Response to the BitCoin bullshit

So, reading this kind of CRAP online:

http://www.24businessreport.com/news/en/hiax/index.html

Articles talk about BitCoin being:

• A decentralised currency,
• Not controlled by a government,
• Limited availability

It's complete nonsense, but it's fueling a hype which gullible people are buying into.

1. Anyone can host a bit coin server and generate coins (https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/16654/how-to-get-copy-of-bitcoin-source-code). Thus making it as much a currency as, say, snot or mucus.
2. It IS implicitly controlled by EVERY government, as its entire value is rated by OTHER REAL HARD CURRENCIES. Which means it should be called "Inflation Coin".
3. Whilst technically adhering to the algorithm for the coin may indeed mean there can be limited numbers issued, its like any other form of exchange for worthless items. Every snowflake is unique, but that most anyone can generate them and they are pretty useless in of themselves means anyone placing real world currency into "BitCoins" is either out to exploit their potential for inflating worth (making 12 dollars into 1 million by "magically" people suddenly declaring their now worth that "because of demand").

It's the ultimate in vapor ware, and its any idiot who pays the inflated prices for doing so is either some kind of scammer or the last person in the pyramid. Its like in the housing market, except without a house, or indeed ANYTHING. So its really NOT like that market, except in the stupidity with which one person pays another 1,000,000 for a property clearly worth only 120,000. Except, can you say to yourself after paying 'well I love this bitcoin and the location is perfect, I'm glad I paid this much' or will you be fretting as the price goes down or in suspense as people supposedly will pay you more.

Still, if people can gain 'wealth' by BitCoin anyone can be rich *eye rolls*.

Memories of a primary / childhood romance

When I was in Primary School (and for the reference I went to a school called Town Green Primary school) I never thought about much beside each day and what I wanted to do. At this lovely age I was mostly focused on other people, but I was also a clumsy kind of child so I didn't get along so well with my own age group (who seemed to be very mean to me age 6/7). So, I naturally kept returning to play in the younger kids playground where everyone was more accepting. I remember that I fell into playing with one girl who was very lovely, I was too young at the time to see her for anything besides our play together but I really enjoyed just helping her find daisies and we would work together to make daisy chains and just meet up each break time to play games and make these daisy chains. At that age all I had cared about was joining in and this was a perfectly fun and fulfilling way to spend my breaks. I didn't think about it at the time, but it was just the two of us sitting in a quite spot together doing this happily.

One day, one of the older kids came over to me when we where sitting together and began to tease me for playing girly games. I was upset, because back then things mattered to me what others thought. I was annoyed because I hadn't considered what I was doing only that I was enjoying it and I was immature. So, instead of realising this bully was trouble, I shamefully got angry with the girl I had been playing with for so long for making me look foolish and refused to play with her anymore :(.

I remember I made her cry but I was so angry that I'd been made to look like a fool in front of other, and too childish to blame the others instead. I did of course forget about things in time and move on, but I never really forgot that girl or how happy those times spent together where.

I never really fitted in, and whilst I did okay and had good friends in the younger age group I never really found my place.

I remember when I hit 15, I was on my way home and I had learned (from those types of bully experiences) to ignore people. Especially girls, who had taken to attracting my attention only to loudly for cry 'like I would want your attention' (or some variant there of) so I'd become very reclusive. I was walking up the ramp away from the station, having got off early go to my best friends house. As I walked up the rank, a girl called out 'My friend really likes you'. I was already triggered and ready for this, but this was different in that she was calling out another girls feelings, but I felt sure it was a trick. So I called back, "Well, if she likes me she can tell me herself!" feeling this would put paid the trick. Though, I saw the girl behind her burst into tears and run back down towards the train as I walked away.

I don't know if it was the same girl, but it always felt it was.

I have not had a happy life in terms of people and I really, really regret letting go this wondrous friendship of two people simply happy together. I don't know if she felt the same or if she will even be still single or EVEN recall me. Though if someone recognises either of these tales and went to Town Green school in the 1980's and maybe .... well anyway completely unlikely. The best and worst of me is blogged here. Though, no one is their best and worst rants.

Doggy (missing the girl who played with him without question, pressure or want besides my company and really regretting not realising that value age 6 and 15 respectively)