asciilifeform: but i'd like to see some of the promised dirt..
asciilifeform: i dun have anyffing against phf , as such. i even forgave him the ~year of life i burned on cutting 'snap4' apart in 'ida' while phf knew where the sores was.
asciilifeform: nao, if phf thinks that asciilifeform cracking the case ~at all~ will 'unmask' phf's informant, this is a problem. chiefly for phf's informant, because i ~will~ rape bolix, whether anyone helps or not☟︎
asciilifeform: i'm at the point in the affair where i got specific physical q's , the answers to which will enable nondestructive probing of the handful of samples i got.
asciilifeform can and has gone through 10,000 pgs of crapola in 1 weekend in the past.
asciilifeform: who will quickly find what, if any, of it relates to the specific q's asciilifeform is trying to answer.
asciilifeform: i proposed gpg of raw material to asciilifeform .
asciilifeform: if phf asks 'ok, but dun post the yellowdotted jpegs' i won't
asciilifeform: phf: i aint in particular hurry ( possibly unlike mircea_popescu , who wants to emphasize the imho important larger point ). i won't even have time to properly touch the thing until finished ffa. but plz consider what i suggested today.
asciilifeform: i do not know if phf's treasure chest could've spared me sending for the whole box, but it's conceivable
asciilifeform: they've been sitting in their crate to no useful end.
asciilifeform: phf: and wasn't 'week ago', but year + 3mo ago, when i took delivery of the 2 raw ivories.☟︎
asciilifeform: phf: i aint proposing to put the thing on ftp as-is.☟︎
asciilifeform: for what didja even scan the docs , if 'can never use this for anything' ?
asciilifeform: phf: i for one have nfi how being in the position of schneier, sitting on the snowden stash, dun bother you any
asciilifeform: ( there was another fella in the l0gz, for instance, not long ago, who sent in patches )
asciilifeform: phf won't even be the 1st or only informant.
asciilifeform: errything i need is theoretically already in that beige box on the dissection table. if i get same thing from 'anon informant', will make affair go faster, to same output.
asciilifeform: phf: i dun need to post 'the dump' with the bloody yellow dots.
asciilifeform: phf: note that you aren't being asked to send yer source to guillotine.
asciilifeform: and i dun hold it against mircea_popescu , then or nao, it's a talent, this , holding folx to account re their 'i'ma X'.
asciilifeform: phf: we currently have FG not the least bit because in '16, mircea_popescu said to asciilifeform 'you are wasting my time, where is product' so asciilifeform took little vacation and , magic!, there it was. i dun regret this. consider maybe also vacation ?
asciilifeform: ( and 99% of the case, is proving the case, ergo why i did not try an' ask mircea_popescu to buy box, cut it himself, etc )
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: indeed dirt is just dirt, prior to excavating troy from it.
asciilifeform: phf: even material that doesn't ~directly~ relate to subj, can be of use, e.g. what they burned PALs with, etc
asciilifeform: and phf's friend радистка Кет can keep her head attached.
asciilifeform: phf: if dump weighs TB and (apparently) after whole year phf still not eaten it, might make sense to pgp to asciilifeform . i'ma not post the raw docs and their yellowdots.☟︎
asciilifeform: i put in the table stakes, bought the box. nao logically 'hey l1 people, got anyffing i oughta know?'
asciilifeform: phf: iirc you 1st mentioned these goodies 1y + month ago...
asciilifeform: it aint as if we were 1st set of folx in history to face this puzzler.
asciilifeform: which is what mircea_popescu was referring to re 'dots'.
asciilifeform: phf: if you have 'friend stuck behind nazi lines will lose head if it comes out that he gave me docs', there are ways to work around this.
asciilifeform: phf: i'd much rather do this wurk ~with~ phf, than without. could make coupla yrs of diff. but gotta understand what 'with' constitutes.
asciilifeform: ( the crt, strangely, was great, and peculiarly un-1980s-flavoured, despite 'soviet' appearance when switched off -- http://www.loper-os.org/?p=52 << they had the glass custom-blown and thing actually displayed razor-sharp 1024x768
asciilifeform: re 'carnality of non-emulated', dark seekrit re http://www.loper-os.org/?p=51 -- asciilifeform , turned out, did not actually like the classic bolix kbd/mouse. in particular it was made before arrow keys invented...
asciilifeform: ( and even despite this, queue for hours )
asciilifeform: the u.s. airplane museum actually has a nifty arcade, with the type of flight sim where one straps in and physically turns upside-down, etc
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: believe or not, the arcade machine people .
asciilifeform: if they turn out to be readable, i'ma simply copy'em all and emplace the copies instead of the orig, which are already approaching their rated theoretical life.
asciilifeform not tried yet, has chinese PAL burner but not yet tested with parts of the specific types found in the box, and has sent for typical period PALs from chinese, will 1st test with ~these~ prior to pulling the precious unobtainium
