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mircea_popescu: trying too hard is a failure mode.
mircea_popescu: here's the difference : this service is doing things right and has a little humour. the others are mostly humourless hacks doing things wrong.
Anduck: some may think it's too much fun
mircea_popescu: what;s the problem with a little fun ?
mircea_popescu: i guess is the advantage of the rich - they see more humour in life ?
Anduck: when all the services are semi-jokes
Anduck: it's not the best way to also make people interested in BTC
Anduck: well if you want people to use your service
Anduck: i mean - it just seems to me like some kid made a site .......
mircea_popescu: i guess it makes real world people think of it as a joke.
Anduck: one running a system like that should not treat is as a joke in any way
Anduck: "awards" and other stuff that makes "REAL WORLD PEOPLE" think it as a joke
Anduck: mircea_popescu: wtf is that crap doing in the FAQ page
mircea_popescu: JWU42 what's the total yabmc story ? about 20k or so ?
thestringpuller: cause no one expects the spanish inquisition
jurov: every time i reread the faq, a new surprise
jurov: Double Cherry Truck insignia?
Anduck: btw mircea_popescu: what makes mpex superior to other exchanges??
Anduck: monies and the nignigrun
Anduck: man i made it in the post
mircea_popescu: <jurov> thestringpuller, not yet. i was just waiting for someone to ask for it <<< haha good policy.
mircea_popescu: it's long but i really want to hear what the wise think.
jurov: thestringpuller, not yet. i was just waiting for someone to ask for it
jurov: we're all so in touch
mircea_popescu: jcpham maybe you should get in touch with ajit/namjies ?
jcpham: people need their drugs off sr
JWU_42: but everyone has their right to be pissed
JWU_42: I understand their frustration - I lost out on several GLBSE assets as well - but like you - for a dozen or so BTC - not worth the emotional energy to spaz over it
jcpham: but i sold them
jcpham: at one point in time at close 1000 shares
Ukto: [09:43] <pigeons> will new owners trigger section "g" of the S.BVPS? <-- I musta missed something, did RG sell?
jcpham: which i want but it isn't going to help or hurt me
JWU_42: that is NOT the plan, however
jcpham: we're talking maybe 10btc total
JWU_42: jcpham: I might need to take you up on that depending how this goes ;)
jcpham: rg seemed to forget about switzerland
jcpham: and by "payed the bill" I payed the swiss datacenter to get everyone's vps's back running
jcpham: my swiss vps has been offline 3x now and i've payed the bill to get it backonline
jurov: jcpham, okay but you're the owner? or why does namjies &co act surprised over this?
JWU_42: jcpham: appreciate your patience with this...
JWU_42: apologies it got to this for those who invested
jcpham: i've already grpp'd my logs and i don't have th login info anymore to pay it again
jurov: and new owners knew nary of that?
jcpham: and that's why my vps was offline
jcpham: 2x i had to find out from rg that the bill was due
jcpham: if that tells you anything
jcpham: i've paid the swiss bill 3 times now
mircea_popescu: pigeons quite possibly. giving them a little time to come up with proper reports and everything
Ukto: As of this point, I am waiting for Usagi's ticket reply
jcpham: I'd have the swiss login
jcpham: if I hadn't rebooted my PC in the last month
pigeons: will new owners trigger section "g" of the S.BVPS?
jurov: he is noit reachable now and new owners supposedly can't do anything about that
jurov: whole thing is such a farce...james did not pay for internet conenciton to switzerland datacenter
jcpham: i'm sortof getting bored with all of this
mircea_popescu: nobody can stay retired for long before they're 60 or so i don't think
thestringpuller: where would you run too?
mircea_popescu: it makes no sense to run off.
mircea_popescu: incidentally, maybe this is a good answer for anduck
gribble: (ticker [--bid|--ask|--last|--high|--low|--avg] [--currency XXX]) -- Return pretty-printed mtgox ticker. 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 that the three letter code you enter is a valid (1 more message)
thestringpuller: i made a script to tell me how much mobey youve made based on the shares left
mircea_popescu: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131608.msg1413383#msg1413383 is roger ver milking the forum for lulz by now ?
Anduck: but you drive the car yourself
mircea_popescu: ok, i got a better one maybe. cars crash all the time, is that a lesson not to drive ?
Graet: divorce that is
mircea_popescu: Anduck people get divorced all the time, is that a lesson not to get married ?
Anduck: i am not saying mircea_popescu isnt trustful
Anduck: people trusted _some random guy from internet_ with their life savings (btcst)
mircea_popescu: hence trust.
Graet: apart from that we have cjhatted on irc. i dont see your point
Anduck: mircea_popescu: tell me what makes you not to run with the money?
mircea_popescu: agreement to what ?
Anduck: what if mircea_popescu now took all the monies xD
mircea_popescu: moreover, if someone knew why people trust them they could hack more trust i guess
thestringpuller: Ukto: usagi run assets are bad news but dont take our word for it
Graet: my point is trust is built, not just given
mircea_popescu: then again, there was that pool-cum-ponzi combo recently
mircea_popescu: Graet arguably tho, much less trust is needed to mine on a pool. at most they lose a few day's hash
Anduck: they met pirate and so pirate got like 100k more btc from them or something
Anduck: yeah they met pirate
jcpham: so i'm reading this vladimir vs. magazine thread
Anduck: people STILL think pirate will come back and pay-WILL HE?
Graet: no, but i havent met you either, nor most of the 150 odd ppl that trust me and mine on my pool
mircea_popescu: i think some people met pirate or else someone hired for the job at some point
Anduck: what makes him not to run with your moeny?
Graet: ask some of the ppl that trust him why they do would makle more sense :)
Graet: asking someone why ppl trust them is a rather loaded question
Anduck: thestringpuller: i guess pirate made you monies too xD
thestringpuller: do the math
Anduck: pirate built a nice trust and then boom scammed
mircea_popescu: Graet his q is pretty stumping tho. i mean, why do people trust one!
Graet: people act in a trustworthy way and people trust them
mircea_popescu: possibly not at first. it's been going for a while tho.
Anduck: well why do people trust you
mircea_popescu: but if you come by timisoara you can buy me a drink.
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mircea_popescu: mmm. prolly best ask them ?
Anduck: what makes people trust you?
mircea_popescu: a ok. so that's what i do.
mircea_popescu: well, i am the mircea popescu of MPEx.