movie:rise

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014 Documentary)

http://i.imgur.com/5aK7Inl.jpg

Remarkably good 1h30 documentary explaining what it means, the history, use, and future of #Bitcoin, going over it though may different angles, including its use for purchasing illegal stuff and attempts to regulate it like a real bank, or simply hunt it down.

▻http://bitcoindoc.com

Trailer:
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H6QuIv8OSI

#Silkroad
#cryptocurrency
Satoshi Nakamoto
Gavin Andresen
Mike Hearn
Charlie Shrem, BitInstant
Jared Kenna, Ryan Singer, Tradehill
Mike Caldwell, Casascius Coins
Vitalik Buterin
Erik Voorhees, Coinapult, StashiDice
#mt.gox
#FinCEN
Avalon ASIC

Six Apes Who Have Learned to Communicate | Surprising Science
►http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/08/six-talking-apes

In the new movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the leader of the ape revolution can talk. In the real world, apes can’t speak; they have thinner tongues and a higher larynx, or vocal box, than people, making it hard for them to pronounce vowel sounds. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have the capacity for language—sign language, after all, doesn’t require any vocalization.

Over the years, researchers have succeeded—and failed—in teaching apes to use language. Here’s a look at some of the more famous “talking” apes.

Je continue naïvement à être fasciné par tout ça. Comme tout le monde, peut-être.