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nanotube: mircea_popescu: heh actually, i should double check that.
Bugpowder_: takes about 8 minutes for light to make it to earth
jurov: cuz it's so hot and dense in th emiddle
jurov: light actually goes millions of years through it
mircea_popescu: are you sure on the math of that ?
mircea_popescu: that light takes 20 seconds to go through it.
mircea_popescu: i had no idea the sun is so fat
nanotube: mircea_popescu: i've got all the planets and other major solar system features all set out, too.
mjr_: had some really good meetings today
mjr_: i did not know about the au option
mjr_: wow that is amazing
gribble: MtGox lag is 20.507841 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.0410974837468 AU, which is closest to the distance between the Sun and edge of solar corona, 0.01 AU
ThickAsThieves: i dunno, i think 145 isnt too far...
KRS1: when can we expect a turn or plateu here?
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu is gonna manipulate the market again
thestringpuller: all these calls early on
ThickAsThieves: for the past two months, the longest string of green candle days is 8, red candles is 2
KRS1: my friend had been mining litecoin for the past 8 mo or so and had no idea what the price was..I told him and later he called me back to tell me he had $7000 in his acct.
ThickAsThieves: check out that sexy curve http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg180ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zi1gADXzv
KRS1: just to make sure i dont misplace the decimal or something.
KRS1: wow..its like..i have to rub my eyes reading this daily
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 114.50200, Best ask: 115.00001, Bid-ask spread: 0.49801, Last trade: 115.00001, 24 hour volume: 83365.50875871, 24 hour low: 99.00000, 24 hour high: 116.00000, 24 hour vwap: 106.82873
jurov: ahhhh seems it is dividing the prices by SATOSHI multiple times, thereby all end up zero
jurov: hmmm... now i see... if you change Item many times
bitesak: i refresh it once or twice and it generally comes back
jurov: some javascript weirdness. can you open js console if there's anything?
ThickAsThieves: can only handle like 1 change then it glitches
ThickAsThieves: jurov, how come the orderbook zeroes out all the time in coinbr
mircea_popescu: like a year ago tho
Diablo-D3: who is tg?
jborkl: Then TG locked keys to only past customers
jborkl: attorney got wire tranfer from TG , with acct number and routing number - attorney was not a happy camper -
jborkl: Some dipshit sold Bitcoins to TG and wire instructions were to dumbass criminal attorney
mircea_popescu: i missed out on this one
jborkl: caused a bunch of problems for TG, that is when they locked keys to only past customers
jborkl: You remember when the dumbass sent money direct from TG to his criminal attorney
jborkl: he also actually answers support email within a very reasonable time
jborkl: II think that would be a huge IPO, they are not a bunch of idiots like all the other exchanges
mircea_popescu: haha how's that work ?
jborkl: I told him if he listed he could drink umbrella drinks in Costa Rica
jurov: coinbr deposits credited (at least for ppl who did pay the txfee)
mircea_popescu: ya i like he's like the ONLY ONE with enough sense to copy the mpex model
jborkl: reminds me I need to send him a email, don't delete my key
mircea_popescu: Bugpowder_ too late by now i think
jborkl: I always thought of them as two people, they act different
Bugpowder_: why take investors if you don't have to?
jborkl: I know he has fiat investors, but he and Death and Taxes are very good
Bugpowder_: feel sorry for all the competent noobs that can't get a bitcoins direct account
mircea_popescu: i think he's loath to take the btc pill tho
mircea_popescu: i kinda like him too.
jborkl: Gerald from TC seems like a good guy, wish he would list with you MP
mircea_popescu: welcome to the govt sponsored banking enterprise
jborkl: Tangiblecryptography went hrough this with BOA
mircea_popescu: a ty
assbot: I don't know those people, and they don't look very friendly.
ThickAsThieves: from their VirtEx account. Unverified users can use direct deposit to withdraw up to $5000 per day and $10,000 per month. 3. We are no longer processing RUSH cash payments, instead, we are increasing the number of times we process cash each day. Cash payments will be processed at 9AM, 2PM, 4PM and 8PM (MST).
ThickAsThieves: 1. Our Royal Bank account will be closing on April 5, 2013. Cash payments will no longer be accepted at any RBC branch after April 5, 2013. You may still make cash payments to BMO and Scotiabank. 2. As a result of the closure of RBC, email money transfer fees will be raised from $10 to $20 starting April 5, 2013. We advise all customers to use the direct deposit method to withdraw CAD
jborkl: Yes they do
assbot: Some are born to endless night.
mircea_popescu: i get that. do they have others ?
jborkl: Cavirtex RBC account is being closed, not by their choice
mircea_popescu: or they lost their only processor ?
mircea_popescu: so they losrt a processor ?
KRS1: I'd love to know what opportunity would bring such glee to a formal event http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/16/0/enhanced-buzz-10105-1342413332-10.jpg
mircea_popescu: KRS1 good problem to have.
ThickAsThieves: i'm actually putting about 9000 online this week
ThickAsThieves: can mine like $20/day with one GPU for litecoin at the moment
KRS1: must suck to have all that money
Lyspooner: granted, the trades are bogus, but your contracts pretty much are based off of that bitcoincharts figure
Lyspooner: but what recourse do your options contract have if someone trades 500,000,000 BTC at Rock Exchange at a price of 4500 USD/BTC
mircea_popescu: moreover, a small exchange washing would stick out like a motherfuckingsore tumb
Lyspooner: their wash trading must be done close to market
Lyspooner: change the index
mircea_popescu: i'm gonna be prone to something.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves well then ping him lol
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner i've failed to measure such an effect so far.
ThickAsThieves: mp, i mean to my coinbr, maybe just waiting for jurov
mircea_popescu: making their bullshit painfully obvious and easy to pinpoint
Bugpowder_: yah the media attention is totally disproportionate
mircea_popescu: bitcoin is very complex and very well known to a core
mircea_popescu: because in general they bnullshit about less clearly defined things
Lyspooner: that leaves your options prone to volume-inducing wash trading at the smaller exchanges
mircea_popescu: Bugpowder_ it stands out a lot tho.
Bugpowder_: The bullshit in the startup space is certainly not limited to bitcoin, I'm not even sure that bitcoin startups are particularly incompetent next to their peers
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 114.18999, Best ask: 115.00000, Bid-ask spread: 0.81001, Last trade: 114.18999, 24 hour volume: 85389.54904890, 24 hour low: 99.00000, 24 hour high: 116.00000, 24 hour vwap: 106.52455
mircea_popescu: that's the exchanges list
Lyspooner: sorry, how does bitcoincharts weight their index
mircea_popescu: yeah, there's space for another one.
mircea_popescu: herpderp ThickAsThieves what deposits you on about ?
jcpham: yuan: the new global reserve
Lyspooner: is there an index
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner they've for the ~year and a half been based on the all-exchanges index
jcpham: i'd like to see data pulled from 3 exchanges at least
Lyspooner: mircea_popescu... any plans to base your options on a bitcoin index composed of anything other than mtgox
jcpham: "i really like where gold is headed, but my aunt said i shouldn't because she likes the color of silver"
jcpham: how can i beieve them
jcpham: i mean with people saying stuff like that on tv....
jcpham: users who listen to their it department make me happy
ThickAsThieves: IT dept was probly like "dude, fuck Mike, tell him lies"
mircea_popescu: jcpham totally. i also use my it dept for strategic management.