Slashdot editors seem to find Bitcoin very interesting, two more articles:
EFF stops accepting Bitcoin (comments generally of type "see, it's bs")
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/21/1433207/EFF-Stops-Accepting-Bitcoin-Regifts-All-Donations
Second one is an interview with the proprietor of Britcoin and Bitcoin Consultancy, Amir Taaki. This one is pretty positive of course, but Amir mistakes his audience and gives a lot of marketing answers, here and there evasive ones. Highly moderated comments are mostly negative, but they are quite biased and badly misinformed in places (some by the same detractors as before). Slashdot quickly takes offense to topic frequency.
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/1737237/Amir-Taaki-Answers-Your-Questions-About-Bitcoin
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spam the msnbc comment section with factual information about bitcoin!
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/22/6917264-bitcoin-virtual-money-gets-hacked-and-heisted
Bitcoin to "real" money, eh?
edit: Skimming over the article, seems yet another episode of opinion masquerading as a news report. Bleh.
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Bitcoin, "the first decentralized digital currency," suffered a hack at the largest Bitcoin-to-real-money exchange, Mt. Gox, that caused all values to drop from $17 to $0.01 per Bitcoin credit.
Bitcoin to "real" money, eh?
edit: Skimming over the article, seems yet another episode of opinion masquerading as a news report. Bleh.
http://policyjni.gazeta.pl/Policyjni/1,91152,9824891,Bitcoin___sposob_na_ukrycie_pieniedzy_przed_skarbowka.html
it is a police-topics subsection of major (1 of 5 biggest) news portals in PL.
The topic is unfortunatly "New way to hide money from tax collectors", articles starts in this stupid tone but them moves on to mention good sides like emigrants making cross border transfers (which btw is not really that good use).
Not too good articles, but I guess it can be.
it is a police-topics subsection of major (1 of 5 biggest) news portals in PL.
The topic is unfortunatly "New way to hide money from tax collectors", articles starts in this stupid tone but them moves on to mention good sides like emigrants making cross border transfers (which btw is not really that good use).
Not too good articles, but I guess it can be.
The phrase, "are believed to be", should never ever be in allowed in a news article unless your source would be in some sort of danger. Even then, you should give some reference to the validity of the source. They might as well be reporting what a magical 8 ball told them when they asked it about the hack. This is especially so if it's the lynchpin of your headline.
The passive voice tends to annoy me, especially when writers employ it without an agent. I make an exception for scientific texts, but only begrudgingly. 
Now that is interesting.
If the entire article is true, they have beaten the forums to the punch.
Wait. How are they connecting a "lulzsec rogue" to the hack?
The phrase, "are believed to be", should never ever be in allowed in a news article unless your source would be in some sort of danger. Even then, you should give some reference to the validity of the source. They might as well be reporting what a magical 8 ball told them when they asked it about the hack. This is especially so if it's the lynchpin of your headline.
Now that is interesting.
If the entire article is true, they have beaten the forums to the punch.
Bleh, looks like a bad piece to me.
Maybe I just can't spot a bad bitcoin article anymore because I've read so many crappy opinion pieces that anything remotely resembling journalistic research appears amazing by comparison, even if their timeline is screwed up and they have the common problem of being unable to explain bitcoin.
Lol, true. I never really expected good explanations in 'real' press, now my bar is "was not malicious, just wrong". This one still makes it sound like a coin was actually worth .01 for a while and maybe still is. It should have been mentioned (even stressed) that someone was selling coins they couldn't keep for themselves. There was never a point where someone preferred a penny to a bitcoin. The 'value' was never .01 despite what some compromised site claimed.
Bleh, looks like a bad piece to me.
Maybe I just can't spot a bad bitcoin article anymore because I've read so many crappy opinion pieces that anything remotely resembling journalistic research appears amazing by comparison, even if their timeline is screwed up and they have the common problem of being unable to explain bitcoin.
Bitcoin 'will recover' from crash - BBC News -includes a statement from Gavin.
Wow. Although there are some annoying things in that article, it's really nice to see a news article on the crash that actually interviews someone relevant.
It's sometimes amazing when you get that flash of memory of back when news outlets used to impartially report details and quote other people's opinions rather than just wing it with the author's interpretation presented as fact.
Bleh, looks like a bad piece to me.
Bitcoin 'will recover' from crash - BBC News -includes a statement from Gavin.
Wow. Although there are some annoying things in that article, it's really nice to see a news article on the crash that actually interviews someone relevant.
It's sometimes amazing when you get that flash of memory of back when news outlets used to impartially report details and quote other people's opinions rather than just wing it with the author's interpretation presented as fact.
Bitcoin 'will recover' from crash - BBC News -includes a statement from Gavin.
I can't believe it -- why would Wikileaks not be completely behind Bitcoin? Aren't they all about "bucking the system" and such?
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
Wikileaks set the record straight publicly just so you know:
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/b8qli4
Cool. Wikileaks destroy FUD for a living.
I can't believe it -- why would Wikileaks not be completely behind Bitcoin? Aren't they all about "bucking the system" and such?
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
Wikileaks set the record straight publicly just so you know:
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/b8qli4
I wish the media wouldn't be so negative on Bitcoin.
Maybe the Powers That Be control the media AND the money supply? An interesting idea, to say the least.
Maybe the Powers That Be control the media AND the money supply? An interesting idea, to say the least.
An interesting idea? Are you serious? That was so obvious I never even considered that it had to be said.
I wish the media wouldn't be so negative on Bitcoin.
Maybe the Powers That Be control the media AND the money supply? An interesting idea, to say the least.
Maybe the Powers That Be control the media AND the money supply? An interesting idea, to say the least.
The Bitcoin Mess - Planet Money
Let's hope that they can successfully get BitCoins before they finish the report and declare that "BitCoin is too hard."
Let's hope that they can successfully get BitCoins before they finish the report and declare that "BitCoin is too hard."
My buddy just replied telling them to post their bitcoin address.
Heck, I'd be able to donate more than a few bitcents if all my bitcoins weren't at Mt. Gox. Those Planet Money guys are wizards at explaining concepts to idiots like me.
I can't believe it -- why would Wikileaks not be completely behind Bitcoin? Aren't they all about "bucking the system" and such?
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
And EFF, for that matter!
I came across the same article here:
http://www.bitcoin-board.com/index.php/Bitcoins-Speedy-Fall-EFF-Halts-Donations-and-Wikileaks-Cashes-Out
What the hell is wrong with people.
Think about the last time you moved coins. Did it mean you were done with Bitcoin? Goddamn it.
edit: But seriously, fuck the EFF.
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