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mircea_popescu: i mean, i don't in any sense mind if it happens, but it's not a goal.
mircea_popescu: let them think whatever they wish, they'll stil get killed if they step on the line.
mircea_popescu: pankkake why should it be upon me to educate other people's children ?
mircea_popescu: pankkake you know, that account is old. i had a two year or so gap in there, some time they "upgraded" their website.
mircea_popescu: which i guess is good for reddit, in some perspective.
mircea_popescu: but yes, bitcoin has nothing to do with this, this is the trade engine.
mircea_popescu: so as a mpex update : all 8 drives + the raid controller are going to be cut up. replacements are going in. mpex won't be back today, but i expect it to be back tomorrow.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: "part of the appeal was that having no experience and looking for exposure, they didn't actually want to be paid"
mircea_popescu: all he needs is to constantly kick the 2-3 closest competitors off the block. a la mtgox-tradehill
mircea_popescu: danielpbarron this being the most dangerous part of someone getting 51% : he now has a serious incentive to ddos the world.
mircea_popescu: cazalla: ISIS videos have been on there for weeks << yeah but who ever cared about that :p
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: wouldn't be too far-fetched to see people being paid in bitcoin, avoiding government taxation << inasmuch as you've seen this like... yesterday ? yeah.
mircea_popescu: TheNewDeal: seems like that is going to happen a dozen times over << im hoping about 5 (of which 3 already happened. 2 moar reserved for WCs)
mircea_popescu: least ddos-able miner farm ever (which currently is the major problem)
mircea_popescu: pankkake plus you get unexpected bonuses. such as parking one in every trailer park in the us.
mircea_popescu: pankkake course i see thsi was announced 2006. my idea was cca 2002 :p
mircea_popescu: also you have to steal the whole thing. if people had to steal the WHOLE old lady, they a) couldn't use bikes and b)wouldn't be bothered.
mircea_popescu: you need machinery for that, not really the same as backing in some pickup trucks.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony who's going to steal from a steel container ?
mircea_popescu: but i was trying to sell a sysadmin friend on the concept of ironman isp, doing something quite similar.
mircea_popescu: asic miners are also the eminent tool for this. an isp can't do it because customers wil want upgrades etc
mircea_popescu: seeing how you then don't need a warehouse anymore, just a lot.
mircea_popescu: this sticks until you actually get to know them financial minds, and find out that yes, they are actualy that
mircea_popescu: under the very flimsy - VERY flimsy - excuse that they aren't really this stupid, they're just trying to cater to the stupid.
mircea_popescu: <pankkake> why would more addresses be more secure? << one address can't be in two wallets.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla well yes but someone can't put all their net worth into btc.
mircea_popescu: so it seems we're having further problems with teh disks.
mircea_popescu: Duffer1: they'll price it at whatever the hell they want << haven't managed it so far, no. if only it were that easy.
mircea_popescu: kyuupichan: I wonder what it'd take to get BTC to 10k by 29 Nov. World financial crisis perhaps? << lol. no, actually, any one of about a million or so people could do it today.
mircea_popescu: kyuupichan: Right. Notice they were placed at the same time - making it highly likely they knew each other were going to bet. There was no public discussion. Hence my suspicion it's kako. << kako only has 31.35 btc.
mircea_popescu: any strippers in washington dc wanna do a home delivery ?
mircea_popescu: <decimation> "The Defense Department has leveraged the buying power << lmao