35 karma · joined December 4, 2014
The Zildjian name is more valuable than any of their cymbals. If you don't buy Zildjian cymbals, it's because they're too expensive, or it's because you don't like the sound. It's a better idea for a company to go and make a cymbal that fills one of the other niches in the market than to try to replace Zildjian.
It's sort of like Coca-Cola's secret recipe. If you wanted to put the time and effort into it, you could figure out what's in it. But why bother? Coca-Cola's success is due to the brand, not to the taste.
Can we stop jerking about how the cops are the REAL criminals here? DPR was in no way a good person.
That's called "being arrested for breaking the law."
* The wastefulness of miners!
* The blockchain bloat!
* The lack of anonymity!
* The deflation!
* The lengthy block confirmation times!
* The lack of security!
* The lack of chargebacks!
* The badly coded software!
* The fees!
* The centralization!
* The slow, slow, slow transaction speed.
It's in the shill handbook. Check under Appendix B.
Maybe, just maybe, Bitcoin actually is a shitty technology and that's why people don't trust it?