2013-04-18 - bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia)

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Quote from: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 12:51:23 AM

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Quote from: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 12:40:39 AM

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Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. Sad

Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily.

Err... CornedBeefHash made me do it! He called me yellow. No one calls me yellow. I think he took off though, haven't seen him around! Whatever you do, don't question the authorities!

Claiming you are being mentally controlled by a food product does little to lend credence to your claims of innocence.

LOL

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Quote from: Mashrock on April 21, 2013, 06:53:53 AM

They're clearly all wrong!

Please just fix your mess, or I have to report this thread to the mods.

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Quote from: justusranvier on April 18, 2013, 10:59:36 PM

Quote from: Mashrock on April 18, 2013, 10:57:14 PM

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Why don't you take a look at every other thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.

They're clearly all wrong!

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that is embarrassing...

now everybody thinks we are dead.... Sad

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Poor impulse control.

Quote from: Raoul Duke on April 18, 2013, 11:38:13 PM

Quote from: AlphaWolf on April 18, 2013, 11:32:39 PM

Quote from: jgarzik on April 12, 2012, 08:59:33 PM

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The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:

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(emphasis added).

It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion?

Because some dudes are just above any rules, didn't you know?

And some just enjoy taking the piss from time to time. Does that really make me a troll? Oh, wait ...

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Quote from: AlphaWolf on April 18, 2013, 11:32:39 PM

Quote from: jgarzik on April 12, 2012, 08:59:33 PM

Guidelines for Press board
The Press board replaces the Bitcoin press hits, notable sources thread. The original motivation of the thread was to collect links that fit Wikipedia's definition of Notability. Once bitcoin was deemed sufficiently notable (a milestone!), the thread became an ongoing log of links. Discussion was discouraged.

The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:

Create a new thread for each new link
Begin each thread with article date, YYYY-MM-DD format.
Thread title should usefully summarize the link. julz has suggested DATE-SITE-HEADLINE format, but use your best judgement.
Duplicate links, off-topic, and meta discussions may be moderated (locked or whatever the mods prefer)
Post a link to the NEW articles thread.

As always, comments and suggestions welcome! The main goal is to keep the noise down.

(emphasis added).

It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion?

Because some dudes are just above any rules, didn't you know?

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Presale is live!

Quote from: jgarzik on April 12, 2012, 08:59:33 PM

Guidelines for Press board
The Press board replaces the Bitcoin press hits, notable sources thread. The original motivation of the thread was to collect links that fit Wikipedia's definition of Notability. Once bitcoin was deemed sufficiently notable (a milestone!), the thread became an ongoing log of links. Discussion was discouraged.

The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:

Create a new thread for each new link
Begin each thread with article date, YYYY-MM-DD format.
Thread title should usefully summarize the link. julz has suggested DATE-SITE-HEADLINE format, but use your best judgement.
Duplicate links, off-topic, and meta discussions may be moderated (locked or whatever the mods prefer)
Post a link to the NEW articles thread.

As always, comments and suggestions welcome! The main goal is to keep the noise down.

(emphasis added).

It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion?

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Quote from: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 11:12:52 PM

Unless you mean using ISO standard dating? Ha! That's for nerds and computer geeks.

Actually yyyy-mm-dd is what is used in China (and although they have quite a lot of nerds and computer geeks certainly that is not the majority of people living in PRC).

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Poor impulse control.

Quote from: justusranvier on April 18, 2013, 10:59:36 PM

Quote from: Mashrock on April 18, 2013, 10:57:14 PM

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Why don't you take a look at every other USA based thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.

FTFY

Unless you mean using ISO standard dating? Ha! That's for nerds and computer geeks.

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Quote from: Mashrock on April 18, 2013, 10:57:14 PM

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Why don't you take a look at every other thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.

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Quote from: kiba on April 18, 2013, 08:43:18 AM

Need proper dating!

Well now that BitCoin has collapsed (and refunded) there should be more time (and money) to focus on dating.

Grin

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Need proper dating!

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Quote from: Este Nuno on April 18, 2013, 07:16:38 AM

Someone should probably lose their job for this.

You think far too highly of journalists working at the internet equivalent of a tabloid. No-one will lose their job over this, especially if the mistake brought more traffic to the site than it would otherwise.

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Someone should probably lose their job for this.

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Quote from: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 12:40:39 AM

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Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. Sad

Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily.

Err... CornedBeefHash made me do it! He called me yellow. No one calls me yellow. I think he took off though, haven't seen him around! Whatever you do, don't question the authorities!

Claiming you are being mentally controlled by a food product does little to lend credence to your claims of innocence.

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Poor impulse control.

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Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. Sad

Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily.

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Quote from: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 12:13:16 AM

And now they've corrected the "news article" after I made an obnoxious comment. They haven't posted the comment, oddly enough.

I rebuffed them in the comments (no swearing). The odds are not good they will publish it.

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It's still spelled "BitCoin". I guess they can't correct too much in one go.

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And now they've corrected the "news article" after I made an obnoxious comment. They haven't posted the comment, oddly enough.

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Quote from: CIYAM on April 18, 2013, 12:08:22 AM

Maybe a young reporter trying to spread some panic in order get some cheaper Bitcoins.

Maybe a reporter so young that they're actually a year ten student on work experience.

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Maybe a young reporter trying to spread some panic in order get some cheaper Bitcoins.

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Quote from: Mike Christ on April 18, 2013, 12:05:17 AM

C'mon, Australia. Get it together!

That's AusTralia.

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Yeah, I feel a little embarrassed being in the same country right now Cheesy

I've left a comment on the site for what it's worth, but I doubt they'll publish it.

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C'mon, Australia. Get it together!

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Another successful validation of the capital C indicator.

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Quote from: ElectroGeek007 on April 18, 2013, 12:00:23 AM

Perhaps someone should have done ~~a bit more~~ any research at all before "writing" this "article"... Roll Eyes

FTFY

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Wow

News fail... haha

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Perhaps someone should have done a bit more research before writing this "article"... Roll Eyes

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Oh, so Bitfloor is Bitcoin now, not Mt.Gox?

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http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-shuts-down-trading-indefinitely/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108

http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-exchange-bitfloor-shuts-down-trading/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108

BITCOIN has halted trading indefinitely and is promising to return everyone's money.

The virtual currency whose price has been fluctuating wildly over the last few weeks announced on its website that it must "cease all trading operations indefinitely...due to circumstances beyond its control".

The announcement comes after weeks of denial of service attacks and technical problems that led to severe price fluctuations.

"Unfortunately, our US bank account is scheduled to be closed and we can no longer provide the same level of USD deposits and withdrawals as we have in the past," wrote BitCoin founder Roman Shtylman.
"As such, I have made the decision to halt operations and return all funds.

"Over the next days we will be working with all clients to ensure that everyone receives their funds. Please be patient as we process your request."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-shuts-down-trading-indefinitely/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108#ixzz2QmuqyxGP

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