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asciilifeform: (executing from rom, esp. the 'serial' 8-legged variety, is dog-slow)
asciilifeform: that is, copies them to cacheable RAM on boot
asciilifeform: one reason might be that pc architecture, almost always by default, 'shadows' roms
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: servers that are rebooted are not really the same servers anymore << i bet i'm not the only one who wonders why kernel-in-ROM never caught on
mircea_popescu: anyway, i'll bbl we can continue teh racism then.
mircea_popescu: for one thing, "slavic" would be blonde.
asciilifeform: the gypsies (any left in Ro?) aren't the least bit slavic
mircea_popescu: i have no idea how you figure those women look "Slavic"
mircea_popescu: it's ~85% romanian, some hungarian, trace other dozen or so elements
tg2: I know that ukrain, serbia bulgaria are
mircea_popescu: it takes a real hellhole to really select the funhavers.
mircea_popescu: well let's put it this way... in an actual town ever working class cunts can have fun.
tg2: probably more clubs per capita than anywhere I know
mircea_popescu: they're too noobish around here to actualy have promoters.
tg2: the promoter called me back for 2 weeks after crying and begging me to come back
tg2: I got thrown out of a club once with a $8000 tab
tg2: can't say I blame them tho
jurov: lol i was not asking that in accusatory manner
mircea_popescu: what do you want me to do, dance ?!
jurov: what did you do there?
mircea_popescu: i didn't torch the place in revenge, either.
mircea_popescu: which is also the only time i ever got kicked out of anywhere, club or anything else.
mircea_popescu: hey, did i ever tell you folks about the one time i got kicked out of a gay club ?
mircea_popescu: "I have read your website and it is obviously that your a foggot."
ozbot: I am able to move small objects with my mind.
ozbot: The ducks in the bathroom are not mine.
asciilifeform: of course, i post so rarely that perhaps 90% of it is not only in 'google cache' but 'archive.org'
asciilifeform: i don't think it gets any cheaper for low-traffic crap
lnovy: you can fix everything with reboot... from stucked mouse to mysql table corruption...
asciilifeform: this happens every few years at nfs corp. but i really love that hoster
mircea_popescu: the power cycle that's intentional but unexpected.
mircea_popescu: "shit joe, reboot it see if it works then"
mircea_popescu: anyway, let the log reflect the new coinage "unplanned maintenance reboot".
mircea_popescu: servers that are rebooted are not really the same servers anymore.
kakobrekla: lesson no1. never ever reboot the server.
asciilifeform: server with a backup from about an hour before the reboot.'
mircea_popescu: but did you know that dropshadows lift the type off the page as if they are 3d?
kakobrekla: its better than cognitive, even if it has less colors
mircea_popescu: and i have to stop there.
mircea_popescu: phany that 2012 is a real event."
mircea_popescu: "Humans have been evolving exponentially for some time now, with advances in technology and communication lessening the time needed for the same amount of change to occur. Logically, following this pattern, there will come a time when more change happens in an hour than has happened in the last millennium. Through meditation, connecting to a higher consciousness within, and communicating these ideas, I've had the epi
mircea_popescu: "This time frame may seem unrealistically short, for I have only started playing electric guitar towards the end of August, but recent realizations have led me to believe this is possible."
mircea_popescu: "By the end of this year, 2012, I believe I will be a highly known guitarist/musician."
mircea_popescu: "Hello, everyone, my name is Dank and I'm here to prove my worthiness as an investment. "
mircea_popescu: pretty epic blast from the past
mircea_popescu: "I am not publicly broadcasting my business plan due to its unique nature meant to take advantage of the market."
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla dat thing is endless. mtgox will be long forgotten
kakobrekla: dafuk dat thing is still going
mircea_popescu: which one of you oops i mean which one of me is that ?
mircea_popescu: that's how you do pr, according to people who have no qualification, training or experience in the field.
moiety: i see havelock's homepage is only updated with the 'good' news and the most up-to-date is buried
Dimsler_: maybe someone is trying to steal your buttcoins?
moiety: they must be mid-fix because the nfs logo works now
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform nao it fails for me too
moiety: the nfs site is down too
moiety: i get an error page too kakobrekla
bounce: don't have details, but could well be a proof of concept thingy, like those concept cars that never go beyond the single prototype made.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla seems to be up ?
mircea_popescu: (ipads aren't particularly innovative eithger, in that strict sense)
kakobrekla: i always think of that looper movie.
bounce: re hud and laser rangefinders, IIRC jaguar went on discovery ages ago with something built into the windshield, and ir lamps+imagers. and bmw also did somethingorother along those lines.
asciilifeform: a sane rng is always shielded, not only to keep out noise (natural or otherwise) but to avoid broadcasting state.
mircea_popescu: yeah afaik ss lasers don't age that fast.
bitcoinpete: ;;rate benkay 1 helped teach me that variety speak
asciilifeform: of course, anything ages. geiger tube is good for a few yrs.
asciilifeform: lasers also age very dramatically (less the case for semiconductor laser, but remains)
mircea_popescu: this is true.
asciilifeform: regardless of what type of rng, analogue portion of circuit must be shielded
mircea_popescu: are the aluminium garnets really that expensive still ?!
asciilifeform: cheaper to have a johnson rng in a shield
mircea_popescu: such that geiger is not
mircea_popescu: yes but immune to any em effects
asciilifeform: and possibly subject to thermal effects
mircea_popescu: the garnets aren't really that expensive anymore are they ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform here's a thought : how about rng based on measuring instantaneous polarisation of Nd:YAG laser ?
bitcoinpete: latin too
bitcoinpete: reading lots of ballas today
bitcoinpete: i just thought your car-minded piece was better directed at my car-minded followers
bitcoinpete: mircea_popescu the alt-twitter one?
mircea_popescu: andyfletcher btw, get in the wot will you.
moiety: i'd take the dog too
moiety: lolnope i have a hattori hunting as my pride and joy, i'd love one though.. plus i am the same colour as paper
mircea_popescu: benkay no, it's her and her loubotin sandals. the sword's a prop.
benkay: is that you and your daikatana, moiety ?
moiety: i'd say this http://funniesandhunnies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image_9.jpg
benkay: i was under the impression everything just got lumped under 'scam'
benkay: so hey are we distinguishing between incompetence and malice in Bitcoin these days, mircea_popescu ?
benkay: we have a crazy microclimate that's always flipping and flopping through various precipitation states
mircea_popescu: is that some wakizashi ?
benkay: for these current ten minutes there is sun
benkay: no there you're wrong
bitcoinpete: and it's portland so there's no sun
gribble: Jack Churchill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill>; Badass of the Week: Jack Churchill: <http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html>; Any Officer Who Goes Into Action Without His Sword is Improperly ...: <http://www.damninteresting.com/any-officer-who-goes-into-action-without-his-sword-is-improperly-dressed/>
mircea_popescu: blackwhite you're not perverse enough to be here then!
blackwhite: i just like the girl fuck all the other stuff
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform well, actual weapons exist to not be seen, but used. thatrical stuff the converse.
asciilifeform: compared with theatrical junk
asciilifeform: archaelogists love to point out how lightweight most actual, historical armaments were.
moiety: bet my hattori is sharper tho :P
asciilifeform: that sword probably weighs more than the girl.