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5241  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Urgent! Need to raise ~$1,200 USD in 24 hrs for South Pole expedition. on: November 05, 2013, 11:40:34 AM
Guessing 18x24 inches or maybe 45x60 cm.
5242  Bitcoin / Electrum / Re: Electrum 1.9 released on: November 05, 2013, 12:10:31 AM
OSX lies about it being damaged on first run if you don't have this set:

Change System Preferences: Security & Privacy: General: Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere.
5243  Bitcoin / Electrum / Re: Electrum 1.9 released on: November 04, 2013, 10:58:55 PM
A couple of issues with the Mac version:

The download link is wrong. The link points to http://download.electrum.org/electrum-v1.9.dmg but the actual correct link is http://download.electrum.org/electrum-1.9.dmg

I have OSX 10.9. Used 2nd link above. Copied Electrum.app out of dmg to Applications, tried to open, got:

Quote
“Electrum.app” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.
Firefox.app downloaded this file today at 14:51.

Repeated steps above, same error.

Tried to open within dmg as well, said it was damaged too.

ETA: OSX lies about it being damaged on first run if you don't have this set:

Change System Preferences: Security & Privacy: General: Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere.
5244  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is It Really Necessary To Wait For Confirmations? on: November 04, 2013, 05:05:42 AM
I just wait for 1 confirmation on incomings, because I've seen my own outgoing transactions never confirm and be dropped out of mempool because of insufficient priority/fee. 1 confirmation means that the TX was legit enough to stick (be included in a block).

Or ensure the sender paid a fee.   

I have never seen a paying tx not confirm.   Well maybe some spam dust garbage. 

I try to only spend BTC when it has sufficient priority to not need a fee. Not to say my past calculations (with estimated TX size) have all been accurate, which is why they failed. I expect others are more likely to make mistakes like I have, rather than maliciously doublespend.

The client should do that calculation for you and should never make mistakes.   I have never seen the QT client neglect to include the "min mandatory fee" on tx with low priority.

I used to use brainwallet.org's source, now I use Electrum. Whenever I've talked about priority calculation needing to be a feature of all clients instead of fee being the default despite it qualifying for free, IIRC I kept being told that no client can possibly calculate priority before signing because sig sizes vary, so I just gave up asking, and work around it.
5245  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is It Really Necessary To Wait For Confirmations? on: November 04, 2013, 02:48:38 AM
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees#Reference_Implementation
5246  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is It Really Necessary To Wait For Confirmations? on: November 04, 2013, 02:11:12 AM
I just wait for 1 confirmation on incomings, because I've seen my own outgoing transactions never confirm and be dropped out of mempool because of insufficient priority/fee. 1 confirmation means that the TX was legit enough to stick (be included in a block).

Or ensure the sender paid a fee.   

I have never seen a paying tx not confirm.   Well maybe some spam dust garbage. 

I try to only spend BTC when it has sufficient priority to not need a fee. Not to say my past calculations (with estimated TX size) have all been accurate, which is why they failed. I expect others are more likely to make mistakes like I have, rather than maliciously doublespend.
5247  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is It Really Necessary To Wait For Confirmations? on: November 04, 2013, 02:01:50 AM
I just wait for 1 confirmation on incomings, because I've seen my own outgoing transactions never confirm and be dropped out of mempool because of insufficient priority/fee. 1 confirmation means that the TX was legit enough to stick (be included in a block).
5248  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Urgent! Need to raise ~$1,200 USD in 24 hrs for South Pole expedition. on: November 04, 2013, 12:08:42 AM
Yeah, a QR code looks nice and modern, although if it's on a flag rippling in the breeze, it's doubtful anyone will be able to scan it from a photo of our doughty adventurer standing next to it.

Moon flag protocol variant: hold the corners of the flag steady.
5249  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Urgent! Need to raise ~$1,200 USD in 24 hrs for South Pole expedition. on: November 03, 2013, 11:49:30 PM
Bitcoin logo inside QR-encoded URL? Error correction should allow it to be decoded even in a shitty picture.
5250  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to fuck up your packages (free) on: November 03, 2013, 09:28:58 PM
Thanks. If USPS refunds the recipient, then I won't have to reimburse in next month's check to him, and I'll refund your BTC.

https://paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now has shown First-Class Mail Parcel for months, but still no Letter.

Speaking of which, if the label qualified it for First Class Parcel, then why did USPS upgrade it all the way to Priority for only 1 oz (I've shipped FCM Parcels before via the above link; they're nowhere near $5.14 for 1 oz)? Because they're scamming bastards on multiple levels.

An letter isn't a parcel.  The lowest class of mail for an letter which has tracking is Priority Mail.  Ironically if your letter had been >3/4" thick it would be too thick to be a letter and would be considered a parcel.

The simpler answer is tyring to figure out USPS is a good way to get a headache.  They love asinine rules.

IIRC, I've shipped flexible paper <3/4" thick in small security envelopes with FC Parcel PP ship labels taped around them. No complaints from customers that they were upgraded to Priority. Asinine rules and apparently arbitrary/capricious enforcement.

Seems that the only reason they don't restrict all postage purchasing/packaging to directly from/in front of postal clerks, is so reasonably intelligent people get fucked by doing things "wrong".
5251  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to fuck up your packages (free) on: November 03, 2013, 09:13:10 PM
Thanks. If USPS refunds the recipient, then I won't have to reimburse in next month's check to him, and I'll refund your BTC.

https://paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now has shown First-Class Mail Parcel for months, but still no Letter.

Speaking of which, if the label qualified it for First Class Parcel at the absolute minimum, then why did USPS upgrade it all the way to Priority for only 1 oz (I've shipped FCM Parcels before via PP ship; they're nowhere near $5.14 for 1 oz)? Because they're scamming bastards on multiple levels.
5252  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to fuck up your packages (free) on: November 03, 2013, 05:02:36 AM
Actually I had already seen that label in my perusing the USPS store and researched it the best I personally could both before and after he brought it up. Didn't just take him at his word. Couldn't find shit at all, still feel like a moron, unable to cope with the genius-level USPS labyrinth. Ordered the pack of labels along with some other "free" supplies at the time. Maybe my recipients will get surprise fucked over them too, and I should enclose some condoms for them!

Waiting to see your negrating on
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=33781

I asked him about it and he said he sent a First Class letter (I'm guessing a FOIA request related to Bitcoin) to the FBI with this label. I guess he'll be facing a federal charge or reimbursement demand letter soon? Or does USPS waive their unwanted service upgrade overcharging when government is the recipient?
5253  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key on: November 02, 2013, 10:36:16 AM
Dirty way to check it is command prompt
curl http://www.bitaddress.org/pgpsignedmsg.txt | gpg -d

gpg will say when the signature was made and with what RSA key ID. I got
"gpg: Signature made Thu Oct 24 20:57:16 2013 PDT using RSA key ID 63974F5A" (last 8 characters of the key fingerprint above).

"public key not found" because I didn't import the key.
5254  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Best way to store and forget btc? on: November 02, 2013, 08:49:03 AM
My brother has a B&D dremel knockoff. I wonder which bit is the engraver one that keeps it from spinning out of control.
5255  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Best way to store and forget btc? on: November 02, 2013, 08:18:57 AM
The idea with the dog tag is also very good, but I think it's too expensive...

If you order one online, they're around $10 USD, probably around the same for one of those dogtag machines at Walmart. You'd need to trust that no copy is kept or transmitted at that moment, though. The other way is to buy dogtag blanks online, and a upper/lowercase letter and number punch kit for $50-100 and pound them in yourself.
5256  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to add a tracking number to a regular letter (free) on: November 02, 2013, 08:03:33 AM
Exactly.

They should ship exactly ZERO packs of tracking labels and recycle their current stock out of existence, because other than First Class stamps for letters, and the idiots still using more-expensive-than-retail postage meters, everyone else prints all-in-one postage/address/tracking labels for their packages at below- or at-retail rates, depending on the type. No need for these bullshit surprise tracking labels, except to trap anyone with sub-genius IQs. As I recall DAT's deeply technical crypto posts, there's no way he's on our lower level.

Where does USPS get off taking a 1 oz envelope with First Class stamps and upgrading it to Priority Mail? Just leave it in my goddamn mailbox until I figure out that I need to ask "why?"!
5257  Bitcoin / Press / Re: 2013-10-31 Forbes: Why Are People So Excited About A Bitcoin ATM? on: November 02, 2013, 06:12:06 AM
Usually the stealing tools don't cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, to attempt to invent, when the things to be stolen are worth only tens of thousands per day, and will likely be spent right out from under the thief if he plans the raid to avoid red flagging the machine at the wrong time.
5258  Bitcoin / Press / Re: 2013-10-31 Forbes: Why Are People So Excited About A Bitcoin ATM? on: November 02, 2013, 05:26:01 AM
If we can have nanomachine cameras now, then the ATM's already fucked, because they've been sprayed in a fine mist in the machine and directed to align just above the print head, so all wallets have been/will be captured. A spot-printed then sealed envelope cannot defeat nanos!
5259  Other / Off-topic / Re: How to add a tracking number to a regular letter (free) on: November 02, 2013, 05:10:29 AM
So this is practically fucking rocket surgery then. First I've seen of DMM100.

https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNavIds=catGetMailingShippingSupplies%3asubcatMSS_MSS_Labels&categoryNav=false&navAction=push&navCount=0&productId=P_LABEL400&categoryId=subcatMSS_MSS_Labels

is where I ordered them from, where there is...
No reference to DMM100
No reference to them only being for specific mail items
No disclaimer that they can't be used for specific mail items
No link to a page that references DMM100
FUCK ALL.

You must have a much higher IQ than me DAT, because all this makes me feel like the BIGGEST FUCKING MORON IN BITCOINDOM. USPS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A GENIUS LEVEL IQ TO NAVIGATE.
5260  Bitcoin / Press / Re: 2013-10-31 Forbes: Why Are People So Excited About A Bitcoin ATM? on: November 02, 2013, 02:55:33 AM
One problem i see is the printed wallet option. How long until someone sets up a camera to record printed tickets? I'm sure the wallet in the video has been swiped already.

Print face down.

Good call, cameras don't work pointing up.

Due to gravity, the camera would have to be inserted into the machine or very obviously attached on the front under the ticket dispenser, so that when the receipt comes out and droops vertically, it can snap it.

Right, are you saying that is not possible?

No, are you saying the only people using this machine will have such poor vision that they will be unable to see that THERE'S A CAMERA LENS/PINHOLE RIGHT THERE, and maybe, DON'T USE THE MACHINE, or COVER THE LENS!? Jesus, it's not like nanomachines are cameras yet!
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