Moderators should send this guy IP to any emergency institution they can find first in USA (assuming he lives there)..
Rest assure, they do know where he resides, and hopefully are monitoring the situation. |
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Who is after you exactly?
Cops and medical workers because some forum members called 911 and pointed about possible suicide. I did, for one. But no big deal. I only tied up a lady on the suicide hotline, a lady on my local 911, a lady at the Raleigh PD, then later a guy returning my call stating that everything seems to be under control. Not counting possibly another half dozen law enforcement in the Raleigh, NC, area. All in all, you could say that about 10 people, not counting all those on this forum and Dank's family and friends during last night's episode, were tied up to chase unicorns. Granted, it's their job (so to speak), and chances are nothing else was pressing, like a real suicide attempt. But, it's safe to say that even with nothing else pressing, don't you think that those same ~10 individuals could have used that time to rest so that they would be sharp and ready for a real crisis? And to think that now they, and we, may be put in the same exact position as last night, eating up valuable resources. And, again, if action is not taken, and something draconian does transpire, we're to blame. |
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After all, if we use certain money merely because long ago we agreed upon it, doesn’t that beg the question, “when, why, and how did we agree on it in the first place?” I argue that no such agreement, nor even a discussion, ever occurred. Improper usage - begging the question is a logical fallacy: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/begging-the-question.htmlIt invokes the question above. Freudian slip? Perhaps he meant "beg an answer". Thus: If we use certain money merely because long ago we agreed upon it, doesn't that beg answers as to, “when, why, and how did we agree on it in the first place?” I argue that no such agreement, nor even a discussion, ever occurred. |
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http://www.gardenofexchange.com/FAQs.html#moneyWhat is "money"? What makes its value?
Money is a mean of exchange that uses pieces of metal (gold, silver, copper, bronze, nickel, etc.), paper notes (bills, checks...). Since money gets passed around quickly, it flows like a current. Thus, circulating money is called currency. Today, paper and silver currencies have almost become extinct since the majority of business transactions on the planet happen via computers.
In fact, monies and currencies only represent the shadows of the wealth on our planet. They are simply based on a common agreement. Our trust in its value is what gives power to money. It is through using dollars, euros, and other currencies in exchange for products and services that I make them valuable.
The financial system manages our money because we allow it to do so. In order to take back our power over money, we must now learn to manage it ourselves. The Garden for All Manner of Exchange is the ideal tool to regain our sovereignty over our own wealth. If I were to pen a similar article, I would seek out, then source, the above, because it has to be true, for it's on the internet and Google indexed it.
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Sorry Phinn, we won't have any use for your wood Now my heart is broken. On to plan B.  |
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Interesting! With Neft setting the trend, imagine a site that only sells craft brew/liquor/wine in limited quantities and can only be purchased with Bitcoin. The distilleries must promise to not sell the product elsewhere, but if they do it must be at a higher price point than what it's offered at via Bitcoin.
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And before somebody makes a comment about his chairs, allow me to state that the dining room will be remodeled.  Bye, all. I'm moving in with Rassah. Handsome home, fine cooking, epic coffee table. What else can a man ask for?
Real chairs. EDIT: I didn't see this post.  |
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ROFLMMFAAO! Caution: Don't watch video while smoke a psy-type cigar as I did. I'm still fuckin' chokin'. I was made aware of this video a couple years back and already had it in mind to spoof it someday. Never occurred to be to use the subtitle option though. Great idea! |
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I wonder if he has an alpaca costume.
Don't tease me, dude. In the meantime, anybody want to buy a lumber yard in Illinois. I'm retiring to MD. |
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2) There are some hardcore Bitcoin enthusiasts who do take aesthetics and ease-of-use into account, even though it might not be true of the group as a whole. Myself, for instance. I wasn't about to buy an ASIC miner that wasn't enclosed in some case, and it is a bonus that the case looks good (I bought two Single SC's). If I had the funds for a minirig, I absolutely would have preordered one, and I would have much rather had a tablet integrated as they have done than had an SSH requirement or other non-GUI solution for maintaining the mining. TBH, I really dislike command-line anything. It isn't the way I like to work with computers. I also currently use BitMinter - again, because it is GUI-based, not command-line based like CGMiner and some of the other popular options. Though I may not fit the profile of the typical Bitcoin miner, I am a Bitcoin miner, and I do spend money on equipment. With the tablet integration, BFL is attempting to capture the market of people like me who do not want to deal with command-line anything, and want statistics and graphs to be automatically calculated and shown without any intervention on my part.
Saved by (unsurprisingly) being broke. A practical advantage of being in such a condition. Anyway, if I were running a pre-order scam, I'd be targetting people much like yourself...albeit with more disposable income. Cook up some simple mock-up apps and watch the money pour in. Saved? From what? Making more money? Believe me, I'd be as skeptical as you are if BFL had not previously delivered good working products. Absolutely NOTHING from them has shown me that they are operating any kind of con. EVERYTHING points to them just having things go wrong in the design/production process. I am not surprised that they delayed past their expected date - it was a "best case scenario" date. Certainly, you are entitled to your opinion that they are a scam, but I have seen zero indicators of such that cannot also be representative of a small company experiencing a few setbacks. But you can have a test wafer (with a couple hundred chips, depending on die size) that's processed with another batch (so 49 wafers of product A and 1 wafer with my test chips).
Almost. It's more like 50 identical wafers, with a tiny area of each for your project, and the rest of the area of each for other projects. I understand that BFL did not go this route, and went straight to full wafer production, first for the batch that had a "refraction issue", and then again with the "bullet run" that turned out to need "clock buffer adjustments". I understand that the third batch, now in production, comes to 100k chips or more. I imagine they've blown through at least a million bux at this point in masksets alone. Oooh, interesting. This is the first time I have heard of TWO prior batches. When/where did you hear about a refraction issue? Refraction issue is mention here, Spike: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=112700.msg1361779#msg1361779(no alpaca in this race--just passing info) |
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But you can have a test wafer (with a couple hundred chips, depending on die size) that's processed with another batch (so 49 wafers of product A and 1 wafer with my test chips).
Almost. It's more like 50 identical wafers, with a tiny area of each for your project, and the rest of the area of each for other projects. I understand that BFL did not go this route, and went straight to full wafer production, first for the batch that had a "refraction issue", and then again with the "bullet run" that turned out to need "clock buffer adjustments". I understand that the third batch, now in production, comes to 100k chips or more. I imagine they've blown through at least a million bux at this point in masksets alone. I learned something today: http://anysilicon.com/understanding-maskset-type-mpw-mlm-mlr-and-single-maskset/ |
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Followup: I received a courtesy from the Raleigh PD (this time a guy, spoke with a lady initially). The initial address they had for him was no longer valid, but they did find him in a different jurisdiction, dispatching appropriate enforcement. They felt comfortable enough that no such action will be taken by Dank. I asked, and they confirmed, that another person is with him. Glad it all worked out. Now go to bed, Dank, and in the morning sell any remaining stuff you have to some Asian benefactor. Later, bud. ~Bruno~ EDIT: Maybe I shouldn't have said bud, but you know what I mean. |
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Sean, who is with you at the moment?
My good friend Daniel. It's great to have a friend close by. |
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Bye, all. I'm moving in with Rassah. Handsome home, fine cooking, epic coffee table. What else can a man ask for? Plus he has a job.
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Don't be going on an embarrasing wild goose chase now.
I received a reliable PM convincing me that I'm not. |
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Raleigh PD has my phone number and will contact if they need further assistance. They also have the URL to this thread, so any relative information provided here (this thread) would possibly help at there end.
This is a very serious situation, so please refrain from humor and egging him on. Thanks all.
~Bruno~
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Suicide hotline couldn't help. Called Raleigh PD, but they were closed and the prompts instructed me to call 911. Did that. Local 911 gave me a better number, and just got off the phone with them (Raleigh PD). They have the thread link and are looking into it.
Also, have read all PMs sent to me.
Plus I deleted my humorous post knowing now that this is serious.
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I'm currently making the call, but been on hold with the suicide hotline for the past 7 minutes. The last time I did this, it was for my middle sister, I was on hold for 18 minutes then.
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I've made peace with my family, too the best of my abilities.
This is me fulfilling destiny, the turn of the equinox, flipping of the poles. All I want is you to believe in yourself, now you will all learn to believe. When we all believe in ourselves completely, at the concert, I will return.
Looks legit to me. Somebody make the call. |
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