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mircea_popescu: asciilifeform "Unlike proper retirement systems, which transfer a percentage of earnings from working-age people directly to retirees, this fuffled scheme takes these earnings and invests them in some fuffles"
<< do explain ?!
mircea_popescu: "It seems that the Russians are better-equipped to survive financial collapse than just about anyone else. They have formidable reserves of gold and foreign currency to soften the downward slide. "
<< actually, the romanians have more.
Duffer1: mircea_popescui wish i could readily explain it somehow, save lots of people lots of pain.
<<<< perhaps worth another article where my ignorance is yet again immortalized on your blog? :P
gribble: smickles was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 4 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 30 seconds ago:
<smickles> wtf bet on the price rising rather than buying more or buying an option (or similar)
jurov: (fixed)
<estonia>;;rate finland -1 drunk scammers
jurov:
<estonia>;;rate finland -1 scammers
gribble: jurov was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 3 hours, 39 minutes, and 14 seconds ago:
<jurov> no, santa gankin'
mod6: Another example is America's favorite fufflemobile: the SUV.
<< hahah
mircea_popescu: ". Decrement isn’t a basic operation and requires linear rather than constant time"
<< this is perhaps the best part.
gribble: bowjob was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 34 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes, and 32 seconds ago:
<bowjob> lol
bevardis1: Hey guys. I want to buy some bitcoins. How fast is it possible to do it with a reasonable price (not more than 20% increase, hopefully
<10%)? I have paypal, credit card, etc. I'm european. Looking for advice here, not offers :)
FabianB_: "anyone with a verified account will be able to quickly send money to their MtGox account via 128 global currencies."
<-- 128 currencies? I only see 4 countries moneypolo operates in, how could that be 128 currencies?
nubbins`:
<pankkake> probably santa mining with the gifts
<<< lel, isn't that bad for his chi?
mircea_popescu: Real estate development can return several milion dollars in just a 9 month development phase
<< i know a guy that blew up a fortune trying and failing at that.
Duffer1: googling "torrens" in the u.s. gives nude photo results >.
< Duffer1: apparently the lulz market space is profitable >.
< mircea_popescu:
<Duffer1> chat is just as useless, just less spammy
<< lol
mircea_popescu:
<Duffer1> if confirmed i expect the price will rocket
<< you know it was announced before btc rocketed ?
zz_: asiclifeform: isn't the CPU running at a few Ghz, while sound
<20Khz? What exactly would the cellphone pick up?
gribble: davout was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 13 hours, 19 minutes, and 37 seconds ago:
<davout> amazing future
gribble: (market ticker [--bid|--ask|--last|--high|--low|--avg|--vol] [--currency XXX] [--market
<market>|all]) -- Return pretty-printed ticker. Default market is Mtgox. If one of the result options is given, returns only that numeric result (useful for nesting in calculations). If '--currency XXX' option is given, returns ticker for that three-letter currency code. It is up to you to make sure the (1 more message)
davout: yay --->
<@assbot> [MPEX] [FT] [X.EUR] 100 @ 0.00199998 = 0.2 BTC
mircea_popescu: "I am Barrister Prince Paul Adeola a solicitor at law."
<< topace: [14:45:02]
<topace> * subject to chnage of course
topace: [14:44:48]
<topace> aka 1 per second, over the past 10 minutes
topace: [14:44:33]
<topace> the limit is now 600 per 600 seconds
topace: [14:44:25]
<topace> one bot was doing 3000 requests per 600 seconds (5 per second!)
topace: [14:43:59]
<topace> so i had no choice
topace: [14:43:58]
<topace> there was a few people not playing nice
topace: [14:43:47]
<topace> new rate limiting is now in effect
topace: [14:43:43]
<topace> anyone here running a bot on havelock
mike_c:
<troll>i was just thinking that there aren't enough bloggers in the world.
</troll>
gribble: ThickAsThieves was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 6 minutes and 7 seconds ago:
<ThickAsThieves> bitcoin in the future!
assbot: !quote
<lines> (desc: quotes last
<lines> lines and returns dpaste url) {short: !q}
assbot: !bash
<lines> (desc: bashes last
<lines> lines to bash) {short: !b}
assbot: !exchanges
<nick/chan> (desc: lists exchanges and brokers) {short: !e}
assbot: !rules
<nick/chan> (desc: chan guidelines) {short: !r}
assbot: !mp
<signcrypted dpaste.com url> (desc: returns the response from MPEX order)
assbot: !last
<exchange>
<ticker> (desc: returns last price value, supported: MPEX, HAVELOCK, BTCTCO) {short: !l}
assbot: !ticker
<exchange>
<ticker> (desc: returns current ticker values, supported: MPEX, HAVELOCK, BTCTCO) {short: !t}
mircea_popescu:
<pankkake> looks like bitcoin-central is goxed
<< hi davout
kakobrekla: [21:49:25]
<ThickAsThieves> more curvy weight loss
gribble: (ticker [--bid|--ask|--last|--high|--low|--avg|--vol] [--currency XXX] [--market
<market>|all]) -- Return pretty-printed ticker. Default market is Mtgox. If one of the result options is given, returns only that numeric result (useful for nesting in calculations). If '--currency XXX' option is given, returns ticker for that three-letter currency code. It is up to you to make sure the code is (1 more message)
Duffer1: ya i was lookin in wrong chan >.
< gribble: mircea_popescu was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 29 seconds ago:
<mircea_popescu> ;;bcstats
mircea_popescu:
<lyspooner> and do i understand the specifications correctly that davout will be responsible for defining delivery details?
<< within reason and in advance.
dub: rules say if your trust web with nanotube is
<0 you can't use the system
mircea_popescu:
<Duffer1> btc is almost certainly a better investment then X
<< ESPECIALLY if you don't really read/know what X does.
sundun_: sorry i'm super nooby i want to learn more >_
< fiat500: 4:05 PM
<sundun_> just not sure how
fiat500: 4:04 PM
<sundun_> but i want to invest in btc buesinesss
sundun_: o i guess that's a yes >_
< gribble: jurov was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 6 hours, 18 minutes, and 57 seconds ago:
<jurov> SPREADSHEET KILLS
nubbins`: or
<business number> Canada Inc. for federally incorporated
nubbins`: joke being that you can refer to your business as
<business number>
<province> Inc.
gribble: thestringpuller was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 12 hours, 46 minutes, and 55 seconds ago:
<thestringpuller> ;;ticker
mircea_popescu: "bhagenbeekdd@metaltrade.ru 7:00 am The first-rate method to gratify your girlfriend"
<< dude, metal trade ? poor girlfriends.
Apocalyptic:
<KRS|Gotyawallet> to handle the number of transactions that visa handles in 3 months the bitcoin system will require 14 Terabytes of storage space. That's 14 terabytes of hard drive space you would have to add every 85 days!
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Talk:Scalability#Disk_space // that couldn't even be possible
mircea_popescu: Oct 28 17:17:15
<thestrin1puller>but in all srsness i think i may fork over money for an mpex account
fiat500: 1:25 AM
<BingoBoingo> Prolly unless everyone does it...
Apocalyptic:
<fiat500> mining and derivative mining products // I disagree with the latter
Apocalyptic:
<asciilifeform> it'll be mostly a footrace though // don't be so sure :)
gribble: unbalanced was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 8 hours, 46 minutes, and 4 seconds ago:
<unbalanced> Little Bitcoin icon on the package and everything
mike_c: subway death / subway passengers
< car death / car passengers
nubbins`:
<benkay> a real millionaire would spend it all exhibiting the wealth, right?
mircea_popescu:
<Bugpowder> nobody paid attention when I posted it to reddit on the 28th. People needed a wired article to make it news.
<< ridiculous, isn't it.
mircea_popescu:
<nubbins`> doesn't really give G any incentive to not fuck up, does it?
<< exactly right.
dexX7:
<ThickAsThieves> well it's silly that a wallet exposes more info than needed for the tx
<< ?