mircea_popescu: of course msm would like to make it so it's the other way around.

mircea_popescu: whereas being rich is not.

mircea_popescu: the problem with this is that being a govt official IS immoral,

mircea_popescu: you can sorta smell the butthurt.

mircea_popescu: The new BVI data, by contrast, contains more than 200 gigabytes

mircea_popescu: The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks caused a storm of controversy in 2010 when it was able to download almost two gigabytes of leaked US military and diplomatic files.

mircea_popescu: basically this is all moving into bitcoin.

mircea_popescu: bwahahaha

mircea_popescu: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/offshore-secrets-offshore-tax-haven

mircea_popescu: there are some.

mircea_popescu: contrary to what people of walmart may lead you to believe,

mircea_popescu: (ymmv)

mircea_popescu: 1. pretty much all bartenders are fuckable chicks ; 2. they buy me drinks like it's their bar and i'm their bro.

mircea_popescu: i prefer texas as far as desert states go.

mircea_popescu: it's a sliding scale.

mircea_popescu: hai mod6

mircea_popescu: and let's hammer [\\\] into the ground with this coup de grace killing blow final strike : http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/03/man-who-gave-birth-to-three-babies-unsuccessfully-begs-for-a-divorce-in-this-odd-legal-conundrum/

mircea_popescu: Mircea Popescu ‏@Mircea_Popescu 54s @AdamPosen What are you, like some sort of retard with a high self esteem ?

mircea_popescu: Adam Posen @AdamPosen (President, Peterson Institute for International Economics; member Bank of England MPC 2009-12; advises central banks & governments; proclaiming on policy daily) : #gold is the investment for silly people. #bitcoin is gold for people who don't save. Please make it go away. pic.twitter.com/UdbbxCiNXD

mircea_popescu: meanwhile on twitter :

mircea_popescu: i see your man with no penis and i give you a matress with a safe : http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/shortcuts/2013/mar/29/mattress-safe-bank-with-confidence

mircea_popescu: o ya ?

mircea_popescu: who the fuck thinks that's a star.

mircea_popescu: random girl in pornscene makes that

mircea_popescu: also 4000 per episode ?! bwagagagaga who the fuck does this ?

mircea_popescu: [\\\] i see your note and raise you http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303287/Indian-engineers-invent-anti-rape-underwear-gives-attackers-electric-shocks-automatically-texts-police-help.html

mircea_popescu: well... let's drop the bomb in #mtgox

mircea_popescu: isnt that 555 ?

mircea_popescu: why are people so excitable.

mircea_popescu: what, are we panicking the other way nao ?

mircea_popescu: i don't think halting is a good idea in btc.

mircea_popescu: ya well, diff thing i agree.

mircea_popescu: this was originally good and needed, because people needed to arrange backing.

mircea_popescu: taub it's been traditional in fiat to halt trading after drops

mircea_popescu: doesn't seem to be workingtoo well if they are.

mircea_popescu: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pmtDGABuoJE/TIhDLD3nYfI/AAAAAAAACHc/qFjrZonBn80/s1600/43881_Dree_Hemingway10_PurpleFW09_10_123_67lo.jpg

mircea_popescu: Dree Hemingway

mircea_popescu: deadweasel some younger chick pls.

mircea_popescu: that supports the connectivity issue.

mircea_popescu: ^ that.

mircea_popescu: jborkl oryou meant total kb ?

mircea_popescu: then the latency to move txs around could actually account for some of the uncofirmed pile

mircea_popescu: jborkl i am thinking : if they aren't well distributed (ie, concentrated in major dc hubs)

mircea_popescu: i see 5.3k

mircea_popescu: what with the decrease in nodes it could be actually connectivity issues that prevent txs from making it into mempools

mircea_popescu: you know this unconfirmed stuff is starting to worry

mircea_popescu: banned in 3 2 1

mircea_popescu: moreover, as shockingly crummy service this is, it's not much outside of mtgox normal range.

mircea_popescu: it can do either, in principle. why not ?

mircea_popescu: 135k traded today.

mircea_popescu: not rly.

mircea_popescu: (ie, cloudflare and bs)

mircea_popescu: the only difference is they kinda suck at it.

mircea_popescu: bgupta everybody's been ddos'd all year

mircea_popescu: he just can't spell.

mircea_popescu: wao http://trilema.com/2013/people-bitcoin-is-not-worth-100-dollars-per-stop-buying

mircea_popescu: not particularly.

mircea_popescu: wao probably somebody needed small change.

mircea_popescu: it's spelled double-clit

mircea_popescu: jcpham must be cause you're new.

mircea_popescu: jcpham o you didn't klnow ?

mircea_popescu: i'd say it depends on what they do with bets.

mircea_popescu: !ticker m s.dice

mircea_popescu: other ppl noticed too

mircea_popescu: working 41min @180w without fan? April fool

mircea_popescu: [\\\] so now wat ?

mircea_popescu: dub i was looking at the luke ones

mircea_popescu: they demo'd a box of fans and then their board is passive cooled ?!

mircea_popescu: dude... where's the fans ?!

mircea_popescu: so im looking at the bfl asic and all i can think of is

mircea_popescu: [\\\] even spanish galleons ?

mircea_popescu: but he has the geek disease.

mircea_popescu: the kid is talented, granted.

mircea_popescu: i don't think you do.

mircea_popescu: <pgp> it's the color of money << i like this one.

mircea_popescu: so far mtgox is a half-baked buggy implementation of capital controls.

mircea_popescu: certainly, but in a year or so.

mircea_popescu: which turns out to be critical when idiocy like the recent bubble strikes.

mircea_popescu: the fact they suck creates a lot of friction, which insulates us

mircea_popescu: but anyway : i will dare say that a functioning exchange would be a serious problem at this point.

mircea_popescu: ie, a house of failure.

mircea_popescu: jcpham because he helps bitcoin be more like the shithole he lives in

mircea_popescu: dub that's only because your nose is too big.

mircea_popescu: gypsies qualify ?

mircea_popescu: yes. to bitfinex.

mircea_popescu: they will do things like lend on forum. who cares ?

mircea_popescu: dub won't happen, because people have absolutely no preference for quality.

mircea_popescu: PEOPLE STILL USE THEM.

mircea_popescu: opened up for business like nothing happened

mircea_popescu: the other "survivor", bitfloor, lost millions of users funds

mircea_popescu: pgp not rly. btc has no standards is what i'm saying.

mircea_popescu: dub if they still have it.

mircea_popescu: whereby they have a bunch of bitcoinica funds which two parties are disputing in nz and ca

mircea_popescu: currently they're also involved into a mess not of their making

mircea_popescu: no charges (but maybe a civil penalty, it's unclear)

mircea_popescu: got shut down the next day

mircea_popescu: they offered the theory that they don't need licensing because bitcoin

mircea_popescu: taub had a bank account in france, french authority investigated them

mircea_popescu: taking questions.

mircea_popescu: but they only have for two months, give or take.