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00:12 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29010 @ 0.00047489 = 13.7766 BTC [-]
00:17 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 11 @ 0.125 = 1.375 BTC [+]
00:22 BingoBoingo !up lolhash
00:25 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 21 @ 0.125 = 2.625 BTC [+]
00:27 PeterL Asicminer seems to be picking up today (up 25%), did they release some good news or something?
00:28 BingoBoingo Maybe it is the post-Burnside bust bump?
00:29 BingoBoingo I don't understand the nerve of people who won't contest shit at all.
00:29 mats it falls
00:29 mats ;;ticker
00:29 gribble Bitstamp BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 348.29, Best ask: 348.99, Bid-ask spread: 0.70000, Last trade: 348.99, 24 hour volume: 16064.42343601, 24 hour low: 346.15, 24 hour high: 375.51, 24 hour vwap: 364.222355025
00:31 mats i wonder if i can get pink eye giving myself a dutch oven
00:32 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 21349 @ 0.00047315 = 10.1013 BTC [-]
00:33 PeterL ;;ud dutch oven
00:33 gribble http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dutch+oven | Jonas nearly crapped his Underoos preparing a Dutch Oven for his special lady! by Lution Stackridge Esquire August 14, 2003. 8196 3870. Shop. 3. Dutch Oven.
00:35 mats ;;ud dutch oven 3
00:35 gribble http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dutch+oven | 3. Dutch Oven. when you are laying in bed with a "significant other" and you fart then hold her head under the blanket. girl: what did you get me for valentines ...
00:45 BingoBoingo Meat programming http://neurosciencenews.com/ketamine-bipolar-disorder-psychiatry-1456/
00:45 assbot Rapid Agent Restores Pleasure Seeking Ahead of Other Antidepressant Action | Neuroscience News Research Articles | Neuroscience Social Network ... ( http://bit.ly/1AYB7pA )
00:49 BingoBoingo !up MiningBuddy
01:00 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 140 @ 0.13926563 = 19.4972 BTC [+] {6}
01:03 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 23500 @ 0.00047489 = 11.1599 BTC [+]
01:08 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM100] 906 @ 0.00117766 = 1.067 BTC [+] {10}
01:11 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM100] 1000 @ 0.001295 = 1.295 BTC [+] {10}
01:16 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 3500 @ 0.00047315 = 1.656 BTC [-]
01:29 cazalla anyone have a somethingawful account?
01:30 cazalla actually, no matter, got behind stupid wall with google cache
01:38 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16800 @ 0.00047856 = 8.0398 BTC [+] {2}
01:42 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29778 @ 0.00048315 = 14.3872 BTC [+] {2}
01:54 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 53900 @ 0.00048847 = 26.3285 BTC [+] {2}
02:05 ben_vulpes you guys the social security administration website keeps office hours: https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp
02:05 assbot SSA Office Locator Social Security Office Locator, Social Security ... ( http://bit.ly/1ItekHm )
02:05 BingoBoingo https://twitter.com/Nicole_West1/status/542205610092023808/photo/1
02:05 assbot At the corner of University Ave. and Eighth. /hashtag/berkeleyprotests?src=hash http://t.co/5MoNmviExN
02:08 mircea_popescu asciilifeform notice how nobody mentions the "fix your bdb max nodes thing"
02:08 mircea_popescu everyone just knows the upgrade mantra.
02:08 mircea_popescu because itnernet.
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02:37 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16800 @ 0.0004906 = 8.2421 BTC [+]
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02:57 mircea_popescu <undata> this idea that you can get dumb people to do smart things if only you find a way to put smart behind a single button mouse is a terrible religion << dude so true.
02:58 mircea_popescu mats nothing like post-pregnancy scare celebration sex << her first threesome will top it.
02:58 mircea_popescu !up lolhash
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03:37 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 28000 @ 0.00049118 = 13.753 BTC [+] {2}
03:43 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 11900 @ 0.00048639 = 5.788 BTC [-]
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04:02 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1050 @ 0.0012195 = 1.2805 BTC [+]
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04:36 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 38200 @ 0.00047375 = 18.0973 BTC [-] {5}
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04:59 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 52300 @ 0.00046554 = 24.3477 BTC [-] {3}
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05:21 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 86700 @ 0.00047939 = 41.5631 BTC [+] {3}
05:33 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 19487 @ 0.00048982 = 9.5451 BTC [+]
05:41 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 36 @ 0.14201659 = 5.1126 BTC [+] {8}
05:46 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 13100 @ 0.00049093 = 6.4312 BTC [+] {2}
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06:01 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 10 @ 0.12500101 = 1.25 BTC [-]
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06:34 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 14672 @ 0.00049142 = 7.2101 BTC [+] {2}
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06:56 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29799 @ 0.00049275 = 14.6835 BTC [+] {2}
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07:30 danielpbarron ;;rate danieldaniel -1 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50822.msg1008576#msg1008576
07:30 assbot Bitcoin Savings and Trust | Home | Closed ... ( http://bit.ly/1w8QgV8 )
07:30 gribble Rating entry successful. Your rating of -1 for user danieldaniel has been recorded.
07:33 danielpbarron !up iang
07:34 danielpbarron are you the "gpg sucks" guy?
07:36 punkman !s financialcryptography.com
07:36 assbot 3 results for 'financialcryptography.com' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=financialcryptography.com
07:43 punkman iang: does anybody use Ricardo these days?
07:51 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 42200 @ 0.00048944 = 20.6544 BTC [-] {2}
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08:16 TomServo !up iang
08:18 iang punkman: just my company, small use
08:18 iang danielpbarron: not really. I might be the “pgp sucks” guy tho
08:21 fluffypony punkman: I use Riccardo
08:21 fluffypony don't be a dick about us Riccardo's
08:21 fluffypony we're great
08:21 fluffypony :-P
08:22 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 8300 @ 0.0004936 = 4.0969 BTC [+]
08:23 iang fluffypony: link ?
08:23 fluffypony iang: my name is Riccardo, it's a joke
08:23 iang you might be talking about a different Ricardo :)
08:24 fluffypony isn't OpenBizarre (pun) supposed to add support for Ricardian Contracts eventually?
08:25 punkman puns are forbidden http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/28/china-media-watchdog-bans-wordplay-puns
08:25 assbot China bans wordplay in attempt at pun control | World news | The Guardian ... ( http://bit.ly/1qpoYch )
08:25 iang lol… ok. I’m not sure how far along OpenBizzaro is with Riccys.
08:26 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 6474 @ 0.0004936 = 3.1956 BTC [+]
08:26 iang manpunk, you are fof lolly
08:27 fluffypony fof lolly?
08:27 fluffypony u wot m8?
08:27 iang lol funny … wordplay, too bad to ban
08:28 iang so, why does this channel use gpg authentication to filter traffic?
08:29 scoopbot New post on Qntra.net by cazalla: http://qntra.net/2014/12/virransom-the-latest-ransomware/
08:29 fluffypony well
08:29 punkman it was already there because of gribble and #bitcoin-otc
08:29 fluffypony yeah
08:29 cazalla i loves me some ransomware
08:29 punkman and it's a good idea
08:29 fluffypony taking a step back
08:29 fluffypony in the beginning when OTC (over the counter) trades with Bitcoin were more prevalent than crappy / scammy exchanges there was a need for an expression of trust relationships
08:30 fluffypony so nanotube, bless his shiny metal heart, created gribble
08:30 fluffypony a bot that allows any registered IRC user to further register with the Bitcoin-OTC WoT
08:30 punkman gribble exists before otc I think
08:30 fluffypony either using Bitcoin message signing
08:30 fluffypony or using GPG
08:30 fluffypony the WoT is a separate entity to the GPG WoT, of course
08:30 fluffypony and GPG is purely used for identify verification
08:31 fluffypony this channel has taken the WoT and used it for a purpose beyond OTC trades
08:31 fluffypony and that is: to vastly increase the SNR by only allowing those in an extended trust network (up to level 2 from the point of origin, that is assbot's level 1 trust group) to talk
08:32 fluffypony of course, those that aren't in that trust group can be given the privilege of temporary voice (30 minutes) by anyone within the trust group
08:32 iang hmm OTC trading, ok, that makes sense.
08:33 fluffypony ratings eg. http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=fluffypony
08:33 assbot Rating Details for User 'fluffypony' ... ( http://bit.ly/12mMXhi )
08:33 fluffypony or from IRC -
08:33 fluffypony ;;gettrust fluffypony danielpbarron
08:33 gribble Currently authenticated from hostmask danielpbarron!~dpb@c-71-232-150-212.hsd1.ma.comcast.net. Trust relationship from user fluffypony to user danielpbarron: Level 1: 2, Level 2: 3 via 11 connections. Graph: http://b-otc.com/stg?source=fluffypony&dest=danielpbarron | WoT data: http://b-otc.com/vrd?nick=danielpbarron | Rated since: Thu Mar 21 17:26:04 2013
08:37 iang ah, so is this channel about the discussion of various asset classes?
08:37 punkman http://search.bitcoin-assets.com/?q=iang.org
08:37 assbot 3 results for 'iang.org' - #bitcoin-assets search
08:37 iang Perhaps I had erroneously assumed the channel is about tech to do with assets
08:38 cazalla iang, anything and everything is discussed here
08:38 jurov the chan does not have enforced topic
08:38 iang punkman: interesting selection
08:39 punkman click on date and it takes you to the logs
08:42 thestringpuller ;;later tell pete_dushenski lol http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2opywc/blockchain_is_doing_the_right_thing_and/
08:42 gribble The operation succeeded.
08:42 cazalla thestringpuller, i've seen pete's face everywhere today lol
08:43 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 33000 @ 0.00049154 = 16.2208 BTC [-]
08:44 iang I think you’re right, anything and everything gets discussed here
08:47 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 26276 @ 0.00049319 = 12.9591 BTC [+] {2}
08:47 cazalla !up iang
08:48 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 23756 @ 0.00049846 = 11.8414 BTC [+]
08:54 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 7430 @ 0.00048157 = 3.5781 BTC [-]
09:07 jurov http://therealbitcoin.org/ml/btc-dev/patches.html << still b0rk3d ? << will work after you finally submit more patches and signatures.
09:07 assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/162QFPi )
09:09 jurov if you want from me to test first with all conceivable smtp/mime oddities, filenames, etc... then that'd be vey long wait
09:14 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 7442 @ 0.00049846 = 3.7095 BTC [+]
09:18 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1600 @ 0.00121864 = 1.9498 BTC [+] {2}
09:23 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 59727 @ 0.00048042 = 28.694 BTC [-] {2}
09:32 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1200 @ 0.00121949 = 1.4634 BTC [+]
09:42 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 5197 @ 0.00049374 = 2.566 BTC [+]
09:45 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 43260 @ 0.00047589 = 20.587 BTC [-] {2}
09:46 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 2841 @ 0.00046432 = 1.3191 BTC [-]
09:55 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10650 @ 0.00049539 = 5.2759 BTC [+] {2}
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10:28 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1237 @ 0.00122742 = 1.5183 BTC [+] {2}
10:29 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 10 @ 0.14199997 = 1.42 BTC [+]
10:31 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 2400 @ 0.00123919 = 2.9741 BTC [+] {8}
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10:48 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 20300 @ 0.00048045 = 9.7531 BTC [-] {2}
10:55 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 5500 @ 0.00046504 = 2.5577 BTC [-]
10:57 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 22064 @ 0.0004873 = 10.7518 BTC [+] {2}
11:03 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 24076 @ 0.00049302 = 11.8699 BTC [+]
11:03 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 10 @ 0.14199998 = 1.42 BTC [+]
11:07 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 25100 @ 0.00046504 = 11.6725 BTC [-]
11:10 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 16373 @ 0.00049466 = 8.0991 BTC [+] {2}
11:11 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18831 @ 0.00049892 = 9.3952 BTC [+] {2}
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11:28 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18500 @ 0.00047606 = 8.8071 BTC [-] {3}
11:36 mircea_popescu fluffypony: don't be a dick about us Riccardo's << what do you use him for ?
11:38 mircea_popescu punkman: gribble exists before otc I think << yea was born in #bitcoin iirc, 2010s
11:39 mircea_popescu iang:I think you’re right, anything and everything gets discussed here << http://trilema.com/2013/bitcoin-assets-rules-and-regulations/
11:39 assbot #bitcoin-assets rules and regulations pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1zK66Vt )
11:40 mircea_popescu whoa danieldaniel still exists ?!
11:40 mircea_popescu that's some endurance right there.
11:40 hanbot mircea_popescu http://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/2oga48/buttcoin_is_sooo_big_in_argentina/cmpoq3j << could be a default trilema noob comment lol
11:41 mircea_popescu hanbot lol!
11:41 mircea_popescu is it yours ?
11:41 hanbot nah
11:42 mircea_popescu vpred libertard lmao.
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12:03 mats http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/12/cia-torture-report-released
12:04 assbot The Senate Just Released the CIA Torture Report. Read the Full Document. | Mother Jones ... ( http://bit.ly/1zKcDiS )
12:04 mats embedded doc, though...
12:06 TomServo full pdf available on cryptome.org
12:08 mircea_popescu zese peoplez an zeir pdfeez
12:10 TomServo Sorry for having to ask but: would 'rectal feeding' actually allow you ingest some nutrients? or what would be the point?
12:11 punkman TomServo: of course
12:11 punkman can't just stick a banana up your ass though
12:12 mats nobody suggested that
12:12 mircea_popescu TomServo yeah.
12:13 mircea_popescu it would suck on the long term unless very carefully formulated, but otherwise...
12:14 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 34900 @ 0.00050023 = 17.458 BTC [+] {2}
12:24 TomServo Dumb question I suppose; hoped an asciilifeform joke made it into the report. arse/mouth etc.
12:25 mircea_popescu TomServo best way to loosen up neurotic sort of chick is half white wine / half warm water enema.
12:26 mircea_popescu demi bouteille of that an' she's giggling like god meant woman to giggle.
12:31 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 14775 @ 0.00049507 = 7.3147 BTC [-]
12:41 thestringpuller what does the warm water enema achieve?
12:42 mircea_popescu dilutes and doesn't thermally shock the gut ?
12:45 jurov relaxes the sphincter? or the vag, too?
12:49 mircea_popescu !up LainZ
12:56 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 160 @ 0.12810045 = 20.4961 BTC [+] {3}
12:57 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 28 @ 0.12527499 = 3.5077 BTC [-] {6}
12:59 scoopbot New post on Trilema by Mircea Popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/noche-de-la-inmaculada-concepcion-en-imagenes/
13:04 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 38900 @ 0.00049671 = 19.322 BTC [+] {2}
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13:26 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 2375 @ 0.00050104 = 1.19 BTC [+]
13:38 TomServo https://twitter.com/barrysilbert/status/542340947204648961
13:38 assbot Announcement: Pleased to share that the syndicate organized by /BitcoinTrust & our trading division won 48k bitcoin auctioned by US Marshals
13:40 mircea_popescu heh.
13:45 punkman the waterfall stronger than ever eh
13:48 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 11750 @ 0.00048997 = 5.7571 BTC [-]
13:50 TomServo Evidently. Looks like another 1700 or so left ethereum's wallet recently as well.
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14:21 assbot [HAVELOCK] [RENT] 667 @ 0.00450001 = 3.0015 BTC [+]
14:21 asciilifeform http://cryptome.org/ru-im-rar-unzipped.txt
14:21 assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1vAHbPS )
14:22 asciilifeform run moar winblows.
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15:00 asciilifeform 'The CIA lacked a plan for the eventual disposition of its detainees. After taking custody of Abu Zubaydah, CIA officers concluded that he "should remain incommunicado for the remainder of his life"...'
15:01 asciilifeform ^ document of questionable veracity, prepared by known professional liars, but good source on what to expect when you end up in the tender care of usg.
15:04 undata asciilifeform: in this case I'm more than certain they're lying in the direction that makes them look better
15:04 asciilifeform - or rather, a minimum of what to expect. the main purpose of the report appears to be usg bashing itself for hiring incompetent torturers on 'favourite son' contracts. implication is, 'we need to recruit real pros' - and every reason to expect that it will be tried, at the very least. out with the amateur finger-choppers, in with the transcranial pain centre stimulators and 'fMRI' gizmos, etc.
15:05 undata yep
15:05 danielpbarron ;;rate jyap 1 https://twitter.com/jyap/status/542409148323741697
15:05 assbot I hope he comes here to tell us how "gpg is not user friendly and too hard." /jyap http://t.co/w1PgofiYzc /hashtag/bitcoin?src=hash-assets /ElectrumWallet
15:05 gribble Rating entry successful. Your rating of 1 for user jyap has been recorded.
15:14 asciilifeform 'The CIA did not hold any detainees after April 2008.' << i've a bridge to sell ya.
15:15 thestringpuller danielpbarron you inspired a character for me
15:16 thestringpuller the cryptopriest
15:16 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 20150 @ 0.00048614 = 9.7957 BTC [-]
15:18 danielpbarron heh
15:20 assbot jyap +v failed; L1: 0, L2: 0
15:20 danielpbarron !up jyap
15:20 jyap thanks
15:21 danielpbarron sonething tells me you aren't here to tell us how gpg isn't user friendly enough
15:22 jyap well, personal invite from yourself
15:22 jyap but GPG is fine by me
15:26 danielpbarron I mentioned you because http://log1.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=07-12-2014#947359
15:26 assbot Logged on 07-12-2014 04:59:36; ben_vulpes: http://proofofdev.com/jbs-jumbucks/
15:27 jyap ah yeah. never actually sent documentation in. more a video chat.
15:28 danielpbarron heh.. "proof"
15:28 danielpbarron if people consider video to be proof, no wonder it's widely believed that planes hit the twin towers
15:28 BingoBoingo http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20141209095711
15:28 assbot Libressl 2.1.2 released. ... ( http://bit.ly/1wd8AuZ )
15:29 jyap .. well yeah.
15:30 BingoBoingo http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/12/09/1347212/adnauseam-browser-extension-quietly-clicks-on-blocked-ads
15:30 assbot AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads - Slashdot ... ( http://bit.ly/1wd8TWP )
15:30 asciilifeform 'Two important cipher suites, GOST and Camellia, have been reworked or reenabled, providing better interoperability with systems around the world.' << LOL!!
15:31 asciilifeform 'Initial support for Microsoft Windows 32-bit and 64-bit flavors has been added for mingw' << run moar winblows, aha. medicine for corpse.
15:32 asciilifeform 'Assembly acceleration of various algorithms... ...x86_64 CPUs' << translation: let's use intel's diddled aes instructions.
15:33 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 34895 @ 0.00049617 = 17.3139 BTC [+] {2}
15:36 undata danielpbarron: dude, what?
15:37 undata surely you meant to say "pentagon"
15:40 undata not that I'd be surprised if you sucked some other conspiracy theory on the towers out of Alex Jones' tailpipe
15:45 Pierre_Rochard http://blog.bitpay.com/2014/12/09/bitcoin-black-friday-2014-recap.html
15:45 assbot Bitcoin Black Friday 2014 Recap | The BitPay Blog ... ( http://bit.ly/1wamrDy )
15:46 undata With traditional Black Friday sales down 11% from last year, it’s it’s important to recognize that bitcoin is being used for a variety of traditional products and services now. This Bitcoin Black Friday may signify a move forward and toward mainstream acceptance of bitcoin.
15:46 undata "actually good news"
15:46 asciilifeform black friday << mega-lol at the conspicuously-absent actual numbers
15:49 undata bitcoin acceptance makes me think of fat acceptance
15:49 rithm i feel skinny
15:49 undata it's this social progress thing
15:49 rithm and witty, and gaaaaaay
15:50 Pierre_Rochard for many of the redditards it is a ~feels~ social movement, rather than a macro-economic force of nature
15:53 BingoBoingo !up jborkl
16:06 scoopbot New post on Qntra.net by Bingo Boingo: http://qntra.net/2014/12/silbert-syndicate-wins-48000-btc-at-auction/
16:12 BingoBoingo http://www.nasdaq.com/article/the-biggest-dangers-to-bitcoin-come-from-proponents-not-opponents-cm421357
16:12 assbot The Biggest Dangers To Bitcoin Come From Proponents, Not Opponents - NASDAQ.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1waq24G )
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16:28 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 45990 @ 0.0005018 = 23.0778 BTC [+] {2}
16:39 Pierre_Rochard “The decentralized, non-governmental nature of digital currency makes it particularly appealing to those of an extreme libertarian bent. When those voices are the only ones heard, it makes wider adoption and acceptance less likely."
16:40 thestringpuller is it weird that everytime I see someone talk about adoption and acceptance in an article I immediately think they are a n00b?
16:40 thestringpuller I can't take them seriously.
16:42 danielpbarron 03:37 <+undata> surely you meant to say "pentagon" << nope i meant the towers
16:43 danielpbarron i don't listen to alex jones
16:43 undata danielpbarron: I'm aware of the pentagon missile, but the towers?!
16:43 undata I'm under the impression that many people in adjacent buildings saw it happen
16:45 undata is it hard to believe that they could've both been hit by planes and demoed?
16:48 Pierre_Rochard thestringpuller: because people like the author think Bitcoin _actually_ is a ponzi scheme and that they have to help attract greater fools, so public relations / appearance/ etc are super important to -sell- bitcoin to the unsuspecting masses
16:50 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10107 @ 0.00050191 = 5.0728 BTC [+]
16:58 danielpbarron undata, it's cheaper to edit video
16:59 danielpbarron i don't know anyone who saw it happen
17:02 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 57450 @ 0.00050286 = 28.8893 BTC [+] {3}
17:04 mats I'm really irritated by this nonsense in the media about "torture is useless as an intelligence tool"
17:04 mats what a blatant lie.
17:05 mats danielpbarron: my grandparents watched the second plane hit from a high rise several blocks from the towers
17:06 danielpbarron hm, ok
17:06 mats they speak about a hundred english words between them, so i doubt they've been bought by USG.
17:07 mats i'd consider effective placement of explosives near structural supports more plausible
17:08 undata ^^
17:11 mats anyway, this is probably obvious to everyone, but it should be voiced anyway: torture is definitely useful as an intelligence tool
17:11 punkman not if you are torturing random derps though
17:11 mats relying on a source that's been tortured, now, thats not useful, but thats why you verify the information...
17:11 asciilifeform !s rectothermal
17:11 assbot 36 results for 'rectothermal' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=rectothermal
17:12 dub applying it to turban wearers at random may not be
17:12 dub which might be the point?
17:15 undata mats: makes me wonder if that's the tactic: making the conversation about "Is torture effective?"
17:15 mats this is what happens when you let HUMINT fall to the wayside
17:16 undata rather than "do we want to live under the fear of a bureaucracy that tortures people at will?"
17:16 mats i get the impression that most americans accept as fact that torture is ineffective
17:18 undata mats: lets clarify things; do you think we benefit from having a CIA that does so?
17:18 mats yes.
17:19 undata hm, as part of current incarnation of USG?
17:19 mats any effective intelligence agency ought to be prepared to torture a source.
17:20 mats you think they're running a day care or something?
17:20 undata that's an incorrect assumption of my opinion
17:20 undata I want to live in a society where everything is done according to law
17:20 undata even torturing "folks" if necessary
17:20 asciilifeform intimidation and murder also work great, but are not nearly as 'photogenic'
17:21 undata not at the whim of some unaccountable second govt
17:21 asciilifeform undata: there is precisely one actual government - what you were thinking of as the 'second'
17:21 mats people performing these things are ideally in the field
17:21 undata asciilifeform: right, that's more correct
17:21 mats as far as anyone is realistically concerned, they are the second government.
17:21 mats and you can't do dick about it.
17:23 mats PR backlash blah blah, anyone with a mild degree of intelligence understands this is how the game is played
17:23 mats regardless if its admitted or not
17:24 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18000 @ 0.00049109 = 8.8396 BTC [-]
17:24 undata without rule of law no one can settle down and get some goddamn work done
17:24 undata too busy checking over their shoulder
17:24 undata this is not tantamount to saying society should be hugs and kisses for all
17:25 mats there's only one rule of law, and its wielded at the point of a weapon
17:25 undata that's nice rhetoric, but that's about all
17:27 mats intelligence work requires compartmentalization and centralization
17:27 mats and once you get down to the fundamentals, agents in the field are basically unaccountable
17:27 undata there's a distinction here between the guy that forces you to your desk to work, and the guy that jiggles your hand as you try to write
17:28 undata mats: then they are free to seek their own interest; they're not slaves
17:28 undata and all govt agents should be slaves
17:29 mats in my opinion, this is a fundamentally irreconcilable difference between govt agents and intel agents
17:30 mats you're going to ask an intel agent in the field to handicap himself, at the very real risk of being killed because of morals imposed by someone outside of the game?
17:30 mats sounds like a recipe for high turnover and ineffective field work.
17:31 undata and when the agents traffic enough cocaine to threaten your power over them?
17:31 mats then you kill all of them.
17:31 mats and hire a new spymaster you can leverage.
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17:32 asciilifeform it all depends, also, on whether you see usa as just a normal country, or - a fundamentally criminal enterprise, whose enemies - any and all of them - are really friends of mankind by virtue of being it's enemies, and are in fact defending themselves from usg colonial rape.
17:33 asciilifeform *its
17:34 asciilifeform - that is, who do you wish to see win?
17:35 BingoBoingo It wouldn't end with "win" another criminal enterprise would emerge. better win is probably stalemate
17:36 asciilifeform who said, 'end.' everything - dies.
17:37 asciilifeform even 'thousand-year' reichs.
17:50 mats its actually a humorous indictment of the CIAs HUMINT operations, that they weren't able to get useful information from the rendered
17:51 mats too much noise in the signal. picked up the wrong dudes.
17:52 asciilifeform mats: the actual enemies of usa population are already in usa - occupying high posts in wash., dc.
17:57 assbot [HAVELOCK] [RENT] 420 @ 0.00450001 = 1.89 BTC [+]
18:03 mats hows it feel to be a lamb in a den of killers?
18:04 mats ;;ticker
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18:07 asciilifeform lamb in 'mcdonalds.'
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18:08 BingoBoingo Is McSchwarma a thing yet?
18:09 mircea_popescu <asciilifeform> 'The CIA did not hold any detainees after April 2008.' <<< "the fed won't monetise the debt"
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18:11 mircea_popescu <Pierre_Rochard> for many of the redditards it is a ~feels~ social movement, rather than a macro-economic force of nature << like everything else. like, that's all they got.
18:11 mircea_popescu "When those voices are the only ones heard, it makes wider adoption and acceptance less likely." <<< so says... who ?
18:11 mircea_popescu and htey know... how ?
18:12 mircea_popescu the self-feeding circle of shit. "shit out because shit in because shit out because shit in because..."
18:13 mircea_popescu "we are the clueless horde because everyone is clueless because we are clueless because everyone is clueless because that's all that exists because that's what we are because that's what one should be because that's what one can be because that's what we think because that's what we are because that's what we'ver seen because..."
18:13 asciilifeform http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=06-12-2014#946898
18:13 assbot Logged on 06-12-2014 05:01:41; asciilifeform: these folks will eventually build arse-mouth systems and try to eat their own shit.
18:14 mircea_popescu <thestringpuller> is it weird << notrly. like you know, if you hear a "sailor" talk about "Ships falling off the earth margin" you can also suspect they're the 15yo fibbing variety of seawolf.
18:14 mircea_popescu asciilifeform yeah, hence all teh soviet shiteating jokes.
18:15 mircea_popescu it's like a strange attractor of peronist discourse.
18:16 mircea_popescu mats> relying on a source that's been tortured, now, thats not useful, but thats why you verify the information... << it's complicated. generally, by the time you have to torture people you're dead in the water.
18:16 mircea_popescu it's like saying "wifebeating works as a matrimonial pacification tool".
18:16 mircea_popescu i... guess ? if you think so ?
18:16 mircea_popescu notrlytho.
18:18 mircea_popescu <mats> i get the impression that most americans accept as fact that torture is ineffective << for sure. do you know what else they accept ? that "free markets don't work" and that "socialism is democracy" and all sorts of similar things. do you know why they accept them ? because they want to believe. 16 yo 7/10 valley girl also believes she's "beautiful" and that "she really has a chance". why wouldn't she, as far as
18:18 mircea_popescu she's concerned.
18:21 mircea_popescu <mats> in my opinion, this is a fundamentally irreconcilable difference between govt agents and intel agents << idealised intel agents. like idealised doctors or lawyers, doing "liberal professions". like naggum's idealised "real programmers". problem is, these people don't exist in the counts you might wish to employ. they exist in short supply.
18:22 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 47800 @ 0.00050619 = 24.1959 BTC [+] {4}
18:22 mircea_popescu <asciilifeform> - that is, who do you wish to see win? <<< seems rather uncontroversial by now that the us is a rogue state. at least to my eyes. but in two years of this we've yet to meet somerone who actually believes the us to be anything but a criminal organisation.
18:22 mircea_popescu perhaps with the exception of the bluemeanie guy :D
18:25 asciilifeform mircea_popescu: quite a few folks say 'well yes, criminal' but for some reason refuse to walk the logical implication, a -> b..
18:27 mircea_popescu !s 16 yo valley girl
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18:27 mircea_popescu >D
18:27 mircea_popescu what reason dja think that is.
18:28 asciilifeform mircea_popescu: because of the inevitable question, then, 'well what do i personally do now, seppuku?' that follows
18:28 asciilifeform mircea_popescu: closing eyes is the last refuge of the truly and genuinely fucked
18:29 mircea_popescu which is of course silly.
18:29 mircea_popescu plenty of women woke up one day to discover they married an asshole over the endless count of years.
18:29 mircea_popescu none of them actually had to hang themselves for this lapse in their youthful judgement,
18:29 mircea_popescu or, as the case may be, in their parents'.
18:30 Bet created: "Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Mar 2015 to drop under $50 before Feb 2015 " http://bitbet.us/bet/1082/
18:30 mircea_popescu for thatmatter, even 30 years ago, "the us" aka "america" was something you'd have had to be chomsky not to believe in.
18:31 asciilifeform mircea_popescu: most u.s. subjects don't have an obvious rational action to follow the awakening of 'aha so i'm living in a zoo run by demented vivisectionists, now i need to...'
18:31 mircea_popescu "say it" ?
18:32 nubbins` "...make something for supper"
18:32 mircea_popescu o check it out, nubbins` brings sammiches.
18:32 nubbins` not so
18:33 nubbins` altho i did roast a pork tenderloin today
18:33 nubbins` and let me tell you
18:33 nubbins` it was fist-poundingly good
18:33 nubbins` made an extremely heady pan sauce with some red wine
18:34 Bet created: "Silver over $20/oz before March" http://bitbet.us/bet/1083/
18:40 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 12350 @ 0.00049923 = 6.1655 BTC [-]
18:47 assbot EPiSKiNG- +v failed; L1: 0, L2: 0
18:48 nubbins` dat fail
18:48 nubbins` !up EPiSKiNG-
18:48 EPiSKiNG- why failed?
18:49 nubbins` ;;gettrust assbot EPiSKiNG-
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18:49 nubbins` ^
18:49 nubbins` http://trilema.com/2014/bitcoin-assets-m/
18:49 assbot #bitcoin-assets +m pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1wdNwon )
18:52 EPiSKiNG- hmmm
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18:56 nubbins` anyway, you're voiced now
18:56 nubbins` rejoice!
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18:57 nubbins` no
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18:57 nubbins` would a vampire say "there is a vampire"? :S
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19:01 * EPiSKiNG- rejoices
19:01 EPiSKiNG- ;;ident
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19:06 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 60258 @ 0.0005088 = 30.6593 BTC [+] {2}
19:07 undata +asciilifeform | mircea_popescu: most u.s. subjects don't have an obvious rational action to follow the awakening of 'aha so i'm living in a zoo run by demented vivisectionists, now i need to...' << make money and gtfo in my case
19:08 undata or hell, loot the nearest shoe store for some nikes if that's all you can muster
19:10 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AMHASH1] 1650 @ 0.00120998 = 1.9965 BTC [-] {8}
19:13 undata seems to me that there are two circumstances to avoid: 1) being crunched under the US gov's ever-increasing bureaucratic mass 2) the skullfucking that is due to the US when there's an entity powerful enough to perform it
19:17 nubbins` seems to me there's not a whole lot you can do to avoid either
19:18 undata I can; as for the rest, natural selection's a bitch
19:19 nubbins` !up EPiSKiNG-
19:19 nubbins` not sure it's natural selection
19:20 undata how is govt any less natural a hazard?
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19:43 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 29900 @ 0.00050647 = 15.1435 BTC [-]
19:49 asciilifeform undata: 'gtfo' from u.s.-centric international monetary system costs considerably more than an airplane ticket.
19:50 undata asciilifeform: I just want somewhere to sit and watch the bonfire
19:50 asciilifeform undata: i haven't the faintest clue about where you went (or will go) but most u.s. expats may as well be living back home, where they are.
19:50 asciilifeform in terms of dependence
19:50 undata maybe so, but I'd rather have something to struggle towards
19:51 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 9652 @ 0.00050293 = 4.8543 BTC [-] {2}
19:51 asciilifeform mircea_popescu had an article (or perhaps a thread here? but can't seem to find it...) about an archetypical u.s. expat. fellow keeps a pub somewhere in thailand, or cambodia, etc. the locals - drink for free. he fancies that if he begins to run out of dough, he can always start charging. but somehow in the back of his head he knows what will happen to his sorry arse if he were to do so.
19:52 undata argie let nazis retire there; what's wrong with a few 'muricans? :D
19:52 asciilifeform the pub is really the property of the freeloaders, or local chieftain, whoever; the 'owner' is simply a clown kept around for entertainment value and while he brings over friends to spend usd
19:53 asciilifeform undata: the germans had self-contained biospheres where they lived and worked.
19:53 asciilifeform how many u.s. expats are willing to, say, break their backs doing actual work for the locals ?
19:53 undata I think you're right; it won't be a great thing abroad to be or have been an american
19:53 asciilifeform no, it's always 'i'm gonna own an xxx and a yyy which will bring in...'
19:54 undata I intend to stay active creating software; I'd probably continue to work with americans
19:54 asciilifeform software for which - who? pays
19:54 asciilifeform in what?
19:57 asciilifeform (re: germans: there is ample evidence that fleeing nazis wanted for nothing, and were kept in plentiful supply of every conceivable necessity and luxury by u.s. cia. but 'traditional' narrative still has them living in what were essentially reservations in ar.)
19:57 undata I've got various software things cooking now, one operational and paying my rent
19:58 asciilifeform in usd
19:58 undata correct
19:58 asciilifeform with a gigantic, mainly usg-operated apparatus to keep 'paying for software' as a going concern even.
19:59 undata I don't feel a burning urge to attract the attention of that govt
19:59 undata they can have their taxes, etc
19:59 undata speaking of Thailand, my accountant lives there most of the year
20:00 undata wife there, etc
20:01 undata Chile is one that's appealed to me
20:14 thestringpuller today I heard the phrase: "Encryption as a Service" used as a buzz-phrase.
20:28 assbot EPiSKiNG- +v failed; L1: 0, L2: 0
20:28 danielpbarron !up EPiSKiNG-
20:29 thestringpuller that is a name I haven't seen in sometime
20:30 EPiSKiNG- someone needs to rate me
20:30 EPiSKiNG- all those WoT ratings, and assbot has no love
20:30 danielpbarron ;;gettrust EPiSKiNG-
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20:31 EPiSKiNG- ;;rated danielpbarron
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20:31 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 56450 @ 0.00049984 = 28.216 BTC [-] {2}
20:31 EPiSKiNG- ah. I think you'd do it. :)
20:31 danielpbarron you're pretty high in my l2, huh
20:31 danielpbarron well my having not done it doesn't matter as i'm no longer a lord
20:32 * EPiSKiNG- is confused. Need to read rules.
20:33 danielpbarron EPiSKiNG-, http://trilema.com/2014/bitcoin-assets-m/
20:33 assbot #bitcoin-assets +m pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1yzhod7 )
20:35 danielpbarron you've got quite a few positive ratings from users i don't trust
20:36 kakobrekla <EPiSKiNG-> all those WoT ratings, and assbot has no love < this thing apparently works, those ratings are useless
20:36 thestringpuller who me?
20:45 EPiSKiNG- worthless are they?
20:45 * EPiSKiNG- is still readin
20:49 danielpbarron you're from a different WoT, sort-of; all your connections are from -otc, and none are from here (or at least from anyone here who matters (and therefore anyone anywhere who matters))
20:50 decimation asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: re: deterministic wallets << the ware that someone dropped in the chan a few days ago was amusing: you enter you die rolls on the command line (history!) and then it converts to 'diceware' string, and then it takes a sha256 hash
20:50 decimation seems like a good recipie to greatly restrict the keyspace
20:51 kakobrekla someones coding license needs to be revoked?
20:55 decimation yeah, it was a noob implementation. But it brought up a question in my mind: for RSA, private key and public key are derived from a prime number. Is there a similar procedure for ECDSA?
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21:16 mike_c ecdsa works on the magical horseshoe principle. you start from one spot on the horseshoe and shoot over to the other side, and where you land is difficult to figure out.
21:16 mike_c unless you use the nsa horseshoe, which everyone knows the answers to.
21:27 asciilifeform http://cryptome.org/ru-im-malware-scan-14-1209.htm
21:27 assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1yxCs8S )
21:27 asciilifeform ^ mega-lol. run moar winblows!
21:28 decimation asciilifeform: why would the russian foreign ministry run winblows?
21:28 asciilifeform decimation: why would iranian ministry of nukes run winblows
21:29 decimation well, probably for the same reason soviets wanted pdp11
21:29 asciilifeform decimation: also this story concerns the russian ministry of internal affairs (sorta equivalent to u.s. fbi)
21:29 decimation what is the difference between that and the fsb?
21:30 asciilifeform that'd be more analogous to u.s. dhs
21:30 * decimation took a course in soviet politics years ago and I left more confused about its bureaucracy
21:30 asciilifeform see, until dhs there was no ready u.s. analogue.
21:30 decimation so all internal security is nominally 'under' fsb?
21:31 asciilifeform nominally, internal security in its intelligence aspects
21:31 decimation ah, makes sense
21:31 asciilifeform also some external work. ussr had two competing intelligence agencies
21:31 decimation I guess in the us the fbi is kinda the secret police
21:31 asciilifeform gru (approximately, central office of reconnaissance) and (portion of) kgb
21:32 asciilifeform gru was a branch of military intelligence apparatus
21:32 asciilifeform kgb - 'civilian.'
21:32 decimation do these still compete today? russian military and svr?
21:32 asciilifeform svr was post-collapse rebranding of kgb intelligence directorate
21:32 asciilifeform this is extensively beaten to death in the literature.
21:33 asciilifeform http://svr.gov.ru
21:33 assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1GhcJAF )
21:33 asciilifeform ^ apply for a job today, l0l
21:33 decimation probably about the same kind of stuff as the us version
21:35 asciilifeform speaking of which...
21:35 asciilifeform http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2014/12/defeat-is-victory.html
21:35 assbot ClubOrlov: Defeat is Victory ... ( http://bit.ly/1Ghd71W )
21:36 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10220 @ 0.0005022 = 5.1325 BTC [+]
21:36 decimation this page on ecdsa history is depressing http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html
21:36 assbot cr.yp.to: 2014.03.23: How to design an elliptic-curve signature system ... ( http://bit.ly/1GhdfyE )
21:37 asciilifeform cache timing attacks are a snore.
21:37 asciilifeform if enemy has access to your cache hit/miss data, you were fucked already.
21:38 decimation nah, not that stuff, the history of the development of ecdsa
21:38 decimation and speculation on why the most retarded design decisions were made to force vulnerabilities
21:40 asciilifeform why the most retarded design decisions << this was never a genuine mystery.
21:40 decimation yeah, but it is still depressing
21:40 decimation "the people" of the us should demand their tax dollars back
21:40 asciilifeform not to 'evil conspiracy crackpots', that is. to 'reasonable, polite society folks' it will be a mystery until the day they die.
21:40 asciilifeform (which is likely to be sooner rather than later)
21:41 asciilifeform http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=18-11-2014#927130
21:41 assbot Logged on 18-11-2014 01:12:37; asciilifeform: it will be a 'temporary relocation center' to them, even when the shower heads start hissing out the zyklon.
21:42 decimation I guess my question above (rephrased) is this: does the secp256k1 algorithm allow for any arbitrary 256 bit vector to be used as a key? Or is there a restricted set that will be more secure than other cases?
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22:01 assbot [HAVELOCK] [AM1] 10 @ 0.12800001 = 1.28 BTC [+]
22:06 mircea_popescu <undata> or hell, loot the nearest shoe store for some nikes if that's all you can muster << petty crime is really a very poor plan.
22:07 mircea_popescu <asciilifeform> how many u.s. expats are willing to, say, break their backs doing actual work for the locals ? << all women that i ever met. srsly.
22:08 mircea_popescu ;;rate EPiSKiNG- 1 New blood :p
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22:08 decimation there is plenty of 'hard work' going on in the us, just misdirected
22:08 mircea_popescu !up EPiSKiNG-
22:08 mircea_popescu there you go.
22:08 decimation !up badon
22:09 mircea_popescu decimation quite.
22:09 thestringpuller !t m s.qntr
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22:10 mircea_popescu <decimation> Is there a similar procedure for ECDSA? << sort-of. the exponent is ideally chosen randomly as well as the index.
22:10 decimation Yeah I am going to have to work it out for myself it seems
22:10 decimation using the secp256k1 parameters
22:12 mircea_popescu tho i am very suspicious of ecdsa for what you'd call "political" reasons.
22:12 mircea_popescu as in, notscientific.
22:13 decimation yeah, I agree
22:13 mircea_popescu but there's also some scienfitic doubt. you really don't know a) how good a "random curve" is n the generla case ; b) you don't really know how to calculate the quality of a good curve.
22:13 mircea_popescu asciilifeform's fond of pointing out to the pi problem of "random numbers", ie, for all you know xth index of pi digits is random
22:13 mircea_popescu for FUCKING OBVIOUS reasons, such as... the involvement of pi! this is true for curves too.
22:13 decimation yeah this is why RSA seems more compelling
22:14 decimation people have been banging their heads against factoring large primes for a long time
22:14 mircea_popescu there's also that.
22:14 mircea_popescu in fact the reason why we favour rsa is quite long.
22:14 mircea_popescu list of reasons*
22:15 decimation I can see why satoshi avoided using the nist curves, but using ecc in general was probably a bad move
22:15 decimation it's true it greatly reduced the size of the blockchain, but at what cost?
22:15 mircea_popescu well, he hedged his bets.
22:15 mircea_popescu ecdsa alone isn't enough to breach it.
22:16 mircea_popescu it has to be said, again and again, lest anyone forgets : this was designed as a prototype.
22:16 mircea_popescu it's what it is.
22:16 TomServo ha! did orlov crib 'infinite hit points?
22:16 mircea_popescu he did ?
22:17 TomServo Consider this: knowledge is always limited and specific, but ignorance is infinite and completely general; knowledge is hard to convey, and travels no faster than the speed of light, but ignorance is instantaneous at all points in the known and unknown universe, including alternate universes and dimensions of whose existence we are entirely ignorant. In short, there is a limit to how much you can
22:17 TomServo know, but there is no limit at all to how much you don't know but think you do!
22:17 asciilifeform factoring large primes << l0l! i'll factor any large prime for you, free! limited time 0ff3r!
22:17 mircea_popescu eh i don't have a lien on that.
22:18 TomServo Just immediately reminded me of it is all.
22:18 decimation asciilifeform: sorry, I mean factoring large composites :)
22:18 mircea_popescu lol
22:19 mircea_popescu such a stickler is he :D
22:19 asciilifeform laugh, but bill gates referred to the great unsolved problem 'factoring large primes' in one of 'his' 'books', in dead tree print.
22:19 mircea_popescu TomServo it does link nicely.
22:22 decimation orlov is right that wages haven't increased, but prices have fallen
22:22 decimation at least, for food and computers
22:22 asciilifeform re: public key: incidentally, agitprop! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/03/gchq_boffins_quantumbusted_own_crypto_primitive
22:22 assbot GCHQ boffins quantum-busted its OWN crypto primitive • The Register ... ( http://bit.ly/1uipowx )
22:22 mircea_popescu not for food, per se.
22:22 decimation yeah, for 'food'
22:22 mircea_popescu just, they found ways to repackage cheaper shit as food.
22:22 asciilifeform and 'computers'
22:22 decimation I was pricing a nice wild-caught salmon from alaska, goes for $20 per lb at the cheap rate
22:23 mircea_popescu my own personal opinion is you're taking that too far. srsly, current cpus are worth 80 2014 dollars
22:23 mircea_popescu if a z80 was worth 40 1980 dollars.
22:23 asciilifeform for numeric wrangling, sure, i'll take 2014. see last week's thread.
22:24 asciilifeform for overall quality of life - 1980.
22:24 mircea_popescu i thought you were kinda arguing both ends of a candle here :p
22:24 asciilifeform it's burning on both ends!
22:24 mircea_popescu so blow.
22:24 decimation the problem is that 2014 has 1980 built into is core, under layers of 'tardation
22:24 mircea_popescu but faster bus :D
22:24 BingoBoingo It's a fucking candle, piss it out.
22:24 asciilifeform 1980 built into its core << only the bad parts
22:25 decimation heh yeah
22:25 mircea_popescu you can't argue with that part. they got really good at printing them.
22:25 decimation no lisp machine in an x86
22:25 mircea_popescu these specific things, like the quality of paints...
22:25 mircea_popescu asciilifeform dja recall soviet paints of the 80s ?
22:25 mircea_popescu that maroon ?
22:25 asciilifeform aha
22:26 asciilifeform there's a post office here where i live now, that seems to have been painted with the very same paints
22:26 mircea_popescu those shitty plastics of the era... not really very mouldable...
22:28 decimation I know for certain that nazi-era IG farben was way ahead of the world in paint technology at the time
22:28 mircea_popescu <asciilifeform> decimation: why would iranian ministry of nukes run winblows <<< recall that buenos aires pantalla ?
22:29 mircea_popescu they run it because they're not smart enough to even figure there's away out of the paper bag, as a principle.
22:29 BingoBoingo !up Vexual
22:31 asciilifeform http://imgur.com/79DTA7H << 'no parking' sign outside of that post office. (i don't presently have a photo of the inside.)
22:31 assbot imgur: the simple image sharer ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiruMX )
22:32 decimation http://imgur.com/79DTA7H << "By 2020, current cost trends will lead to an average cost of between $15 billion and $20 billion for a leading-edge fab, according to the report. By 2016, the minimum capital expenditure budget needed to justify the building of a new fab will range from $8 billion to $10 billion for logic, $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion for DRAM and $6 billion to $7 billion for NAND flash, according to the report."
22:32 assbot imgur: the simple image sharer ... ( http://bit.ly/1uirH2T )
22:32 mircea_popescu decimation "at the time" for 1940 tho.
22:33 decimation this strikes me as more limiting than physics
22:33 mircea_popescu i linked aus dem leben der marionetten here yest.
22:33 mircea_popescu if you're curious to get a feel for the actual flavour of everyday bvack then, it's a good primer.
22:33 mircea_popescu all those lightbulbs and whatnot.
22:35 Vexual now the koreans are making the best limo at the best price, just coz they can
22:35 asciilifeform i see no light bulbs in that article. are they inside the arses ?
22:36 mircea_popescu they're in teh film
22:36 mircea_popescu whoever did the decors put a shitton of intelligent work in
22:37 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 64100 @ 0.00050754 = 32.5333 BTC [-]
22:38 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 18100 @ 0.0005116 = 9.26 BTC [+]
22:38 decimation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-HIA4H1vA << even street urchins wore jackets in new york ca. 1900
22:38 assbot New York City Street Scene Easter 1900 - YouTube ... ( http://bit.ly/1wZqK6m )
22:39 Vexual t-shirts are a recent invention
22:39 mircea_popescu http://trilema.com/2012/das-schlangenei/ << also good. perhaps actually better.
22:39 assbot Das Schlangenei pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu. ... ( http://bit.ly/1wZqRPv )
22:39 mircea_popescu you know, lightbulbs going out, visibly. because back then ? they did.
22:40 Vexual slowly?
22:40 mircea_popescu (also bergman)
22:41 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 70082 @ 0.00051256 = 35.9212 BTC [+] {2}
22:41 mircea_popescu it just occured to me that b-a is actually the only place on the english web where german, russian,french, spanish etc are not merely spoken,
22:41 mircea_popescu but the respective cultures actually accessible and tied in.
22:41 mircea_popescu at least afaik the only place.
22:42 asciilifeform we have a german ?
22:43 mircea_popescu no but we like them :D
22:43 mircea_popescu anyway, i'm from transylvania, i could as 1/3 german.
22:43 Vexual mircea runs a mercedes
22:43 mircea_popescu jurov's from slovakia, that's like 1/2 german, and kako's somalia is an ex german colony. so like 1/6
22:43 mircea_popescu ;;calc 1/3 + 1/2 + 1/6
22:43 gribble 1.0
22:43 mircea_popescu win.
22:44 decimation Ich spreche einbisschen Deutch
22:44 decimation my family is nearly all from germany, but they stopped teaching their kids the language around wwii (in the us)
22:45 mircea_popescu decimation afaik about 40% of the us is actually from germany at some point
22:45 decimation yes, the majority of 'white people' in the us are german
22:45 decimation which is why the englishers had to squash that shit
22:45 mircea_popescu anyway, quick quiz : who is the first person to have spoken german in public in israel post ww2 ?
22:46 Vexual was he in physics?
22:46 decimation eh? weren't nearly all the 'returning jews' from german backgrounds?
22:50 decimation http://forward.com/articles/154277/jews-stream-back-to-germany/?p=all << "But under German law since May 1949, any Jew — or the descendants of such a Jew — who fled Nazi Germany has the right to become a naturalized German"
22:50 assbot Jews Stream Back to Germany – Forward.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1uivnlc )
23:01 decimation academic/media/civil servant complex is the us is chattering about increasing the gas tax, since prices have nearly halved
23:01 decimation no talk about rebalancing spending to cover the shortfall
23:06 mthreat there's also people asking if the US fracking companies will be "bailed out"
23:07 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 10250 @ 0.00050723 = 5.1991 BTC [-]
23:12 decimation mthreat: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/opecs-no-to-oil-production-cut-dents-crude-prices-3-energy-funds-to-dump-mutual-fund-commentary-cm419481
23:12 assbot OPEC's No to Oil Production Cut Dents Crude Prices: 3 Energy Funds to Dump - Mutual Fund Commentary - NASDAQ.com ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiAf9P )
23:12 TomServo http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/09/daily-circuit-transportation-funding
23:12 assbot Transportation chief: $1 billion surplus can't fix road problems | Minnesota Public Radio News ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiAhi0 )
23:12 decimation opec is dumping oil to kill the fracking producers in the us
23:14 TomServo Aye - 20-40% fewer well permits being reported, depending on production area.
23:15 decimation http://log.bitcoin-assets.com//?date=22-11-2014#931330
23:15 assbot Logged on 22-11-2014 04:04:57; mircea_popescu: you familiar with the "giant stool" approach to economics ?
23:16 decimation opec wants to grow into a giant to squash the midgets in oil
23:17 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 39700 @ 0.00051437 = 20.4205 BTC [+] {3}
23:19 PeterL is opec not already a giant?
23:19 decimation yes, and they can embiggen themselves to squash any troublesome midgets for a period of time
23:27 mats i wonder how putin feels about it
23:27 asciilifeform http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/660/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2014/12/06/141206063050_putin_poster_624x351_ap.jpg
23:27 assbot ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiDVIE )
23:29 BingoBoingo http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/09/the-richest-man-in-russia-bought-james-watsons-nobel-prize-just-so-he-could-return-it/
23:29 assbot The richest man in Russia bought James Watson’s Nobel prize just so he could return it - The Washington Post ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiEja5 )
23:30 decimation BingoBoingo: that's awesome
23:31 asciilifeform lol!
23:38 asciilifeform picture if - the equalistas will step up their game now. i recall there already was talk of (soviet-style!) revocation of watson's degrees.
23:39 decimation asciilifeform: such a development would be welcome, as it would require a press release with names attached
23:39 BingoBoingo Ah, the greatest protest Watson could undertake would be to sell his nobel annually
23:39 asciilifeform and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish
23:40 mircea_popescu <decimation> eh? weren't nearly all the 'returning jews' from german backgrounds? << yep.
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23:40 asciilifeform who bribes inquisitors ?
23:40 BingoBoingo <asciilifeform> and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish << Respect comes from the buyers returning it, like the many "Gems"
23:41 asciilifeform he did not know that it would be returned.
23:41 asciilifeform said, supposedly, that he will buy back into respectability with the money.
23:42 BingoBoingo Ah
23:42 mircea_popescu asciilifeform> and his (alleged) plan to buy back 'respectability' with money is uncharacteristically foolish << i didn't read any such plan in there. just, "i want money" "what for ?" "fuck you lol:
23:42 asciilifeform he did utter 'will use it to return to public life'
23:42 BingoBoingo But now Watson can surmise he will be saved by stotting behavior until the one time he isn't
23:42 decimation nah he said he would give it to a few institutions
23:42 asciilifeform and did, iirc, mention donations to various academitrons
23:42 mircea_popescu more like "this should do x"
23:42 mircea_popescu he didn't seem to want to personally do anything past telling the others what they should be doing
23:43 asciilifeform giving money to his tormentors looks like pure nuttery
23:43 mircea_popescu admittedly, the traditional behaviour of intellectual types.
23:43 mircea_popescu understand old man psychology : the whole world is made out of younger men
23:43 mircea_popescu and for this reason, his toermentors.
23:43 decimation http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41594/title/Watson-Sells-Nobel-for--4-1M/ "Watson told The New York Times that he planned to donate most of the proceeds from the sale to academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, which he attended as an undergraduate; Indiana University, where he earned his PhD; Cambridge, where he and Crick worked; and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. “The sale is to support
23:43 assbot Watson Sells Nobel for $4.1M | The Scientist Magazine® ... ( http://bit.ly/1D7jrgj )
23:43 decimation and empower scientific discovery,” he said."
23:43 mircea_popescu he will ~talk about~ giving them money.
23:44 asciilifeform but in actuality, mail it to 'isis' ?
23:44 decimation yeah he was unspecific about the amounts - "most"
23:45 mircea_popescu he was also going to buy some painting
23:45 * asciilifeform thinks he understands old man psychology very well
23:45 mircea_popescu dithering, basically.
23:45 * asciilifeform had birthday a few days ago
23:45 mircea_popescu cast a wide net of tormentors looking for a handout, watch em squirm basically.
23:45 mircea_popescu lol how old does that make you ?
23:45 asciilifeform 31 + epsilon
23:46 decimation all of those except maybe cold spring will waste it on stupid shit
23:46 mircea_popescu that's not so old.
23:46 mircea_popescu you could do a lot better!
23:46 asciilifeform lol
23:46 mircea_popescu next year...
23:47 asciilifeform ;;google you're older than you've ever been
23:47 gribble Older - They Might Be Giants (Best Version) - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bo_u_YmW8>; Older - They Might Be Giants (official video) - YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdIRrmNN_CQ>; Lyrics:Older - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base: <http://tmbw.net/wiki/Lyrics:Older>
23:47 decimation for instance, Indiana University has floated the idea of starting an engineering school http://www.idsnews.com/article/2014/11/committee-to-explore-engineering-program-at-iu-bloomington
23:47 assbot Indiana Daily Student: :: ​Committee to explore engineering program at IU-Bloomington ... ( http://bit.ly/1uiIhQ4 )
23:49 decimation "Of the 62 universities in the Association of American Universities, only four do not have programs in engineering, according to the plan. Of those four, two have joint programs in engineering with other institutions."
23:49 decimation but everyone else does it!!
23:50 asciilifeform on one hand, old man feels old, envies young impotently, etc. on the other - has impulse for 'last hurrah.' word is that e. teller dreamed of presiding over a nukefest until the day he died.
23:50 asciilifeform to 'go out with a bang.'
23:51 decimation if watson wanted to 'go out with a bang' he would find the right young men to found an institute that explicitly is an enemy of his idio-cratic critics
23:53 BingoBoingo Or he'd do the Jurassic park, breed theme park monsters thing
23:53 asciilifeform about equally doable.
23:53 asciilifeform and for approximately same reasons.
23:56 BingoBoingo Actual dinosaurs impossible. Theme park monsters with vague resemblance to dinosaurs could probably be done in a decade or two if anyone cared to go monsanto on chickens
23:59 assbot [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 25400 @ 0.00050889 = 12.9258 BTC [-]
23:59 decimation yeah as Mr. Yarvin enjoys pointing out, the past is dead, cannot live again
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