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mircea_popescu: if you find a difference we damn well wish to hear about it.
mircea_popescu: so basically, a rom reader is like hm lets see
mircea_popescu: dawg you refuse to read ? "If desired, it can be read on a common instrument sold for this purpose and its contents checksummed or otherwise perused. The checksum of your firmware ROM is printed on the bottom of the chassis, under the unit’s serial number"
mircea_popescu: now, you will need a rom reader, and the ability to grok microcode,
mircea_popescu: i don't see how a blackbox item would be useful or practical.
ThickAsThieves: but how do you resolve a tape out bet
mircea_popescu: i feel we need a channel mascot girl, who could moon for us.
mircea_popescu: B) Cardano’s firmware. This is a socketed antifuse (OTP) ROM which is unique to your unit and is engraved with the latter’s serial number. If desired, it can be read on a common instrument sold for this purpose and its contents checksummed or otherwise perused. The checksum of your firmware ROM is printed on the bottom of the chassis, under the unit’s serial number. For your safety, this ROM is non-reprogrammable
mircea_popescu: benkay_ : well no, it uses a flash
benkay_: so the cardano has a card reader built in, on which the code for the device is loaded?
mircea_popescu: picoscams, always good for a lol.
mircea_popescu: you can read the card with a reader
benkay_: question was "how open source is it?" and i completely dead-ended because how with a thing like the cardano is one supposed to a) get an idea of the code on the device, much less b) actually validate that code is there?
bloctoc: s.mg has some nice depth all of a sudden. Thank you rich dude!
bloctoc: sorry - meant to do this: http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/524d9ea0eab8ea7a4702bf53/richard-branson-tells-us-the-story-behind-his-famous-kitesurfing-photo-with-a-naked-model.jpg
bloctoc: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/524d9ea0eab8ea7a4702bf53/richard-branson-tells-us-the-story-behind-his-famous-kitesurfing-photo-with-a-naked-model.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-branson-photo-naked-model-2013-10&h=599&w=1199&sz=60&tbnid=sl0H3C3DB9memM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=180&zoom=1&usg=__XngMZHqznpAN2ffIGTwuQOALDpU=&docid=vSNu6DYXxbAhbM&sa=X&ei=7IWPUv3mLMbmoASSkQI&s
bloctoc: I just saw the branson thing. reminds me of a pic I saw a while ago of Branson kit surfing with a young naked woman on his back.
mike_c: is that a 1984 reference? nice.
mike_c: whoa. that was a significant chunk of s.nsa float. 7%
mike_c: i'm going to start a website that "explains" all price movements and become rich. like "mpoe just dropped as people realized the owner has a fondness for poisonous psychoactive mushrooms"
taub: just surprised to see a 5% surge and not really anything on the other exchanges
mircea_popescu: more like it, someone did a larger arb with the azn mkt
ThickAsThieves: "One future astronaut, a female flight attendant from Hawaii, has already purchased her Virgin Galactic ticket using bitcoins, and we expect many more to follow in her footsteps. "
mircea_popescu: the cuts will look like freenode join/part storm on a bad day
ThickAsThieves: a grittier seinfield
mircea_popescu: it's what makes a country great, it's what'll make the country of bitcoin
mircea_popescu: 1. make sure you have a motherfucking point ; 2. explain it to anyone asking / willing to listen ; 3. beat the shit out of anyone not wanting to listen.
mircea_popescu: maybe he can't admit she taught him a lot, but nevertheless she has and it's quite visible.
KRS-: he is a tool for sure..idk..people in btc seem to love him..he just seems to like whatever gets him attention.
mircea_popescu: he's a tool lol.
KRS-: i worked for a guy like him and i could see through him like i had xray vision
mircea_popescu: http://lo.reddit.com/r/BitcoinStocks/comments/1loy1u/is_labcoin_a_ponzi_scheme_bitbet_thinks_so/
mircea_popescu: it's not a currency.
Tulak_: people would never handle 100000$ in such a carefree attitude, but sending 200 btc here and there
mircea_popescu: somehow groking that bitcoin isn't a consumer affair is hard, and too many losers pushing it as such for lack of a clue.
mircea_popescu: tho i WOULD take her down 42nd street in latex and a leash.
Tulak_: so these people showed me yesterday why this is a better place to be than btctalk
nubbins`: he has a lifelong relationship with a man named steadman whom he refuses to marry
mircea_popescu: til "Bitbet owner is a slimy fuck that is the definition of elitist"
pankkake: offer them a free print for the divorce
mircea_popescu: "well done, your company went up 5x in 2 years in fiat. that means only a 90% loss for your bitcoin investors!!1"
mircea_popescu: pankkake there's a market for fantasy rape. same people.
Tulak_: bitcointalk turns into a comedy
Diablo-D3: porn stars know a LOT about the business
Diablo-D3: pankkake: actually, a lot of them do
mircea_popescu: a hayek.
pankkake: "The economy's not a class you can master in college. To think otherwise is the pretense of knowledge." BOOM
ozbot: "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem - YouTube
KRS-: LOL mircea_popescu..wonder if anyone would give a shiggigle.
mircea_popescu: KRS- someone should make a "now in bitshits&coingiggles"
pankkake: if you only have bitcoins you're a coincist?
KRS-: I have a diversified portfolio...that BTC-e trollbox should be pay per view subscription its so entertaining lol
pankkake: just got a pm "I love how you literally took a shit, and wiped it all over OP's face."
pankkake: you miss relevant info like smidge [smidge@p4FDCECAF.dip0.t-ipconnect.de] has quit [Quit: sorry,but you've mistaken me for someone who gives a fuck...]
gribble: What Can The President Do When Congress Gives Him a “Trilemma ...: <http://verdict.justia.com/2013/01/08/what-can-the-president-do-when-congress-gives-him-a-trilemma-of-unconstitutional-choices>; monroe freedman's solution to the criminal defense lawyer - Hofstra ...: <http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/Academics/Journals/LawReview/lrv_issues_v34n03_CC8_Gillers_final.pdf>; Financial (1 more message)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform def a problem, that. but i believe in just punishment.
mircea_popescu: i'm just saying, it's nothing to write a bio about.
mircea_popescu: they could have gotten three a thousand different ways
asciilifeform: or if you'd just like to be loaded at your new destination, a still-functioning locale
dub: I still say old bourbon barrels to age scotch is is a better use case
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform so you're going to make a pile of vinyl siding ? grand.
asciilifeform: quite a few of the 'underwater' houses in the u.s. are, unknown to their 'owners,' husks that have been stripped of wire, pipes...
nubbins`: the trick, i'm told, is to burn it in a gasoline fire in a barrel to remove the plastic coating
nubbins`: i know a couple of guys who always seem to come across loads of copper wire
asciilifeform: on the contrary, there is plenty to steal from a decaying superpower. witness the 'cable contains no copper!' (dirty lie!) signs that have popped up at construction sites.
dub: Chaulk said another local man, Jeremy Ball, arrived on the scene and starting pulling on the moose chunk. Shark rescue Jeremy Ball of Norris Arm North, N.L., moves the beached shark into deeper water. "A couple yanks and it just came right out."
nubbins`: the b'ys found a shark choking on a moose carcass
mircea_popescu: so te plan is for a robocleptocratic bourbon heistin' government ?
BingoBoingo: I'm thinking it will probably end in a drone backed coup leading to a RoboKleptocratic government. Like the terminator, but with theft instead of all that killing.
BingoBoingo: Apparently the Courts circus is about to get a lot of new clowns http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/21/21562284-senate-goes-nuclear-democrats-approve-changes-to-filibuster-rules?lite
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: resemblance to a chicken (when seen on an anatomist's table) is amazingly close.
pankkake: hopefully no, otherwise I'm asking for a refund
pankkake: though there are actually a few websites dedicated to them
ThickAsThieves: it's a cry for help
truffles: what a weird thing to have a preference for
pankkake: http://images.luvimages.com/luvphotos/a/amazing_freckles-1642.jpg
mircea_popescu: afaik bukkake only became a household... item in the mid 90s
pankkake: it's a good way to spot people who know what bukkake is, or are willing to admit it in public :p
mircea_popescu: always good for a chuckle
gribble: Valiant prince MP explores the mother of all echo chambers. A saga ...: <http://trilema.com/valiant-prince-mp-explores-the-mother-of-all-echo-chambers-a-saga-of-our-times>; Clear signs that you're gay you don't even know about! pe Trilema ...: <http://trilema.com/clear-signs-that-youre-gay-you-dont-even-know-about>; Apparently I'm not the only one pointing out the obvious pe (1 more message)
mircea_popescu: the mtgox price chart looks like a free oscillator in action
thestringpuller: trilema needs a search function
asciilifeform: dub: if you had a working 'shor's algo' setup, you could put pretty much whatever you like, anywhere you like.
mircea_popescu: dub yes, but it was to attack a telecom.
asciilifeform: incidentally 'they broke rsa ages ago' makes for a good crackpot theory regarding the wasteful incompetence of, well, everything else. smoke screen.
mircea_popescu: Bugpowdurr just a thought. they're spending a shitton on advanced robotics research atm
Bugpowdurr: counterparty risk is problematic. There is a reason all the big chinese empires are kept in the family
Bugpowdurr: I have a decent startup
mircea_popescu: yes. it was as stupid as only a 20yo ancient bitcoin user could have conceived.
thestringpuller: isn't bitcointalk part of a huge funding controversy nw?
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller he's taking a step down from rats :
Bugpowdurr: and install a hot tub
Bugpowdurr: like a used g5
mircea_popescu: mike_c bitcoinity has a 2 year option
Bugpowdurr: You should buy a plane
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform no, wait. on paper no eu government reserves the right to refuse a passport for "national security or foreign policy reasons"
nubbins`: oh wow, you can get denied a passport for having smoked a joint?
thestringpuller: meal fit for a girl scout
asciilifeform: republikflucht is a big no-no.
mircea_popescu: also, people, you have ruined my fucking life. I go spend half a day in my dungeon knee deep in blossoming adolescent pussy, come back, read the log and regret i missed out on all the fun.