They should probably hurry up and get their order management software fixed. How are people supposed to update their shipping method when the rate calculator is returning stupid amounts which make no sense?
I also wonder how many of those who sold their pre-orders way back when have moved address by now. BFL has always said they'll only ship to the address of the person who originally placed the order, so I expect we're going to see a couple of threads from people who bought a pre-order from someone else and never receive their unit.
So, if a person moved to a new home during the interim, the item(s) is shipped to the given address regardless? If not, then the system can be gamed. |
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I gotz no pics.  Wouldn't it be funny if tomorrow we're informed the pics posted were of some other project that was provided by the third party? The good news being that those chips worked, albeit not BFL's. And that the facility is sending the correct pics later today. Humor aside, I just thought of something while penning the above. Josh said the images came in at two in the morning (CST). Interesting! |
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I'm going to guess one, albeit in reverse order for it wasn't stipulated. EDIT: Only off by a prime number multiplied by another prime number. |
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I see this turning into an only activity thread unless two psychotherapist wannabes opt to get into a flame war.
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I'm goin' for the activity.
An employee at ACME Widget once went to see his boss about getting a day off, but he first had to come up with a lie for the request, for it was his nature. Besides, he figured, his boss was an ass. Once satisfied in his mind that the lie will work, he went to Mr. Gel's office.
"What can I do for you today, Bruce?," Mr. Gel asked. Bruce went into great detail as to why he needed the day off, and once Bruce was finished, he was sent back to his station to await a reply. After several minutes, Mr. Gel came a runnin' to see Bruce and said, "I just spoke with your doctor and he said you didn't have...", whereupon Bruce replied, "You're still an ass!" And that's how they met, taking the rest of the day off and went on a picnic. To this day they still argue as to whom bought the chicken.
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Big Hint #2 - The answer wouldn't be different if I used lower case letters instead of upper case, but the clue would only be one letter! Would you care to explain the above for me, for I read it as if all the letters were put in lower case, the solution would be easier to solve, hence putting all the letters in lower case to visualize a solution. Now, if you had said: The answer would be more difficult if I used lower case letters... Then we all would have continue the quest staring at upper case letters. Imagine the problem uses a magic black box that only outputs letters of a certain criteria: letters ----->[MAGIC BOX]----> only letters that match criteria So to make the puzzle, we put two sequences of inputs into the box: letters A-R: ----->[MAGIC BOX]----> clue sequence letters S-Z: ----->[MAGIC BOX]----> rest of sequence When the criteria is "typography of letter includes a diagonal line", the outputs are: letters A-R: ----->[ contains diagonal?]----> clue:{A,K,M,N,R} letters S-Z: ----->[ contains diagonal?]----> answer:{V,W,X,Y,Z} If the puzzle was created with lower-case letters however: letters a-r: ----->[ contains diagonal?]----> clue:{k} letters s-z: ----->[ contains diagonal?]----> answer:{v,w,x,y,z} Using lower-case letters, it would be impossible to make a puzzle with the criteria "contains diagonal" that had A. a good enough unique answer, i.e., if I asked you to "complete the sequence {z,y,x,w,v}", how would you know the answer is {k}? or B. a non-obvious answer ("complete the sequence {k,v,w,x,y}") Look here dick-for-brains, for one us needs glasses... Big Hint #2 - The answer wouldn't be different if I used lower case letters instead of upper case, but the clue would only be one letter! Note the key word there in yellow. What does it read? Different. Correct! What if I were to say that somebody misread that word as difficult? Would that then make his argument valid? Thought so! But the word is different and not difficult. So I ask you one more time: Which one of us needs glasses? BTW, you're not a dick-for-brains  |
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AKMNRVWXYZ
everything that has something diagonal in it... it had to be something with the shapes because capitalization changed things.
I'm not sure about Z, could be only \ are trigger shapes, but not /. Z is the only one that doesn't have a \
That's right! You get the genius award! I considered VWXYZ to be the answer, but had noted VWXY would also be a correct answer based on the information available. I call foul and should be rewarded the prize. BTW, what was the prize?  Big Hint #2 - The answer wouldn't be different if I used lower case letters instead of upper case, but the clue would only be one letter! Would you care to explain the above for me, for I read it as if all the letters were put in lower case, the solution would be easier to solve, hence putting all the letters in lower case to visualize a solution. Now, if you had said: The answer would be more difficult if I used lower case letters... Then we all would have continue the quest staring at upper case letters. I demand a do-over or, at the very least, a new puzzle, after you apology, of course.             |
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The last time I ate goat was in the mid 80's at a friend's house who was Greek. It was cooked in one of those hand dug fire pits with a hand turn thingy. It was fuckin' delicious. So was the Bambi. You haven't lived unless you've seen a month-old lamb have it's trough cut al-Qaeda style. Same for the goat. |
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ASICMINER with a spelling error?
That would be sic [sic] if that's the answer. I'm looking at something different. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z You aren't going to solve it that way, what you should be looking at is: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The above negates the below: Big Hint #2 - The answer wouldn't be different if I used lower case letters instead of upper case, but the clue would only be one letter! Hence showing the lower case letters. The diagonal route was where I was heading next, but nixed the idea after reading the above. I will be sad if the diagonal route proves to supply the answer. |
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Makes sense, repentance. Thanks, bud.
Now, which one of the guys crossed the wires?
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Side by side comparison.   Why was time taken to present the photo on the left when clearly it's a compressed image of the one on the right? |
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Looks to me like BFL's granny's been sippin' a tad too much Vick's Formula 44® prior to her shift. (click to view larger image)Also, note that the faint wires don't lead to anything, for they're only connected at one end then fade into another dimension. I wonder if BFL is showing us their next gen quantum chip by mistake.  Oops! Somebody's got their wires crossed. |
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http://coinlab.com/investors Has everyone been CLEARED? Now... MtGox is selling out it's US and Canadian users... shouldn't anyone take notice? Nothing to see here! Mt. Gox simply declared the Bitcoinica coins as assets. The new orders will simply put the coins back on the liability side of the ledger. Basic accounting, that's all. It all balances out in the long, long, long, long.. run. |
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Roll a die and see if it lands on a delay number. Count how many delays you have, and compare your progress to Butterfly Labs, Avalon and bASIC-MINING!
1. START: Everyone starts here.
4. DELAY: Your ASIC chips were blown.
5. DELAY: Your case manufacturer in China stopped responding to your phone calls.
8. DELAY: One of your employees quit and may have stolen the designs.
10. DELAY: Your ordering system crashed.
11. DELAY: Testing failed, mined blocks are all orphans.
13. STOP: Your alcohol problem has caused unattractive posts, creating a mass panic of refunds.
14. DELAY: A shipment of the cases were reportedly stolen.
17. DELAY: You were thinking of an excuse to delay so much that you didn't get anything done.
19. DELAY: You spent time trolling Micon instead of working on the miners
22. DELAY: Improper safety measures resulted in an ambulance being called
23. DELAY: TSMC extended the estimated time.
24. DELAY: Your bumping facility were late.
26. DELAY: You accidentally snapped a wafer in half.
28. DELAY: You have trouble smuggling out your chips out to be shipped.
I don't have a 28 sided die. Where do you get them?  But, to play the game correctly. you'll need the game board...  ...and the official dice shaker.  And a list of willing players: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=mlist |
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In as little trades as possible I want to trade 1 BTC for a house in New Zealand.
Haha, that's a great adventure! Best of luck! In as few trades as possible may be admirable, it may take a few more, but definitely doable. I don't know if there's any real life experiences, but surely if you trade many times and all the time get something that's a little bit more valuable than what you have, everything is possible. Haha. If successfull this is truly a story that should be documented. Is there a blog ? I've expressed to deeplink that an online log would help the project along, and I'm pretty sure he's considering it. The first step is completed with the exception of him having the books in his hands. Once he does get a physical online presence, it won't be that difficult to express what has transpired via this thread (assuming it's the main one) onto it. |
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In as little trades as possible I want to trade 1 BTC for a house in New Zealand.
Haha, that's a great adventure! Best of luck! In as few trades as possible may be admirable, it may take a few more, but definitely doable. |
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AKMNRBLN Might as well be UWXB then. |
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How can someone not like that old man.
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