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mircea_popescu: at
the one uni where i sort-of flirted with academia,
this was banned on campus.
nubbins`: i had a professor once who could only speak in a whisper and so brought a mic
to class and amplified it so heavily you could hear him swallow his spit
mircea_popescu: imagine a
truck driver
that can't drive double clutch.
mircea_popescu: all
the guy ever does is derp about in
the conference freakshow, you'd expect he has at least
the basics of
that profession down pat.
mircea_popescu: cazalla
this is kind of sad, incidentally, because it's roughly like a stripper with bad genital hygiene
nubbins`: oh, right, i
think
that was
tat
cazalla: anyone
that abset minded on microphone etiquette sends me into a rage
mircea_popescu: i don't actually hate
the guy, i just dislike him because he's very inept strategically and we kinda need
to purge
the stupid.
cazalla: on a panel, he ruined it because he had
the microphone practically in his mouth and you couldn't hear
the other panelists due
to his heavy breathing
Bugpowder: CoinLab was more mismanaged
than Gox,
they just died earlier so
they couldn't cause as big a monetary fuckup.
cazalla: well i do but for different reasons
that you
Bugpowder: Someone needs
to shop a Karp / HOPE poster
mircea_popescu: they rheally
thought
they're somebody worth something.
mircea_popescu: take it as a measure of just how badly hurt
the foundation scamnest is by
this defeat in
the field
Bugpowder: I am really impressed with
the level of optimism people are expressing
towards Gox reopening. IMPRESSED. I hear
there are 3 suitors vying for
the right
to purchase Mt. Gox's brand and 650,000 BTC debt.
cazalla: the one
that could jump airgapped systems?
Bugpowder: I
thought
there was
that virus
that spreads via
the speaker (or was
that BS).
ozbot: First contagious WiFi computer virus goes airborne |
The Daily Caller
mircea_popescu: i mean work in
the sense of being in a constrained space with a bunch of idiots where you gotta watch what's on your screen
mircea_popescu: well no i don't mean work in
the sense of doing something useful
deadweasel: yeah 24h we heard
things about mtgox !
thx
adrrrr: yeah 24h we heard
things about password !
thx
deadweasel: "Pretty much anything
that can be remembered can be cracked." From Schneier piece.
adrrrr: a phone number
that is not in use will not even ring
adrrrr: "it" is
the
transaction
dexX7: try
to
think of making a phonecall
to a number
that is not in use.. will work, right? even if you dial funny numbers?
adrrrr: dexX7: so it will create
the public key?
dexX7: you don't need
the privkey, simply send it
to whateveraddress+checksum
adrrrr: dexX7: what are
these vanity adress, I
thought we can choose only few characters
dexX7: luckily
there is www.blockr.io now
ozbot: Bitcoin
Transaction e6d4cfbbc45b5e3cfcfa36613b04a8732c7b4606f5dbbd8af3ba06d8f3899fc2
Namworld: So many people
think MtGox is Bitcoin.
MisterE: wtf LTC went over 40
today?
Namworld: You remove non-random stuff. You have less
than 0.1% of possibilities eliminated. Congratulations. Still requires bruteforcing it.
dexX7: i don't know my passwords and
trust keepass
Namworld: I have a mix of letters, numbers and special chars. Strangely enough, I don't seem
to have a problem remembering most of
them.
ThickAsThieves: omg boingboing.net hurts my eyes, it also doesn't show any
text on my android
tablet
davout: "A
typical password consists of a root plus an appendage." <<< bwhahaha
Namworld: yeah, he was. Known as
Topace in IRC
bit14: looks like
this guy was/is
the owner
ozbot: View
the profile of lightbox
Namworld: The old owner,
Topace, was Canadian I
think. Now it moved. Where
the staff is located, I do not know.
bit14: it's 5am in panama, so maybe
they're just asleep, crossing fingers
Duffer1: odd
timing for server issues, i wonder if
they held reserves at gox
bit14: company could be registered
there, but staff might be elsewhere
Duffer1: they were based in canada during
the acquisition, no idea if
the principles/office/servers have moved
though
bit14: they're called
the Panama fund I
think, but I
thought
they were canadian
wao-ender: "Database seems down. Sorry about
that. We've been notified about
the problem. Please
try again later.
cazalla: i
think
that was prior
to
that document leaking, latest episode of lets
talk bitcoin has shrem on it, interesting listen
Duffer1: didn't shrem also
think
that gox was fundamentally sound and not insolvent?
cazalla: shrem seems
to
think
that leaked document is legit
bit14: I assume
they didn't run and it's early AM in canada, but still
bit14: havelock has been down for over 6 hours now, does
this happen often?
BingoBoingo: Slashdot has denied me for hours, but
they cannot do so indefinitely
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: I
thought moiety was in Glasgow
bitcoinpete: off
to brussels in
the morning. cheers for now
bit14: have you seen
the log
bit14: ->just
that it's down
BingoBoingo: If
that were a pharm student not quite one I'd get fired over, but still one I'd offer salt
to
to melt
their ice
BingoBoingo: OH, it was such a shithole, but not being from missouti made
the sex so easy
BingoBoingo: Which is kind of a shame cause
this Jessie chick had great
tits
BingoBoingo: i
TA's for pharmacy school so undergrads were in bounds, other grad students were inbounds.
ozbot: People have made blogs pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
BingoBoingo: I still reload slashdot compulsively for
the money
Duffer1: it would be nice
to see it mentioned in #bitcoin-assets
Topic
Duffer1: the caliber of
the assets assimilated blogs is impressive
BingoBoingo: Cool, better not be
that shitty faux coin version
BingoBoingo: Also, I used
to like
to park in
those spots
BingoBoingo: Kind of makes me regret not
taking
the plaster off of
the walls
Duffer1: what did you find out
this weekend BingoBoingo?