Subject: Chat with Andrew Stein
From: Andrew Stein <steinlink@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: NEW ENGINE
me: also, what do you make of this?
me: http://hacker.us/
Andrew: i dont understand why everyone is so down on the old engine
Andrew: its not that bad
Andrew: it was pretty, handled sprawling outdoors well
me: I'm not opposed to it
Andrew: melee combat was a bit awkward, and some of the character models are wooden and repetetive
me: apparently this one is designed to specifically handle large outdoor worlds
Andrew: ridiculous
me: so anyway, a lot of people are kind relieved
Andrew: Im sure the game will be awesome
me: large worlds of the sort they specialize in
Andrew: fucking dragons
Andrew: dragons man
Andrew: dragons
me: also dwarf fortress is about to incorporate global market system
Andrew: nordic themed elder scrolls game
me: but read that link and tell me what's going on there
Andrew: do you own minecraft yet? its about to go beta
me: I'm working with Gregg Housh now
me: I own it, can't really play it on this
me: will play again when I get new laptop
me: did you see videos of CPUs made in Minecraft?
me: with support for a "language" based on I forgot which
Andrew: z80
me: there's also the DF Game of Life implementation using windmills
me: and pseudo-random numbers generated by liquid dynamics and pressure plates
me: that's the future of software. All new OS's will be programmed in Minecraft
Andrew: makes total sense
Andrew: I dont know what to tell you about this site
Andrew: what are you asking me specifically?
me: about the guy
Andrew: I dont understand the prose
me: Gregg Housh
me: I'm just trying to figure out what they're saying he did
me: there are those chat logs
me: but not sure what to take from them
Andrew: oh
me: they're claiming he helped CoS in exchange for deal, but I don't know if that's true
Andrew: it looks more like they're claiming he turned in CoS for a deal with the fbi
me: turned in Church of Scientology?
Andrew: where do you see a reference to the chruch of scientology?
Andrew: looks like this is about warez server maintainers
me: yeah, those are where the chat logs come from, I just don't understand what the chat logs mean in the context of the CoS prosecuting him
me: anyway, he's become the go-to guy for media that want info on Anonymous
me: as he was one of the five people who put out the Chanology video
me: and who are now active in Wikileaks defense
me: and we're going to do a book together next year
me: and he's provided some of his assets to Project PM
me: and now hangs out in our IRC
me: so, as you can imagine, I need to know these things
me: but maybe this isn't a very good site from which to get answers
Andrew: ok, this doesnt seem to have anything to do with scientology, just that he had an a priori conviction for warez
me: okay
me: that makes more sense, I was confused
me: by the title, "Church of scientology loves Housh"
Andrew: right
me: apparently it's just an inflammatory joke
Andrew: he apparently turned in some other warez kids when he got busted
me: okay, I have no problem with that
me: he didn't turn in anyone on the CoS thing
me: lol warez
Andrew: lol, indeed
me: shit's getting cyberpunk
me: up in this piece