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Submission + - Linux 6.10 Honors One Last Request By Hans Reiser 1

Submitted by DVega
DVega writes: ReiserFS lead developer and convicted murderer Hans Reiser a few months back wrote letters to be made public apologizing for his social mistakes and other commentary. In his written communications he also made a last request for ReiserFS in the Linux kernel

“Assuming that the decision is to remove [ReiserFS] V3 from the kernel, I have just one request: that for one last release the README be edited to add Mikhail Gilula, Konstantin Shvachko, and Anatoly Pinchuk to the credits, and to delete anything in there I might have said about why they were not credited. It is time to let go.”

Comment Re: All lies (Score 2) 688

by DVega (#46877071) Attached to: Firefox 29: Redesign
Firefox changed "A" to "X", and instead of saying: "A" was better because all these reasons, you are saying: Where is my "A"? How can I restore "A" again? These are not valid objections.

Comment Cryptocurrency too useful to disappear (Score 0) 465

by DVega (#46369601) Attached to: MtGox Files For Bankruptcy Protection

One way to evaluate the value of any given currency is to look at its usefulness.

Paul Krugman, a critic of Bicoin, said:

Gold’s value comes in part because it has nonmonetary uses, such as filling teeth and making jewelry; paper currencies have value because they’re backed by the power of the state, which defines them as legal tender and accepts them as payment for taxes. Bitcoins, however, derive their value, if any, purely from self-fulfilling prophecy...

But what Mr. Krugman doesn't realize is that cryptocurrencies offer a unique advantage over other kind of payments. Instant, unblockable, long distant, anonymous money transfers. No other currency or payment method allows that.

Let's see some possible uses:

  • You are a gay man in Uganda. You want to make a donation to an organization defending homosexual rights without disclosing your sexual preferences to the government.
  • Some whistleblower revealed some corrupt/shade practices about your government. The government immediately blocks any financial money transfers to that site
  • You want to buy any service or intangible asset (eg. porn, software, data) without the transaction recorded in your credit card and without revealing your identity

For the first time it is now possible to do these things. And these things are too valuable to disappear. Cryptocurrencies are here to stay.

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