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I recently went on eBay to look for a machine which is commonly known as a "bitcoin miner".  Without getting too specific it is basically a computer that is only good for mining bitcoins...that's it. 

 At present time there are only a couple of companies that make these machines. … Read full post »

NOVEMBER 7, 2011 3:39PM

Please give me your thoughts on this

I welcome ALL opinions so long as they can be backed up with specific facts and reasonable statements.  As an example:

  • God does not exist so therefore we should tax churches
 or
  • God told me that taxes are bad
 are NOT, I repeat, NOT statements that can be backed up by facts…

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MAY 11, 2011 12:50PM

How do we fix FACEBOOK?

Like any tool, Facebook can be very effective if used correctly and extremely destructive if misused.  I recently checked my 12 year old daughter's Facebook messages with her 12-13 year old friends and didn't like what I saw.

 Those facts, in and of themselves show that there is something g… Read full post »

JANUARY 25, 2010 1:04AM

The hidden Haiti crisis

It’s sickening.  No, not the death toll or the deplorable conditions in Haiti post-tremor, but rather the bold-faced hypocrisy practiced by every single news organization that’s currently got a 24-hour hard-on for the tragedy.

Where was CNN or MSNBC before this tremor?  And no,… Read full post »

Who does this woman think she is?  Doesn't she know that only LIBERALS are supposed to answer "hot button" questions honestly?

I mean if conservatives can answer questions honestly then liberals wouldn't be able to claim they're the "truth-tellers" of the American population.

Frankly, I think s… Read full post »

For a while now I've thought that the wave of piracy off the Somali coast was  like a pebble in a shoe:  Bothersome, but not fatal.  After all, up until the incident with the Maersk Alabama hostages remained unharmed, ships were returned (after the ransom was paid) and the somalis went… Read full post »

MARCH 2, 2009 1:28AM

Battlestar's inevitable conclusion

It was during the final moments of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" that I realized I had just lost 110 minutes of my life and I was never getting them back.  Today I can say I've found the only redeeming factor.  It was a quote by the character Dorian Gray.  He… Read full post »