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mircea_popescu: odds are
this was a successful
terrorist hit, actually.
mircea_popescu: "However,
there were also multiple reports about an explosion or fire, including a reported explosion at a southern Maryland power plant. "
decimation: in certain areas of
the us, you could buy enough solar panels
to power yourself indefinitely for
the price of a car
decimation: solar has dropped
to $3 per watt installed
decimation: actually I
think
the end result is going
to be a mass migration away from centralized power
to solar
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform>
the 'one wire,' even if
true, can only be
the 'straw
that broke camel's back' << It was August during peak consumption. Amren stopped delivering anything
through
the
town's 5 MW backup line so
the 30 MW
transmission line failed at 38.5 MW and started a small swiftly contained brush fire. (/me
thinks he got
the units right)
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform btw,
turns out luxury not so luxurious after all ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if
the line falls right out of
the
transformer, like first 100 feet, it may cut it out
BingoBoingo: decimation: Last summer My
town suffered a 12+ hour blackout because
the largest incoming
transmission line melted
decimation: ^
the power line was probably coming from
the nuke plant on
the chesapeake bay
decimation: they are supposed
to inspect
those for exactly
this kind of issue
decimation: it's rare
that a major distribution line fails like
that
decimation: asciilifeform: aye, would have
to dick around with u-boot and
the data sheet
decimation: one would have
to replace
the bootloader, and apparently
they are refusing
to release
their mods
to u-boot source code
decimation: asciilifeform: reading more about
the ubiquiti
thing, it's not obvious
to me
that replacing with freebsd would do anything
decimation: apparently 'medical researchers' have better
things
to do
BingoBoingo is alternately left or right handed depending on
the
task at... hand
decimation: how hard would it be
to recruit a few
thousand people
to get a hand xray on a calibrated machine
decimation: it's amusing
to me
that
this is actually a controversial point
assbot: Human 2D (index) and 4D (ring) finger lengths and ratios: cross-sectional data on linear growth patterns, sexual dimorphism and lateral asymmetry from 4
to 60 years of age ... (
http://bit.ly/1GJjI8W )
decimation: supposedly one study found it correlated with prenatal
testosterone
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> recall
the case of
the "forum banker" dude ? << Kludge!!!
mircea_popescu: who wouldn't want
to
try out an orgy with
these five ?
mircea_popescu: "Tyjuziana,
Tykeria,
Tynijuzia,
TyNiah and
Tybreyia." << ;/
mircea_popescu: guy is "managing" her,
they make up "a
team". he's
the "marketeer" because he "can bullshit"
mircea_popescu: actually, i'l; go on a limb and say
that is
THE woman.
decimation: is
the ring finger shorter
than
the index?
decimation: "Court records identified
the boys as Cameron and ZhiHeem, and
the girls as
Tyjuziana,
Tykeria,
Tynijuzia,
TyNiah and
Tybreyia. "
nubbins`: ^ i suppose
those qualify as sysadmin hands
decimation: so in
the us, you can work
to pay usg
tax, or work
to beg from usg
decimation: Todd had received assistance paying his utility bills in
the past, but did not apply for help
this year, said
Tom VanLandingham, who directs
the Office of Home Energy Programs in Somerset County. Families can apply once a year, and assistance is based on household income and energy use, among other factors. "We're all kind of baffled as
to why he did not apply
this year ...
that's
the million-dollar question," VanLandingham said
mircea_popescu: and i bet you he does not. he gets enough dribbles in
the sense of, attention,
to keep whatever unfortunate woman paying
the bills.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` not even. just, full
time internet imbecile. like a "wikipedia editor" or something.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform guy's not doing anything sueful. he's
too broadly illiterate
to ever be able
to get a job, and his attitude precludes
the sort of job you're
thinking about.
nubbins`: he gets enough dribbles from actual suckers
to make it worth doing
nubbins`: the wood coins,
the digital prints,
the cats for sale,
the bullets...
nubbins`: actually no i'd say he's a full
time scammer
nubbins`: grueling day job walking
the aisles, looking for shoplifters
punkman: grueling day job and
time
to make 250 forum accounts?
nubbins`: guy makes socks
to call out his other socks for being socks
nubbins`: i give up, it's socks all
the way down
punkman: "Nitrogen i
totally agree with you on
the gorilla marketing idea, I have had lots of ideas on how
to move forward, but lost myself in aggravation for 2 days not being able
to name it."
mircea_popescu: when all
the world is young lad, and every scribble a business plan...
punkman: "Guerilla marketing is probably
the most effective means, vinyl stickers at urinals on mirrors under drive
thru windows under
the drive
thru speaker bumper stickers and
the great
thing about bitcoin is
the stickers could actually have a qr code
that links you
to some free satoshis so people
that never considered buying bitcoin just have
to pull out
there phone"
punkman: "I have decided
to use half my bitcoin ( about 3,300 coins )
to form a self funded organization with
the sole purpose of helping
to spread information about bitcoin
to
the world
through mass media, local "troops" or small groups, a website, blog, billboards, magazine ad's,
TV. and whatever else 3,300 bitcoins will afford me."
nubbins`: bitcoinsociety@yahoo.com was
the email used
to register
the weird cats website, as well as a bunch of random asic mining-related domains
mircea_popescu: badbear being i suppose one of
the very few people who managed
to wade
through
the
tardsforum and more or less retain some sort of credibility.
mircea_popescu: "I'm calling you out on
this one, answer or lose whatever credibility you had because
there is 1 MILLION percent no way you have a single shred of proof
that i am anyone or anything especially some guy in vietnam who sells wooden shit and if you ain't going
to back up your BS i will rally every single body
that you pulled your fake "probable alt of _____________" and lead a campaign of ensuring you never have
the credi
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Can store seperatley
though, especially in complex apparatus with multiple pumps and
tanks
nubbins`: so it's uh, not just blazed
that paid
the guy $$$$ for wood :o
nubbins`: in
the meantime, i realized
that another one of his old customers is also into casascius coins, as he bid on my auction
mircea_popescu: "i have 0 cookies and am so locked down
that i have
to log in every
time a page changes"
punkman: nubbins`: lol, how many accounts does
that guy have on
the forum
mircea_popescu: this has
to be a meme. mats pic and
the caption "i don't always go on research binges on
the internet. but when i do, we're
talking 400 hours bish!"