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+ <title>Some thoughts on BitCoins</title>
+ <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Some_thoughts_on_BitCoins.html</link>
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+ <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
+ <description>
+<p>As I continue to explore
+<a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/">BitCoin</a>, I've starting to wonder
+what properties the system have, and how it will be affected by laws
+and regulations here in Norway. Here are some random notes.</p>
+
+<p>One interesting thing to note is that since the transactions are
+verified using a peer to peer network, all details about a transaction
+is known to everyone. This means that if a BitCoin address has been
+published like I did with mine in my initial post about BitCoin, it is
+possible for everyone to see how many BitCoins have been transfered to
+that address. There is even a web service to look at the details for
+all transactions. There I can see that my address
+<a href="http://blockexplorer.com/address/15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a>
+have received 16.06 Bitcoin, the
+<a href="http://blockexplorer.com/address/1LfdGnGuWkpSJgbQySxxCWhv8MHqvwst3">1LfdGnGuWkpSJgbQySxxCWhv8MHqvwst3</a>
+address of Simon Phipps have received 181.97 BitCoin and the address
+<a href="http://blockexplorer.com/address/1MCwBbhNGp5hRm5rC1Aims2YFRe2SXPYKt">1MCwBbhNGp5hRm5rC1Aims2YFRe2SXPYKt</A>
+of EFF have received 2447.38 BitCoins so far. Thank you to each and
+every one of you that donated bitcoins to support my activity. The
+fact that anyone can see how much money was transfered to a given
+address make it more obvious why the BitCoin community recommend to
+generate and hand out a new address for each transaction. I'm told
+there is no way to track which addresses belong to a given person or
+organisation without the person or organisation revealing it
+themselves, as Simon, EFF and I have done.</p>
+
+<p>In Norway, and in most other countries, there are laws and
+regulations limiting how much money one can transfer across the border
+without declaring it. There are money laundering, tax and accounting
+laws and regulations I would expect to apply to the use of BitCoin.
+If the Skolelinux foundation
+(<a href="http://linuxiskolen.no/slxdebianlabs/donations.html">SLX
+Debian Labs</a>) were to accept donations in BitCoin in addition to
+normal bank transfers like EFF is doing, how should this be accounted?
+Given that it is impossible to know if money can across the border or
+not, should everything or nothing be declared? What exchange rate
+should be used when calculating taxes? Would receivers have to pay
+income tax if the foundation were to pay Skolelinux contributors in
+BitCoin? I have no idea, but it would be interesting to know.</p>
+
+<p>For a currency to be useful and successful, it must be trusted and
+accepted by a lot of users. It must be possible to get easy access to
+the currency (as a wage or using currency exchanges), and it must be
+easy to spend it. At the moment BitCoin seem fairly easy to get
+access to, but there are very few places to spend it. I am not really
+a regular user of any of the vendor types currently accepting BitCoin,
+so I wonder when my kind of show would start accepting BitCoins. I
+would like to buy electronics, travels and subway tickets, not herbs
+and books. :) The currency is young, and this will improve over time
+if it become popular, but I suspect regular banks will start to lobby
+to get BitCoin declared illegal if it become popular. I'm sure they
+will claim it is helping fund terrorism and money laundering (which
+probably would be true, as is any currency in existence), but I
+believe the problems should be solved elsewhere and not by blaming
+currencies.</p>
+
+<p>The process of creating new BitCoins is called mining, and it is
+CPU intensive process that depend on a bit of luck as well (as one is
+competing against all the other miners currently spending CPU cycles
+to see which one get the next lump of cash. The "winner" get 50
+BitCoin when this happen. Yesterday I came across the obvious way to
+join forces to increase ones changes of getting at least some coins,
+by coordinating the work on mining BitCoins across several machines
+and people, and sharing the result if one is lucky and get the 50
+BitCoins. Check out
+<a href="http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/bitcoin-pool/">BitCoin Pool</a>
+if this sounds interesting. I have not had time to try to set up a
+machine to participate there yet.</p>
+</description>
+ </item>
+
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<title>Pornoskannerne på flyplassene bedrer visst ikke sikkerheten</title>
<link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Pornoskannerne_p___flyplassene_bedrer_visst_ikke_sikkerheten.html</link>
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- <item>
- <title>Lenny->Squeeze upgrades, apt vs aptitude with the Gnome and KDE desktop</title>
- <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenny__Squeeze_upgrades__apt_vs_aptitude_with_the_Gnome_and_KDE_desktop.html</link>
- <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lenny__Squeeze_upgrades__apt_vs_aptitude_with_the_Gnome_and_KDE_desktop.html</guid>
- <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
- <description>
-<p>I'm still running upgrade testing of the
-<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/~pere/debian-upgrade-testing/">Lenny
-Gnome and KDE Desktop</a>, but have not had time to spend on reporting the
-status. Here is a short update based on a test I ran 20101118.</p>
-
-<p>I still do not know what a correct migration should look like, so I
-report any differences between apt and aptitude and hope someone else
-can see if anything should be changed.</p>
-
-<p>This is for Gnome:</p>
-
-<p>Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- apache2.2-bin aptdaemon at-spi baobab binfmt-support
- browser-plugin-gnash cheese-common cli-common cpp-4.3 cups-pk-helper
- dmz-cursor-theme empathy empathy-common finger
- freedesktop-sound-theme freeglut3 gconf-defaults-service gdm-themes
- gedit-plugins geoclue geoclue-hostip geoclue-localnet geoclue-manual
- geoclue-yahoo gnash gnash-common gnome gnome-backgrounds
- gnome-cards-data gnome-codec-install gnome-core
- gnome-desktop-environment gnome-disk-utility gnome-screenshot
- gnome-search-tool gnome-session-canberra gnome-spell
- gnome-system-log gnome-themes-extras gnome-themes-more
- gnome-user-share gs-common gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
- gstreamer0.10-tools gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf
- gtk2-engines-smooth hal-info hamster-applet libapache2-mod-dnssd
- libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
- libart2.0-cil libatspi1.0-0 libboost-date-time1.42.0
- libboost-python1.42.0 libboost-thread1.42.0 libchamplain-0.4-0
- libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 libcheese-gtk18 libclutter-gtk-0.10-0
- libcryptui0 libcupsys2 libdiscid0 libeel2-data libelf1 libepc-1.0-2
- libepc-common libepc-ui-1.0-2 libfreerdp-plugins-standard
- libfreerdp0 libgail-common libgconf2.0-cil libgdata-common libgdata7
- libgdl-1-common libgdu-gtk0 libgee2 libgeoclue0 libgexiv2-0 libgif4
- libglade2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil libgmime2.4-cil libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
- libgnome2.24-cil libgnomepanel2.24-cil libgnomeprint2.2-data
- libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod-common libgpod4
- libgtk2.0-cil libgtkglext1 libgtksourceview-common
- libgtksourceview2.0-common libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
- libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil
- libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
- libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
- libmono-system2.0-cil libmtp8 libmusicbrainz3-6
- libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libopal3.6.8
- libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa
- libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt2.6.7 libpython2.6 librpm1 librpmio1
- libsdl1.2debian libservlet2.4-java libsrtp0 libssh-4
- libtelepathy-farsight0 libtelepathy-glib0 libtidy-0.99-0
- libxalan2-java libxerces2-java media-player-info mesa-utils
- mono-2.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime nautilus-sendto
- nautilus-sendto-empathy openoffice.org-writer2latex
- openssl-blacklist p7zip p7zip-full pkg-config python-4suite-xml
- python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-axiom
- python-beautifulsoup python-bugbuddy python-clientform
- python-coherence python-configobj python-crypto python-cupshelpers
- python-cupsutils python-eggtrayicon python-elementtree
- python-epsilon python-evolution python-feedparser python-gdata
- python-gdbm python-gst0.10 python-gtkglext1 python-gtkmozembed
- python-gtksourceview2 python-httplib2 python-louie python-mako
- python-markupsafe python-mechanize python-nevow python-notify
- python-opengl python-openssl python-pam python-pkg-resources
- python-pyasn1 python-pysqlite2 python-rdflib python-serial
- python-tagpy python-twisted-bin python-twisted-conch
- python-twisted-core python-twisted-web python-utidylib python-webkit
- python-xdg python-zope.interface remmina remmina-plugin-data
- remmina-plugin-rdp remmina-plugin-vnc rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
- rhythmbox-plugins rpm-common rpm2cpio seahorse-plugins shotwell
- software-center svgalibg1 system-config-printer-udev
- telepathy-gabble telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-salut tomboy
- totem totem-coherence totem-mozilla totem-plugins
- transmission-common xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xserver-xephyr
- zip
-</p></blockquote>
-
-Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude
-
-<blockquote><p>
- arj bluez-utils cheese dhcdbd djvulibre-desktop ekiga eog
- epiphany-extensions epiphany-gecko evolution-exchange
- fast-user-switch-applet file-roller gcalctool gconf-editor gdm gedit
- gedit-common gnome-app-install gnome-games gnome-games-data
- gnome-nettool gnome-system-tools gnome-themes gnome-utils
- gnome-vfs-obexftp gnome-volume-manager gnuchess gucharmap
- guile-1.8-libs hal libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5
- libavahi-ui0 libbind9-50 libbluetooth2 libcamel1.2-11 libcdio7
- libcucul0 libcurl3 libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdmx1 libdvdread3
- libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9 libeel2-2.20 libepc-1.0-1
- libepc-ui-1.0-1 libexchange-storage1.2-3 libfaad0 libgadu3
- libgalago3 libgd2-noxpm libgda3-3 libgda3-common libggz2 libggzcore9
- libggzmod4 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-1 libgmyth0 libgnome-desktop-2
- libgnome-pilot2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0
- libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgpod3 libgraphviz4 libgtk-vnc-1.0-0
- libgtkhtml2-0 libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-0
- libgucharmap6 libhesiod0 libicu38 libisccc50 libisccfg50 libiw29
- libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libkpathsea4 liblircclient0 libltdl3 liblwres50
- libmagick++10 libmagick10 libmalaga7 libmozjs1d libmpfr1ldbl libmtp7
- libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-burn4 libneon27 libnm-glib0
- libnm-util0 libopal-2.2 libosp5 libparted1.8-10 libpisock9
- libpisync1 libpoppler-glib3 libpoppler3 libpt-1.10.10 libraw1394-8
- libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsensors3 libsexy2 libsmbios2 libsoup2.2-8
- libspeexdsp1 libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libsvga1
- libswfdec-0.6-90 libtalloc1 libtotem-plparser10 libtrackerclient0
- libvoikko1 libxalan2-java-gcj libxerces2-java-gcj libxklavier12
- libxtrap6 libxxf86misc1 libzephyr3 mysql-common rhythmbox seahorse
- sound-juicer swfdec-gnome system-config-printer totem-common
- totem-gstreamer transmission-gtk vinagre vino w3c-dtd-xhtml wodim
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
-[nothing]
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>This is for KDE:</p>
-
-<p>Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- autopoint bomber bovo cantor cantor-backend-kalgebra cpp-4.3 dcoprss
- edict espeak espeak-data eyesapplet fifteenapplet finger gettext
- ghostscript-x git gnome-audio gnugo granatier gs-common
- gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio indi kaddressbook-plugins kalgebra
- kalzium-data kanjidic kapman kate-plugins kblocks kbreakout kbstate
- kde-icons-mono kdeaccessibility kdeaddons-kfile-plugins
- kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork-misc kdeartwork-theme-window
- kdeedu kdeedu-data kdeedu-kvtml-data kdegames kdegames-card-data
- kdegames-mahjongg-data kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelirc
- kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdenetwork-kfile-plugins
- kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdessh kdetoys kdewebdev
- kdiamond kdnssd kfilereplace kfourinline kgeography-data kigo
- killbots kiriki klettres-data kmoon kmrml knewsticker-scripts
- kollision kpf krosspython ksirk ksmserver ksquares kstars-data
- ksudoku kubrick kweather libasound2-plugins libboost-python1.42.0
- libcfitsio3 libconvert-binhex-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libdb4.6++
- libdjvulibre-text libdotconf1.0 liberror-perl libespeak1
- libfinance-quote-perl libgail-common libgsl0ldbl libhtml-parser-perl
- libhtml-tableextract-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl
- libio-stringy-perl libkdeedu4 libkdegames5 libkiten4 libkpathsea5
- libkrossui4 libmailtools-perl libmime-tools-perl
- libnews-nntpclient-perl libopenbabel3 libportaudio2 libpulse-browse0
- libservlet2.4-java libspeechd2 libtiff-tools libtimedate-perl
- libunistring0 liburi-perl libwww-perl libxalan2-java libxerces2-java
- lirc luatex marble networkstatus noatun-plugins
- openoffice.org-writer2latex palapeli palapeli-data parley
- parley-data poster psutils pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat
- pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils quanta-data rocs rsync
- speech-dispatcher step svgalibg1 texlive-binaries texlive-luatex
- ttf-sazanami-gothic
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- amor artsbuilder atlantik atlantikdesigner blinken bluez-utils cvs
- dhcdbd djvulibre-desktop imlib-base imlib11 kalzium kanagram kandy
- kasteroids katomic kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kbounce kbruch
- kcron kdat kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data kdeprint kdict kdvi kedit
- keduca kenolaba kfax kfaxview kfouleggs kgeography kghostview
- kgoldrunner khangman khexedit kiconedit kig kimagemapeditor
- kitchensync kiten kjumpingcube klatin klettres klickety klines
- klinkstatus kmag kmahjongg kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmilo kmines
- kmousetool kmouth kmplot knetwalk kodo kolf kommander konquest kooka
- kpager kpat kpdf kpercentage kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler krec
- kregexpeditor kreversi ksame ksayit kshisen ksig ksim ksirc ksirtet
- ksmiletris ksnake ksokoban kspaceduel kstars ksvg ksysv kteatime
- ktip ktnef ktouch ktron kttsd ktuberling kturtle ktux kuickshow
- kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kwordquiz
- kworldclock kxsldbg libakode2 libarts1-akode libarts1-audiofile
- libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine libavahi-compat-libdnssd1
- libavahi-core5 libavc1394-0 libbind9-50 libbluetooth2
- libboost-python1.34.1 libcucul0 libcurl3 libcvsservice0
- libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdjvulibre21 libdvdread3 libfaad0 libfreebob0
- libgd2-noxpm libgraphviz4 libgsmme1c2a libgtkhtml2-0 libicu38
- libiec61883-0 libindex0 libisccc50 libisccfg50 libiw29
- libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libk3b3 libkcal2b libkcddb1 libkdeedu3
- libkdegames1 libkdepim1a libkgantt0 libkleopatra1 libkmime2
- libkpathsea4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1
- libksieve0 libktnef1 liblockdev1 libltdl3 liblwres50 libmagick10
- libmimelib1c2a libmodplug0c2 libmozjs1d libmpcdec3 libmpfr1ldbl
- libneon27 libnm-util0 libopensync0 libpisock9 libpoppler-glib3
- libpoppler-qt2 libpoppler3 libraw1394-8 librss1 libsensors3
- libsmbios2 libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libswfdec-0.6-90
- libtalloc1 libxalan2-java-gcj libxerces2-java-gcj libxtrap6 lskat
- mpeglib network-manager-kde noatun pmount tex-common texlive-base
- texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended tidy
- ttf-dustin ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sjfonts
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- dolphin kde-core kde-plasma-desktop kde-standard kde-window-manager
- kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-apps kdebase-workspace
- kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data kdeutils kscreensaver
- kscreensaver-xsavers libgle3 libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libnetpbm10
- netpbm plasma-widget-folderview plasma-widget-networkmanagement
- xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra
- xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<p>Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
- kdebase-bin konq-plugins konqueror
-</p></blockquote>
-</description>
- </item>
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