Gavin Andresen - 2011-01-23 18:45:47

From the Quora question:

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The attack sould last 1h, spending those 400 BTC for 80 times instead of just 1

You can't spend 400 BTC 80 times in 1 hour.  If you control a majority of the generation you could spend them twice an an hour (assuming merchants require 6 confirmations).

So you need to divide your expected profit per hour by 40, making your ROI very, very negative.