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ThickAsThieves: "AMC will be partnering with eASIC, an established manufacturer. A review of their past manufacturing experience only indicates expertise in 90nm and 45nm chips, raising some question
as to how reliable their estimates will be"
mircea_popescu: deadweasel there have been about
as many of these shitty "we webpayments" made-to-start-up craps
Vbs: ThickAsThieves: I know, trying to be
as stoic
as possible atm :P
TradeFortress: Scrat, the external service can be something that has high availability and is proven to have high availbility,
as well
as repeatedness
dub: PT issuer and its underlying exchange, on top of trusting a guy known only
as friedcat who lives in a country with no laws
louong: also actual ASICMINER shares are not
as liquid
FlyingLeap: even whole shares are not the same
as originally purchased shares right?
ozbot: Brain-eating amoebas thrive in US lakes
as global warming heats waterways | The Verge
mircea_popescu: on the OTHER HAND, americans fucking belive they personally are at least in the same boat
as buffett
mircea_popescu: "we're in the same boat
as the guys that did it because i heard about hardcopy and am really excited"
Vbs: we are on the same BOAT
as one of the BEST asic companies out there!!!!
mircea_popescu: it's not a way to pay the lower level people,
as their performance isn't so tied with the overal results
ThickAsThieves: you use these warrants
as payment for developers and such?
ThickAsThieves: of new shares on MPEx in exchange for mergers or acquisitions in all-stock or stock-and-BTC deals ; or c) through the issuing of Special Stock Warrants
as defined, written at a price no less than the average S.MG price 24 hours prior to the SSW issuance.
Vbs: we are on the same boat
as Seagate :D
ThickAsThieves: "AMC has released 2,000,000 shares yesterday at ฿0.0025 on BitFunder,
as a headstart for
Bugpowder: Nanex data show
as many
as 30,000 shares of SPY traded in 1 millisecond during the course of the 15 millisecond gap between the inadvertent release and the official public dissemination of the information that day.
mircea_popescu: "@Crosby, ask our real customers. Our service is immediate, responsive and personal.
As is our security."
zerokwel: same
as food I know what I like :)
mircea_popescu: "I understand that I will be required to pay 0.3BTC
as fees for registering this
deadweasel:
as Bitcoin and a host of others, can enable
deadweasel:
As highlighted by the latest initiative of the
deadweasel: ah well,
as long
as teh check doesn't bounce.
mircea_popescu: somehow naturally occuring,
as most of the fraudsters are "honest" fraudsters (ie, not in control of their fraud)
mircea_popescu: i imagine it's some sort of natural sweet spot
as to where the hope of further investment no longer justifies the service efforts.
ThickAsThieves: people saying they dont vote
as a form of protest make no less sense than people that do vote for 1 of 2 idiots that won't make any difference anyway
dub:
as always procrastination pays off
furuknap_: I have no idea, but I'm leaning towards it not being paid for
as of yet.
ThickAsThieves: First week's normal dividends paid. The balance payment of the next batch,
as well
as the premium for a full-mask to guarantee our quantity production (200 TH/s or more, depending on how well BTC/USD could do) within the next three months, are partly taken from this week's revenue and the next week's. So the dividends within these two weeks are lower than normal.
Namworld: Eh, for now it's all rumors
as far
as I'm concerned. Haven't heard anything official.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla mpoe-pr thinks he's back
as some recruiter woman
furuknap: Here's something that's not a joke. "for all anyone knows [me] and [friedcat] are the same person." implying that I can't use friedcat's statements
as arguments that AM is earning more on their hardware than I am earning on my asset.
aknap3: TAT: I don't normally read the New Yorker, but it looks like the report was meant
as a joke
reggin: but its valued
as a business that makes 500k a year
dub: but like 'tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug/log | grep <addr> | mail blah blah'
as easily
truffles:
as a weirdo myself im pretty normal compared to other legit weirdos out there
mircea_popescu: which really messes with people.
as they'd much prefer to have been unlucky.
mircea_popescu: dysfunctional arguments don't age like wine,
as in you revisit them three months later and they've improved now.
ThickAsThieves: "If you are a shareholder of ASICMINER, you will have the privilege of paying later. You will have 15 days to pay after shipping. The maximum volume of USB sticks for this policy you enjoy is (share number / 3, rounded down). Your (USB number * 3) shares will be frozen, thus not trade-able,
as collateral, till payment for the USB. If you fail to pay, the shares will be collected back
mircea_popescu: "What they found was far different from what happens according to general relativity alone: there was no singularity. Instead, just
as the black hole began to squeeze tight, it suddenly loosened its grip again,
as if a door was being opened."
Scrat: mjr_1: well fuck you (hated good hunters
as a melee class)
topace: my felguard was da shit, i remmeber getting jumped by a group of 4 ~same level
as me when i was soloing some quests working through BTC, and i pwned them all
thestringpuller: Cause I like testing your responsiveness
as a bitcoin super CEO
mircea_popescu: reused their info on multiple sites
as in, made accounts on more than 1 site ?
mircea_popescu: "Unfortunately the chip does not perform
as planned. We optimistically assumed a hashrate of 3.5GH/s at 0.6V. The chip is 2 times slower and if overclocked can run at 2GH/s. Further overclocking would be to expensive in terms of hardware prices (power supply).
Scrat: mircea_popescu: I have the same profit
as him with 5 times the bet volume
assbot: The eagle never lost so much time
as when he submitted to learn from the crow.
Jezzz: with
as much porn
as ozbot serves up, it's a miracle he gets any work done whatsoever
jurov: the foundation incorporated with satoshi
as founding member... would be fun if that resulted in him being chased by some TLAs
Vbs:
as it is, it's just plain wrong
davout: the waitress answers
as expected : "well, that would be x^3/3"
davout: pankkake: you probably have some dust, which would count
as non-zero
pankkake: anyway, I have a zero balance *now* but
as I used the site I would like to get the mail too
mircea_popescu: site took a 40% dip of its gains yest
as a result. it's back by now tho.)
mircea_popescu: (actually my investment illustrated the problem,
as a bunch of people withdrew and gambled on the spot.
mircea_popescu: if he's backed by 5k gamblers with 1k btc each and two actual investors with 3k btc each it's not (nearly)
as much of a problem
mircea_popescu:
as if after the strauss-kahn debacle anyone takes them seriously anymore.
ThickAsThieves: i forget who it was, maybe Diablo, taught me that there's no such thing
as loss, only unrealized profit
bitcoin935: mircea probably bought his own shares and made a huge seen out of it
as mpex was losing marketshare to other exchanges since january
ThickAsThieves: i also usually take MP silence
as I sign i'm doing somehting right
mircea_popescu: hehe. poor bellhop ends up involved in some "psychodrama"
as he says
psychoron: I ready mircea_popescu's last comment
as a answer to benkay.
Chaang-Noi: <psychoron> Chaany-noi, meh, mistakes happen.
As long
as the right information is eventually found well, i ws in the mindset of arguing with d3 and that toehr retard who thought $100 face did not mean $100 cuz gold
psychoron: Chaany-noi, meh, mistakes happen.
As long
as the right information is eventually found
Namworld: There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins
as for payment for GOODS AND/OR SERVICES.
bitcoin935: Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20)
as a matter of policy.
bitcoin935: There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins
as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, co
bitcoin935: This statute means that all United States money
as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins
as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a
Diablo-D3: bitcoin935:
as per US federal law, yes, they must accept cash.
Chaang-Noi: $100 gold coin is just
as valid
as a $100 paper bill
Chaang-Noi: he still backs s.dice and well, have to
as it is all he has left
bitcoin935: soon
as you said walmart has to take your gold coins