01Jan 2014 by R&O 1 Comment
Bitcoin: A Crash Course

Bitcoin: A Crash Course

Bitcoin, Business, Economy, Finance, Internet, Technology, The World
The interest in cryptocurrency is growing by both governments and individuals all over the world. Some governments fear a decentralized, unfettered currency, other governments (specifically China and Russia) are presently embracing and actively promoting the technology, though probably more to poke a finger in the eye of The United States than anything else. It's better for no one to control it rather than your enemy, right? In my opinion, two things are poised to change the world as we know it: 3D printing and a secure, dependable cryptocurrency. These two technologies will empower the global population more than any single events in history, allowing us to produce goods on demand and disallowing governments and banks from continuing to use our money as global economic weapons. These changes are well beyond…
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19Dec 2011 by R&O 1 Comment

Vietnam = Animal Torture

Animals, The World, Travel
Vietnam is insane. You read it here first. We're talking about a country that believes that holding living, breathing, sentient beings in small cages and draining their bile is a reasonable thing to do. Bile is a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder and these bizarre fucks believe it holds mystical powers of some sort as an active ingredient in 14th century, archaic, cave-dwelling asian 'medicine'. It's been used in traditional 'medicine' in Vietnam, China and Japan for thousands of years and it has been claimed that it cures everything from hangovers, liver cirrhosis to cancer. Idiots! So these low-life pieces of shit hold Asiatic black bears (also called Moon Bears) in tiny cages, extracting their bile twice a day through an implanted tube…
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16Nov 2011 by R&O No Comments
What’s Up in the Gobi?

What’s Up in the Gobi?

Of Interest, Politics, The World
What's going on in China's Gobi Desert? There's been much speculation about the recent Google Map satellite pictures showing strange and mysterious structures, some containing burned out vehicles and planes sitting in the sands of the largest desert in Asia. Internet sites are abuzz about the reason for the odd installations, who built them and what they do. Although not a top-of-news event (although it appeared briefly on an unnamed local newspaper site but was relegated to bottom billing after pictures of Robert Redford shooting a movie in Vancouver appeared. Who's interested in Robert fucking Redford anyway? Hey newspaper website...'The Way We Were' is over. Time to move on). With winter temperature of -40 C and summertime heat up to + 50 C, it's a strange place to build anything…
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