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PeterL: let me sign
this important legal documet: "X"
PeterL: might as well put
their initials instead of signing
their name
mircea_popescu: davout: Apocalyptic: RFC 5.2.2 sez a signature packet contains "Eight-octet Key ID of signer" << seriously in shock/denial about
this.
decimation: asciilifeform: what about
the meta-nsa part?
mircea_popescu: that's basically
the long and
the short of it. nsa = national scriptkiddie association. a glorified derp club.
mircea_popescu: that's actually
the difference between artist and script kiddie.
mircea_popescu: who
the fuck woud be stupid enough
to use a protocol for
this job ?!
decimation: \me wonders if lizzard hitler's purpose with
these releases is simply
to distribute digital contraband for later reckoning
mircea_popescu: "famine is a disaster
that opens
the door
to opportunity : you can swallow knots!"
decimation had a landline for years, became enraged
that a $2 per month service became $40 after
taxes & fees
decimation: asciilifeform:
there are at least
two main reasons for
this: 1.) it is illegal
to 'telemarket'
to mobile phones and 2.) landlines are billed at outrageous rates
assbot: Disaster, meet opportunity: Verizon's plan
to push wireless on copper landline customers |
The Verge ... (
http://bit.ly/1IQnsFx )
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform iirc it's one of
those where existence is mandatory but no-one's responsibility. so...
mircea_popescu: decimation i doubt
they would meet my definition.
things like "every boy under 16 must have 4 acres of forested hillside and a dog"
decimation: asciilifeform: actually I
thought
there were areas where
they 'gave up' and decided not
to rebuild any phone system
mircea_popescu: was
that
the one when
they drenched
the vaults ? lost ~10
trn worth of old paper ?
assbot: Logged on 02-05-2014 21:22:05; asciilifeform: copper is expensive - not merely
the metal, but maintenance - keeping water out of
the cable ducts, etc.
the
telcos would hurry
to be rid of it even
the removal did not speed
the arrival of arsenet.
mircea_popescu: decimation imo destroying
the copper infrastructure is even dumber
than destroying
the family infrastructure.
cazalla: anyway, he came looking for me, not me him, just as easy
to neg rate him and move on with it
decimation: not for any
technical reason, but because of
the assorted pile of usg policy & requirements
that apply
to 'common carrier' services like
telephone
decimation: in
the past,
the copper wires were 'powered' by
the
telephone company in its central office
mircea_popescu: and it's still illegal
to fuck with
the copper in yurp.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
this is weird. in romania
they keep
the end battery on
the pole next
to you
decimation: because
they don't want
to be held
to 'common carrier' standards of common access and maintenance
decimation: I've heard
that once verzion runs fiber
to your premises,
they
typically
take
the
time
to rip out
the old copper wire
decimation: in
the past, with copper,
this was
the phone company's responsibility
decimation: right, but who replaces
the inevitable dead battery?
decimation: my understanding is
that verzion 'gives' you an ups
that you must maintain
cazalla: mircea_popescu, anything
that's good, does
decimation: did you ask him who had
to pay for
the backup UPS
undata: asciilifeform: I'd not mind if you hurried up making a computer
that works for me :D
mircea_popescu: they're really
thinking of something
that was utopia pre and probably post osmanli.
mircea_popescu: whenever people like
taleb
think of peace in
their homeland,
mircea_popescu: thus accomplishing more
than western europe + north america, by a damned sight.
mircea_popescu: it prevented
the middle east issues for well over 5 centuries.
decimation: or email address,
that we can't penetrate
that,
that's a problem.""
decimation: asciilifeform: right, but it is amusing
to look at
the sudden panic over 'evil foreign erasure virus' when
that's exactly what
they have been working on (apparently)
decimation: actually
the 'bios erasure'
thing calls
to mind
this news story back in 2013
PeterL: and is it just going
to get juicier as
time goes on?
decimation: asciilifeform: one wonders how much of
this kind of
thing he has left in 'reserve'
cazalla: oh,
that's right :) all good, did it in pm now
cazalla: ah, clearly i gots
to learn
the new assbot rules, been a little busy
cazalla: rate Rozal -3
threatened
to rate me -10 because he doesn't understand how
the WoT actually works, see
http://pastebin.com/PABNbsex for conversation, offered
to
then pay me
to remove
the -1 earning him a -3
mircea_popescu: you're supposed
to replace
the other one with
the key you're looking for
undata: mircea_popescu: ah right,
two parameters makes sense;
the article has one
undata: mircea_popescu: I get "No data" from
the link in your spec article, and when I substitute my key's fingerprint
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform yes,
the notary blockchain stamping mechanism.