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PsychoticBoy: I will try mpex when its not that expensive, 400$ is
a aweful lot
B0g4r7_: When it comes to cryptography though,
a thorough understanding is required. Otherwise all
a user can do is trust blindly.
rdponticelli: Anyway, it's useless if you got
a trojan with
a keylogger
B0g4r7_: In order for it to be effective, the user needs to have more that just
a basic understanding of how it works.
drekk: only partially encrypting mails kinda spoils it imho. you're making it easy for
a possible attacker to identify which mails are sensitive
drekk: guess the reason for having
a high fee is to keep amateur traders out. i actually appreciate that
B0g4r7_: Well, now we're left with
a gaping vacuum where it once was.
mircea_popescu: Doffx no, but if you wait
a while longer you can pay me 50 btc at 20 dolla each
drekk: i'll never get those complaints about webdesign, tld, pr0n... it's obviously
a service that works for
a lot of ppl
PsychoticBoy:
a big fat gypsy wedding, that ppl are strange, with thir kitsch looks etc
Doffx: Can I have
a free account mircea_popescu.
pigeons: how many registrations to afford
a web designer?
NO_OOh: maybe if someone registered on your site and paid the 20bitcoin you could afford
a new domain
pigeons: yeah and you're
a gypsy too
mircea_popescu: has fuckall to do with registering as
a financial services provider.
mircea_popescu: B0g4r7 dude, the guy is just insane. all his "legit" talk was about STARTING
A COMPANY
B0g4r7_: IMO, glbse made
a mistake in trying to court these so-called "legitimate businesses" that wanted to be listed.
Ukto: like
a broken pencil
Ukto: can data storage be
a currency?
___Atlas___: In economics,
a commodity is the generic term for any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs.
Ukto: unless someone can cite
a regonized government, recognizing bitcoin as
a currency, it is
a commodity, nothing more.
Ukto:
a bitcoin is
a commodity.
Ukto: calling it
a currency causes all sorts of problems
Ukto: bitcoin is
a commodity, not
a currency
___Atlas___: not
a software project managed by
a 40 year old virgin
Ukto: if it was
a code thing, he would to fix it, and put the site back up when it was ready
Ukto: means its not
a code thing
mircea_popescu: ___Atlas___ "to reach consensus in
a network of computing power that validates the transactions"
Azelphur: with the wording, I'm kinda hoping it's
a major security vulnerability that needed to be fixed
___Atlas___: By any measure of sovereignty, Britain is still
a monarchy.
drekk: "...also I got
a free rifle at my bank for opening
a new account. FREE RIFLE!!!"
mircea_popescu: "i really made
a good faith attempt at investing despite the fact that i lack any experience whatsoever, training no matter how informal or even enough common sense to notice
a problem with any of this."
mircea_popescu: "did you scam these people ?" "no, i'm just stupid" "
a ok then, move along"
drekk: it's
a forum. not
a trading platform. what do you expect?
femtotube: How many scam accusations do the forum mods need to tag someone? Usai looks like the most popular candidate for
a tag but nothing has happened
femtotube: "
A software update for the launch of GLBSE 3.0 is plausible.... just so is the SEC extraditing him from the UK to stand trial in the US."
fridge: but it is more entertaining than
a night at
a casino
fridge: is there
a write up of what is known re glbse? I have been out of the loop
MrTiggr: you sound so dissapointed ... perhaps its the other way around, ___Atlas___ .... perhaps you are like
a bitcoin "typhoid Mary" :P
Ukto: he was using
a cell phone for internet access
smickles: mircea_popescu: that option went on the ticker and you did
a ;;ticker, i thought they may be connected
B0g4r7: Looks like my BTC have indeed been moved out of the deposit address I sent them to at glbse, only
a couple hours after I deposited them.
B0g4r7: Hm, that's not
a bad idea.
smickles: B0g4r7: thing is, they wouln't claw back btc, they'd claw back
a btc equivilant amount of USD
Ukto: i give him
a point for that
Ukto: and
a sign with an arrow "Follow these guys, heres your choice."
Ukto: put up
a fold up table, giving away free coathangers to pregnant teens
Ukto: I wanted to make
a black shirt, with
a coat hanger on it, that says "Got Coathanger?" and goto one of the anti abortion rally's
smickles: it's liek rule 43, if you can think of it, carnival has
a vacation package for it
jcpham: without
a sense of humor
smickles: there's
a cruise line for everything
mircea_popescu: Morocco blocked
a Dutch "abortion ship" from entering one of its harbours on Thursday during
a campaign group's first attempt to visit to
a Muslim country to raise awareness about safe methods of abortion.
smickles: mircea_popescu: oh sorry, i pulled
a non-sequitur sort of topic change there
Ignatius-otc: could have thrown
a dart at
a wall of stocks and shorted whatever hit for plenty of profit
smickles: B0g4r7: well, if you'd've picked junk bonds, you'd've made
a mint
B0g4r7: Much like I got into trading classical stocks at
a good time in 2008.
smickles: got in at
a good time i see :(
smickles: well, s2cm doesn't need any btc from glbse, just
a list of the shareholders
mircea_popescu: B0g4r7 i imagine even if nefario turns
a total ass and runs with the ppl's btc
B0g4r7: These things rarely have
a happy ending in my experience.
mircea_popescu: noagendamarket lemme point out smickles's fund made
a solid 1200% over ~5 months
smickles: I should go there and call out 300 btc on
a hard 12. see what happens
smickles: it's not real money anyway unless it can play on
a vegas craps table
smickles: if i give
a 'thumbs up" the tip of my thumb points backwards, otherwise, it looks 'normal'
noagendamarket: they dont arrest you for investing in
a nigerian scheme lol
noagendamarket: they arent investigating glbse itself or theymos woulda got
a letter
B0g4r7: I wonder where the SEC got
a list of addresses to email ppl, assuming the SEC thing is for real.
smickles: never mind that theymos is
a nearly 25% stakeholder in glbse
B0g4r7:
A google for that phone number turns some threads discussing it.
BTC-Mining: Eh, not sure I would have the time. But at least if you found someone who would constructively argue instead of accusing by association. See, I don't go attacking you personally for what MPOE-PR do, I come to you and argue about why it seems like she's doing
a bad job for MPEx and why I think you should held her accountable for what she do when acting as MPEx's public face.
Ukto: i did hear
a rumor about SEC. but that doesnt seem plausable, as no actual us$ was involved, and it was in the UK
MrTiggr: i had
a copy of the ermail with headers too ... SPF was all intact, everything checked out from
a tch. standpoint
BTC-Mining: I find she's not doing
a good enough job for MPEx
dub: B0g4r7: there was
a thread started by
a guy who claimed to have claled the sec lawyer the letter came from, who asked him questions about GLBSE
BTC-Mining: I mean, she could start the same accusations without passing things as facts and quoting instead and arguing why it looks shady and why she believes it's highly likely to be
a scam or anything.
BTC-Mining: Aye, people are not complaining about if she has
a good guess ratio. They complain about the fact she pass up unverified information as facts to push her guesses before the actual facts happen. It's like someone saying everytime "I saw that person murder someone" when it never happened and she just had
a hunch about it and in her defense, claim to be right 90% of the time. Doesn't really
MrTiggr: iirc danieldaniel made
a phonecall to confirm it (that mustve been funny :D )
mircea_popescu: BTC-Mining you know she has
a pretty good record of being spot on, right ?
BTC-Mining: People are seriously starting to form
a bad opinion of MPOE=PR and indirectly, MPEx because she make up facts/guesstimate them without verifying them.
MrTiggr: all the headers checked out and even
a phone call was made to check it i believe
MrTiggr: B0g4r7: i have
a copy of the email but not sure if its kosher to pass it around ....
mircea_popescu: B0g4r7 there's
a pastebin, want me to dig it out for you ?
mircea_popescu: BTC-Mining how'd she research things that are privy to like
a few people ? was what you claim now posted anywhere ?
BTC-Mining: I'll reply soon to the thread, I just mean, ask her to research the facts
a thoroughly.