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mircea_popescu: i dunno...
this
thing doesn;'t look like a little flame
throwing would
take its paint off
BingoBoingo: Vexual:
thermite is simple and avoids all of
the pretense concerning explosives.
That
the ingredients are essentially rust and aluminum powder or filings means preventing its production is impossible.
Vexual: lot of good binoculars are going
to do
Vexual: im pretty sure anyone who might actually want
to down a drone would have better explosives
mircea_popescu: (actually, i wonder what a rc plane equiped with 4 ounces of acetone and a sparker would do
to a drone carrying a missile)
Vexual: 30 minutes, or next
time it's not windy
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo usg drone fighting rc planes is definitely
the
thing of
the future.
mircea_popescu: the cost per lb hour of chopper should be in
the 5
to 10 cents range, once you get it mass produced.
Vexual: you get a portion of
the btc delivery fee when you `obtain` and maintain a mesh drone
mircea_popescu: it'll be a riot
to keep pumping
the "nsa is doing an excellent job
tracking everything!!1"
Vexual: im already prining
the chimney qr codes
mircea_popescu: by
the
time
the average city has > 100k of
these in air at any given
time
mircea_popescu: seems
that's not exactly how it works out. market favours
the "meth from
the sky" approach
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform remember
the old laser-in-eye
terrorism post ?
nubbins`: ^ sweet,
they come with
their own private keys and addresses so you don't need
to worry about generating your own
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Well, I would have imagined it would just get ignored into oblivion.
Then again unlike actually Google products
they have an actual revenue stream in
the form of recurring billing
to maintain access
to your results.
mircea_popescu: "we have received large amounts of unsolicited mailings from various poseurs. sorting
through all
this crap
takes
time which would be better used otherwise. we are uninterested in
the volunteered opinions of self-styled authorities, we intend
to retain experts for answering any questions we may need answered and ingore anything else"
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform mircea_popescu: Well it is run by on of
the Googler's spouses so I imagine it will meet
the same fate as so many google related projects...
mircea_popescu: "We have received
the warning letter from
the Food and Drug Administration. We recognize
that we have not met
the FDA’s expectations regarding
timeline and communication regarding our submission. Our relationship with
the FDA is extremely important
to us and we are committed
to fully engaging with
them
to address
their concerns."
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform so what was
the response, "fuck you, we'll sell fior bitcoin " ?
truffles: Dr McCarthy
thinks "the human race is a very good
thing" so he may be wrong on others
BingoBoingo: Can an S.PigFuckingaMonkeyFuckingaPanda be far away? I might have
to see if Cryptostocks will list it...
dub: I would hope somewhere someone is
trying
to prove it by mating pigs and monkeys
dub: <ThickAsThieves> is
this
theory not
testable?
truffles: things
that are easier
to keep
track of are hmmm
truffles: so much downside
to drinking alcohol
kakobrekla: just scan
the moon with a qr gun until you get a small boy with a penis
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i vaguely recall
that as long as
the payload is finite, so is
the offset
mircea_popescu: there exists a natural number indicating
the first pi decimal at which
that jpg representation can be found
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform here's a
theorem : for any jpg representation of a six year old riding a
tumescent pig penis,
Vexual: youve never seen me bicycle home from
the pub
mircea_popescu: rarely a more insurmountable
task was met by a less apt entity.
mircea_popescu: well at least, if we're contemplating
the
task of censoring
the blockchain, i would say
the bitcoin foundation is a well chosen agent.
kakobrekla: more interesting would be if we can find an algo
that would decrpyt
the moons surface
to some CP pix or vid
mircea_popescu: truffles you can add some child porn
to
the blockchain yourself.
truffles: this is something
the bitcoin foundation should
take care of
truffles: i hear
there's child porn snips in it..
truffles: whats with
the blockchain storage..
deadweasel: this is me
trying
to understand what might be a good idea.
truffles: if no holes in science,
these
theories wouldnt come
to light
truffles: dubs his
theory
the 'Monkey-F******-A-Pig hypothesis'
truffles: if
this
theory were
true would ur mind be blown
ThickAsThieves: It makes sense
to have specialized brain regions, just as it makes sense
to have divisions of labor in other areas of life. But why have specialized hemispheres?
ozbot: The
Truth About
The Left Brain / Right Brain Relationship : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
Vexual: maybe its a crackpipe kinda
thing
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves you could use your bitcoin fortune
to endow a monkey pigfucking farm
truffles: maybe its a publish or perish kinda
thing ya know
Vexual: and one would expect
to see similar hybridisations in lower animals before putting
that forward
Vexual: theres not enough fossil record
to reverse engineer our evolution
truffles: pig for
the white, chimp for
the black, makes sense
mircea_popescu: dub i dunno but i've seen
this new
thanksgiving nonsense where
they cut a
turkey and a pigglet and put
the halves
together
dub: we don't eat a lot of monkey, perhaps
the jews are right
Vexual: cancer isn't much of a problem until you're dead,
then it's less of a problem