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  And the bitcoin body count begins Mark Harvard <Mark.Harvard_909we3@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 15:04 -0800
    Re: And the bitcoin body count begins RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-05 23:13 +0000
      Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:37 +0000
        Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-06 14:16 +0100
          Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-06 22:14 +0000
            Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:34 +0000
              Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-07 01:00 +0100
            Re: And the bitcoin body count begins greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-07 09:09 +0000
        Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-06 17:55 +0000
    Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 13:26 +0000

#1274 — And the bitcoin body count begins

<http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/>

It appears bitcoin’s recent turmoil has claimed its first life.

Autumn Radtke, a 28-year-old American CEO of bitcoin exchange firm First
Meta, was found dead in her Singapore apartment on Feb. 28.

Local media are calling it a suicide, but Singapore officials are waiting
for toxicology test results.

Radtke formerly worked with Apple and other Silicon Valley tech firms on
developing digital payment systems.

Radtke’s death brings the number of questionable financial sector deaths
this year to eight. 

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#1275

On 2014-03-05 23:04:31 +0000, Mark Harvard said:

> <http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/> 
> 
> 
> It appears bitcoin’s recent turmoil has claimed its first life.
> 
> Autumn Radtke, a 28-year-old American CEO of bitcoin exchange firm First
> Meta, was found dead in her Singapore apartment on Feb. 28.
> 
> Local media are calling it a suicide, but Singapore officials are waiting
> for toxicology test results.
> 
> Radtke formerly worked with Apple and other Silicon Valley tech firms on
> developing digital payment systems.
> 
> Radtke’s death brings the number of questionable financial sector deaths
> this year to eight.

I can only imagine they both realized too late they were in way over 
their heads, had ruined other peoples' lives, and would probably be 
called to justice one way or another.

I can also only imagine that the parent post being crossposted to two 
incendiary political newsgroups is going to lead to an onslaught of 
craziness here [straps on helmet and flame-proof suit].

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#1281

On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

> I can also only imagine that the parent post being crossposted to two 
> incendiary political newsgroups is going to lead to an onslaught of 
> craziness here [straps on helmet and flame-proof suit].

Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)


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#1289

On Thursday 06 March 2014 09:37, Huge conveyed the following to 
comp.misc...

> On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> 
>> I can also only imagine that the parent post being crossposted to two
>> incendiary political newsgroups is going to lead to an onslaught of
>> craziness here [straps on helmet and flame-proof suit].
> 
> Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)

It's the methane. :nods:

(And yes, it is usable and used as fuel. :p)
-- 
= Aragorn =

         http://www.linuxcounter.net - registrant #223157

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#1314

On 2014-03-06, Aragorn wrote:
> On Thursday 06 March 2014 09:37, Huge conveyed the following to 
> comp.misc...
>
>> On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)
>
> It's the methane. :nods:
>
> (And yes, it is usable and used as fuel. :p)

Siberia is filled with small villages where they routinely burn feces
from their livestock to heat their homes and cook food.  Not a lot
of trees around there.  I've seen pictures of children from these
villages who have the job of walking around and gathering it all up.

I guess it works just fine, but I'm not sure I could ever get used to
the smell...

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#1319

On 2014-03-06, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-06, Aragorn wrote:
>> On Thursday 06 March 2014 09:37, Huge conveyed the following to
>> comp.misc...
>>
>>> On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)
>>
>> It's the methane. :nods:
>>
>> (And yes, it is usable and used as fuel. :p)
>
> Siberia is filled with small villages where they routinely burn feces
> from their livestock to heat their homes and cook food.  Not a lot of
> trees around there.  I've seen pictures of children from these
> villages who have the job of walking around and gathering it all up.
>
> I guess it works just fine, but I'm not sure I could ever get used to
> the smell...

It does seem to be a pity that they don't use the shit as fertilizer, as
nature intended.  The lack of trees may also be a result of
unsustainable practices.

The high-tech approach is of course to 'digest' the shit to extract the
methane etc for use as fuel, leaving the solid and liquid fractions as
(relatively) sterile fertilizer.

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#1321

On Friday 07 March 2014 00:34, Whiskers conveyed the following to 
comp.misc...

> On 2014-03-06, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Siberia is filled with small villages where they routinely burn feces
>> from their livestock to heat their homes and cook food.  Not a lot of
>> trees around there.  I've seen pictures of children from these
>> villages who have the job of walking around and gathering it all up.
>>
>> I guess it works just fine, but I'm not sure I could ever get used to
>> the smell...
> 
> It does seem to be a pity that they don't use the shit as fertilizer,
> as nature intended.  The lack of trees may also be a result of
> unsustainable practices.
> 
> The high-tech approach is of course to 'digest' the shit to extract
> the methane etc for use as fuel, leaving the solid and liquid
> fractions as (relatively) sterile fertilizer.

There are certain communities who do exactly this sort of thing, but 
they are few and far between, possibly because of the cost of setting up 
all the equipment for the distilling and refining.

Another problem of course is the recent carbon taxing hype.  I'm not in 
the US, but as I gather, US farmers already have to pay extra taxes 
because their cows fart.  I mean, come on guys... :p

<flame bait>

   If Obama cares so much about shit stains on the American flag, then
   perhaps he should care a little more about the blood stains on it
   first.

</flame bait>

-- 
= Aragorn =

         http://www.linuxcounter.net - registrant #223157

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#1328

On 2014-03-06, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-06, Aragorn wrote:
>> On Thursday 06 March 2014 09:37, Huge conveyed the following to 
>> comp.misc...
>>
>>> On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)
>>
>> It's the methane. :nods:
>>
>> (And yes, it is usable and used as fuel. :p)
>
> Siberia is filled with small villages where they routinely burn feces
> from their livestock to heat their homes and cook food.  Not a lot
> of trees around there.  I've seen pictures of children from these
> villages who have the job of walking around and gathering it all up.
>
> I guess it works just fine, but I'm not sure I could ever get used to
> the smell...

Settlers in the Old US West burnt animal shit. It burnt without much 
smoke, and avoided unwanted interesst. I remember a story of settlers
in New Mexico who were delighted when they` found an old sheep pen.
(This would be old, dried out, not straight from the gut)


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#1306

On 6 Mar 2014 08:37:25 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

>On 2014-03-05, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>
>> I can also only imagine that the parent post being crossposted to two 
>> incendiary political newsgroups is going to lead to an onslaught of 
>> craziness here [straps on helmet and flame-proof suit].
>
>Incendiary? You mean shit burns?     :o)

 You might be surprised to learn that this is Ancient Knowledge(tm).
Our earliest of nomadic ancestors have known about this shit for
countless  millenia.

 It's not even 'Lost Knowledge'. You can ask almost any modern day
nomadic tribesman about the best ways of burning shit if you can get
hold of their cell phone number. :-)
-- 
Regards, J B Good

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#1340

On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:04:31 -0800, Mark Harvard wrote:

> <http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-
suicide/>
> 
> It appears bitcoin’s recent turmoil has claimed its first life.
> 
> Autumn Radtke, a 28-year-old American CEO of bitcoin exchange firm First
> Meta, was found dead in her Singapore apartment on Feb. 28.
> 
> Local media are calling it a suicide, but Singapore officials are
> waiting for toxicology test results.
> 
> Radtke formerly worked with Apple and other Silicon Valley tech firms on
> developing digital payment systems.
> 
> Radtke’s death brings the number of questionable financial sector deaths
> this year to eight.

Well, it is not certain it was suicide, and if it was we don't know if it 
was related to BitCoin:

"http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/05/
bitcoin_ceo_suicide_not_so_fast_first_meta_s_autumn_radtke_is_dead_but_we.html"

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