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kakobrekla: the more
the world goes
to shit,
the better for bitcoin
nyRednek: iz, as far as it goes,
though, one of
the
top four players fall,
the whole world suffers...
mircea_popescu: sure,
there's exception.
too much molasses around
them
to have a chance.
mircea_popescu: this incidentally is exactly why i wouldn't buy
the whole us for five bitcoins right now : pretty much made up entirely of
this sort of stupid.
mircea_popescu: but i am kinda amused at
the newb krugerite coming here and giving me advice about mpex and
then getting offended when i don't happen
to share his ignorance of economy.
iz: mircea_popescu: yeah, cuz
the germans use metric and
the us doesn't :b
mircea_popescu: i'd be willing
to
take bets
that by 2015
the us economy will actually be smaller
than germany's economy.
nyRednek: guys, let me know when mircea_popescu stops
talking out of its ass so i can unignore
iz: mircea_popescu: great, maybe finally we won't be
too big
to fail
nyRednek: iz, you're right...well,
the SECOND largest world economy
nyRednek: iz, by 2.6 quadrillion, yep,
the EU has surpassed
the US
mircea_popescu: and for
that matter, i
too can write 10000000000000000 dollah on pieces of paper and
trade it back and forth with
the girls
iz: nyRednek: look at
the numbers for 2011
mircea_popescu: if you make a huge company "producing" "art" you will fail
too
iz: also, if you consider
the EU as it's own entity, it's got greater GDP
than USA, right?
nyRednek: mircea_popescu,
that's not
true
nyRednek: mircea_popescu,
they produced a lot of film and cameras...
nyRednek: mircea_popescu, let's put it
this way, kodak failed because...?
iz: so far
they have released 2 different "patches"
that "fix"
the same vuln, but not really
nyRednek: mircea_popescu, it's backwards
to
think otherwise
mircea_popescu: and isn't dhs
the dept of welfare i mean human services ?
nyRednek: mircea_popescu, actually, producers need consumers
to buy products
dub: or is it a case of sun fucked up one
too many
times and are written off
dub: does dhs know
that java is patched?
nyRednek: the US has
the world's largest GDP, and nations such as PRC depend on consumption by US
mircea_popescu: the delusions
to
the contrary are actually part of
the "sad".
nyRednek: i mean
the ashes of what used
to be
the US's GDP
nyRednek: here's
the sad
thing
to watch...the US is
the world's largest economy...if it falls, how well do you
think
the EU or
the PRC will do in
the ashes?
mircea_popescu: really sad
to watch (from a safe distance, blesfully) what's happening
to
that country.
nyRednek: its mandate is much more
than dismantle
tsa
nyRednek: the fbi is another of
their subordinate agencies
mircea_popescu: but it's mandate legally is exactly
that :
to dismantle
the
tsa and go away.
nyRednek: tsa is just one of
their subordinate agencies
mircea_popescu: right, it works in practice as a sort of soviet commisariat of
the people's soviets bla bla
nyRednek: mircea_popescu, OSA is a large and wide-reaching organization...this is very much
their business
mircea_popescu: their job is pretty much getting
tsa dismantled already and
then going away in
the sunset.
mircea_popescu: nyRednek
the point is
the homeland security
thing has no business discussing
this, or pretty much any other matter.
nyRednek: the security issues regarding java have been many, so i
tend
to agree with OHS on
this one
nyRednek: smickles, i'm
thinking it's more
the liberty
thing...the state is depriving you of liberty by snooping on you(privacy is a safeguard of free speech)
nyRednek: smickles, also, right
to privacy preventing illegal search/seizure, and self-incrimination
jcpham: do i get
to share
than revenue stream also?
mircea_popescu: are
they coming up with
those booklets on spouse selection already ?
smickles: nyRednek: so my view of it from
that perspective is
that you only have privacy in so much as
the state isn't allowed
to do
things why render your ownership of property meaningless
mircea_popescu: why
thanks very much
to
the dept of who
the fuck asked
them
smickles: mircea_popescu:
the department of homland security suggests
that you uninstall and not use java
smickles: it specifically says property
tho
nyRednek: smickles,
the 14th amendment was referenced, so maybe not
smickles: nyRednek:
that's privacy extending from property rights
tho, isn't it?
smickles: also,
there's no business license yet,
the company had
to be formed before it could see one of
those
smickles: jcpham: It will foever be known as jcpham day in
the company by-laws
jcpham: you don't have
to
thank me
though
mircea_popescu: but
there's still a version of precedent used, just... differently.
nyRednek: smickles, otherwise, we'd have no interpreted right
to privacy
nyRednek: smickles, but, in reality,
the english system follows
the construct of legal precedent
smickles: mircea_popescu:
that's romania, right?
nyRednek: unless you live under napoleonic code, which
throws legal precedent out
the window
smickles: that
the first interpretation should necessarily affect any following
nyRednek: case law being precedent set by court rulings as
to
the proper interpretation of law
mircea_popescu: let people add
to
the 64kb
through private contract if
they want
to.
mircea_popescu: if ignorance of
the law is no defence
then
the law fits in 64kb
nyRednek: smickles, i've done it a few
times, you have my sympathies
nyRednek: hell,
the 1783
treaty of paris didn't fit in 50 pages
smickles: mircea_popescu:
then law will grow at a rate =
to compression
tech
mircea_popescu: so
that highschoolers can be required
to know
the whole law by heard
jcpham: all lwas ought
to fit in 640k of RAM
nyRednek: mircea_popescu, maybe not fifty pages, but less
than a full library of volumes
mircea_popescu: that's how i'd have it. you want
to make a new law ? gotta wipe old one first, make space.
smickles: iirc, you made good on
the
threat
too :P
nyRednek: redundant sections of law in general need
to be excised, at all levels
smickles: jcpham: you
threatent
to pay me once, i've got it in writing
smickles: nyRednek: you suffer from
the is/ought distinction
jcpham: i've never made a death
threat
that i know of
nyRednek: redundant sections of
the penal code should be excised
smickles: jcpham: well, as I understand it, you can
threaten
to kill all you want if its a joke, but proving it's a joke can be
tricky in some situations
jcpham: but what if i have down's syndrome and i'm not actually a
threat
nyRednek: smickles,
that was a stupid law
that apportioned activity
that was already covered by
the penal code