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BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It is
the coloqualism for a sleeveless undershirt
mircea_popescu: "b) is actually Romanian, and perhaps in some relation
to
the Romanian Foreign service."
moiety: i dont mean
to contribute more fluff, but we might have
to stage an intervention for asciilifeform; first
the lolcats, now internet spam, it'll be reflinks next.... :o
cazalla: if i said
thongs, i guess you couldn't be blamed for
thinking pin skirt
mircea_popescu: it's not
the woman
that's intimidating, of course. but she looks like
the sort of men
that'd pursue her might kill you
BingoBoingo: They wore basketball shorts and a wifebeater
to lecture unless
they had higher university business on a particular day
mircea_popescu: don't go up and strike a conversation with
the
tall woman. why not ? well...
BingoBoingo: I had a professor like
that. Octagenarian stroke survivor.
mircea_popescu: maybe what
the real problem is has more
to do with lions. as long as we sit put and do nothing, a lot of pointless, small, provably impotent nothing...
mircea_popescu: his ready answer is
that "The distressing possibility
that
the oldster agreed
to be on
the committee so
that he would have a venue in which people would listen
to him does not occur
to
the youngster."
mircea_popescu: "This oldster has
tenure. He draws
the same salary regardless of whether he sits
through
those interminable boring committee meetings. Why would he agree
to do it? Why wouldn't he rather be playing squash, riding a horse, flying an aircraft, walking his dog, etc.?"
benkay: it'll be great roi,
take it from a stranger
benkay: velly: you don't have
to read
the whole logs, just sit and lurk and digest
mircea_popescu: but it's
the pointlessness of
the activity
that strikes me.
ozbot: Monty Python - Lion
Tamer - YouTube
mircea_popescu: people derping about evil government have it all wrong. people WANT
to spend
their
time
toiling pointlessly, with small
tools.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the more fascinating observation, reviewing
this bowlfull of guts irc has graciously
thrown at me, is just how... innate!
the bureaucratic behaviour is.
mircea_popescu: not unrelated
to "where can i read all about
the english language ?" "uh... just pick up a book ?" "what if it sucks ?" "... what do you want from me!"
mircea_popescu: i
think
this convo may actually become canonical link-to for future people who have
the problem.
velly: well reading
that IRC log would simply break my np complexity limits :v
mircea_popescu: the beauty of life on earth is
that no one has infinite
time.
velly: I have
to go now, lunch break over and have work
to do.
Thanks for everyone's help. Sadly, not everyone has infinite
time.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
there are probably numerous better uses fdor your
time
mircea_popescu: that you can't figure out
that it is reliable and relevant doesn't make it
the opposite.
BingoBoingo: velly: So
that you might in a year know what parts are reliable
mircea_popescu: chetty i guess, if he were specifically a journalist looking for how
to behave in
the new, post-fiat world.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I really just wanted
to
take a picture of
the diploma. I spent way
too much on it for
too little return. Having it in
the Dossier at MP intel central at least makes up some of
the waste
velly: how can I even know
that
the discussion in here is reliable or correct?
chetty: the log with
the reuters interview would be a good start
velly: I just want
to know where
to start
to inform myself
velly: seems like
there are better sources for
the information
velly: not everyone has
time for
that
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo you dun have
to proveanything, just do something
that works.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: mailed, figuring out
this GPG for jpg's
thing
mircea_popescu: " Dem State Senator Who Authored Gun Control Legislation Arrested for Conspiring
to
Traffic Firearms"
Apocalyptic: you don't have
to read all of it at once you know
velly: but unfortunately I'm not in a position
to read long IRC chat logs
mircea_popescu: the
time you spend reading
that stupid fluff will be
the best roi of your life.
mircea_popescu: velly it may seem preposterous
to begin with, but
take
the word of a stranger in a chatroom :
velly: thanks guys, I'll have a look into
this. I have somewhat of a futures background, but I'd like
to make sure I'm well informed before I start on
this side of
things.
mircea_popescu: velly not really. it's like a monk's life, you know ? no way
to separate
the learning from
the
toil.
velly: anything more directly informative? I'm not really sure I want
to read
through
this whole log--- even so far
there's a lot of fluff...
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I might actually have
training and experience in
the education field.
mircea_popescu: but i gather
the consensus was, dump everything on lampelina and
then scream at her for it not being right.
BingoBoingo: Was
there something earlier about needing an education experienced person
to contribute
to a reading list?
mircea_popescu: "In 1995, Erik started a journalism watch-group project on
the web, campaigning
to get a journalist sacked from Aftenposten following
the publication of a sensationalist story about how Internet Relay Chat channels were used
to
trade child pornography."
mircea_popescu: check out asciilifeform :
ten contributions since 2006.
ozbot: Mind Your Manners: Ocean City
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mircea_popescu: ;;later
tell bitcoinpete i'm not so crazy about your spacing and formatting of irc snippets
BingoBoingo: Student walks into a bookstore mid semester and sees no
textbooks on
the shelves, asks
the manager what kind of bookstore is
this. Manager replies,
this is
the bookstore you need. You just don't need it now.
mircea_popescu: Mats_cd03 either a) people are insane ; b)
there's more afoot
than meets
the eye ; or c)
the options were perceived as more of a risk source
than revenue source.
Mats_cd03: somehow share price managed
to appreciate *after* options are pulled
BingoBoingo: benkay: I'm
thinking some koans might be relevant.
BingoBoingo: The options emporium is open
to anyone willing
to MM options without shitting
themselves
mircea_popescu: benkay you know how many people ask me about random x y z "wall street outfit"
that's going
to make an options market and whart do i
think etc ?
benkay: the asset by
ticker of S.MPOE is alive
benkay: feel free
to mm options in btc
benkay: yeah if you
think you can beat mp
mircea_popescu: not atm anyway. but yes, if you want
to mm options we can work it out
benkay: this is distinct from
the bot quoting.
benkay: no,
there are no options on sale.
ozbot: Exclusive: U.S.
to require casinos
to vet high rollers' funds - sources