asciilifeform: because they don't belong living with people.
asciilifeform: but count me 100% in favour of mircea_popescu's proposal to get these idiots off computers and preferably - eventually - off the electric grid likewise.
asciilifeform: how this strikes anyone as an optional frill, is beyond me
asciilifeform: and what's more, because bitmaps aren't much flowing over the wire, it'll be usably fast.
asciilifeform: fact is, i can run a graphical proggy on machine at other side of my house, or other side of the planet, and have the output - regardless of where in my display devices i shove it - look -exactly- the same as if it were local
asciilifeform: merely suggesting that an official statement from usg has the same credibility as the testimony of a habitual mugger who's been in and out of jails since he was 8 y.o., given upon apprehension at 4am in an alley☟︎
asciilifeform: for all we know, he's sitting on an anthill right now somewhere at 'the farm' (look it up), writhing on camera for showing to future 'candidates'
asciilifeform: unless you know that schmuck personally, don't blithely assume that he died in his house (conveniently pictured in article) or that his wife is still alive, etc
asciilifeform: incidentally, lies are much cheaper than bullets
asciilifeform: punkman: get the 'rationale' book. every piece of 'gnarl' is justified, and the justification reads like your local fire code - every line is likely there because of a corpse
asciilifeform: punkman: that is clearly part of the puzzle
asciilifeform: but want to push button and forget again.
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: i doubt they bother with the paperwork
asciilifeform: other observation, of course, is that $maxint in stolen cash doesn't really deprive the bank of anything - more is printed, delivered next day
asciilifeform: for some reason hardly any ever bother to defuse the mine, even though its design is published quite openly in the patent (yes)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: in usa, bank happily hands robber a bag of money with small mine inside
asciilifeform: (suicide bomber doesn't need money. at least, not especially much of it.)
asciilifeform: 'If the police doesn't show up, off you go to your business. If the police does show up, butcher the civillians.' << already sop, palestine, etc. - just minus the bank part
asciilifeform: aha see but my fiddy-us doesn't have to be cancelled
asciilifeform: jurov: unless i misunderstand, it is potentially unbound - tied to eu exchange rate
asciilifeform: jurov: can't recommend a large, recurring btc expense for s.nsa until revenue >0, and can't picture mircea_popescu liking the idea much either
asciilifeform: ben_vulpes: ancient post still magnet for emotional crud
asciilifeform: jurov: neato. hopefully this will still exist by the time it is needed
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: another butthurt 'clojure' user
