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Good morning, fellow bitcoiners. <Atlas, get the fuck outta my head!>  ;D

As some of you may know, I'm currently on the road heading to Las Vegas, now in Beaumont, TX, and having dinner with edd this evening in his hometown not far from Austin. Tomorrow, I will be at CoinTerra's office, taking advantage of their open-to-all-at-any-time-lab-visit.

Post all your questions, and what pics you desire me to take while on-site in this thread. I will ask every question that is posted in this thread via my laptop. (Note to self: wipe stains off laptop prior to having it viewed by somebody apt to get the wrong idea.)

I will answer them in order, live, for there's probably no way for me to remember all the answers sans a recorder.

I am doing this on my dime and WILL NOT accept any compensation for this service(s) provided to/for my fellow bitcoiners.

That said, ask away.

~TMIBTCITW

Off Topic a little but you are heading to the Inside Bitcoin conference right?

I'll be there as well and I'd like to buy you a couple drinks :P

watching, i would like to see a working prototype. live video is best but pics will do. pics of the facility and operators would be nice too.

TY sir.

Ask them:  

If a terraminer falls in the forest...does it make a sound?

Whatsup with the Goofy Globe in the logo? That is subjective, but "Frankenmint" just wants to know

Will you consider doing scrypt mining rigs?

Will more batches be made?

Has this position yet been filled?  http://cointerra.com/principal-verification-engineer/  If not, WHY NOT????!?

Tell them to hire "Frankenmint"  Tell them "He claims to be keen to resolving backlogs of support requests both through autonomous and non autonomous mechanisms."

On topic sort of...

I'd like to see pics of some hot n' nerdy CoinTerra babes

Please ask them to smile for the camera and keep the glasses on  ;)

Will you disclose if they give you a half-working Terraminer?  j/k.  Thanks for making the trip.

I'll answer this while I'm taking a shit in some Texan McDonald's bathroom using their free Wi-Fi. I will not accept any gifts, half-working or otherwise.


"Has anybody seen Bargraphics?"

"I think that's him at the bar buying that dude in a pink tutu a drink."

~TMIBTCITW

Bump!!!

I drove outta my way to ask about a half dozen questions? Plus, I paid for a premium hotel to be close enough to them cause of the ice storm expected tonight.

~TMIBTCITW

I think the problem is, we have 2 other visits in the last couple days.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=359084.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=350732.msg3828611#msg3828611

Seeing this post a bit late, so hope you check this before you visit tomorrow.

I preordered 2 Terraminers (1 group buy where I own almost 50%, and another on my own).  When I called asking about power usage they quoted 1300 kwh.  Someone else in my group buy called and was quoted 1650 kwh.  It'd be nice to find out the real deal.

When I called I had asked many questions which were thought up by my group, one of which was, "Is there a process for upgrading the firmware? How difficult is that process?  What is it like?"  We asked this because we considering sending our miners to a colo facility and if the firmware needs upgrading we might not be able to do it remotely.  They said they'd get back to me but they have not (about 3 weeks now)

Motherfucker! I could have save a trip, for that first link does a pretty good job. I, too, am on my way to Vegas, and am far behind, doing this side trip as a service for fellow bitcoiners.

For what it's worth, I still drop in, but make it quick, having the questions on this thread in front of me and still ask them all.

I'm going to bed, for I'm beat like a turnip, or is it a beat?

How loud will each unit be?

Since afaik, they are connected to via ethernet, how much bandwidth will they use on average and at peak times?

Will they need to be constantly rebooted and have their software updated on a near daily basis like a certain other asic manufacturer?

Assuming ideal conditions, how much uptime  per day/week/month can we expect without dicking around with the unit?

You mean beet ???  Why would anyone trust you PG ??? You take bribes from BFL_Josh/Inaba to keep quiet,how do we know you won't take a bribe for anything else ???   ::)

I was so tired, I misspelled beet. I'm beginning to like that business model--take bribes to be quiet. I wonder how much I could make a year doing such. Beleive it or not, we're on the same side.

~TMIBTCITW

My question is,  how late are they going to be on delivery?

Heading there now, so make sure all your questions are in.

Ask them if they cashed their BTC before today's crash??   :P

Hey guys.. my last few hours in Austin.. am heading to Vegas shortly...

i got to meet Phinneas just now...  we had a chat...  and we'll catch up in vegas.

he's promised he's going to be wearing a very special outfit to raise money for charity so I'm looking forward to seeing him do it!

-- Jez

So dish w/pictures!

So, how did it go?

When I got there, aerobatic was still there, asking all the right questions and taking mega pics, thus there was nothing I could add to his thorough assessment. He's going to be in Las Vegas to address any other concerns others may have in attendance. I suggest asking aerobatic anything, for he's in position to make sure your specific concerns are addressed.

It was a late Friday afternoon when I got there, and there were three major meetings taking place, none of which I wanted to interupt.

It was because of the side trip to Austin that caused me to be delayed in Texas due to the ice storm, otherwise I would have been in front of it and arrived in Vegas early to work on other matters at hand. Last night's stay with limited connection didn't help matters either, but I'm not complaining.

I truly have faith in CoinTerra producing.

~TMIBTCITW