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There's evidence that power can change how the brain functions - tending to make those in power less able to experience things from the perspective of others. This guy is clearly another corporate sociopath

Well the difference here is that a utility is a natural monopoly. It's not under market scrutiny except for regulators. Linode is under intense pressure and it's been lagging behind competitors for a while now

I've found Linode rock solid in all the time I've used them. But I've also found them a bit slow in adopting features that are important to me (this and SSD storage)

This is a great starting point to mapping

I've always found coordinate systems both extremely challenging and fascinating - like how longitude and latitude isn't the same across the world according due to different models of the earth.

Have you got any plans to add a more extensive introduction to geodesy?

So you're saying both can work?

Unless you're saying that you can split 1 bitcoin into 2 bitcoins, I think your reasoning is flawed.

Or looking at it another way, inventing a new denomination like a millicent (= 0.001c) will automatically increase our money supply...

I hope so too - but I think it's unlikely because Bitcoin is decentralised by design.

When money supply is controlled by central authority, it can be used as a tool to control prices and volatility. It's still early days but the inflation-targeting independent monetary policy experiment happening in some developed economies over the last 2 decades seems promising.

I'd be interested if anyone were willing to start a "centralised" Bitcoin governed by benevolent dictators for life. I'd rather put my savings with people who understand monetary theory and how to use big data to inform supply decisions than a system prone to cycles.

> 9. The price of Bitcoin is likely to range between $4000-5000 by the end of 2014

Setting aside the author's flawed reasoning as to what drives demand for currency - I don't see how this is a positive prediction for Bitcoin as I think it implies.

I'd like to see a decentralised currency work in the long run and the best thing for Bitcoin right now is to maintain stability against USD. It needs to prove itself as a trusted medium of exchange/store of value.

My prediction for 2014: speculators will deal a big blow to the credibility of Bitcoin slowing down widespread adoption for any decentralised currency

Interesting and I think you are correct. Rent-seeking happens all the time and is not just confined to domain names

You're 100% entitled to do what you want with your own property but please consider the view that domain names are important and finite resources and should be put to good use :)