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mircea_popescu:
A state highway that runs through the national park was closed after Grand Canyon officials found tourists removing barricades at overlooks along the road.
bloctoc: I read that people are "rick rolling" the FBI's seized coins account with messages on block chain dust. It's got me thinking about how one would set up
a p2p marketplace built entirely off messages to that FBI address.
nubbins`: now, you can replace the onboard gcc with
a proper version, but that breaks other things
mircea_popescu: “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be occupied by
a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.”
bloctoc: I clicked on some jpg then my computer froze. probably just
a coincidence.
mircea_popescu:
a new version is about to come out this month tho, with
a bunch of changes, so if the binary doesn't work prolly save yourself for that rather than compile old code.
mircea_popescu: bloctoc no osx specific yet. there's
a precompiled linux thing which maybe might work,
Namworld: Des ecus? Ca ca va prendre une machine
a remonter dans le temps pour en trouver!
mircea_popescu: "I have not been able to get
a hold of Sam in over
a week. I have talked to TheSeven over Skype and I can't speak for him but I feel that we are reaching the point where the Labcoin team being absent is just not even close to OK anymore."
Namworld: Only MPEx will still allow US people I guess. MPEx doesn't care/discriminate. MPEx only requires
a minimum of funding (registration fee)
Namworld: I guess Havelock will lock out US people at
a minimum soon
Namworld: Well, BTCT.co is out. BitFunder has
a foot on the doorstep.
mod6: either that, or restrict the internet to only
a select handful of groups/individuals. although, that wouldn't probably go over very well.
nubbins`: dub: i listened to something the other day about how they had such
a pain in the ass transferring money
pankkake: mod6: yes. actually France has
a thing like that. you are responsible of "securing" your line
nubbins`: just seems odd that you'd give people
a free pass on being
a dickhead just because of their job
mircea_popescu: besides, in romania you can murder someone and as long as its your first offense you usually get
a suspended sentence.
mircea_popescu: if you imagine the damage he does comes chiefly through mowing down people in
a van... you're at least naive.
mod6: i dunno, i guess
a lot of this depends on key weakness... but you do see the slippery slope there though of course.
pankkake: reddit summed up: let's solve
a complex issue by selling shirts
usagi: You know how when you say "I got into this with the best of intentions,"? <---- THAT IS
A CONFESSION lol
nubbins`: then i was thinking i could set up
a tor node on
a raspi and run the wifi through that
nubbins`: speaking of immunities, i have
a spare router and was thinking of providing free wifi access, thoughts?
mike_c: it all makes sense now. mirecea can run
a btc equity exchange without getting arrested because he's
a MP
usagi: Well from what I can gather there is such
a thing called parlimentary priviledge
usagi: Or something like say
a british minister tying himself to
a tree? (read the papers lately anyone?)
nubbins`: you're telling me that in romania, an mp can rent
a van and drive it through
a crowd of people, killing indiscriminately, and he cannot be arrested?
nubbins`: "This is in accordance with the principle laid down by the British House of Commons in
a conference with the House of Lords in 1641"
nubbins`: and, in fact, an MP would have to attend
a hearing for
a traffic violation
mod6: show me what
a police state looks like
mod6: It also means that members of Parliament cannot be arrested on civil matters for statements made or acts undertaken as an MP within the grounds of the Palace of Westminster, on the condition that such statements or acts occur as part of
a proceeding in Parliament—for example, as
a question to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons.
nubbins`: "Any incident of
a criminal nature in which
a Member has been charged is not
a matter where immunity from arrest will protect that Member."
nubbins`: Individual parliamentary privileges include: Freedom of speech, Freedom from arrest in civil action, Exemption from jury duty, Exemption from appearing as
a witness, Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation
mircea_popescu: but the only way to arrest
a mp is to get permission from the respective parliament
nubbins`: "
A British lawmaker was among more than two dozen people arrested Monday at
a protest against shale gas extraction in southern England."
mircea_popescu: sure, if there's
a brawl the police will come in and knock people over heads.
mircea_popescu: "Caroline Lucas, Britain’s only Green Party member in Parliament, was led away by police from
a sit-in at the gates of
a drilling site near the village of Balcombe and put in
a police van."
nubbins`: that vancouversun.com article is actually about
a sitting british mp being arrested
nubbins`: TBF that last one was in
a foreign country
mircea_popescu: Eight members of Congress were arrested during
a Tuesday immigration rally on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.
gribble: Error: "figured" is not
a valid command.
nubbins`: started thinking about the fund operator running the equivalent of
a mining pool and putting limitations on gh/s per shareholder etc etc
nubbins`: the problem is that the smaller the fund, the greater the risk of
a 51% attack
nubbins`: i had some sort of idea about proof of work being required to post
a bid/ask
kakobrekla: 1 btc would equal to 100000000 shares, you can have it on
a single addy
nubbins`: so anyway, i was wondering if any of you could recall an occasion where people created
a new blockchain for the express purpose of keeping track of share ownership
nubbins`: did i mention i made
a delicious moose stew yesterday?
nubbins`: i was always under the impression that any product of such union would be
a horrible mess of recessive genetic defects brought to life
pankkake: ah yes, forgot Mircea is
a girl's name
dexX7: maybe this is
a good time to build
a proper frontend for mpex
mircea_popescu: <Jere_Jones> I'm not sure I'd care to pay the 30BTC fee to have an account on MPEx. << yuou can just use
a borker.
dub: jurov: that reminds me, whats teh grace period for funding
a negative account?
Jere_Jones: I'm just
a programmer that loves bitcoin.
Jere_Jones: Having commited the crime of being
a US citizen.
kleeck: LOL: No one at Mulligan Mint was dragged into
a storage room and questioned by Robert DeNiro. But Capital One did immediately shut down our merchant account to process credit card orders. Apparently, someone at the bank saw the word “Bitcoin” and didn’t bother to read the product description or any of our blogs about the coin.
jborkl: there is
a probing spot
kakobrekla: yeah but here, first batch customers will roi in
a month, second batch - never.
KRS-1: what I got from BFL has been very reliable so far and just what i expected..
a year and 2 months ago.
Rulother: I would be so mad if I knew
a group of people were purposely going to cause traffic in my area for
a fucking protest
Rulother: Anywho misleading title. And screw causing
a slow down, that traffic for other people too
VanCleef: waiting for
a swat team to rape my asshole
pankkake: well, I guessed it was
a %, but still
mircea_popescu: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is
a sign of leadership failure. It is
a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is
a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies."
Vexual: funny, id probably get wiped out just going to taipei for
a meal
Vexual: when are you getting
a real job?
Vexual: i dunno if it'll float but im in for
a pound
Vexual: i do so hope the artist mr popescue selects
a well fed long hair brunette for his shoot
mod6: i think i started
a flame war in #urbit btw
mod6: and so far, its
a mindjob.
mod6: kakobrekla: not just yet. got
a few other things to work on first. and still need to learn hoon before i can get anywhere.
mod6: that is the first thing so far that really has bothered me. you don't change something like "1 = true = has
a value = something, not nothing" to "1 = false = has no value = not something" just for fun. thats confusing for the sake of being confusing.
KRS1: some of you m-f are here 24 hours
a day and idk how
KRS1: doh he's gone i'll take that as
a yes
Vexual: give the lawyers
a tidy share parcel and I forsee
a different outcome
mircea_popescu: Vexual always
a good idea to keep in mind that people talking binds nobody. including the people themselves most of the time.
ThickAsThieves: Vexual, he was first presenter and
a bit nervous maybe
Vexual: the uh, cypress sec, um.. we are posing to um them
a *shrug* guildline, to ... bitcoin...
peterl: oh, that explains it. I guess that is decent quality for
a tablet video