asciilifeform: and therefore i will not be writing it any time soon.

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: it falls squarely into the 'wouldn't it be nice' set of patches, rather than 'must have yesterday' set

asciilifeform: no reason to clog the exception collector with this crud

asciilifeform: this, too, is fit subject for a patch;

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: GetCommand() : type=3 unknown type in ProcessMessage() ?

asciilifeform: (whole thing recommended reading)

asciilifeform: d the switching systems a second access point where the signals exited the cable station to enter the AT&T, Sprint, MCI, etc backbones.'

asciilifeform: 'As each fiber optic company sought a new undersea cable landing license from the FCC they were required by the NSA to enter into a classified contract with the NSA for TWO access point for each undersea cable. The first access point had to be right at the optical multiplexer which duplicated the optical pulse into the undersea cable, and then a second into a fiber optic cable that fed NSA gear. Then, behind the multiplexer an

asciilifeform: rint has one, and so on. The ECI codename for AT&T is "FAIRVIEW" and also US-990, but pay attention to the US-990 SIGAD code and it tends to indicate when a code and alias was initiated. US-990 dates from the day AT&T was broken up. On that date, each of the "baby bells" was given a ECI codename and SIGAD code name in the manner of that of AT&T.'

asciilifeform: 'Due to the ECI relationship, the technicians for AT&T had to possess a Top Secret security clearance to actually just access the fiber, because they might "accidentally" discover the tap, or discover data being diverted out of the fiber optic multiplexers. By the way, "ECI" means that the company is given a code name to conceal their involvement in illegal activities. For example, AT&T has a code name, MCI has a code name, Sp

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: when i think of water buffalo, i always think of: http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/WritingVietnam/readings/tob_true_war.html

asciilifeform: (rather, paying folks to take'em ?)

asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: didja miss the part in the thread where it becomes known that someone let slip a wrong button and gave out $int coins for phree ?

asciilifeform has no idea how much sustain-juice is in that tank

asciilifeform: in point of fact i am rather surprised that this is not yet a thing

asciilifeform: shadow leaves, takes what there is to take, like the old picture of soul leaving a body

asciilifeform: said insider being the usg shadow of the org in question

asciilifeform has hard time picturing anyone but a 'bitfinex' insider walking away with those (partially imaginary) arse-mouth-extracted coinz

asciilifeform: is this basically a usg equivalent of letting the screwdriver slip and the plutonium hemispheres fall ?

asciilifeform: why would anybody ~do~ that

asciilifeform: anyone connect the hose yet?

asciilifeform: what prevents this ?

asciilifeform: Bid-ask spread: -28.40343 >> isn't that convertible to an arse-mouth system ?

asciilifeform: 10 / 7 is sufficient evidence for this hypothesis? and bitfinex alone originates this gambit ?

asciilifeform would like to know - but does not expect mircea_popescu to say - why mircea_popescu believes the 'cheap' coinz are fictional, rather than panic-sold by the usual folks