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MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: i wasn't aware that you did web hosting, but I saw the little hosted by mpex on bitcoinity
smickles: MJR
_III: people tend to spend tax returns on stupid shit, and i'm sure there are plenty of people who consider bitcoins stupid shit
jborkl: MJR
_III : I was wrong about the diff retarget- my bad
smickles: MJR
_III: i'm not sure how jurisdiction would play out, so i default to where I am
jcpham: mircea
_popescu did you know i can buy a judge for $500
jcpham: mircea
_popescu did you know romania si the most corrupt place in europe
smickles: MJR
_III: if you notice, i granted him the fact that mircea
_popescu is a fraud and asked him what i should do about it
smickles: tiberiusiv: you don't think that activity could increase from other people in similar timezones to mircea
_popescu ?
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III not air. WATER! run a stream through your thing
smickles: tiberiusiv: most of the activity happening when mircea
_popescu is around, doesn't really indicate that mircea
_popescu is the cause of said activity
smickles: tiberiusiv: though, that market cap does seem high to me, it is consistant with the amount of buys from people other than mircea
_popescu that I know of myself
Diablo-D3: mircea
_popescu: why do you think I'm working out a $250m plan thats all involving a DC?
Diablo-D3: mircea
_popescu: yeah, but all you're doing is making it into a DC
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: you need triphase if you are going to have that much
Diablo-D3: mircea
_popescu: easier to just have 208v three phase and then bring it down to 48v dc
Diablo-D3: mircea
_popescu: you mean 400v on site?
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III now think of the legal bills to defend that million.
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III simply like this : i look at the immense fees.
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: how do you figure?
mircea_popescu: listen MJR
_III this fees stuff... think for a moment. no exchanger makes money.
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III so far even a fucking naming convention is impossible to contemplate, let alone implem,ent.
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: but it is like mpex...someone has to do it, and let others build on it
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: yeah, it just takes trust, which comes down to good management
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III that is a good point actually. i have no idea why everyone's so hell bent on being special unique etc.
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III kinda what it was intended as, you know ? little notes saying you have gold somewhere
smickles: mircea
_popescu: ah, right. It is a production. The probably do have people do it for her
MJR_III: and as mircea
_popescu's excellent article showed...you don't need bitcoin to do everything
smickles: mircea
_popescu: aslo, to me, it looks like she painted herself derpy eyes
smickles: mircea
_popescu: people on tv tend to look odd
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III well... it also yet benefits from a very low bar.
unbalanced: mircea
_popescu: I've read your "recognize you're an idiot, noob" posts re: BTC businesses and 100% agree.
thestringpuller: I think as old money enters the btc economy, due to lack of regulation people like mircea
_popescu will take their money pretty quickly
OneMiner: MJR
_III If you are that close to the line then you should probably just buy coins with your hardware and power costs. You'll end up with much more.
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: yeah...or hedge
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: as far as I know they are not dividing anything into batches, they are just taking preorders continuously
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: ok, show us your math that says they already spent all the money, then
OneMiner: mircea
_popescu Hence their scramble I guess. But they made the chips one way or the other so the large initial expense is done with. It will likely cost them less to produce a revised board.
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: unless you have inside knowledge about BFL's costs that you should share with the rest of us
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: I don't know what you're calculating from
OneMiner: mircea
_popescu People sent them (and are still sending them) bajillions of bitcoins. If they kept any that's where the money comes from.
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: errr, with the fucktons and fucktons of preorder money?
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: this just means they will fulfill fewer than we thought
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: they are still making more
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: they do not currently have anywhere near the number of chips required to fulfill all preorders
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: they will be forced to manufacture more units than they thought
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: they didn't like, manufacture 1000 and then stop
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: they are manufacturing them
gwillen: mircea
_popescu: I don't understand your question
jcpham: i knew mircea
_popescu had a gangster phase
jcpham: just say no to rape mircea
_popescu
smickles: MJR
_III: "UT1R is a smoothed version of UT1, filtering out periodic variations due to tides. It includes 62 smoothing terms, with periods ranging from 5.6 days to 18.6 years."
smickles: MJR
_III: um, well, 23:59:59 on the 29th
ThickAsThieves: <mircea
_popescu> you're lucky you have a dayjob <---this flew over my head
copumpkin: mircea
_popescu: hah, my job tries hard to make me unnice!
copumpkin: mircea
_popescu: well, your idea of a fight tends to be /ignore
smickles: MJR
_III: i don't think they're too ig to fail
copumpkin: tiberiusiv: I am rich, filled to the brim with mircea
_popescu's love
smickles: mircea
_popescu: you mised the part when tiberiusiv called copumpkin poor for disagreeing with him
copumpkin: mircea
_popescu: never knew they were spelled that way
smickles: MJR
_III: the + means it was traded higher than the last time, not a statement on who was the liquidity taker
copumpkin: who spoke about mircea
_popescu in exactly the same terms
copumpkin: people dislike mircea
_popescu because his penis is too big
MJR_III: what other business do you run mircea
_popescu
Namworld: [23:06] <mircea
_popescu> yeh teh tradition is that no comment
copumpkin: mircea
_popescu: what'd it start at again?
smickles: MJR
_III: he typically keeps a tight lip on that topic
MJR_III: what was the total volume mircea
_popescu
copumpkin: mircea
_popescu: he tried that on us too
mircea_popescu: MJR
_III he had me yesterday, when he was explaining that he can't short mpoe because he doesn;t own all the money in the world
copumpkin: MJR
_III: and most people at HFs aren't the "managers" as people call them
MJR_III: mircea
_popescu: no it isn't
copumpkin: MJR
_III: I think paulson made 4.8 one year
smickles: MJR
_III: i'm sure you could get a good idea from the data out there now. the main thing would be wether or not there will come some outside influence on their operations
Diablo-D3: MJR
_III: yeah, but Im looking for over $200m.
smickles: MJR
_III: well, i declared some last year, and i've already bought some things with it this yeear, so yeah, i think i'll declare it