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mircea_popescu: and hire a bunch of middle easterner kite flyers ?
mircea_popescu: so basically a very advanced kite ?
asciilifeform: a la 'PTURS'
mircea_popescu: the funny part here being how the line of the us agitprop was "o laser can't hurt our drones" for as long as it took em to finally get a laser mounted on a truck.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: empowering betas to be weird >> http://www.wired.com/2014/09/armys-new-laser-cannon-blasts-drones-out-of-the-sky-even-in-fog << e.g. this. yes, let's draw a ruler in the sky straight to own artillery position,
mircea_popescu: A young lad who climed up in a tree was stung in the balls by a bee.He then made oodles of money by oozing pure honey every time he attempted to pee.
punkman: how's this for a coin inscription: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
ThickAsThieves: she's got a lot of freckles for a mixed girl
mircea_popescu: at some financial risk. but then her worries were rest at ease when > 25% of stock sold within a week
assbot: At last, the clothes store that lets you shoplift for a day - Telegraph
punkman: mircea_popescu: idea #1, kinda: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10911242/At-last-the-clothes-store-that-lets-you-shoplift-for-a-day.html
asciilifeform: kakobrekla: you can also use a plain mosfet if you know what you're doing
kakobrekla: dc polarity protection without a diode (cant afford -0.5v) and without a relay (cant afford another -70ma) anyone ?
asciilifeform is not convinced that cheap civil aviation in usa died a natural (i.e. market) death.
asciilifeform: airplane scam << https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCO_Ercoupe#mediaviewer/File:1946_Ercoupe_Advertisement_in_Skyways.jpg << i live near the ruins of a factory where these were once made.
mircea_popescu: "you know what'd be best for you ? if after a long harrowing day you get to worry about thge weather and take off stressed in the dark"
mircea_popescu: http://sportysnetwork.com/airfacts/wp-content/blogs.dir/13/files/2012/06/bonanza-ad.jpg << aparently aviatics in the us have a long history of this retarded pitch
assbot: Design a physical Bitcoin - (CONTEST IS CLOSED)
kakobrekla: too bad you cant undo it with a hacksaw.
mircea_popescu: however, we know better right. so why did the fish regularly engage in a behaviour which the other party considered suicidal ?
mircea_popescu: moving on : as far as the at-the-time humans could tell, the fish were "a gift from god", who ordered them to surrender to human interest.
mircea_popescu: conveniently, salt was very easy to mine, and the process to cure very simple. it never ceases to amaze anyone who seriously studies anthropology not that water is conveniently a universal solvent AND AT THE SAME TIME has a huge caloric capacity,
mircea_popescu: this created a cheap source of protein as well as incentives to industrialise, because salt was needed to cure the meat so it kept.
mircea_popescu: was this peculiar behaviour of fish, to congregate in this particular spot up north, to the point they got so thick you could fish with a sword.
mircea_popescu: the reason the hansa existed, as a basis for german style civilisation and the fundament of what was later dutch (and, after the blodless dutch conquest of britannia, english commercialism)
mircea_popescu: i have nfi why that bet is so lopsided on yes. for that matter, there could very well be a single block retarget before oct.
mircea_popescu: a ty mod6
asciilifeform is a believer in vonnegut's 'you are what you pretend to be, so be careful what you pretend to be'
gribble: Error: "bc,diff" is not a valid command.
mircea_popescu: "find a business model where you don't need to ask or you don't have a business"
punkman: I've had PP limited twice when I spent a lot in one transaction
mircea_popescu: i don't mean from a "you run off with monyz" perspective, loath. i mean "paypal=assholes not keep that much there" perspective.
assbot: People! US Dollars are not worth a fifth of a Bitcent. STOP SELLING! pe Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
ThickAsThieves: "It’s important to know that Bitcoin’s value is too volatile to be worth much today. That’s why most retailers who accept it as payment immediately sell. This point is from Duke University finance professor Campbell Harvey, who hopes to offer a course in cryptofinance in 2015."
ThickAsThieves: This is a bad idea."
assbot: Why Saving Your Bitcoin is Not a Good Idea | Newegg Unscrambled
asciilifeform: 'There once was a cyber attack; / The Chinese our network did hack. / Since arguably / Cyber’s WMD / Do you think we should nuke them right back?' << actual example from usg's limerick contest. (http://cryptome.org/2014/09/natsec-thesis.pdf)
punkman: 10 BTC seems a bit expensive
mircea_popescu: decimation blind people being able to do something with themselves other than mope isn't such a bad thing
punkman: but yeah that MJB design is everywhere. I think I might grab a couple.
punkman: mircea_popescu: you ever seen my huge copper round ? << I thought you'd pull out a dick pic right there
punkman: artifexd, yeah there's a few nice coins. I liked the Antana concept, but they stopped making new ones. http://antanacoins.com/
artifexd: S.MPOE fell off a cliff again? Volatility that almost rivals BTC itself.
kakobrekla: arent these suppose to be on a 10 min.
decimation: another interesting link: http://planesandstuff.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/2-b2-or-not-2-b2/ << this guy tracks the us air force from the UK with a few radios
asciilifeform: a result of some mandatory this-or-that.
asciilifeform: phun phact. when i worked for u.s. army, the building cafeteria had a - blind cashier.
asciilifeform: '...served as chairman of the board of Wiscraft Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping blind people find employment in manufacturing.'
decimation: given the circumstances of the crash, I think it is likely that the cockpit pressurization system failed - or the guy had a heart attack
decimation: asciilifeform: apparently the guy was a retiree http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/coast-guard-ends-search-for-brookfield-pilot-missing-after-crash-b99342068z1-273395281.html
asciilifeform: spin recovery in a Cirrus is based on deploying the chute << if true, who bought this machine - and why ?
asciilifeform: does anyone still fly those 'suicide' choppers that consist of a chair and motorcycle engine ?
decimation: usg tried to modify a c-130 to land inside the Tehran soccer stadium to rescue the Iran hostages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gXfK4ypirI
decimation: one would need a nazi-style rocket engine
decimation: if it started from a dead stop
decimation: The pilot who landed that jet in the hudson was a skilled glider pilot
decimation: The other day I witnessed a particularly skilled glider pilot perform full loops, he did 3 in a row.
mircea_popescu: if it can't take off you just drop 3 meters and spend a month in casts for your sins
decimation: if one really wants a reliable communting airplane, one needs to spend several million $ to buy a reasonable jet that can fly above weather
mircea_popescu: i can throw a rock off a tall building and it'll spoend some time in the air too, that doesn't make it an airplane.
mircea_popescu: forget the electronics, this isn't a question of electronics in any sense. this is a question of fucking foil in flow.
decimation: it is true that if you want to fly a little airplane you are better off with a basic piper cub without fancy electronics
mircea_popescu: "Normally a single-engine airplane has to be spun as part of the certification process. The Cirrus wasn’t. The FAA waived this requirement and accepted the airframe parachute as an alternate means of compliance. I kid you not, the spin recovery in a Cirrus is based on deploying the chute. That is the only way a pilot can recover from a spin in a Cirrus."
decimation: anyone who thinks of small airplanes as a commuting tool has a date with death
mircea_popescu: ie, sold not as an expensive and dangerous toy, but as a commuting tool.
decimation: so for example one guy got in one late at night in bad weather and flew it into a hill
decimation: mircea_popescu: well, the theory on that one blog is that because it has a parachute, inexperienced derps think they are invincible
mircea_popescu: this is like a submarine with wheels.
decimation: mircea_popescu: as geenspun explains, it is a legitimate safety mechanism, but it doesn't make up for the apparently "comfortable" handling
decimation: mircea_popescu: yeah the whole plane has a parachute
mircea_popescu: whoa shit, you mean a parachute FOR THE ACTUAL PLANE !?
mircea_popescu: <TheNewDeal> Have you ever heard of a plane with a parachute? << um all of em ?
assbot: Cirrus SR20 (and a bit about the SR22)
TheNewDeal: regardless. Plane is probably named after a vehicle liability insurance for high risk policies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-22_(insurance)
decimation: re: Cirrus http://airfactsjournal.com/2012/05/dicks-blog-whats-wrong-with-cirrus-pilots/ I think the more likely case is that the relatively new and shiny Cirrus planes attract inexperienced pilots with a sense of immortality
TheNewDeal: I'm saying if I had a million dollars, I would be staying far away from a Cirrus jet
decimation: TheNewDeal: I would like a parachute on a small plane, there are situations where it would save your life
kakobrekla: a parachute < o shit, if only it would have an ejection seat
decimation: asciilifeform: the Cirrus has a parachute
TheNewDeal: Have you ever heard of a plane with a parachute?
TheNewDeal: I can't specify a defect. Perhaps poor craftsmanship
asciilifeform: decimation: how would they control the plane << this was a slip-up and meant literally. controlled how? with the mandatory remote-steering box.
decimation: my understanding is that they have a high cruise speed
decimation: Bob Builder (lol!) is a ... fisherman?
punkman: after a bit of spelunking this week, I can finally say "I'VE SEEN ALL THE COINS"
guruvan: very good thx. Took a bit more than a week to get back online, but made it :) been a long hard summer. how're you?
BananaLotus: guruvan is helping me setup a WoT account :)
BingoBoingo: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/us-usa-crime-bitcoin-idUKKBN0GZ2OG20140904 << Plea guilty, pay a million dollars, and still potentially face 5 years in prison
assbot: Design and Build a Website for a Law Enforcement Product (PHP, Website Design, Graphic Design, HTML) - Project ID: 3052162 - WorkingBase.com
asciilifeform: http://www.workingbase.com/project/Design-and-Build-a-Website-for-a-Law-Enforcement-Product.3052162.html << and the company site...
assbot: Design a Logo for a Police Product | Freelancer.com
asciilifeform: https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Design-a-Logo-for-a-Police-Product-67956.html << and apparently he 'crowdsourced' the company logo...
asciilifeform did not know that humble potato had a part to play in policework.
cazalla: mircea_popescu: give rakim a good job, i'll even return the nuke subs. <<< rakim is in jail http://i.imgur.com/jotYmaJ.png
chetty: well maybe a little more as a distraction
chetty: dun think I wanna fight in that, lacks a little protection
BingoBoingo: Well, much as US law has a pseudojustice system... Journalism gets a pseudointegrity system.
mircea_popescu: anyway, his mistake, duly noted. lee can have a job, ezra klein can not nor can vox have a future anymore than vice can.
mircea_popescu: guy's an idiot. bitcoin isn't "a firm".
BingoBoingo: Looks like a new all time high on the 7 day average impressions.