. The globalist elites look for people like Kurzweil to carry out certain aspects of their agenda. I recall the Jewish, anti-White activist Tim Wise writing about how White Christians supposedly picked on him while he was growing up. People like Kurzweil and Wise are chosen because the pain from their past works as great centers of motivation. The globalist elites have agents who are highly skilled at finding what motivates people and how they can use resentments and personality flaws to contribute to their mission of world domination. Carrying out the globalist agenda gives people like Kurzweil and Wise an outlet for their pain and also makes them very wealthy. Finding an outlet for pain is not a bad thing in itself. It only becomes negative when you perceive the rejection of your worldview as tantamount to the original source of the pain.

We on the White Path will carry out our Great White Art Project in the form of an intergalactic civilization. At the center of our art is the building of a new man/woman that can one day be called Ubermensch. We will do so with the aid of technology, but will not create a being that is exclusively technological. Our Path will be slower, but more thorough. We seek to improve the folk physically, mentally, and spiritually. While we do so we will not interfere with the art projects of others. But if you interfere with ours whether by White genocide or by forced transhumanism, then well have to pull your plug. Or perhaps well hack into your computer-minds and make you part of computer games for children to torment?

Oh, and one more thing. Ive noticed that the transhumanism idea is starting to leak into White Nationalism. The day may come where the globalist elites offer to wipe out the Jews and non-Whites in return for taking their chip in the head and/or hooking up to their computers. Dont fall for it! These same elites are the ones who put the Jews and non-Whites on us in the first place. Theyll gladly wipe most of the Jews (or non-Whites) out to achieve their New World Order. I repeat, dont fall for it!!! There is plenty of room in the universe for non-Whites and yes, even Jews (just not the ones who push White genocide) to pursue their way of life.

(1) https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/the-white-path/

(2)https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/being-on-the-white-path/

(3)https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/godthe-allthe-forcethe-uber-rotator/

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Win 2017/06/22 NG-Play 9.87b George Georgopoulos 9.87b SDChess JA Linux builds Julien Marcel Mac very old build XB C source; Linux, Mac, Win 2017/06/15 Dragontooth 0.2 Dylan Hunn - UCI Go source; mp(128 threads max); Linux, Mac, Win 2017/06/15 ECE X3 Luigio Viscione X3 UCI ECE = Easy Chess Engine; own GUI; Win 2017/06/01 Ghost 3.1 Philipp Claen SDChess XB mp; Linux, Win 2017/05/25 Leokom 0.2 Leonid Rozenblyum et al Norbert Raimund Leisner XB Java source; cross-platform jar file 2017/05/18 Alcibiades 0.3.0 TM Evgeni Pandurski Tony Mokonen Hermann Krause UCI Rust source; intended as a didactic engine; Linux64, Win64 2017/05/18 Ruffian 2.10 Perola Valfridsson Frank's Chess Page Ed Schrder XB, UCI formerly commercial, now free; Win; multiPV 2017/05/12 Booot 6.2 Alex Morozov SDChess Norbert Raimund Leisner UCI Pascal source (Russian language comments); mp(16 threads max); Win 2017/05/12 Detroid 1.0 Victor Csomor - UCI Java source; mp(8+ threads max); supports Polyglot opening books; cross-platform jar file; own GUI; built-in static evaluation parameter tuning optimization 2017/05/12 Tiny Chess 1.4.6 Kelvin Yang 1.42, 1.46 Norbert Raimund Leisner UCI C++ source; Linux, Mac, Win 2017/05/01 Dirty 30APR2017 Pradu Kannan, Andres Valverde & Fonzy Bluemers Kirill Kryukov JA builds JA Linux builds old homepage (slow) XB mp; Linux, Win 2017/05/01 Zeta 0.99d Srdja Matovic Tony Mokonen Norbert Raimund Leisner XB C++ source; Win; experimental engine that uses a GPU for calculations 2017/04/27 (Deep) Gandalf 7 Beta Steen Suurballe Frank's Chess Page UCI mp (2 threads max); older versions use XB protocol; Win 2017/04/27 MobMat 903d Vince A Sempronio - UCI Win; supports Polyglot opening books; MobMat=MOBility and MATerial 2017/04/14 Zeta Dva 0305 Srdja Matovic Tony Mokonen Norbert Raimund Leisner Kirill Kryukov JA builds Julien Marcel XB C source; Linux, Mac, Win 2017/04/06 EveAnn 1.72 Andres Valverde alt download XB Win 2017/04/06 Swordfight 2017.04.03 ukasz Kouchowski - XB Clojure source; cross-platform jar file 2017/03/31 Fischerle 0.9.80 SE Roland Stuckardt SJCE* UCI Java source; cross-platform; own GUI; SJCE* indicates engine is one of many contained in the package 2017/03/23 Deepov 0.4.1 TM Romain Goussault Tony Mokonen Hermann Krause Deepov 0.4.1 JP (Mac) UCI C++ source; Linux, Mac, Win; old Java version Jeepov 2017/03/14 Chess4J 3.2 James Swafford old Kirill Kryukov JA builds XB Java and Groovy source; cross-platform jvm jar file 2017/03/10 HoiChess 0.21.0 Holger Ruckdeschel latest downloads SDChess Jim Ablett JA Linux builds XB C++ source; mp(8+ threads max); Linux, Win; variant play 2017/03/05 Ronja 0.6.0 Johan Dykstrm 0.6.0 Norbert Raimund Leisner XB Java source; cross-platform 2017/02/26 GopherCheck 0.2.3 Stephen J Lovell - UCI Go source; mp(8 threads max); Linux, Mac, Win; only fixed-time per move is supported 2017/02/26 Krudo 0.15a Francesco Bianco SJCE* G-Sei old page UCI Java source; cross-platform; SJCE* indicates engine is one of many contained in the package 2017/02/17 Crafty 25.3 Bob Hyatt 25.3MB(Mac) SDChess(Linux) Kirill Kryukov JA builds JA Linux builds old XB C++ source; mp(64 threads max); limit strength; Linux, Mac, Win(older versions); supports Syzygy 2017/02/09 Chess(4) 1.3.1 David Cimbalista - UCI C++ source; Win; horrendously named engine, the 4th of its ilk 2017/02/09 EXchess 7.97 Dan Homan SDChess Kirill Kryukov JA builds JA Linux builds Julien Marcel Mac builds XB C++ source; mp(32 threads max); own GUI; FRC; limit strength; temporal difference learning; Linux, Mac, Win 2017/02/09 Superpawn build 110 John Byrd source + some releases UCI C++ source; Win 2017/02/03 Tornado 8 Engin stn - UCI FRC; multiPV; mp (64 threads max); Limit strength; Win; uses Nalimov egtbs 2017/01/16 Arabian Knight 1.55 Marcin Gardyjan 1.54 & 1.55 SJCE* Kirill Kryukov JA builds Polish Engine List XB Java source, cross-platform; own GUI; mp(256 threads max); SJCE* indicates engine is one of many contained in the package 2017/01/13 Casper 2016.06.28 Shikhar Srivastava rev4 UCI C++ source; Linux, Win 2017/01/13 Chengine commit 38 Henning Sperr commit 38 XB C source; Linux, Win 2017/01/13 Chiron 4 Ubaldo Andrea Farina - XB, UCI commercial, FRC, mp(512 threads max); multiPV; adjust strength; supports Polyglot & ctg opening books; supports Nalimov, Gaviota, & Syzyzgy egtbs; Win 2017/01/13 Jacksprat 0.9 Joshua Scholar download blog XB C++ source; TSCP derivative; Linux64, Win64 2017/01/13 Shallow2 rev. 8 Dmitry Sultanov rev 8 Kirill Kryukov JA builds dev branch XB C++ source; Win 2017/01/13 Sophy 0.1.0.0 rev.7 Teguramori Ryo 0.1.0.0 rev.7 (Linux64) 0.1.0.0 rev.7 (Win64) UCI Haskell source; Linux, Win 2017/01/05 Arminius 2017-01-01 Volker Annuss 2017-01-01(Linux) 2017-01-01(Win) XB, UCI FRC; mp(32 threads max); Linux, Win 2017/01/05 CDrill 1800, Build 4 Ferdinand Mosca - UCI win; not a serious competitive engine - designed to mimic human play at Elo 2000 max 2017/01/05 Irina 0.15 Lucas Monge - UCI C source; winglet derivative

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NASA APOD – Astronomy Picture of the Day

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Danzig

Discover the cosmos!Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe isfeatured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2018 March 13

Explanation: Is it possible to capture the entire plane of our galaxy in a single image?Yes, but not in one exposure -- and it took some planning to do it in two.The top part of the featured image is the night sky above Lebanon, north of the equator, taken in 2017 June.The image was taken at a time when the central band of the Milky Way Galaxy passed directly overhead.The bottom half was similarly captured six months later in latitude-opposite Chile, south of Earth's equator.Each image therefore captured the night sky in exactly the opposite direction of the other, when fully half the Galactic plane was visible.The southern half was then inverted -- car and all -- and digitally appended to the top half to show the entire central band of our Galaxy, as a circle, in a single image. Many stars and nebulas are visible, with the Large Magellanic Cloud being particularly notable inside the lower half of the complete galactic circle.

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Why Amazon, Google Haven’t Launched Their Own Cryptocurrencies Yet

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

Three Reasons Why Tech Giants Steer Clear of Cryptos
If Bitcoin’s blockchain technology really is as disruptive as it’s purported to be, then why aren’t bigwigs like Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Google launching their own cryptocurrencies? It’s a question we mull over often. After all, for companies like Amazon, which already have a digital currency in circulation (hint: “Amazon Coin”), creating a cryptocurrency should make all the more sense.

But it’s not that simple, you see. There are at least three reasons that may help explain why these technology behemoths have so far steered clear of cryptos.

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Litecoin Price Prediction: Odds of Litecoin Futures Rise as Gemini Exchange Plans Adding LTC

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

Daily Litecoin News Update
From $9,000 to $19,000. That’s how far BTC prices traveled in the 17 days of December from the day Bitcoin futures were first announced by the CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) and Cboe Global Markets Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) to the day they began trading on the two options exchanges. Now, just try to imagine where Litecoin prices would be headed if Litecoin futures were to be announced today.

Didn’t you hear? Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is adding two new cryptocurrencies to its trading platform. One of them is Litecoin.

So what? Half a dozen other exchanges likewise added Litecoin this year. What’s so.

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Ethereum Price Forecast: BIS, trueEX, & John Oliver Move ETH

Posted on March 13, 2018 by jessica

Ethereum News Update
Ethereum prices are plummeting on Tuesday morning, in part due to an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and a report from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS).

Oliver’s show, for those who may not have seen it, features a comedic deep-dive into hot news topics of the week. This week’s episode centered around Bitcoin, blockchain, and the sudden rise of cryptocurrencies.

While the episode carefully detailed how cryptocurrencies work, Oliver also poked fun at the sycophantic enthusiasm you often find in cryptocurrency evangelists.

It’s tempting to brush off Oliver’s segment as insignificant, but that.

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What is Industrial Automation? – Sure Controls

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Danzig

What is Industrial Automation?

Industrial automation is the use of control systems, such as computers or robots, and information technologies for handling different processes and machineries in an industry to replace a human being. It is the second step beyond mechanization in the scope of industrialization.

Earlier the purpose of automation was to increase productivity (since automated systems can work 24 hours a day), and to reduce the cost associated with human operators (i.e. wages & benefits). However, today, the focus of automation has shifted to increasing quality and flexibility in a manufacturing process. In the automobile industry, the installation of pistons into the engine used to be performed manually with an error rate of 1-1.5%. Presently, this task is performed using automated machinery with an error rate of 0.00001%.

Lower operating cost: Industrial automation eliminates healthcare costs and paid leave and holidays associated with a human operator. Further, industrial automation does not require other employee benefits such as bonuses, pension coverage etc. Above all, although it is associated with a high initial cost it saves the monthly wages of the workers which leads to substantial cost savings for the company. The maintenance cost associated with machinery used for industrial automation is less because it does not often fail. If it fails, only computer and maintenance engineers are required to repair it.

Although many companies hire hundreds of production workers for a up to three shifts to run the plant for the maximum number of hours, the plant still needs to be closed for maintenance and holidays. Industrial automation fulfills the aim of the company by allowing the company to run a manufacturing plant for 24 hours in a day 7 days in a week and 365 days a year. This leads to a significant improvement in the productivity of the company.

Automation alleviates the error associated with a human being. Further, unlike human beings, robots do not involve any fatigue, which results in products with uniform quality manufactured at different times.

Adding a new task in the assembly line requires training with a human operator, however, robots can be programmed to do any task. This makes the manufacturing process more flexible.

Adding automated data collection, can allow you to collect key production information, improve data accuracy, and reduce your data collection costs. This provides you with the facts to make the right decisions when it comes to reducing waste and improving your processes.

Industrial automation can make the production line safe for the employees by deploying robots to handle hazardous conditions.

The initial investment associated with the making the switch from a human production line to an automatic production line is very high. Also, substantial costs are involved in training employees to handle this new sophisticated equipment.

Industrial automation has recently found more and more acceptance from various industries because of its huge benefits, such as, increased productivity, quality and safety at low costs.

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Bitcoin – MarketWatch.com Topics

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Danzig

12:24 a.m. Today12:24 a.m. March 12, 2018 - By Victor Reklaitis

This is the pattern for suppressing bitcoin, says a Chinese crypto exchanges CEO This is how its going to be for the next five years. So get used to it.A prominent figure in cryptocurrencies BTCC CEO Bobby Lee has a prediction for how governments worldwide will crack down on bitcoin: Theyll follow the existing pattern.

12:24 a.m. Today12:24 a.m. March 12, 2018 - By Victor Reklaitis

A trusted digital currency is coming, but its not bitcoin, says Starbucks Howard Schultz There is going to be one or a few legitimate, trusted digital currencies, says the coffee chains executive chairmanThis sounds like a pretty big hint Starbucks might test out or even accept a virtual currency in the future.

11:31 p.m. March 11, 2018 - By Kevin Kingsbury

Asian markets start the week off strong, building on last weeks rebound Nikkei pushes higher; New Zealand index sees record closeAsia-Pacific stock markets were higher Monday, building on a late-week rebound for the regions equities.

11:55 a.m. March 11, 2018 - By Shawn Langlois

Alt-coin traders share their portfolio-of-horror storiesBitcoins whipsaw reversal has been well-chronicled, but its the other digital currencies Reddit members were talking about when someone suggested, Lets play a game called How much down is your (alt) portfolio?

8:41 a.m. March 10, 2018 - By Maria LaMagna

This credit card will offer rewards in bitcoin and has 2,000 people on the waiting list This company has ambitions to start a credit card that gives crypto instead of pointsThis company has ambitions to start a credit card that gives crypto instead of points.

5:00 a.m. March 10, 2018 - By MarketWatch

The other assets that are in a bull market along with U.S. stocksU.S. stocks are not the only asset currently in a bull market. European, Japanese equities are also enjoying rising prices.

1:26 p.m. March 9, 2018 - By Barbara Kollmeyer

Bitcoin rout continues, records 5th consecutive losing day Brutal week sees bitcoin shed 20%Bitcoin prices continued to drop on Friday, as bloodbath in No. 1 digital currency persists.

1:00 p.m. March 9, 2018 - By MarketWatch

Dow closes above 25,000 while Nasdaq finishes at a record as stocks rallyThe Dow closes above the 25,000 mark and the Nasdaq ends at a record on Friday as Wall Street appeared to shake off worries about tariffs on steel and aluminum to focus on the jobs report that came in stronger than had been estimated.

12:12 p.m. March 9, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

When will bitcoins bloodletting cease? Fundstrats Lee turns to the Bitcoin Misery Index for answers The value of a single bitcoin has shed about 20% of its value over the past week, but the worst may be near, says Lee The viscous selloff in bitcoin has even the biggest bulls scratching their heads. With a fall of more than 20%, and a raft of negative press, investors are searching for a signal to buy this dip.

6:57 a.m. March 9, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Heres how much it costs to mine a single bitcoin in your country Looking to mine bitcoin on the cheap? Head to Venezuela So, where is the cheapest place to mine bitcoin?

6:16 a.m. March 9, 2018 - By Victor Reklaitis

Go big on stocks as Trump has 1 huge reason not to launch a trade war, says quant Critical information for the U.S. trading dayStocks look set for a weekly win, amid buzz about the Trump-Kim meeting, tariffs and the jobs report. Fears about inflation, rates, trade wars and growth are overblown, says todays call from a J.P. Morgan guru whos overweight U.S. stocks.

1:24 p.m. March 8, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Bitcoin falls again, now down 20% on the week Futures markets record third consecutive losing dayDigital currencies take another step lower.

12:42 p.m. March 8, 2018 - By Maria LaMagna

Hush agreements and a credit card that will give rewards in bitcoin Thursdays top personal finance stories Thursdays top personal finance storiesThursdays top personal finance stories

12:29 p.m. March 8, 2018 - By Ryan Vlastelica

The best sector of this bull market is the greatest investment story ever told Internet stocks set the pace in markets 9-year bull runWhile the strategy of investing in internet-related companies will likely always be first associated with the dot-com era, the past decade has proved to be just as strong a period for the sector that has now influenced nearly every aspect of the economy.

12:10 p.m. March 8, 2018 - By MarketWatch

This weeks Mutual Funds and ETF storiesConventional investing wisdom tends to fall by the wayside when the stock market seems to offer only upside.

7:48 a.m. March 8, 2018 - By Ryan Vlastelica

Heres why retiring baby boomers wont create a stockmaggedon for millennials Market returns dont have a strong correlation to demographic trendsThe retirement of the baby boomer generation is one of the biggest shifts currently happening in the U.S., carrying significant long-term implications for government spending and the labor market. But could it have an impact on the stock market?

3:29 a.m. March 8, 2018 - By Carla Mozee

Japan suspends two cryptocurrency exchanges in hopes of strengthening security Japans crackdown comes after $530 million in NEM cryptocurrency was stolen Two cryptocurrency exchanges were temporarily suspended by a Japanese regulator Thursday as part of its effort for stronger security in the market after millions of dollars in digital currency was stolen earlier this year.

12:27 a.m. March 8, 2018 - By Shawn Langlois

Steve Bannon tells European audience: cryptocurrency will bring you true freedomAt this stop on his European speaking tour, Trumps former top adviser explained why digital currencies like bitcoin could be an asset to the Continents antiestablishment movement.

9:05 p.m. March 7, 2018 - By Ellie Ismailidou

How to invest in blockchain without buying bitcoinWhen it comes to blockchain technology, one of the most common mistakes investors make is equating blockchain to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Here's how to invest in blockchain without buying any cryptocurrency.

7:44 p.m. March 7, 2018 - By Mike Murphy

Crypto bull John McAfee says SEC is striking out in panic at digital currencies SEC had earlier warned of risk some crypto exchanges pose to investorsAnti-virus tycoon-turned-cryptocurrency bull John McAfee lashed out at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday night, claiming that the agency is running scared.

11:41 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Sally French

Heres how many of the worlds ultrawealthy are increasing their cryptocurrency investments If youre like 21% of the worlds truly rich, youve gotten more into cryptos21 percent of respondents in an annual survey of wealth advisers and private bankers said their clients increased their investments in cryptocurrencies in 2017

10:29 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Binance tells customers funds are safe after tech glitchBinance CEO Zhao Changpeng on Wednesday said its customers' funds were safe, as the head of the popular exchange attempted to assure investors after a glitch in its system. Reports of problems on the platform surfaced via online forum Reddit, indicating that so-called altcoins, or alternatives coins to bitcoin , were being liquidated from users' accounts without their consent. The technology issue resulted in Binance temporarily suspending withdrawals. However, in a tweet from its official account, Binance described the issues as "irregularities in trading activity" and emphasized that "all funds are safe." Binance didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

9:33 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Bitcoin price drop gathers momentum as potential Binance glitch unsettles investors Virtual-currency traders also react to the SEC demanding that exchanges register with its regulatorMajor cryptocurrencies fell sharply Wednesday as reports of a system errors at a popular exchange platform appeared to unsettle investors.

8:00 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By MarketWatch

Heres why buying the Cohn dip may be better than selling the panicAhead of what looks like a rough day for stocks as they fret anew over White House departures and trade-war concerns, out call of the day says buy this dip before its too late.

5:57 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Barbara Kollmeyer

Heres why buying the Cohn dip may be better than selling the panic Critical information for the U.S. trading dayAhead of what looks like a rough day for stocks as they fret anew over White House departures and trade-war concerns, out call of the day says buy this dip before its too late.

5:23 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Emily Bary

PayPal crypto patent interesting but may no longer be a top priority, says analystPiper Jaffray analyst Jason Deleeuw weighed in on PayPal Holdings Inc.'s potential cryptocurrency efforts Wednesday, after was made public earlier in the month. PayPal's patent filing was for an "expedited virtual currency transaction system," which could speed up cryptocurrency transactions by allowing buyers and sellers to trade private keys and not wait for transactions to be confirmed on the blockchain, Deleeuw wrote. He noted that "Bitcoin transactions are not confirmed until they are batched in a block and added to the blockchain," which can take about 10 minutes. Deleeuw sees some challenges for PayPal if it were to get involved with crypto in this way, noting for one that "the reliance on PayPal for enabling this solution defeats the decentralized purpose of cryptos." He added that while the patent was recently made public, it was filed in mid-2016, and recent comments from management suggest to him that PayPal may have "de-prioritized" such efforts in the last 18 months. "Still, we like that PayPal is exploring how to improve crypto asset accessibility," he wrote. PayPal shares are up 85% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 has gained 15%. Square Inc. , another popular payments stock, has seen shares rise sharply in recent months after it began allowing users to buy and sell bitcoin on its peer-to-peer Cash app.

12:37 a.m. March 7, 2018 - By Mike Murphy

Coinbase launches its first index fund for cryptocurrencies For now, fund will track four digital currencies, be limited to accredited usersCoinbase, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, is launching a weighted index fund for digital currencies as it enters the asset-management business for the first time.

1:37 p.m. March 6, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Coinbase's COO Hirji says digital exchange to offer cryptocurrency-focused index fundCoinbase's President & Chief Operating Officer Asiff Hirji late Tuesday said the popular digital-currency platform would kick off a crypto-focused index fund. Hirji told CNBC during an interview on its "Fast Money" segment that the planned index fund is intended to give retail investors broad exposure to virtual currencies. The COO said the fund is still in the works and would be targeted to accredited investors, with a specified net worth. Hirji said the index fund would be market-cap weighted but didn't offer more details.

1:30 p.m. March 6, 2018 - By Barbara Kollmeyer

Bitcoin drops below $11,000, pulls back from key breakthrough level A tough day for crypto traders as all major digital currencies finish in the redBitcoin struggles to break above $12,000 on Tuesday, as a popular cryptocurrency exchange faces allegations of taking unfair profits.

1:00 p.m. March 6, 2018 - By MarketWatch

Here are the states most threatened by steel tariffsHeres a state-by-state rundown on jobs that could be at risk if Donald Trump follows through on across-the-board tariffs on steel and aluminum.

8:00 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By MarketWatch

Theres no stopping it, warns Ron Paul: A calamity could cut this market in halfSuch a calamity could very well lead to a 50% drop in the stock market, Paul warns.

7:36 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By Leslie Albrecht

Good news for people who havent got a clue about cryptocurrency Searches for the definition of bitcoin tend to spike along with the volatile currencys valueSearches for the definition of bitcoin tend to spike along with the volatile currencys value.

5:00 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By MarketWatch

Dow futures over 100 points higher, lifted by Korea talks, easing trade worriesU.S. stock futures jump, getting an additional boost from headlines linked to talks between North and South Korea and as fears over a full-blown trade war calmed down.

4:28 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

The chance of hacking a bitcoin wallet is as likely as winning Powerball9 times in a row Trying to guess a Bitcoin key? Youre wasting your timeBitcoin skeptics who stay away digital currencies for fear their fortune may be stolen can rest easy.

1:49 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By Barbara Kollmeyer

Forget $100,000 bitcoin, says Kenneth Rogoff try $100 instead Regulation will bring down the price of the cryptocurrency within 10 years, the Harvard economist saysRegulation will bring down the price of the cryptocurrency within 10 years, the Harvard economist says.

1:00 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By Nouriel Roubini

Roubini: Blockchain is one of the most overhyped technologies ever This is why Bitcoin and other inefficient cryptocurrencies wont take over the worldBlockchain is an overhyped technology that is too inefficient and slow to revolutionize the payments system, write Nouriel Roubini and Preston Byrne.

12:57 a.m. March 6, 2018 - By Mike Murphy

Coinbase hit with two class-action lawsuits, one claiming insider trading Cryptocurrency exchange faces claims of ripping off customersPopular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is facing two new class-action lawsuits, including one that accuses it of insider trading.

12:57 p.m. March 5, 2018 - By Aaron Hankin

Bitcoin meets resistance at $12,000, as Ripple bounces PayPal files patent for system that would speed up transaction timesAfter a relatively rocky week for equity investors, those in the cryptocurrency space have feared much better as digital currency prices continue to tick higher over the weekend.

9:51 a.m. March 5, 2018 - By Emily Bary

PayPal files patent for cryptocurrency systemPayPal Holdings Inc. shares are up 0.5% in midday trading Monday after it was revealed that the company recently related to bitcoin. The company's patent filing was for an "expedited virtual currency transaction system" and was . Such a system could potentially speed up bitcoin transactions and be anonymous. Shares of PayPal were originally down to start the day after the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon.com Inc. was interested in creating its own product similar to a checking account. PayPal's stock is up 84% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 Index has gained 14%.

9:48 a.m. March 5, 2018 - By Emily Bary

Square stock jumps 8%, on track to close at new record highShares of Square Inc. are up 8.5% in Monday trading and on track to close at a new all-time high. If the current gains hold, this would mark Square's largest one-day percentage gain since May 4, 2017, when its stock rose 8.9%. The company said late Friday that its general counsel, Hillary Smith, would be resigning, and Square confirmed to MarketWatch that it hasn't announced any news. The company announced better-than-expected earnings last week and CEO Jack Dorsey also said at the time that the company wanted to enhance its bitcoin offerings . Square shares are up 194% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 is up 14%.

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Paypal Files Patent for Expedited … – news.bitcoin.com

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Danzig

A recent patent filing reveals that Paypal might be considering expanding its exposure to the cryptocurrency ecosystem with a new system for speedy transactions. We shouldnt however expect a Paypal Lightning Network or anything close to that any time soon. There is currently a global race to file patents for everything crypto or blockchain related and the company might just be strengthening its portfolio for future patent battles.

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Online payments provider Paypal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has filed a new patent application for an expedited virtual currency transaction system with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The last time it was reported that the company filed a patent application related to cryptocurrencies was back in mid-2016 when it showed plans for a modular payment module that accepted bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin.

The system described by the patent application is meant to work by creating secondary wallets that each include a respective secondary wallet private key, and a transaction is performed using the primary wallet private key to transfer different predefined amounts to each of the secondary wallets. When an instruction is received to transfer a payment amount to a second user, they are allocated a subset of the first users secondary wallet private keys that together contain cryptocurrency that equals the needed amount.

The Paypal application explains that the need for this proposed system for cryptocurrencies is due to the time delay or latency period between the initialization of the transaction and the point at which the transaction has been confirmed. It gives as an example waiting for ten minutes or more for a bitcoin conformation, which they indicate hurts the user experience, putting it at a disadvantage over seemingly instant choices such as fiat credit card payments.

In many transaction situations, a 10 minute wait time will be too long for payers and/or payees, and those payers and/or payees will instead choose to perform the transaction using traditional payment methods rather than virtual currency. Issues like this have slowed the adoption of virtual currencies despite their advantages. Thus, there is a need for an expedited virtual currency transaction system, explains Paypal.

What could Paypal be planning to do with cryptocurrency related patents? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

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Posted on March 12, 2018 by jessica

Dear Visitors:

Welcome to the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. I hope you will take this opportunity to explore this site and discover the multi-faceted nature of our dynamic community. It is a place where you will find a conclave of distinguished scientists, outstanding healthcare professionals, their skilled staffs and our motivated students, all united in the vigorous pursuit of excellence in education, patient care, research and service to the community.

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Today more than at any other time, our school has established itself as a clear leader in educating the physicians of tomorrow. Through systematic self-assessment, we have made comprehensive modifications to our curriculum as exemplified by our state-of-the-art Student Learning Center. Here students learn in small groups and from the beginning are taught the connections between the basic sciences and clinical practice. Through advanced simulation technologies, our learners practice difficult procedures before they perform them on patients. With distance learning and telemedicine technologies we network with our students and residents in outlying hospitals as they benefit from the multiplicity of experiences that come with serving a broad geographic area.

Since its inception some 75 years ago, our school of medicine has maintained a deep commitment to serving all patients, particularly the underserved. We are aligned with the LSUHSC Health Care Services Division which consists of nine hospitals throughout the state. Through this important relationship, our faculty and house staff provide quality medical care to the residents of Louisiana regardless of income or insurance coverage. Simultaneously, our partnerships with the LSU Healthcare Network and local private hospitals supply outstanding care to a growing population of private patients. These wide ranging medical services support the people of our state while providing the backdrop for a broad and comprehensive clinical education for our students and residents in training.

We live in a time of extraordinary advances in the biological sciences. Here at the LSU School of Medicine our researchers continually push at the edges of medical knowledge. We are continuing an active recruitment of both clinical and basic science faculty with a resultant increase in extramural grant funding. Through our many Centers of Excellence we collaborate across specialties by bringing the finest scientific minds to bear on creative and exciting new methods for improving the delivery of patient care and the quality of life for all people.

On behalf of our entire academic community, welcome and thank you for your interest in the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans.

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Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver Downplays Alleged Insider Trading …

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Danzig

Roger Ver, CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin.com, vocally defended Coinbase with regard to recent allegations of suspected insider trading conducted by members of the exchanges staff. Ver appeared on CNBC on Wednesday in an interview with Melissa Lee on the networks show Fast Money. Addressing the ordeal surrounding the addition of Bitcoin Cash to Coinbase, Lee asked for his opinion regarding the situation. Ver responded that he believes crypto insider trading is a non-crime.

As Bitcoin Cash was being added to GDAX, the cryptocurrency exchange that is affiliated with Coinbase, the price of Bitcoin Cash on GDAX jumped to $9,500, while still being offered at roughly $3,100 across other exchanges. The price jump caused a halt in trading of the digital currency on the GDAX platform. To this point, Ver explained: Lets say a bunch of people had traded in advance, then the price wouldnt have been so volatile, and the price would already much more closely reflect the price after the news became public. He continued to say that he does not believe that this incident should be used in order to apply more regulation on Bitcoin exchanges, claiming that theyre already being regulated pretty heavily.

In response to the allegations of insider trading, Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong highlighted the companys policy regarding employee trading in a blog post. Mr. Armstrong appeared adamant in alleviating public concern over the matter. In reference to the discrepancy of Bitcoin Cash pricing, he explained: Given the price increase in the hours leading up the announcement, we will be conducting an investigation into this matter. If we find evidence of any employee or contractor violating our policiesdirectly or indirectlyI will not hesitate to terminate the employee immediately and take appropriate legal action.

Particularly when compared to Bitcoin, Mr. Ver has been a proponent of Bitcoin Cash, describing it as fast, its cheap to use, and reliable. And Bitcoin core and their development team have intentionally made Bitcoin core slow, expensive to use and unreliable. So if you have two versions of Bitcoin: one thats fast, cheap to use and reliable and one thats slow, expensive to use and unreliable, you dont have to be a rocket scientist to figure out which one of those two versions of Bitcoin will be more usable. And its clearly Bitcoin Cash. It is therefore not surprising that Bitcoin.com has taken steps to increase its accessibility by integrating Bitcoin Cash into all of the companys wallets.

Bitcoin.com CTO Emil Oldenburg recently announced that he has sold all of his Bitcoinand has switched to acquiring Bitcoin Cash, as he sees it as a more attractive digital currency. His announcement goes hand in hand with Mr. Vers comments in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, in which he strongly supported Bitcoin Cash as a stronger investment alternative.

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Roger Ver Says Ethereum May Overtake Bitcoin in Market Cap

Posted on March 10, 2018 by jessica

Roger Ver is quite an intriguing and somewhat controversial figure in the cryptocurrency world. As a notorious early Bitcoin investor, he has also kept close tabs on other currencies. During a recent interview, Roger mentioned how Ethereum will eventually overtake Bitcoin. A remarkable thought, even though Bitcoin is not without flaws by any means.

In the world of cryptocurrency, virtually everyone knows the nameRoger Ver. He is one of the earliest Bitcoin investors and made a lot of good money doing so. He is also a very strong [financial] supporter of the Bitcoin Cash venture. This Bitcoin hard fork has made quite the impact on the overall cryptocurrency market in recent months. Diversification is key in the world of cryptocurrency, as there is a lot more to check out than just Bitcoin.

Unsurprisingly, Roger Ver is not too convinced Bitcoin will remain the top dog for much longer. In a recent interview, hementionshow Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin in the near future. Given the recent price surge of Ether, Ethereums native token, it is evident things will only get better from here on out. A lot of innovation is coming to Ethereum, as are some much-needed network improvements.

According to Roger Ver, Ether is well underway to surpass Bitcoin. All it takes is doubling in price one more time to effectively reach this goal. That is, assuming the Bitcoin price doesnt increase further. Rest assured BTC is not done just yet in this regard either. An interesting battle has been going on between both of these currencies. Market cap is just one of the metrics people need to pay attention to when it comes to these cryptocurrencies, though.

More specifically, Ether has surpassed Bitcoin in a few other key metrics. It is cheaper to use most of the time, and a lot faster in terms of confirmations. Ethereums throughput has also surpassed that of Bitcoin on multiple occasions in the past. All of this may change with improvedSegWit adoptionand the Lightning network launch in a few months. Until that happens, it seems Ether will remain in the lead regarding the metrics that actually matter.

Roger Ver is also impressed with Ethereums developers, by the look of things. In his opinion, Bitcoin no longer holds the top spot in a lot of regards. Once people start to realize that is exactly the case, things will get very interesting across all markets. Especially Ethereums switch to proof-ofstake will be pretty significant for the network as a whole. When Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin, remains to be determined, though.

All of this paints an interesting outlook for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Assuming Roger Ver is correct in his assessment, we will either see a major Ethereum price increase of a big Bitcoin price dip. Right now, the latter seems almost impossible, as the Bitcoin price has been moving up as of late. Ethereum, on the other hand, has been stuck in sideways momentum for several weeks now. It will be interesting to see how things unfold in this regard. Anything is possible in the cryptocurrency world.

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Efilism | Cool Childfree Guy | Page 2

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Danzig

before one of the worst events of my life is going to take place.

My sister is now starting her third trimester of pregnancy. Barring the fact that subjecting new, non-consenting individuals to the horrible thing that is an earthly existencecan only be described as the supreme act of evil, shes way too young and immature for a child. Shes probably the most irresponsible person I know. Further, she cant afford a damn kid and is instead going to be a government mooch when the child is born. Typical entitled liberal welfare mongers, that all she and her fianc are, and they dont really care to better themselves (both are college dropouts with no ambitions of any sort of decent career).

Anyway, if she knew what was good for her she would have terminated the pregnancy and if she just insists on having a kid later training for a decent paying career. Alas, she let her delusional Pollyanna emotions get the better of her and she has absolutely no idea what shes getting herself into.

Alas, Ive already established strict boundaries. I will not in any way help her care for her kid. I will not go over to her place when the kid isnt in school or daycare, ever. Her kid is not allowed in my house, ever. I dont mind dogsitting for her, but babysitting is out of the question. I will not be present at the baby shower (not that men ever go to those things), I will not get her any sort of a gift, nor will I visit her in the hospital after giving birth.

Perhaps this will cause her to completely write me out of her life. Thats perfectly OK with me. The past few months have been difficult on our relationship anyway (after I suggested she have an abortion and suggested she read Benatar, neither of which she gave any thought and told me I needed psychiatric help).

People say depression is an illness. I disagree. Depression is a sign of a highly-developed and rational mind which sees the world for what it really is: a horrible place full of conflict, war, disease andfamine. If anything should be classified as a mental illness, its optimism. Optimism is irrational. Optimism is delusion. Pessimism is realism.

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