I agree, but that makes my point. I don't think that should be the test for the decision to apply a law. Breaking the law is breaking the law regardless of how publicly you do it. I suspect vastly more people have successfully produced usable weapons from the other information I referred to than will ever do so from…

This is strictly the case, true, but what really happened, here, is that the U.S. govt. went looking for a way to take this down and figured out that this law could be used to do so. If they were really serious about this particular law, they would go after all the other plans to makes guns out there. You can find…

The only thing missing is Natalie. :-(

You mean the IBM PCjr keyboard?

@SilverX2: Don't let potential misconceptions regarding what the money in your wallet actually is color your understanding. All currency is based pretty much on nothing, today. U.S. currency is based on "The full faith and credit of the United States of America" and nothing more. No gold, no hard assets, nothing…

The thing is, what are the rules of the game? In my opinion the rules of the game are those that the machine is set to enforce and check. So long as he was not responsible for injecting the bug or was not informed of the existence of the bug directly or indirectly by someone who had injected the bug, then he has done…

'sawright. It is said that offense is taken by far more people than offer it.

Getting your grammar wrong when trying to insultingly correct someone is also ignorant.

No need to call names and try developing a sense of humor. I was actually complimenting you on the fact that you think things through. Unfortunately you'd probably be happier if you hadn't. Ever heard the the saying, "ignorance is bliss"?

Don't think so much and you'll feel better.

Travelling to Japan a lot I saw Pocari Sweat in the vending machines and could not help but wonder if there was a Sumo wrestler named Pocari...

The only thing that is a gross exaggeration is your estimate of months in which it doesn't freeze...

Dr. Zimmerman is a cartoon!

Because it's yummy.

Questions generally are not stupid. Answers may be. This question could serve several reasonable purposes: 1) expose bias if the person answering is willing to be honest, 2) provoke self-examination in the person being questioned, 3) expose the bias of people saying it is a stupid question :-)

Perhaps you should have stated it differently, "Knowing nothing else, would you prefer a male or a female boss?"

This isn't really the case. If we look at recreational drugs, they are banned or not based primarily on the level of their immediate effect (not how addictive they are). Alcohol is roughly the pivot, being highly regulated and sometimes even banned. Pot is maybe a little more active than alcohol but is growing in…

If you aren't trolling, all currency only has value because people assign value to it or accept the value assigned to it. Go look at what has happened when people have lost confidence in a government's currency. Watch what happens to U.S. currency (and it's economy) if its debtors lose confidence in it (the U.S.'…

These two snippets really do not capture enough of FinCENs statement. It is definitely worthwhile to click through to gain a better understanding of where virtual currencies stand, legally, and how it is legal/illegal to use them.

He kind of is. That he is suggesting they "aren't in tune" and should do things differently is suggesting that he somehow knows better than they do. I didn't see that they were asking for advice or criticism. So, yeah, judgy and critical.