Indeed. And opaque IMO has a far more negative connotation. Our incumbent
financial system would be described as opaque. Dark is just mysterious.
How would you feel about Batman: The Opaque Knight >.<
Lol
On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Brian Hoffman <brian@???>
wrote:
> I think the point is there's a mysticism that goes with the word dark.
> It's way more punk than opaque. What the fuck is that? This is the same
> crap we get about the OpenBazaar name. First off it's just a name and
> second off you read too much into it. DarkWallet is a dark themed wallet
> app and there are so many themes for other software called dark and no one
> assumes it evil. I think it's an unfair assessment first of all.
>
> > On Sep 24, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Opaque is horrible. We are not opaque people. We try to be true to
> > ourselves.
> >
> >> On 09/25/2014 01:47 AM, Nicolas Mendoza wrote:
> >> Probably the use of the "Dark" label is beyond the point of no return
> >> already, but my concern is that the word is rather innacurate. Please
> >> illuminate me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that these are
> >> privacy tools first and foremost. In that sense, probably a better label
> >> than 'dark' would have been 'opaque', with the added benefit that it
> >> does not carry the connotations of 'evil' that 'dark' undeniably has.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Brian Hoffman <brian@???
> <javascript:;>
> >> <mailto:brian@openbazaar.org <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Like it or not people want to be happy not the truth. The truth
> >> isn't always comfortable. It's much easier to ignore the
> >> inconvenience of truth and fake happiness in our local McDonald's
> >> and Starbucks handing over our plastic cards representing our mental
> >> prisons to buy Shit we don't need.
> >>
> >> On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Washington Sanchez
> >> <washington.sanchez@??? <javascript:;> <mailto:
> washington.sanchez@??? <javascript:;>>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> (55 upvotes for viking frat boys)/2... twins Basil!
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Julia Tourianski
> >>> <juliatourianski@??? <javascript:;> <mailto:
> juliatourianski@??? <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 55 upvotes for viking frat boys
> >>>
> >>> -1 for terrorist looking squatter
> >>>
> >>> reddit = the success of democracy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> For the secrets and lies, my PGP key:
> >>> https://libbitcoin.dyne.org/julia_tourianski.pgp.asc
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???
> <javascript:;>
> >>> <mailto:genjix@riseup.net <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2hc34r/winklevoss_bitcoin_presentation_at_value/ckrlzci?context=3
> >>>
> >>> I'm only talking about technology. Consensus is not truth.
> >>>
> >>>> On 09/24/2014 11:58 PM, Washington Sanchez wrote:
> >>>> "We legitimise tools of power over us when we display cowardice."
> >>>>
> >>>> Tres awesome.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:21 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???
> <javascript:;> <mailto:genjix@riseup.net <javascript:;>>
> >>>> <mailto:genjix@riseup.net <javascript:;> <mailto:genjix@riseup.net
> <javascript:;>>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Whenever someone asks, just post this link:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation
> >>>>
> >>>> It's the nature of this type of activism that it is provocative.
> >>>> We legitimise tools of power over us when we display cowardice.
> >>>> The struggle is for more than just the technology.
> >>>> Bold moves shape the narrative.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> -------------------------------------------
> >>>> *Dr Washington Y. Sanchez*
> >>>> Post-doctoral research officer
> >>>> Therapeutics Research Centre
> >>>> University of Queensland
> >>>> Princess Alexandra Hospital
> >>>> Woollongabba, 4102
> >>>> Queensland, Australia
> >>>>
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> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>> *Dr Washington Y. Sanchez*
> >>> Post-doctoral research officer
> >>> Therapeutics Research Centre
> >>> University of Queensland
> >>> Princess Alexandra Hospital
> >>> Woollongabba, 4102
> >>> Queensland, Australia
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Nicolas Mendoza
> >>
> >> PhD Researcher
> >> School of Creative Media
> >> City University of Hong Kong
> >> China PDR - HKSAR
> >>
> >>
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