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mircea_popescu: maybe a little bit in
there of racial memory. "last
time
this worked we did it on boats"
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> i wonder why
this island/boat/w/e
thing is so appelaing. << Because hell is other people, "Get off my lawn", and other sorts of dissatisfaction with
the rest of
the human race
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> where
there is something more
to do
than dig own grave << Like keep one's coffin afloat
mircea_popescu: i wonder why
this island/boat/w/e
thing is so appelaing.
decimation: perhaps in a few decades when france has collapsed sufficiently, it would be possible
to seize an island from french polynesia
decimation: asciilifeform: usg owns all
the islands from hawaii
to midway
decimation: and you are right,
the enviro-nazis who heavily influence usg want
to
turn it into a forest precisely
to suspend all law
decimation: " It is slightly larger
than Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, approximately
the size of
the country of Germany, and just slightly smaller
than Montana."
decimation: george bush
turned 2000 miles of
territory west of hawaii into a forest
mircea_popescu: how
to suspend laws ? o i know,
turn it into a forest!!1
decimation: in
the case of pitcairn, it is 'self-governing' with 60 voters
decimation: how much do you
think pitcairn island costs
decimation: even with bribery, it would
take a very large dole and a
tight organization
nubbins`: now you gotta own an Iron Mountain franchise
too?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform not more
than say for your dr. lezzie
theory above.
decimation: why would
they risk revealing
their ip by selling dud units
decimation: literally
tens of
thousands of indians/chinese are employed
testing
the output of each run
mircea_popescu: (just,
THIS lolz you're better equipped
to appreciate, not being gunnery sgts or w/e)
decimation: well for one
thing, each and every 'run' of a modern chip requires milllions in setup fees
mircea_popescu: (and ftr,
the island
thing is laughable
too. we're doing lolz here)
nubbins`: asciilifeform it's like a blue jeans factory,
they have a "factory seconds" shop out front
decimation: how do you gain
title
to
the 100 units
to get one working one?
decimation: except,
the fab software in question doesn't 'fail' like a biological
thing, it 'fails' like a fragile machine, as in - it doesn't work at all
nubbins`: duod
the alien computers obv used compatible
tech
mircea_popescu: did i ever recount
the very early "special order" scam romanians got hit with ? in like 91 ?
mircea_popescu: i see it as, "elaborate virus, makes
targetted fab shit out our own gear "accidentally", we buy it as
tailings for pennies"
mircea_popescu: the problem is no longer "where
to place
the fab" but "where
to find coders".
mircea_popescu: have
them upgrade
to archlinux "for
their own interest".
mircea_popescu: much like un declared
tyrants lose
their bank accounts.
mircea_popescu: the price for
trying
to be "supergovernment" is
that you lose your claim
to
title for anything you might "own"
mircea_popescu: decimation
the best solution
to his problem would seem
to me, bribing someone
to defraud an existing fab
decimation: where's ascii gonna locate his fab,
to be specific
mircea_popescu: see, if i had
the magical stone
that lets you
turn
time back FOR
THE OTHERS
mircea_popescu: this entire "i'd get an island"
thing is not unlike
the strange idea of
the british
troops
to wear red.
decimation: it's a fair point, one would have
to have a large chunk of wealth
nubbins`: this is hypothetical
to
the point of absurdity
decimation: the point is, at 2000 miles it would be infeasible
to 'fire on all sides'
mircea_popescu: and what happens once some schmoe makes
the 2100 mile
tomahawk ? you redeclare ?
decimation: declare
the surrounding 2000 miles of sea
to be
territorial
decimation: well, presumably if
they are firing on you from every steradian you have your rights