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Mon Mar 07 16:13:22 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> by all means. hence, " and if there's a single icann in the lot with enough actual gumption to put together a hostile takeover package, i'll certainly consider it."
Mon Mar 07 16:12:05 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> this is the definition of these terms.
Mon Mar 07 16:12:01 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> PeterL when the ceo of a company makes a stupid mistake, the company pays for it. there are exactly no exceptions to this rule, nor will there ever be. morever, even when what the ceo does isn't a stupid mistake, the shareholders still pay for it.
Mon Mar 07 16:11:10 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> and i suppose i'm going to have my own legit complaints about how much this thing costs to run, and start billing by the hour, and in fiat, and the legit complainers can run off to the bank with their bitcoin and pay, or somesuch nonsense.
Mon Mar 07 16:10:40 UTC 2016 <PeterL> mircea_popescu made a stupid mistake, and now he makes the shareholders pay for it
Mon Mar 07 16:10:24 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> gumption to put together a hostile takeover package, i'll certainly consider it.
Mon Mar 07 16:10:23 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> the shareholders can have all the legit complaints they want, about anything that happens whatsoever. we can all hold hands and sing kumbaya about our legit complaints that bitcoin doesn't work, and we would like it to, and it should be fixed by other people at their expense so we can continue our lifestyle undeterred. meanwhile - nonvoting shares can be sold, and if there's a single icann in the lot with enough actual
Mon Mar 07 16:08:19 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> i'm wondering if mircea_popescu is not in a position similar to the familiar murder mystery detective, where he ~knows~ that dr. evil did the deed, but cannot prove.
Mon Mar 07 16:05:05 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> (imagine, as a subtopic, the wonder of computing if hardware came with guarantee "unless used for uinappropiate purpose" and then coders had to write code that didn't void any warranties.)
Mon Mar 07 16:04:27 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> well it's certainly voiding the warranty, as that's not what the ram is for.
Mon Mar 07 16:04:14 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: permanently parking things in ram is retarded.
Mon Mar 07 16:04:09 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> i meant it figuratively!
Mon Mar 07 16:03:51 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=04-03-2016#1421938
Mon Mar 07 16:03:21 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> this however - you will conceivably need some sort of block indexing mechanism.
Mon Mar 07 16:03:04 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> anyway. 2 has a much more obvious solution, if as discussed not exactly trivial and wtf are fibonacci stacks.
Mon Mar 07 16:02:37 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> yeah
Mon Mar 07 16:02:33 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: recall eatblock ?
Mon Mar 07 16:02:20 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> that's a large pogo rigt there.
Mon Mar 07 16:02:06 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> ;;calc 300 * 401587
Mon Mar 07 16:01:51 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> ;;bc,stats