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ThickAsThieves: <mircea_popescu> Who's behind it? Our team consists of seasoned traders with experience in some of the worlds most successful banks, investment banks and accounting firms.
thestringpuller: come again mircea_popescu ?
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: http://billpayforcoins.com/
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu seems the billpay idea actually is working...
asciilifeform: a la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine_(video_game)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: I'm for the "mandatory pedestrian ram" plus "automatic liability of idiots" - method of traffic regulation.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu I feel as though you allude the biggest problem bitcoin faces is arrogance amongst n00bs...
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: try it yourself, it isn't hard
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: close to that
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: I once wrote a FORTH to Brainfuck compiler. Betcha they dug it out from the sands of time and are using it.
thestringpuller: Alright mircea_popescu you win, lemme send you more coin for your paywall
thestringpuller: Also mircea_popescu apparently she's the CEO of the company that produces this: http://www.blueseventy.com/products/2012-helix-full-suit
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu wouldn't you say this quote also applies to Paul Graham? >> " the crappy start-ups that got funding at high valuations are struggling and are unable to get Series B funding, dropping like flies, creating a tech bubble"
jurov: ;;later tell mircea_popescu "mpbor says 12%, but i received 12.5% on bonds. i don't mind but deprived will likely find out :D"
gribble: jurov was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 9 hours, 38 minutes, and 23 seconds ago: <jurov> hi mjr___
gribble: Nick 'mjr_', with hostmask 'MJR_!~mjr_@72.5.43.201', is identified as user Josh_Rossi, with GPG key id C286BB96FE9B6CD3, key fingerprint 3812AFD43A6B8A057F37D858C286BB96FE9B6CD3, and bitcoin address 1LokQrHj14NU93tC6pZfTZyyRHhAVakQmX
mjr___: ;;ident mjr_
gribble: Nick 'mjr___', with hostmask 'mjr___!mjr_@cpe-68-174-114-54.nyc.res.rr.com', is identified as user Josh_Rossi, with GPG key id C286BB96FE9B6CD3, key fingerprint 3812AFD43A6B8A057F37D858C286BB96FE9B6CD3, and bitcoin address 1LokQrHj14NU93tC6pZfTZyyRHhAVakQmX
joecool: ;;ident mjr___
joecool: ..ident mjr___
joecool: !ident mjr___
jurov: hi mjr___
gribble: mircea_popescu was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 7 hours, 50 minutes, and 17 seconds ago: <mircea_popescu> don't worry, it;'s coming
jurov: ;;seen mircea_popescu
jurov: mircea_popescu: something happening? no bond/dividend payouts, mpoe bot absent despite bitcoincharts is online?
mod6: (05:09) < mircea_popescu> check this out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2mdYX1nF_Y <<< Thanks for posting this Milton Friedman vid!
tiberiusiv: why is no one discussing mircea_popescu the gypsys second large monthly loss
kakobrekla: O_O
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: I have no clue what that image means
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: no, but I keep thinking of some sort of mathematical currency thats older than this
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: but isnt cryptomicon older than that?
mircea_popescu: check this out : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2mdYX1nF_Y
Cylta: mircea_popescu: so, mpex.co need to have connection to bitcoincharts.com to func...
[\]: mircea_popescu, how has your girl not ripped into this one https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187600
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: I once heard of a mutilated-English version of this warning, that hung in German machine rooms.
joeykrim: mircea_popescu, lol .. no they sure dont
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: I missed the brainmining thing when it started, and found out about it by sheer accident - ran across some published code which lets even idiots try their hand at it, while looking for something else
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: but yeah, the buraucrats "do what they must, because they can."
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: The linked article suggests that the tax only applies to ebay sellers who gross over $1M
joeykrim: mircea_popescu, i wrote my congress ppl to not pass that :x
mircea_popescu: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/technology/internet-sales-tax-coming-too-late-for-some-stores.html?_r=0
joecool: oh, then mircea_popescu
joecool: mircea_popescu: dare i ask? do you give mpex registration discounts to OTC members?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: perhaps your sales fee is too low?
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: raise it to 1000 BTC, you could be in the black!
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: 94% of MPEx April revenue from reg fees?
mpexbot: mircea_popescu: 131.45
pizzaman1337: mircea_popescu: I had some BTC deposited as surety for some old options contracts at $75, but it doesn't seem like I got it back
jcpham: yeah mircea_popescu
SlipperySlope: mircea_popescu, will you please mention something here when the April MPOE statement is posted on Trilema?
kakobrekla: O_o
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aURG-o7O-I
SlipperySlope: mircea_popescu, can you say when the April MOPE statement will be published?
kakobrekla: mircea_popescu, truffles is speaking
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: i'm yuzhe, btw
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: from the pov of dictator, it is :)
kakobrekla: http://static.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/13549021_uu.jpg
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: indeed :)
truffles: do u know he put mircea_popescu on ignore right after we were going to "debate" something he posted our comments on his blog then i refused to subscribe, right around the time he paid people to troll SomthingAwful forums
ezdiy: mp stands, but might possibly fall, because mircea_popescu is uber consistent in everything
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: AFAIK you don't have a monopoly on PGP
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: yes, pgp.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: sure, I agree, this is a stretch of the imagination. but let's imagine.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: ok, let's stick to clones. Picture Bill Gates, a hypothetical BGEx with a 5 BTC fee.
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: copycats work perfectly good
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: there could be logical reasons for starting one's own "MPEx, with blackjack and hookers." Say I want to use evil altchains. And, AFAIK MPEx shares are non-voting, so it isn't that I could buy enough of them to make MP do this deed.
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: :)
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: how do i buy cola in kfc :)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: By this logic Pepsi ought not to exist, they should just re-sell Coke?
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: yup
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: How would you personally explain the apparent lack of competition to MPEx? Is it simply the fact that no one else has the "reputation capital" ?
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: you do that at the cost of huge spreads though
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: i'm not dismissing it, whatever the reason its totally legit
ezdiy: mircea_popescu: occam is cutting his veins though :)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: If I recall, most NYC drivers take out monstrous loans to buy medallions.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: IDK about London, but in most places you can
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: I imagine you could buy a medallion and sell it the next day, if you wanted to
benkay: thanks mircea_popescu, feel free to pm it over
benkay: mircea_popescu would be only too happy to have more traders on his exchange, he just doesn't want to deal with the riffraff. he wants others to aggregate riffraff orders and place them on MPEx.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: sure
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that's like saying that "eTrade" with its $x/trade fees is a perfectly good alternative to a seat on the NYSE
ezdiy: i think mircea_popescu plays the soupnazi part well
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: we were talking about the 30 BTC user account fee, right? rather than listings
Cylta: mircea_popescu: is it illigal to buy\sell mpex accounts?
Technologov__: mircea_popescu, no one is throwing money. Just taking risks.
truffles: those avalons remind me of this http://www.recipeapart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/550x420xEniac-1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.BnzZ_VJDGR.jpg
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: Oh I found a very interesting thread for you.
Technologov__: if BTCOxygen can find any, I might invest (@_@)
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: +100 for having that knowledge.
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: rpcminr :P
jcpham: cpu mining botnet probably Technologov__
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: yes.
imsaguy: mircea_popescu: that is quite impossible
BTCOxygen: mircea_popescu: 1st is full Avalon.
BTCOxygen: mircea_popescu: I see 3 Avalons.
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: I mean I know end-users.
Technologov__: Show me 20 users, whom actually _received_ any ASICs.
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: There are 300 working units.
Technologov__: I _do_ believe the ASICs are real
BTCOxygen: Technologov__: He recieved in small chunks with a total of 100,000 before he ran away.