asciilifeform: even the knife, i think, has a place in this. i.e. a dc where an actual wot member lives, with a rifle, would be an improvement over the present-day state of the art

asciilifeform: well, my guess re: the propaganda is that it was meant to counter the moo notion that 'oh i'm doomed to get it anyway from mosquito, may as well share heroin syringe'

asciilifeform: i'd say 'cheap' but it isn't even cheap.

asciilifeform: i've thought about leasing a colo personally, simply out of frustration, but i live in pretty much the worst spot for it.

asciilifeform: i.e. a geographic concentration suitable for enemy to pincer and destroy

asciilifeform: waitasec, i thought mircea_popescu was building the 'useful host' thing

asciilifeform: 'Note that after the Russian jet crashed in the Sinai there weren't all that many Facebook avatars with the Russian flag pasted over them, and hardly any candlelight vigils or piles of wreaths and flowers in various Western capitals. I even detected a whiff of smug satisfaction that the Russians got their comeuppance for stepping out of line in Syria. Why the difference in reaction? Simple: you were told to grieve for the Fren

asciilifeform: how'd i know

asciilifeform: i suppose the trick would be to drink no faster than the waterfall refills

asciilifeform: what i was wondering is why the leaning is as light as it is.

asciilifeform: adlai: the buggers don't like bleeding money any more than you and i

asciilifeform: what am i missing ?

asciilifeform: as a student i once tried to put tuition on a cc (to claim the 'reward pts' naturally) and even this caused grumbling

asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: i know that the 'official' price is a fiction. but this was not the evidence for my hypothesis.

asciilifeform: 'Mike Morell, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, opened the door for more fighting about encryption by stating that a public debate was needed. "We have in a sense had a public debate. That -- that debate was defined by Edward Snowden, right, and the concern about privacy. I think we're now going to have another debate about that. It's going to be defined by what happened in Paris," he said.' <<< ahahah

asciilifeform: the price on the web site happens to be the one ~i would get if i sold my pittance~

asciilifeform: i think i was sold already

asciilifeform: perhaps i can put it in the garden as compost or something

asciilifeform: does it count if i used it? l0l