asciilifeform: folks who are not 'armchair general' scholars of nato idiocy may be surprised to learn the extent to which the entire edifice was built - still is built - to 'blow its wad' against ussr in no more than a 3 week period.
asciilifeform: the digital computer is a beautiful dream. good and well, but you can't dream the dream without some 'meat' to dream it with.
asciilifeform: (rough translation, perverted version of ru ww2-era patriotic song)
asciilifeform: carbeque << 'and then they summoned me / to the 'special' division / and asked 'why did you not burn up with your tank?' / to them i answered / 'in the next attack,' / 'in the next attack,' / 'i promise, i'll burn up!'
asciilifeform was driving car, and smelled unexpected smell, took almost a minute to realize that it was it. and turned out to be next car's ruptured tank!
asciilifeform: and what unspeakably-dildonic luxury 64gB is
asciilifeform: i often ask folks to contemplate, when they soak up 64g, what that number really means
asciilifeform: (like many things in life, invisible and harmless until fails)
asciilifeform: unless linux, and has to decide to not cache disk first.
asciilifeform: it is 'fits in head.' and a few other things.
asciilifeform: protocol validator in the middle << people don't seem to get this. 'secure' is not a gigantic mechanized orchestra of quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
asciilifeform: undata will feel better if we 'gzip' them?
asciilifeform: collected correspondence of gentlemen <<<<<
asciilifeform: at any rate, the fact that no one could really directly profit (imho) from this escapade - other than devils, were they to succeed - should keep things interesting
