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mircea_popescu: "
mircea_popescu: to friends and longtime BTCST investors.
mircea_popescu: In August 2012, as the scheme collapsed, Shavers made preferential redemptions
mircea_popescu: "24.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform well on that score, re your earlier example : "there was no evidence that Bout would have committed the crimes for which he was convicted had it not been for the sting operation"
mircea_popescu: indeed, much better example.
mircea_popescu: guy used to run guns for the us, eventually they had a falling out.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform perhaps not the best example.
mircea_popescu: the sec doth not do that.
mircea_popescu: they do claim the investments were securities however, i'm curious if that will be challenged by the parties.
mircea_popescu: you know this filing actuyally shows the us govt is really trying hard not to fuck up with btc.
mircea_popescu: they picked venue the easy way.
mircea_popescu: transactions and courses of business alleged herein occurred within the Eastern District of Texas.
mircea_popescu: found in and are inhabitants of McKinney, Texas; and because certain of the acts, practices,
mircea_popescu: Section 27 of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. §§ 77v(a) and 78aa] because Defendants may be
mircea_popescu: Venue is proper in this district under Section 22(a) of the Securities Act and
mircea_popescu: between 9 and 13. or between 15 and 19
mircea_popescu: wd! congrats! make suyre you're at home tomorrow
mircea_popescu: benkay_ mmm i was impressed so far with their drscriptions
mircea_popescu: the case is probavbly codenamed "operation optometrist" in sec circles.
mircea_popescu: kinda funnay how everyone's got glasses.
mircea_popescu: this is vegas right ?
mircea_popescu: coulda done better.
mircea_popescu: is the azn chick goat btw ?
mircea_popescu: in retrospect everything'\s obvious, but hey.
mircea_popescu: [\\\] perhaps. put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket is a time honored strat.
mircea_popescu: lol
mircea_popescu: did i miss a pic ?
mircea_popescu: well bugs gotta be ironed out
mircea_popescu: lol
mircea_popescu: aww.
mircea_popescu: <Neil_> And LJ's "delivery" was more than 3 mths ago << and they were all indignant when bitbet ignored it lol
mircea_popescu: nope
mircea_popescu: should be a couple hours.
mircea_popescu: better drama.
mircea_popescu: in retrospect i should have said "my ex gf"
mircea_popescu: his wife
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves interesting what growth means huh :p
mircea_popescu: Neil_ im not sure what you mean.
mircea_popescu: and since im doing this, Neil_ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=215657.msg2265577#msg2265577
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2013/the-stuff-all-good-conspiracy-theories-start-with/
mircea_popescu: sigh.
mircea_popescu: Scrat im affraid all you get are the red heels.
mircea_popescu: lol.
mircea_popescu: Neil_ you must have missed all the butthuirt on the forum over my "ripple is a scam" post etc huh
mircea_popescu: Neil_ awww, and all the forum experts knowing bettar than mpoe-pr ? what of them ?!
mircea_popescu: ty
mircea_popescu: (also someone tell the amc people to restart the selftrade script, quick, the hole is looking ridiculous)
mircea_popescu: what was the downtime ?
mircea_popescu: o look it's back.
mircea_popescu: indeed.
mircea_popescu: publish it somewhere.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves actually you know what ? rewriting that shit would be worthwhile. i'll pay you 1 btc to do it just so i don't have to read the nonsense myself.
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2013/accounting-for-the-nonzero-asset-corporation-the-mpex-standard/
mircea_popescu: yes yes.
mircea_popescu: except he did it very, very badly.
mircea_popescu: i mean... he just reinvented the exact thing an0 actually is,
mircea_popescu: deprecation is there twice.
mircea_popescu: no wait, it's not a charge. it just figures among the charges
mircea_popescu: "tools and infrastructures" is a charge.
mircea_popescu: "deprecation" is somehow (how ?) part of fixed assets.
mircea_popescu: it has the following lines : cash, bitcoins, inventory, deposts and fixed assets.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ have you read that balance sheet ?
mircea_popescu: pretty decent.
mircea_popescu: "BTC has no single administrator, or central authority or repository."
mircea_popescu: why the fuck not use the an0 then, it's simple enough. why do the entire glbse thing in 2013
mircea_popescu: i understand they don't understand accounting. thatg's fine.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves if you don't mind me saying so, asicminer's balance is an outrage.
mircea_popescu: l.o.l.
mircea_popescu: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260075.0
mircea_popescu: ^
mircea_popescu: jesus pigdin sux
mircea_popescu: doesn't /ignore X ALL work ?
mircea_popescu: either some more recent sa project or some scammer troop, not clear, but anyway.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ incidentally, in case this isn't obvious to you : some larger organisation took an interest in buttcointalk sometime in may. as a result there's about 100 accounts they control.
mircea_popescu: will write about my amazement next.
mircea_popescu: so now that we're done with teh news i met an incredible whore.
mircea_popescu: and two steps above the random nut.
mircea_popescu: which'd put him a step above the average six week old noob,
mircea_popescu: gweedo is a sort of tradefortress. young guy, joined < 1 year ago, managed to mauintain interest
mircea_popescu: mjr_ nice answer.
mircea_popescu: samson_ yeah.
mircea_popescu: "i made a grape foccacia like the one i had in florence" << her comment.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ i have no idea
mircea_popescu: a that. yes.
mircea_popescu: i ran with the btc ?
mircea_popescu: yea ?
mircea_popescu: ;;ident lom
mircea_popescu: ;;ticker
mircea_popescu: lom you the forum guy ?
mircea_popescu: maybe it finally got sold.
mircea_popescu: lol
mircea_popescu: :p
mircea_popescu: i mean you're offering to answer people's questions but i've never seen you before. what makes you think you have a clue, and more generally who are you.
mircea_popescu: dance4x who are you exactly ?
mircea_popescu: prolly also http://trilema.com/category/mpex/
mircea_popescu: VanCleef http://trilema.com/category/bitcoin/
mircea_popescu: you could have 5000 chips at 10mh/s or 50 at 1gh/s same thing in the end
mircea_popescu: it's the pmb+chips assemblage
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves the chip itself is largely irrelevant tho