Topic: Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP. - page 1364. (Read 2032266 times)

I do it the other way around: VirtualBoxes are great to run windows apps (db servers, IE test clients,...). You can make snapshots, so when windows (or you) fuck(s) up, you can just go back

Gold down; Bitcoin stable. 

great ideas.  i'm actually running both Win 7 and Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro inside VMWare Fusion.  slow as heck though cuz i only got 8G RAM.  it is a great way to do it though.

Almost any laptop these days run linux so you can buy one and drop windows.  Search "Ubuntu <#>".  Like this: Ubuntu dell inspiron 5720.  And you'll get this: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201202-10403/  You may even manage to get a refund, but the volumes & the $ mfgs receive for preloading adware and crapware tend to cancel out any extra cost.

I run Ubuntu/Fedora/Mint/Redhat native on my daily dev 6 core AMD desktop and am stuck running Win on my quad core, 8 thread laptop because I need to use Webex.  But this machine can run 4 simultaneous Linux virtual machine instances (to execute simulations of the sort of tightly coupled distributed systems used in telecom networks).  [BTW, a virtual machine is a complete OS running inside a window (or full screen) of another OS].  You might consider using virtual machines instead of a different laptop just because its really nice to be able to pop from OS to OS.  Run isolated linux virtual machines for your wallet and/or trading software and don't install anything else on them.  And its a way to dip your toe into the linux world without having to lug around two laptops.  See www.virtualbox.org for the software needed.

PM me if you need some purchasing advice.

Switching from [win|mac|linux] to [win|mac|linux] is a bitch if one is familiar mostly with the original.  If you guys are prepared for some annoyances and have researched that what you absolutely _need_ to do is do-able under Linux then there is a fair chance that at the end of the day (or the end of next year) you'll be enjoying benefits which you might not even ever really know about.

In my case I don't normally used any of the three aforementioned OS's.  The OS I use is unpleasant to the point of usability for most people, but I've been using it for a decade and understand it pretty well which is _the_ factor in making it work for me.  I actually find the latest Ubuntu distros to be even less intuitive and more annoying than Windows.  I still choose Ubuntu over Windows when I can because the tools I like are available if one digs deeply enough and with enough effort it can be modified to work in the ways I like.  And, of course, I trust the security more.  I use Windows more than normal lately since there are some things which are simply not realistically available under my preferred OS's.  I studiously avoid doing anything of real importance on my Windows laptop, however, and would not even consider putting a decent sized wallet on it.  I don't even log on to my bank account from it.

Anyway, good luck in your adventures.  If you are prepared for some amount of trade-off and some amount of head-scratching then there is every reason to believe that it will be a good move.

i think this may happen to me as well but i'm still looking for a linux laptop with a nice trackpad.  so no one here has tried out a System 76?

I have a Mac. It has been a very nice computer, I have been using it for several years. The problem I am now running into is that some programs are only available for the most recent version of the Mac. (like bitcoin-qt). So I am no longer able to upgrade the programs which I have, and a couple programs I wanted to add to my computer I was unable to add. Overall, my computer still works, but when I do get around to upgrading to a new computer, my next computer will probably be running linux.

Old news, damn, I didn't see the date  

huh ?

Heard the news?

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/trading-over-counter-gold-and-silver-be-illegal-beginning-july-15 old news

here's a nice chart.  from:  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-16/guest-post-two-charts-you-should-see-risking-dime-market-2013

Why not get the stand alone Bluetooth magicpad.. Should be compatible with most OS'es

yeah, certainly can't argue with any of those good points.  i wish to move over to Ubuntu and cheaper laptops and dislike the Apple strategy and expense.  i just figured out that Youtube is a great way to learn linux and plan on utilizing that resource much more.  my only sticking point though has to do with that MagicPad.  i've pretty much moved over to laptop use at home and need an exquisite trackpad for my newsletter for marking up charts, etc.  does anyone know of a higher end linux laptop vendor that makes anything close to the MagicPad?  how about these guys?:  https://www.system76.com/laptops

ummm, not sure what you mean.  $127 is 37% off from the subsidized upgrade price of $199.

its not really a maybe.  the stock price IS 30% down from the peak.  yes, i suppose it could go back up but the fundamentals really suck in that regard and i think it's rolled for good.  just like the beginning of the Microsoft decline.  this happens to all huge companies eventually with time as they get too big, fat, bulky to keep up with the smaller upcoming competition like Android    

its also a fact that the $127 sale price at Walmart is 37% off what you can get at a carrier even with the upgrade cost.  i just checked my bill from Verizon for my wife's iphone 5 that we bought 2 weeks ago  .  it sold for $199.99 with a $30 upgrade fee (can you believe that crap?).  no one will buy from them anymore as long as that $127 price is out there.

Apple comprising almost 20% of the NASDAQ (approx) at its peak WAS the stock market.  its decline is foretelling some serious deflation on the horizon.  the way to think of this is that your beloved USD's are buying MORE now than before.  gas has dropped to the mid $3 range from over $4 in my region.  everything is rolling over.  its plain as day (at least to me).

could you elaborate on what you don't like about their products?  i actually love their laptops.  the smoothness of the MagicPad is exquisite and i like the keyboard layout with the command key just to the left of the space key making the command strokes much easier compared to a windows keyboard.

pfff. That's not "a third off". You'd have to add the subsidy from carrier. It's more like 7% off or something. No big deal.

But anyway, I love to bash apple as much as anyone: fuck them for making closed products that lock consumers in and force them to buy more crap from them (or windows to use iTunes). They deserve a share price below $100 if you ask me, just for being snobbish assholes.

I would like to bring this topic up again b/c I feel it's not clear enough (for me, at least).

What I would like to assert, and understand if it's correct, is that a default imply a contraction of the money supply only if the creditor is not the central bank.

So, for example: if Alice has a loan on bank B and she defaults, the money supply is debased.

But if Bank B has an even enormous loan with the central bank and it defaults no contraction of the money supply occurs.

Does everyone agree on that?

Thanks for any insight on the subject.

oh, btw, this is just another example of DEFLATION coming to Apple prices.

The Thunderclap will probably come Monday.  Put your helmets on:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-14/there-go-apples-margins-iphone-5-sell-wal-mart-third-original-price

Wal Mart of all places?!

its almost over
less then 5 years left i think...