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mircea_popescu: I am inclined to assume that MPOE-PR is a minion acting in behalf of Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: but if the first person literally has no idea sf exists... then that's that. they're not from the us.
mircea_popescu: now, if these two are maybe having an argument about politics, i could see it as a thing you say, you know ?
mircea_popescu: well, if you never heard of san francisco you're not from the us
mircea_popescu: i mean its not even about agreeing or not, it's like, you never heard of san francisco
mircea_popescu: certanly nothing in the legal profession, way too clueless for that.
mircea_popescu: i think he's something like unemployed overqualified california type.
mircea_popescu: + .01 BTC per word of my posts in this thread. Currently this is 3935 words = 39.35 BTC
mircea_popescu: + 1% per week until the date of full repayment. Currently this is 14 weeks (since August the 10th), or 74.7371065 BTC
mircea_popescu: For the record, the sought compensation is detailed below:
mircea_popescu: ofcourse. the word got out bitcoin has gathered a large collection of suckers.
mircea_popescu: domainforsale809 2:52 am you can purchase "mpex.cn" with a very fair price.
mircea_popescu: "temperature somewhat measured has varied somewhat in the past 50 or so years, therefore global warming"
mircea_popescu: prove global warming too, since you got the tools ready.
mircea_popescu: you have to be at least as nice as my sick hound pr chick
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 well in a good month i make that every 3rd day
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 and you know what ? my jurisdiction allows me to sue him locally. i hope he speaks romanian and is versed in the law.
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 if you think i'm not sueing him you're naive.
mircea_popescu: and quite frankly nearing 50 and trying to change careers in this economy...
mircea_popescu: and he has to disclose that on all future applications (which means he can't be hired)
mircea_popescu: but in his case, fraud means he has to be fired (by law)
mircea_popescu: i guess people still fail to understand how deep the internet can come to bite you.
mircea_popescu: considering how much he actually has at stake i am uniquely impressed with how stupid he's been.
mircea_popescu: but the protections of "default" irl don't quite exist in bitcoin.
mircea_popescu: dub depends if the business was in the business of picking debtors.
mircea_popescu: it's pretty funny because he's not going to be able to ever find work in his profession again.
mircea_popescu: patrick harnett was hoping to get away with a soft default because he's a special snowflake,
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 the patrick hanrett scammer thread in btctalk
mircea_popescu: anyway, for those interested on common mistake caselaw, bell vs lever brothers is the cannonical, lawschool textbook example.
mircea_popescu: in general the way this shit goes is "let's not admit that we've been scammed"
mircea_popescu: scammer tag is only minimally relevant. the big deal here is that unlike in the pirate case, where everyone involved tried their darndest to hide the ugly truth in the hope they can offload on suckers
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla i didn't buy shares in a fund he administered (that's a diff scam he pulled). i just loaned him money.
mircea_popescu: dub that may well be true. but he can't pass it along to me. he will have to go prosecute them himself.
mircea_popescu: there's that Roswell State Bank v. Lawrence Walker Cotton Co. case on the subject.
mircea_popescu: i just did what i normally do : execute what the ceo says i should. it;'s not my job to police the corporate officers of widgets, inc.
mircea_popescu: the company can't now sue me for 500k. it will have to go sue in cuba.
mircea_popescu: you draw a 500k cheque on the company, come to my bank, cash it.
mircea_popescu: one day you decide to fuck it all, leave for cuba with your secret lover.
mircea_popescu: i won't be held liable, if i acted in good faith. it's between the ceo and the company.
mircea_popescu: basically here's how that thing works : if i'm a bank and i cash a cheque drawn fraudulently by a CEO on his company
mircea_popescu: if i sell you 100 acres of land out of a plot of which i already sold someone an acre...
mircea_popescu: if i sell you 100 acres of land which is registered improperly and it turns out it's really 99, and i had no idea, and you had no idea then it could be argued.
mircea_popescu: that's a misrepresentation of fact, not a common mistake.