Epicness at #bitcoin-dev

2013-09-03#bitcoin-dev

08:38 < k9quaint> grrr, somebody already has bitfoil.com :(
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08:40 < warren> Luke-Jr: surprising so many are still running 0.8.1
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08:41 <@gmaxwell> warren: we haven't done an alert induced upgrade beyond that.
08:41 <@gmaxwell> and there have always been a lot of older nodes...
08:42 < warren> we alerted all previous clients and a large number of them are still running the year old 
                version ...
08:44 < phantomcircuit> gmaxwell, "Note that it starts with 43 zero bits. Why? The block target difficulty was 
                        much lower (around 32 bits), so we can assume Satoshi did this on purpose."
08:44 < phantomcircuit> wat
08:44 < phantomcircuit> no we cant
08:44 < k9quaint> are you applying logic to that post?
08:45 < k9quaint> I hope you are at least wearing safety goggles
08:45 <@gmaxwell> phantomcircuit: yea evidence suggests he didn't in fact, there wasn't enough extra nonce 
                  motion there to indicate substantially more than 2^32 work, and moreover there were no 2^32 
                  sufficient solutions with smaller nonces.
08:46 <@gmaxwell> Sergio does some good analysis generally, though I think he concludes a little too fast 
                  (sometimes a flaw I share too!)
08:47 < k9quaint> "There is a long history of using aluminum to both deflect mind control signals and to 
                  control them. Evidence suggests that the ancient Atlanteans used aluminum armor and 
                  psychotrons in their wars with the Phoenician Old Dynasty."
08:48 < k9quaint> sometimes, I think the url specification is too flexible when I land on sites with stuff like 
                  that on them
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08:49 < warren> k9quaint: I thought ancient Atlanteans had powered force fields and hyperdrive tech, or at 
                least the ones on TV did...
08:50 < k9quaint> I started looking up how to make top qualify hats out of tinfoil and almost immediately 
                  regretted it
08:50 < k9quaint> I will just stick to selling foil in bulk for BTC :(
08:51 < nsh> gmaxwell, what's being contended there? (re: satoshi/nonce motion)
08:51 < nsh> ;;google Note that it starts with 43 zero bits
08:51 <@gribble> IPv6 address - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address>; 
                 SparkNotes: Holes: Chapters 36–43: <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/holes/section10.rhtml>; 
                 Oracle Certified System Configurations - Java SE 6: 
                 <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/system-configurations-135212.html>
08:51 < nsh> meh
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08:52  * nsh reads the thread
08:52 < warren> k9quaint: they also make lead foil.  It's quite fragile, but assuming you have no holes it 
                might be better than aluminum at this goal...
08:53 <@gmaxwell> it needs to be quad metal foil, a layer of tin (for durability), a layer of alumnium (for 
                  mind control rays), a layer of sliver (for RF immunity), and a layer of gold (found 
                  soundness).
08:53 <@gmaxwell> s/found/for/
08:54 < k9quaint> yes, because the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning is just what we want to add on to the 
                  various neurosis of the bitcoin world ;)
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08:54 < nsh> help! my cheap multifoil has clay feet!
08:55 < warren> k9quaint: I want to put that quote on a billboard somewhere.
08:55 < warren> context isn't needed
08:55 < k9quaint> "This too shall pass" <-- another statement that is always true, no matter the context :P