Pete

It defies logic. $64million stolen....and yet "The price of bitcoin has surged to more than $14,668, gaining around $2,000 (£1,494) of value in a day " ? So even in the face of very bad news to shake peoples confidence... it still goes up.

If it is a lot of illegal activity spurring the usage of Bitcoin - then why wouldn't these traders start to prefer Monero as it offers greater anonymity? My money would be on Monero or Golem I reckon from what I've read on a tech point of view.

I'm thinking more about the companies that do the conversion. I look at https://bittylicious.com and think "Would I want to give £10k to this website?" That's a whole lotta trust - something I'm not good at. I also didn't use the word corrupt. They could cease trading for a number of reasons - not just corruption. Blockchain is a revolution that's going to be used in many areas for transactions and documentation (passports, birth certificates, data storage etc). There was a lot of buzz about it at Web Summit when I was there a couple of weeks ago. What isn't necessarily here to stay are many of the currencies themselves. The tech around storing and transacting is very simple, basic cryptography. What scares me are blips like this: http://fortune.com/2017/11/11/ethereum-parity-wallet-web-summit/ One guy had the power to halt the currency in its tracks. Should a currency end/fail/whatever - what use is a paper wallet then? My money is safe...but I can't sell it for something that will buy me a loaf of bread. I also look at the CVEs for Bitcoin which although old, indicate past vulnerabilities in the core. I predict that current currencies will have an expanding fan base and growing worth for the next 3-4 years whilst governments rush to keep up and launch sovereign blockchain currencies which consumers will have greater confidence in and some form of regulation/guarantees. I know that will defeat the whole idea of "it's open and uncontrolled" - but that was the idea of the Internet in the first place, it didn't stop governments from ruining that did it? What are your thoughts on this: Governments and the old boys club hate new money, if they can't control it they will do anything they can to kerb it. You've worked in the insurance industry long enough to figure out it's pretty much underwritten and run by just a few old boys in London. Are we really seeing an end to "the establishment"? (As an aside, now they'll no longer be shackled by the chains of EU regulation they can do whatever they like)

Giving large sums of money to unregulated companies and systems which can disappear at the drop of a hat is outside of my comfort zone. High risk = high gains I suppose. Good luck to ya. I think you're right, whilst it remains a technical challenge it will continue to be used by the black market holding it artificially high. Isn't there a risk that governments don't want this anonymous uncontrolled trading and could order take down requests or block traffic at any time crippling the ability to trade?

You shouldn't need one. https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-approval/exemptions-from-vehicle-approval This is why they couldn't bring the VVTi's over when the rules changed to require the CoC (no type approval as never sold in the UK in that guise). Didn't apply after it was 10 years old and VVTi's could come back over again.

Looked to me more like most cars slammed the anchors on, unbalancing the car and then ran out of talent to be able to control it.

That's OK. Last year I pretty much told them their Porsches were an overpriced branding exercise whilst comparing a Boxster to an MX5.

Ouch. Reinforced in my mind why I shouldn't take my pride and joy on there.

Be careful not to wipe the Internet!

4 gears, far from pointless, works very nicely thank you very much

Hey Gordon, welcome aboard. I think you were chatting to me when I signed you up?

Not bad at £1 a shot

Esso touring car! Lovely. I wonder why the face mask. Do you think she has bad farts or just really liked Altern8?

Yep, agree with all that. Wasn't necessarily pointed at you - just seems to be a general trend around here at the moment. Anyone that dares to suggest a Supra is worth more money people are shooting them down. Very odd behaviour IMHO.

Yes it is.

Nonsense.

Good to hear, about time the Supra got some financial appreciation too. I'm yet again flabbergasted by owners seemingly hell bent on devaluing their own vehicles.

Oh I see, it just means it's not allocated to a vehicle, so I guess renewing it whilst unallocated just has a smallish admin charge for the DVLA to upkeep the record.

What does "on retention" mean? It suggests you're just buying the right to use a plate for 10 years? In which case at £2500 is just pissing your money away in my book.

I agree. My NC MX5 is great fun with British sports car attitude, the Tiger another thing entirely. The Supra is a great Grand Tourer, that's essentially it's job, but is the the first I'd go for fun drive out in? Nope. I'd even go as far to say that our MG ZR can be more fun across Wales than the Supra.

Who won?

They've got far more in Houston to worry about that a few old cars. I'm just glad we didn't go when we were planning too or I'd have been there!

Start yourselves a thread and see if you can get 3 other people to join you. They just asked for 5 orders when I did it last time. You pay them direct.

I was confused by the bit where Cersi seemed to give the nod for the mountain to kill Jaime, but he didn't?

That was very satisfying to see, but my favourite scene for dialogue had to be the walk out beyond the wall to get the undead. Hilarious.