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nubbins`: while i appreciate the experience, i had an overall negative experience while living in SK
mircea_popescu: jesus twitter is almost as stupid as reddit by now.
ThickAsThieves: The inability of people to follow directions is appalling
mircea_popescu: do you mean that in a good way ?
nubbins`: the smell still reminds me of that place
jborkl: I went of vacation to Martinugue, they still have open sewer systems draining down the side of the road :/
nubbins`: but of course the contractors fucked it up and it's been shut down until it can be fixed
nubbins`: TBF they built a sewage treatment plant
mircea_popescu: the japanese pumped fukushima waste water into the ocean
nubbins`: we pump raw sewage into the ocean here, we're probably on all types of lists
jborkl: so if someone in Africa pees in the ocean , is that a act of terror?
nubbins`: yeah afaik the usa claims jurisdiction over oceans
mircea_popescu: because it is part of the OCEAN
mircea_popescu: sorry nubs, the bahamas is shutdown
nubbins`: i used to hang up on calls like this, now i just lay the phone down and let the robocaller time out
nubbins`: all i must do is press 1 to participate in a survey!!
nubbins`: ooh, i've been selected for a free cruise to the bahamas!
mircea_popescu: make it clear that as long as the provincial govt continues with the practice, everyone's weekeend is shot.
mircea_popescu: you just lock them in the office. "you leave here once you've covered the prs"
jborkl: ah, did not notice that
nubbins`: mircea_popescu: then how are they supposed to write indignant editorials?
mircea_popescu: jborkl selfmod threads get ignored.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` any editor worth his salt would in response make fridays workdays 8am to 8pm and give ppl tuesday of
jborkl: I think PR needs to get involved in that one :)
nubbins`: sales include promises to buy
mircea_popescu: mjr_ you prolly have a poin there.
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mircea_popescu: check that shit out. the judge actually sat around thje courthouse after closing time to write orders
nubbins`: so media doesn't get around to serious coverage til the following monday
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nubbins`: provincial govt here has a nice trick where they issue press releases at 4:30pm on fridays
mjr_: my point is that when courts start sucking this bad, people will even support the taliban to get the services they need
mircea_popescu: and then does jack shit in private cases... heh. tyvm, but no.
mircea_popescu: ya well herp. tyvm but a court system that waits after hours to suck govt cock, like the recent lavabit case
mjr_: but still, access to speedy redress by law is a big need for people
mjr_: of course, the taliban did not turn out to be the nice helpful people one would have hoped for
mjr_: because it was possible to die of old age before getting your day in court in pakistan
mjr_: and the people supported them because of that
mjr_: in pakistan, one of the things the taliban offered the people was prompt speedy court trials
mircea_popescu: i gotta buy my own magistrate judges, this is a scandal.
mircea_popescu: on the other hand, in August USG sues pirate, the same day the judge rules and the sentence is passed.
mircea_popescu: so here's the beauty of american courts. in May Coinlab sues MtGox. In SEPTEMBER!!! MtGox replies.
jurov: no trade engine necessary
phungus: jurov: thx
phungus: jurov: I will discuss this with the others
jurov: phungus i can make you an app for simple registration and shares transfers
phungus: jurov: not sure we have the resources, honestly
phungus: jurov: I've thought about that
Bunnyh: jimmy2k: maybe you had your filter set up so that you only saw the wins?
mircea_popescu: you can run that for a while and see the quality.
mircea_popescu: jimmy2k one thing you can do is simulate it.
jimmy2k: honestly… this is crazy
jurov: phungus, namworld: why "pls halp"? just track the shares on your own... problem solved
jimmy2k: i will upload the screen in the forum as soon as i am at home
mircea_popescu: nubbins` there's a l'hospital rule which tells you what are the odds of Y probabilty event occuring in X tries.
nubbins`: although obv just as likely to happen as any other given 40-roll combo
nubbins`: 40 in a row, though
mircea_popescu: but that aside, we have had all sorts of doubts and suspicions about that for months now.
ThickAsThieves: the odds are 1:9, each time. Simple!
mircea_popescu: i mean, having 1 come out of 40 consecutive 1-10 rolls is not the same as having a player always bet on the correct outcome 40 times in a row
mircea_popescu: did the person do the same exact thing ?
mircea_popescu: s not exactly correct tho
mircea_popescu: you know how to calculate those odds ?
jimmy2k: how freakin unlikely is it that someone wins a 1-9 odds bet 40 times in a row
jimmy2k: i really think there is an issue with the random generator
jimmy2k: like in the forum?
jimmy2k: how is his nick then mircea_popescu ?
jcpham: when is guy fawkes night and who the fuck is guy fawkes
phungus: so there is our start
nubbins`: watch what happens when i place a 1btc bet and everyone thinks it's topace
phungus: Current weight: 91`025 ( from 100`000 to 1 )
phungus: watch what happens after topace bets
mircea_popescu: ;;later tell jborkl yeah
topace: guess there's no wya of stopping me
jimmy2k: damn shit, i just saw someone who won a 1 - 10 odds bet 40 times in a row
topace: heh cna i use insider knowledge to bet ?
phungus: I think
phungus: but also, it depends on the tech underneath. We have SSD nodes, KVM. Xen, and OpenVZ
phungus: I bet that would be enough
phungus: topace: we have some new dedi offerings that are about to be ready that might work better
topace: i originally tried to use it to run my websocket from, but gave up, and went to pusher.com
phungus: like I said before, we're probably one of the only 'real' businesses
matthew_boyd: I have an alt-coin ticker. :D
phungus: we would love to grace your exchange with our ticket
phungus: well that is good
topace: we're close to finalizing details with our lawyers
topace: hold tight
phungus: we have shareholders that are screwed atm
topace: we arent taking on any new listings at the moment
phungus: ever since the BTCT announcement
phungus: I think
phungus: hey. Namworld has been emailing for weeks though
kakobrekla: phungus: topace
phungus: I wish Havelock would respond to ANY of BitVPS's queries about possibly moving to their exchange
matthew_boyd: o/ ThickAsThieves
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KRS1: better that thing smell like pepper than body odor
KRS1: true but its cool these things sometimes cross the street in the middle of a big city