asciilifeform: dun wanna end up out in the cold, with asciilifeform and other barbarians, would prefer warm clubhouse of the sad people ?
asciilifeform: and really, 'i lose from having this in public record' ?!
asciilifeform: what have you got from 'three years of relationship building' with the anons ? by your own admission '0', neh ?
asciilifeform: as for 'this conversation', it is imho an entirely necessary one, and the only thing unreasonable about it is that it had to wait for 13 months.
asciilifeform: if phf's thought is 'i can't trust this maniac not to lie and then post whole thing on ftp, killing kat the radio gurl' i'd like to hear this said in the open.
asciilifeform: the 1 item i specifically do not want, is another unbounded interval of maybes.
asciilifeform: but if ~does~ trust, then i want to see the logical next step, if a then b.
asciilifeform: but i'd specifically like to know if phf ~doesnt~ trust, and i wont cry if phf rates accordingly
asciilifeform: 'hey phf, canhaz pinout nao ?' 'busy this weekend, how about next month' 'hey phf, been 6 weeks, i have to bother but canhaz pinout?' 'i'm moving flats, ask again in 2k' 'hey phf...'
asciilifeform: as evident from interaction w/ phf for past 13mo
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: apparently i have magical ability to say 9000 times something and not be understood
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: to summarize : if phf decides to Do Right Thing and gpg to asciilifeform the goods, then i'ma eat'em and whatever public output will not reveal his informant.
asciilifeform: i dun expect to make any substantial movements on bolix front till march, at earliest .
asciilifeform: so will be clear from what phf's next move.
asciilifeform: 'for year +' entirely aside, imho i've said enuff re subj to resolve any possible ambiguity re where stands currently.
asciilifeform: i've actually gotten moar troof from ex-nsa people re nsa diddles, than from bolixologists !
asciilifeform: phf: i regret to insult phf . but try to appreciate asciilifeform's position: dug in the dirt since '07 and the only clues dug up were with not only no help from anyone, but in spite of vigorous stonewalling from entire 'komyooniti'
asciilifeform: phf: i'm taking on faith, that you have an intel lead hangin' somewhere
asciilifeform: phf: i'm willing to believe that you have > 0 , even. but how about some output , pleez ?
asciilifeform: until ~then~ i will be left to wonder whether actually achieved anyffing, even if working cycle-accurate clone with somehow full src.
asciilifeform: and especially , deliberately unfriendly to whoever profits from the seekrederpery. in fact, i will know when my reversing has succeeded when a bolix collector somewhere at last eats his pistol because his $100k stash of irons is now worth == 8bit nintendo.☟︎
asciilifeform: phf: observe, asciilifeform's approach to breaking 'seekrets' is not entirely ineffective. and yes it is 'unfriendly', in particular to folx keeping the seekritz. which by extension is ~anyone~ who knows and aint saying.☟︎
asciilifeform: phf: i dun like to take word for it, no.
asciilifeform: phf: if i'm wrong, i'd very much like the hypothesis 'but if only phf had brought the goods' not to lay on the table re why wrong.
asciilifeform suspects that if this weren't the case, i'd be posting from a 32GB bolix already
asciilifeform: ... and not because pressured, but because it's the motherfucking Right Thing and was clear all along.
asciilifeform: ( and imho it's quite obvious what The Right Thing is )
asciilifeform still hopes to see phf Do The Right Thing
asciilifeform: this in re asciilifeform's pov or phf
asciilifeform: asciilifeform's rage was built elsewhere, in yrs of actually working among usgtards.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: tho ftr brother faithfully shared with asciilifeform the rare chocolate.
asciilifeform: and even worked, after a fashion, long catalogue of squirming seekretards
asciilifeform: phuctor was specifically conceived as a spiked, electrified cock to be driven deep into the arses of the 'we measured, won't say' people, whatever their nominal flag
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: recall your 'how to piss me the fuck off' piece ? this is sorta the beginning and end of asciilifeform's version, were it to be written.
asciilifeform: ( how many keyboards would he break, on how many heads ? )
asciilifeform: i aint a hotheaded fella, have patience. picture how e.g. mircea_popescu would react, if somebody promised him item 'next weekend' and then for 13 consecutive months 'next weekend' with no intermediate debug output.
asciilifeform: i won't even touch it 'now' even if given, have full hands tryin' (and not with 100% success) to stick to ~own~ 'pick date'
asciilifeform: phf: i aint even asking 'gimme nao', but why not pick a date .
asciilifeform: by phf's earlier admission, 99+% of the stash is 36xxism. then can haz the remaining page ?
asciilifeform: can haz errything ~not~ thusly labeled then ?
asciilifeform: phf: relax, i aint in hurry. but i'd ~really~ like not to have to have same thead yr from nao.
asciilifeform: granted i dun need 36xx crapola for anyffin. but is it all clearly labeled as such ?
asciilifeform: for all you know, the thing is built such that if i make clone 1mm shorter, capacitance changes and it dungo. my board actually has 'blue wires' ! and caps soldered by hand straddling ~two~ socketed PALs, and other wonders.
asciilifeform: there's 0 point gathering if never act.
asciilifeform: i'm even inclined to believe when phf says 'i'm gathering intel, from skittish source'. but there comes a time to act on the intel.
asciilifeform: what then should i understand as the 'operation' phf fears 'fuck up' by giving up docs ?
