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dub: better not
to raise it imo
dub: so its ok
to cry 'misquote!'
dub: understandign
that
the media is want
to
twist
things, extreme caution should be excercised in
taht regard
mircea_popescu: and
then
there's
the completely unfounded belief
that conferences matter in any sense
dub: there is acknowledgment and
there is advocacy
mircea_popescu: Further, you can assume
that most people have heard
the blackmarket side of Bitcoin already. So by being frank about
that, you can sometimes earn some honesty credits when you're meeting with people.
mircea_popescu: Don't hate on someone just because a silly quote is pulled out and
trumpeted by a journalist... you should know better.
dub: sure but doing so in
the pretense of representing
the best and brightest of bitcoin?
mircea_popescu: i guess
they be rumspringa-ing. still finding
their bearings.
dub: voorhees seems
to have an atitude of its more important
to
try alot
than have success
dub: well
the
thread he created
that in response
to
dub: that I don't see any displays of credibility other
than an approach of; start a
thousand 'businesses' and hope a couple stick
dub: toffoo: because he's advocating people
talking
to
the media at significant conferences about bitcoin being for drugs and CP?
toffoo: dub: why do you
think
that? personally I
think evorhees is about as far from "idiot" as one can get in
the world of bitcoin writers/commentators. maybe
that's why no one calls him
that.
dub: a final solution for
this
tide of fucktardation
dub: to impale
these 'serial entrepreneurs' on pikes and mount
them at
the gates of
the intertubes
dub: how does vorhees manage
to not be called an idiot more often?
mircea_popescu: guy comes
to
trilema, asks for futures explanation post. half hour later, futures explanation post. i hope he's impressed.
smickles: yeah, but i didn't expect it
to happen because I'm not dealing with nice round percentages, and it included peeps who were getting
their second payment and peeps getting
their first and second payment in one
Namjies: For example suppose you were paying 200 BTC or a round number and
the current claimers happened
to have a somewhat round number of shares,
the payout would probably end up being a round number
too.
dub: heh, gave
the guy a 95k check
smickles: Namjies: I wouldn't call 'em random,
they are
the few who have made a claim so far
smickles: dub: 950k? I can't even relate, best I've done is ~100k and
they bought me gin
Namjies: How I manage
to remember
those addresses when I have a hard
time remembering someone's name until I heard it for
the
thousandth
time is beyond me.
dub: praps a whiskey
to calm
the nerves
Namjies: I recognize my address as well as some of my holders in
there.
dub: when you sign a contract for $950k, you expect a motherfucker
to call you back
smickles: and, 100 even? with so many destinations going out
to
the satoshi?
smickles: check
the input and
total output on
that
tx.
the input was
the conversion of one of our assets.
The fact
that it matched up, made me
think
that I did something horribly wrong until i rechecked
the numbers
smickles: when numbers match up in
that way, it's damn spooky
mircea_popescu: transferring
the database information on each account holder into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
mircea_popescu: reconstruct
the customer profiles and
transaction histories for e-gold account holders by
mircea_popescu: "From
these images of
the servers and copies of
the databases, I was able
to
mircea_popescu: Namjies someone could just put
the 100 in mpoe bonds and make 9.9% if last month holds ?
Namjies: Well looking
to get a 100 BTC loan filled for 4 weeks.
jurov: right after i sell it
to repay a loan, someone pushes price up and puts a wall on 0.00055
jurov: who sets up
these s.mpoe manipulations?
mircea_popescu: speaking of regulating, i should probably create some way for btc people
to short euro and us financial institutions
davout: stop being so jealous mircea, one day you'll be regulated
too
davout: one spelling mistake gets amplified by all
the wannabe legitimate regulated businessmen
davout: you see,
that's
the problem with success
mircea_popescu: suppose i make 20 accounts, buy 10 shares and round-robin
them around. = 20 votes => your momma's a whore inc (YMAH, inc) approved
mircea_popescu: wait a second. any user owning 10 shares in
the exchange gets
to vote on new issues ?
pigeons: it means
they
trade cocunuts
mircea_popescu: providing
transactional intermediation between private parties
mircea_popescu: D)
The litecoinglobal.com website operates as a non-fiduciary clearinghouse
Ukto: is dragons
tale full of ads?
mircea_popescu: o hey!
the entire corp is less
than what i made playing dragon's
tale for a coupla days
Ukto: mircea_popescu: just swich
the site
to
the console system :P
mircea_popescu: Ukto i was starting
to be concerned i'm a little
TOO friendly
Ukto: i
thnk hes glad hes not
mircea_popescu: they probably
trade $15
to suzy for massage services, which is
their
trade secret.
mircea_popescu: this is pretty good. guard
them
trade secrets of
the 25k share 1 ltc nominal non-mob mob
thingee
Ukto: what if
they break C ?
mircea_popescu: C) SHAREHOLDERS as OWNERS of a public company are OBLIGATED
to act IN GOOD FAITH with regard
to
the company and its operation, including GUARDING
TRADE SECRETS
pigeons: note: we are not really
the mob
Ukto: cryptostocks lists in
the main marketplace
Ukto: think i shoulda posted
the bitfunder
thread in
teh main marktplace instead of securities? :/
mircea_popescu: In
the extremely unlikely event
that we operate at a loss for more
than 90 days,
mircea_popescu: Funds raised will be invested into various loans including but not limited
to
pigeons: i was
trying
to link
to
the contract & prospectus page
davout: people are simply speculating
that
the future value will make
them profitable retroactively
gribble: Estimated percent change in difficulty
this period | -6.67681208754 % based on data since last change | -5.57782548461 % based on data for last
three days
mircea_popescu: anyone has any
theory as
to why hash rate isn't dropping ?
davout: i want
to see you in women's panties mircea
Ukto: at least int he
threads i read
Ukto: havent seen u post on
there in a while
jurov: like, what did
they say?
jurov: did you ask coinabul on physical delivery at least for
that?
davout: oh
this, and mircea summoned me
davout: i had
to go *somewhere*
davout: i need a break from
the forums