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ThickAsThieves: specifically: "In this scenario, the description of packet sniffers and 'inspecting each packet' is all
a distraction from what the FBI really did. Technically, saying that
a packet sniffer revealed the true IP address of the server is true – what isn't mentioned is the packet sniffer was picking up responses from
a request to the login page that was forcing it to spit out the IP
rithm: i'm just wondering how far technically
a jury trial can go when we start talking about injection and fuzzing
mircea_popescu: not too likely tho. in general in the us
a federal circuit court will pick weird stuff up rather than pass it up the line
mircea_popescu: meaning they won't be able to convict for
a coupla decades.
mircea_popescu: generally there's
a catchall jurisdiction, usually the appelate.
ThickAsThieves: so the pros would have to refile with
a court they feel might match?
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves starting where ? do you know what
a motion is ?
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves van ads are taking
a sabbatical or something like that.
gribble: Error: "tickers" is not
a valid command.
rithm: i thought some repyment was made as well but i'm not able to locate that at this time, although i'm sure i have
a record of it somewhere
guruvan: oh hey mircea_popescu that's
a loan that I had quite some time ago ( took loan @ $6.50 or so) and haven't been able to repay yet. 70BTC still outstanding.
mircea_popescu: TomServo you know his famous explanation as to what like
a virgin is all about i imagine
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo for the record, top gun is
a parody, right ?
rithm:
a degree in dog breeding sounds exciting
mircea_popescu: hey fluffypony do you plan to eventually sell the monero idea here once it reaches some sort of maturity or do you just plan to wait indefinitely for b-
a to figure it out ?
☟︎☟︎☟︎ BingoBoingo: ;;later tell strtp`fndr This hangover has lead me to
a decision. I won't be investing in flappy airplane, so don't worry about that test.
mircea_popescu: i'm
a hater, all it takes me is one broken sentence and im gone.
RagnarDanneskjol: I'm
a sucker - appreciate academic research in the area however misguided it may be
mircea_popescu: making the methodology be sound when you have nfi idea where you're going is
a little harder
mircea_popescu: once you know what you want the conclusions to be, making the methodology seem sound isn't much of
a task.
mircea_popescu: The promising cryptocurrency Bitcoin has attracted
a lot of attention recently, but the high volatility of the Bitcoin price has so far been
a barrier to widespread adoption."
mircea_popescu: RagnarDanneskjol: [
A comparison between Bitcoin and other assets using an intraday Value at Risk approach] << "
mircea_popescu: mod6: hmm. works through tor. << i think maybe proxy checker had
a local connectivity issue
mircea_popescu: hey if you get it, do me
a favour, count heads. i'm curious what % of hot women in the library population.
Vexual: sounds jazzy, might be
a felony
assbot: In D.C.,
a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as
a truant instead of
a star student - The Washington Post
assbot: Does obtaining leaked data from
a misconfigured website violate the CFAA? - The Washington Post
mircea_popescu: someone needs to figure out how to make
a power distribution system that doesn't depend on not being flooded
kakobrekla: i dont have hard data but over the thumb the experience was much better
a year ago
kakobrekla: so i fire up bitcoind to sync last n days and after only
a few min i get traffic in 27 megs, out 50 megs
mircea_popescu: if only
a mechanical apparatus could be devised to make every twennysomething derp hurt each time she posts something stupid on reddit
punkman: yona__: so describe
a good day in the embassy
cazalla: jurov, such
a shame, i like that dice site
RagnarDanneskjol: [
A comparison between Bitcoin and other assets using an intraday Value at Risk approach]
fluffypony: and ring signatures (group signatures) on inputs on tx's makes transactions on the blockchain unlinkable, since an observer can never know whether
a utxo has actually been spent or is merely included as part of
a ring signature
fluffypony: and the stealth addresses are made up of two keys,
a view and
a spend key
Duffer1: omg lol i'm having
a conversation with that vid in the background then all of
a sudden 2:50 o.O
xmj: see you in
a few days.. ;)
xmj: i figured you'd
a) be too lazy to do that yourself and b) have someone else using freebsd you could nag into doing that
fluffypony: ok -
a bit later once I've gotten this working or exploding I'll ping you and we can figure out from there
fluffypony: oh no, I don't have boost...building boost is going to take
a few hours
xmj: then sends
a PR (problem report) to bugzilla with
a patch attached, and someone like me comes, takes that patch, commits it to ports and all are happy
xmj: every time
a new release comes out he updates Makefile and distinfo with the new stuff, and checks that things still run.
fluffypony: but not maintaining
a port in the ports tree, no
fluffypony: xmj: I want compatability with fbsd from now and in
a way that doesn't require
a ports maintainer to patch stuff
xmj: fluffypony: if you hand me
a list of dependencies i can cook it into
a port. also why are you using freebsd ;)
xmj: still recovering from
a month of travelling, apparently
Vexual: <asciilifeform>does anyone still fly those 'suicide' choppers that consist of
a chair and motorcycle engine ? <Yep, over 9000 time safer than walking about in the outback
BingoBoingo: Vexual: Did Big Bird really try to make you
a trophy?
TheNewDeal: kako, how long does it take your mods to review
a bet?
mircea_popescu: i have boxes still running the same shit
a decade later.
BingoBoingo: justusranvier: Disk space in many cases is
a stupid worry, but... Who knows how it will be in 5 years
assbot: Interesting, got another forwarded email from "satoshi", from 2011 - indicates this was
a hijacked account, not expired and re-registered.
mircea_popescu: mostly "hosted bitcoin mining", ie, buy
a dumb bitcoin short.
BingoBoingo: justusranvier: But
a private electrum server is so easy, and less disk space than Armory
mircea_popescu: dude look at
a google page if you search bitcoin mining
justusranvier: I keep it heavily sandboxed into
a virtual machine though
kakobrekla: Bitcoin is being illegalized by the Federal Reserve 2014. The DEA recently proposed
a bill to Congress calling for its suspension and immediate criminalization due to the propagation of drug use. If you would like to depart with your Bitcoins legally and properly, please send this 0.01 Minimum we analyse them your balance in this moment to the following system Bitcoin address: BTC: 1sYSTEMQCbXykxa26a5h927WTZgvY7nzy we send your coins balan
BingoBoingo: Oh, Satoshi hack day seems like such
a splendid day
BingoBoingo: Also the satoshi email compromise in
a wild speculative hypothesis hopefully is the death knell for any last gasps of third party authority on the matter of identity
mod6: <+mircea_popescu> so #eulora just succeeded in an infrastructure upgrade, taking crystal space from 38 something to 40 something. this is
a major tech victory. << nice!!
gribble: Error: "tickler" is not
a valid command.
mircea_popescu: watch the load on the server excitedly as it increase slightly over
a week or two as
a result.
mircea_popescu: have dev spend
a week checking out and streamlining trilema code, obtain clear results, various bottlenecks resolved, lots of optimisation that should result in about 30-40% less load.
mircea_popescu: "we've got nothing but our desire to matter in spite of the void we stand for. and there's
A LOT of us."
mircea_popescu: With so many interested persons checking in here, I believe this would be
a good time to again share Chris Cook's brief, simple and correct summation of the problem with bitcoin, from
http://blablabla mircea_popescu: "Thank you for this clarification Mr. Nakamoto. It has been an honor to be labeled by my friends as "Satoshi's Drunk Uncle" and it's
a moniker I'll wear proudly until the day I retire from Crypto. The Goldcoin (GLD) developers truly admire your work and strive to continue improving upon its design as
a tribute to your unparallelled genius. Your admirer and relative in spirit, MicroGuy."
☟︎☟︎☟︎ gribble: You rated user xrobau on Sun Aug 17 20:38:19 2014, with
a rating of 1, and supplied these additional notes: Going to point his hash, issues corrections.
mircea_popescu: There was
a young girl of Natchez who chanced to be born with two snatches.Now and again she'd say "Shit! I'd so give either tit for
a man with equipment that matches."
X-Rob: So, taking
a step back, and answering the big question 'what is stopping pool owners colluding to ensure pool B mines block 1234?' -- The answer is 'nothing'. And to expand on that, 'Nothing, and it's unlikely that someone would even notice, as long as the miners keep getting their pennies'
thestringpuller: good news everyone I have found
a way to smell people on the internet
assbot: Viata grea
a blogerului incepator pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
gribble: Error: "smell" is not
a valid command.
BingoBoingo: Only
a bot in the way MP routinely turns us all into bots
assbot: The Whet |
a place for appetites
X-Rob: GetBlockTemplate is /better/, and you have more control over it, as
a miner, but honestly, statistically, no-one cares.
X-Rob: There is
a stratum command 'gettransactions'
BingoBoingo: This is
a people problem and
a trust problem.
jurov: only the other bettors may have
a problem
BingoBoingo: X-Rob: Right, but if betting we are talking about
a set of any particular blocks.