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nubbins`: yeah. really hard
to find concrete info on
the limitations
pankkake: I don't know
the details enough but I would
think not
nubbins`: like, if you had one rar out of 100 and you had 99 pars, would you be able
to reconstruct everything?
nubbins`: well, i mean, in general you need something
to check parity against, y'know?
pankkake: it would be very expensive
to inspect files
pankkake: in
theory yes, you can brute force anything (ask miners!)
nubbins`: implication being
that parity-checks generally aren't considered
to infringe on copyrights
nubbins`: can't find any solid info on
the limitations in
this regard
truffles: joecool can
they
temp close and reopen?
joecool: it'll
tell you if you have enough parity
to do it
pankkake: " Long-term value of one bitcoin (10 years) " => someone's doing a 10 year bet?
that's also betting bitbet will be around in 10 years :)
firedrops: newsbin used
to unpar
them for me. Should be a single. .RAR in
there somewhere.
pankkake: a long
time ago. something isn't working?
nubbins`: (in
the context of repairing bad .rar files)
mircea_popescu: KRS-1
the first step would be, of course,
to get in
the wot already.
joecool: yeah i dunno what's more wrong with
that picture
joecool: nubbins`:
the best was when he loaned money
to a heroin addict :)
nubbins`: KRS-1: i believe
there is some sort of escrow-type
transaction you can do if you involve a
third party. not sure
the details, and
then you've gotta
trust
the escrow as well
KRS-1: ok
thanks guys for your input i'm sure i'll figure something out
nubbins`: joecool: i actually remember
that guy's nick, he posted "i have come
to
the realization
that i am poor" or something yesterday
KRS-1: thought
there was a 3 way gpg key
that keeps everything locked up until mutual agreement has been made
mircea_popescu: KRS-1 well, you can ask someone you
trust
to escrow for you, but i dunno who would want
to escrow fiat.
nubbins`: joecool: can't keep
track of
them all. probably.
joecool: it's not lunch money,
that 14 year old steals his parents CC's
KRS-1: is
this just backed up by ratings? nothing
to enforce a fair
trade?
nubbins`: you really gonna
trust
them with $5k?
joecool: <nubbins`> lot of children
trading lunch money < danieldaniel?
nubbins`: lot of children
trading lunch money
kakobrekla: that is if you find someone in
the otc you can deal with in
the first place
KRS-1: hmm ok im reading
the guide
mircea_popescu: then once
they identify you can gettrust mircea_popescu
KRS-1: I was
thinking of
that but have no idea how
to use it..i understand its 3 way gpg
KRS-1: no..i'm on one side of
the US,
this other fellow from IRC is on
the other side.
nubbins`: ^
turn down volume before clicking
KRS-1: Can someone recommend a good guide for me so I can
trade cash for BTC with someone I don't know? I want
to go
through some kind of intermediary like escrow.
mircea_popescu: you're not going
to
tell me
that
the rogue us government has actually been lieing about its motives all along
nubbins`: you're not curious about
that at all ;)
mircea_popescu: curious if
the us is going
to start an invasion now >D
mircea_popescu: also in
the news, saudi arabia nao has nuclear weapons
nubbins`: although
the roman glyphs in Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std are particularly attractive
mircea_popescu: well
the
truth is
that other
than
that article he mostly writes crud
nubbins`: so, while i'm glad
that putting a
ton of btc into casascius coins prevented me from foolishly gambling
them on "investments", i'm increasingly wary of
their ability
to hold
their btc value long-term
nubbins`: "Hey, Reddit, Ycombinator, and Metafilter readers! You know what, I'm proud
that
this article has become a benchmark, but I've written a lot of others I like
too, some of
them more recently
than 2004. It would sure be nice if my other articles got some love instead of just
this one being linked from a discussion every week."
truffles: obv feels knows everything
though
nubbins`: a friend of mine recently started a CS degree, and posted about
that Paranoia game last week
nubbins`: yeah, it actually is. however, correct me if i'm wrong, but if you've got a virus, your OS is not only
the wrong colour, but also consists of different bits
nubbins`: "Suppose your computer is infected with a worm or virus. You want
to disinfect it. What do you do? You boot it up from original write-protected install media. Sure, you have a copy of
the operating system on
the drive already, but you can't use
that copy - it's
the wrong Colour."
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla if you actually saw
that one coming you're a better fx
trader
than me
mircea_popescu: nubbins` i dunno man. maybe for
the people in
the bitcoin
top 500 it would be, but alas poor us...
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kleeck: Which article is
that?
mircea_popescu: you never know where
the genius kid with
the f function springs up
mircea_popescu: incidentally, if anyone has a reddit account be a sweetheart and put
that
torrent article up
random_cat: (my record of gold
trades for btc consists of 0 btc of 0 g of gold)
random_cat: i'll reccommend me for
the occasional
trade; what is your locale, firedrops?
firedrops: who has
the best gold for btc service?
gribble: A market order
to sell 20000 bitcoins right now would net 5025556.4619 USD and would
take
the last price down
to 210.9971 USD, resulting in an average price of 251.2778 USD/BTC. | Data vintage: 0.0017 seconds
truffles: hi
taub, when do u
think
the crash will begin?
gribble: This order would exceed
the size of
the order book. You would buy 16465.37 bitcoins, for a
total of 6675396989.6532 USD and
take
the price
to 99999999999.0000. | Data vintage: 191.9064 seconds
firedrops: oh yeah, forgot about
them holding ppls money.. dur.
firedrops: anyone have a diagnosis for why gox is so high? I haven't
touched
them in months..
taub: mtgox high
today 320 lel
gribble: MtGox BTCUSD
ticker | Best bid: 305.14485, Best ask: 305.67747, Bid-ask spread: 0.53262, Last
trade: 305.11000, 24 hour volume: 73065.75169825, 24 hour low: 256.60000, 24 hour high: 321.51736, 24 hour vwap: 286.03216
mircea_popescu: firedrops not sure if
there's money in
this, but it definitely is fame.
taub: mircea_popescu: i dont get whats
the point of hashing each piece of
the
torrent
firedrops: just sent
the article
to a close friend/cmptr scientist guy..
trying
to get him
to start his own project... he's
too smart
to work for ATT.
random_cat_: has ukto shown face about here recently (too lazy
to scroll back)?
mircea_popescu: firedrops im really curious what
the F would be. i can't
think of anything, even if perhaps some sort of pailler
mircea_popescu: random_cat_ well
this is exactly what i'm saying. i'm doing more in
terms of offering data and less in
terms of offering judgements. even if i do some of
the former.
firedrops: mircea_popescu,
that
torrent hashing protocol idea.... as far as Ideas go, it's excellent. I can't comment on practicallity. but I love
the idea.
mircea_popescu: that guess will have
to be made by
the anyone, rather
than simply be defaulted by anon shills pushing
their "4 mo experience"
mircea_popescu: whether
they have since reverted or not
to
the scammy model is anyone's guess.
mircea_popescu: it is also factual
the admins never admitted wrongdoing, but changed
their code at
that
time.
random_cat_: i participate
there. a claim was made
that you had never backed off from 'scammer'
to 'maybe not a scammer' (or perhaps
the claim was stronger...
that you had reasserted
the whole
thing was a fraud)
mircea_popescu: i have no idea wtf
tycho is doing
these days, haven't used
the
thing in a year.
mircea_popescu: i've recently been arguing with idiots coming in here
to derp.
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