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maxden··on The real use of money is to buy freedom
Beside the accidental car reference, this seems applicable to Elon Musk.
maxden··on China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon
Alive or dead?
maxden··on Australian bitcoin site hacked, $1 million in virtual currency stolen
Why do you question his age, but apparently accept that he owns a $750k house etc? Not being snarky, but has he provided evidence etc?

I'm not sure how the ABC got to talk to him but he sounds young on the radio interview, for what it's worth.

maxden··on Show HN: Bitbillpay - Pay any PostBillPay biller in Australia with Bitcoin
Thanks for the link. I wouldn't want to rely on my interpretation of reading that Act to keep myself out of trouble! There are so many links that go to fairly unhelpful definitions such as 'when used in a provision outside Chapter 7, has the same meaning as it has in Chapter 7.' So it's not a settlement facility etc, it seems exepmt from these if it's not considered a financial product?

Out of interest, do you know what a similar service that accepted AUD instead would be classified under?

maxden··on Nov. 22, 1963: 50 years, and still no conspiracy
I agree that it could have been random chance, and any number of things could have or did happen to make events happen as they did. It depends on how far back you want to go to highlight pivotal events, or with the butterfly effect, consider every miniscule event is important to the end result.

Absolutely agree with aerospace accidents occurring because of events that by themselves wouldn't be fatal, but the combination is.

I still think the original articles attempt at proving there was no conspiracy by using that example is a poor choice, because if you did want Ruby to kill Oswald, and the timing was wrong, Oswald needed to be delayed.

maxden··on Show HN: Bitbillpay - Pay any PostBillPay biller in Australia with Bitcoin
What if there is a delay between receiving the bitcoin to doing the payment, for example if the payment gateway is down? Would that imply custodial or depository service?
maxden··on Nov. 22, 1963: 50 years, and still no conspiracy
And if a last-minute interrogation of Oswald had not delayed his transfer, Ruby would not have been at the jail in time to kill Oswald. These unfortunate coincidences are not, however, consistent with a conspiracy.

That seems consistent with a conspiracy though; ie: Ruby wasn't ready, so delay Oswald.

maxden··on Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret
That is also against the rules: http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/tech...

"Any device or system which notifies the driver of the onset of wheel spin is not permitted."

maxden··on Algernon's Law
Interestingly, to give further evidence of your point, I would say hockey is played with a ball, unless the reader assumes hockey is 'ice hockey'.
maxden··on Australian opposition vows to implement Internet filter by default
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/no-internet-filter-say...

"The correct position is that the Coalition will encourage mobile phone and internet service providers to make available software which parents can choose to install on their own devices to protect their children from inappropriate material."

=== Sounds more reasonable if accurate.

maxden··on German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA
That was reported in a bloomberg story also: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-t...

It obviously gives the Govt time to protect themselves, but could also exploit it on other systems.

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