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mircea_popescu: "At least MP is an asshole equally
to everyone,
there is some amount of credibility in
that."
mircea_popescu: A revealing exchange about an exchange
that isn't revealing?
BingoBoingo: I've always wondered why more marksmanship classes aren't
taught with a mirrored
target
BingoBoingo: Ah, isn't
that kind of
the operation you are running atm?
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Well, if you need a
trained Librarian.
dexX7: "Why is Havelock Investments in
the SEC's crosshairs? I made an account with
them, but never bought anything. Should I be worried?" "Can you get in
trouble for just a few mBTC?" ...
dexX7: wow.. some people can
turn everything into fud: "If you have ownership of BTC-denominated securities such as
those
traded on Havelock or MPEx (such as NEOBEE, S.DICE, S.MPOE, etc.) now would be a good
time
to
talk
to a lawyer."
ozbot: AbsoluteZero2 comments on MP was approached by
the SEC about Bitcoin exchanges; handled it very prof
nubbins`: are
there any other OOP rags looking
to make a comeback?
nubbins`: "I heard
that Leah McGrath Goodman is writing an article
that proves
that "Mircea Popescu" is in fact Erik Voorhees."
artifexd: Is it irony
that #netsec was hacked?
nubbins`: i
thought
that was just
the name of a miles davis song D:
nubbins`: i just asked google what
time it is and it says "yesternow"
kakobrekla: i didnt know we support bets
that long lel
chetty: oct 2015 -
thats more
than 1 year ...
Duffer1: more americans
thoroughly unaware of
their complete irrelevance
BCB: mircea_popescu: I'd be standing in
the crowd during your perp walk
mircea_popescu: BCB well so
then how would we meed in
this counterfactual future you propose ?
BCB: asciilifeform:
they don't need a
trial. Just and indictment
Duffer1: lmao reminds me of some of
the reddit comments about
the
trilema article
BCB: mircea_popescu: I don't
think you'll have a choice in
the matter.
mircea_popescu: BCB well cause i don't intend
to visit
the us
till
they dissolve
the homeland security crap and put
the people responsible on
trial.
BCB: mircea_popescu: SEC will fly you on
their private jet
kakobrekla: nubbins` it seems bet was altered by
the mods
BCB: asciilifeform: cork-lined -
they are actually cement
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Is
the cellar a wine cellar?
nubbins`: that's actually not
the bet i submitted
BCB: mircea_popescu: why's
that?
BCB: mircea_popescu: I want
to meet you when you come
to New York.
nubbins`: they should really note
that somewhere on
the page
BingoBoingo: electrocuting someone in
the
throes of Delirium
tremens wouldn't be sporting at all
BingoBoingo: Then again
the street drunk would need
to be drunk
to enjoy
this protection
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Ethanol is a crude anti-convulsant and is rather neuroprotective against
these
things.
novusordo: mircea_popescu: yeah, I looked at
the CSS because I
thought it was a fall-back font
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: But it
took so much more electricity
to electricute
the first street drunk verus
than
the first idiot
novusordo: until recently, I'd never visited
trilema.com on a windows machine
mircea_popescu: this, however, is a head of
the hydra burried for another
two decades.
mircea_popescu: btc will pose some very srious problems
to legal systems based on caselaw, perhaps enough so
to make
them unworkable in practice
mircea_popescu: in which case
the judge'd definitely see
through
the pgp.
mircea_popescu: for what it's worth
the opinions i have re likely romanian court reaction would be
that should a signature be repudiated you have about 2:3 chances
to get
the judge
to process
the pgp part of
the
text.
mircea_popescu: you can
trivially print out gpg signed contracts, sign on
the paper, and register
them
BingoBoingo: ;;google
the drinking record digital signatures
mircea_popescu: three years later
they're still
the standard in practice
BingoBoingo: Eh, Maybe I'll find out about Missouri's version of
this
thing in
time. Jefferson city is a more pleasant drive
than Springfield anyways
nubbins`: surely
there's an article written on
this, anyone got a
title handy??
nubbins`: [14:50:31] <Inkata> can anyone point me
to a modern way
to sign contracts? real-life contracts with crypto?
BingoBoingo: I still can't believe Illinois did not invite me
to
their hearing on Virtual currencies as an honored distinguished guest, and
that news of it happening didn't even reach me until it is
two hours
too late
to start driving and make it on
time.
nubbins`: figured i'd sweeten
the pot a bit
nubbins`: i sent one along immediately after submitting
the bet
nubbins`: does it usually
take a while for initial bets
to appear?
mircea_popescu: BCB As
the wolly-haired Melanasians of Papua, New Guinea once said, (Makes a series of clicking and popping sounds)
ThickAsThieves: "Today, however, founder
Tim Sweeney is announcing a new business model: Epic will charge just $19 a month, and 5 percent of a game developer's gross revenue, for access
to
the complete Unreal Engine set of
tools and even its source code."
BCB: mircea_popescu: you command of
the english language is impressive
BingoBoingo: BCB: Generally kakobrekla runs
the channel MP's handle is...
BCB: who runs
this channel