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141  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: MTGOX ordering DDOS ATTACKS!?!?!?!!? on: October 26, 2012, 10:36:59 PM
MtGox have like the biggest customer base and I see no reason for them to do that.
Wouldn't btc-e have to prove it with images showing ip address of an attacker?

Hard to believe that industry leader will order ddos attack agains competitor with turnouts 20 time smaller. BTC-e has reason to order ddos-atack against MtGox, hoping that some customers will use then as alternative, but not vice versa. So I suppose support was really on drugs) or mistyped somehow))
it would be funny if someone actually got drunk "sorry for the false accusation, one of the employees had a little bit to much".
142  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 10:06:10 PM
Voting for Obama.

But isn't american voting system is kind of screwed up. They should have a scoring system, where you score every candidate and then the person with most scores win.

instant runoff voting; a lot of us have been talking about that lately

I was actually thinking range voting.
143  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 09:38:48 PM
I guess I look at it more in a way of everyone being healthy and that is important. I wish that everyone would be wealthy, happy and healthy. I believe in education, I think you should have a right to learn and make a better of yourself. If we don't care about each other then who will?
I pay taxes and I would like then to pay for my health too and not just for people who are old.

Don't take this the wrong way but why did you leave Russia? I suspect those reasons and the differences in healthcare are not completely unrelated.

As an immigrant myself, I can say I definitely prefer the freedom and such here (for what it is and for as long as it lasts) compared to where I come from and the difference in healthcare is a small price to pay.
Because when I was 11 yeard old I was amused by how everything is wonderful in states. Then when I was 17 my mom "forced" me to come here.
Don't take this wrong, I am not saying that I absolutely love how the life is in Russia. There are some things that I miss. I do love living in US and I so used to it, going back would be pointless. You could call it americanized. As sad to say don't even have russian friends.   
144  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 09:35:28 PM
I like the idea when I was in Russia I could go see a doctor for free.
Did you actually see any doctor aside from a general practitioner (ухо, горло, нос) in Russia? Seems that you just like the idea, in reality the healthcare in Russia is pretty much non existant.
Yeah I was sick when I was a kid so I had to stay in hospital every year, and that was free.
Of course I also visited clinics that are paid, and met one of the most nicest doctors.

I guess when I phrased free I over exaggerated, Obama system wants to make insurance affordable or actual doctors. Paying $500 just to visit a doctor is way to much, or a decent insurance that is about $250/month. I mean if you have a full-time job with benefits than yes, it's very cheap. I used to have work with benefits, but when you don't.

I don't see any proof that he supports any of that. I hear him saying he does, but one of his central campaign promises was that he would shut down Guantanamo Bay. Still running strong. He said he'd bring all the troops home. Still plenty over there, and no plan to change that drastically. As has been pointed out, "free" healthcare, isn't.

The collapse may have been inevitable, but what he did was the equivalent of sitting down in the pilot's chair of a falling airplane, and shoving the stick as far forward as it can go. Nearly everything he did hurt the economy.

I do not understand what do you mean by "red" state?
Coming from Russia, I can see how that would be confusing. Some political pundit a few years back marked states on a map in red and blue to show their support for one of the two candidates. Red for Republicans, blue for Democrats. It stuck, so now we call states which consistently vote Republican (like Texas) "red" states, and states which consistently vote Democrat (Like California) "blue" states.

Voting Democrat in a red state is effectively a wasted vote, so I was curious as to why you would do such a thing.

I thought WA was always a blue state. Did I miss out on the news  Shocked
I know that he said things, but some things things takes time. I am pretty sure if any of us would have become a president we would have to go through congress/ or other places like that before we make a change.
Green energy is a big investment I agree, and it will pay off itself in a decade or so. But it is good for us, for environment. Same reason electric cars gaining popularity.
145  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 09:12:58 PM
You don't get to see a doctor for free in Russia, you get to see a doctor, and the taxpayers get to foot the bill for you.  If that's the sort of system you want, then vote for it.  It's not the sort of system I want, and I wish the people who like that sort of system would simply move to a country that already has it than ruin one of the few that doesn't.

I guess I look at it more in a way of everyone being healthy and that is important. I wish that everyone would be wealthy, happy and healthy. I believe in education, I think you should have a right to learn and make a better of yourself. If we don't care about each other then who will?
I pay taxes and I would like then to pay for my health too and not just for people who are old.
146  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 09:06:57 PM
Voting for Obama.

Mind if I ask why? Especially if you live in a "red" state?

I support his views on how we should plan for the future and now just for now. I like that he supports green energy, woman rights to be equal, end war, free healthcare. I like the idea when I was in Russia I could go see a doctor for free, right now I cannot afford health insurance and I cannot see a doctor.  Undecided
I know some ppl don't like him because they blame him for ruining the economy, but after what has been happening I believe collapse was inevitable.

I do not understand what do you mean by "red" state?


They do use a system like that, thats why they visit certain states only when they campaign. Those states have more potential points so they can win the game.
I guess I mean when you actually go inside and you mark points for each candidate.
147  Other / Off-topic / Re: Video Game System Advice--What do you recommend I try? on: October 26, 2012, 08:59:44 PM

I agree Nvidia is better,but AMD/ATI is not that bad,drivers do suck though.But,I'm playin on my 7970 in BF3 & doing really well  Cool

After the GPU mining is over,I will sell my 7970 & get a 580 or 680 though.Just to see what I've been missing on the "darkside"  Cheesy

I agree, they are not bad. Back in Russia would mostly stock up on AMD stuff cuz cheaper. Much better at processing shadows too. Nvidia seems to lack that, always have to turn them down.
You should definitely go with 690  Tongue
148  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Obama or Romney ? on: October 26, 2012, 08:51:09 PM
Voting for Obama.

But isn't american voting system is kind of screwed up. They should have a scoring system, where you score every candidate and then the person with most scores win.
149  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Marriage, be strict, or be out of it. on: October 26, 2012, 08:43:47 PM
I believe marriage laws there are two correct approaches:

One, is have no marriage laws at all and allow people create their own contracts in any way they wish, including contracts that result in one party being slave to other (if the "slave" party is voluntary).


+1..definitely the first one.

Marriage seems so complicated, and here in US women wants to get married just so they can have money and do taxes together.  Shocked
We should have a choice what kind of marriage we want to have.
150  Other / Off-topic / Re: Video Game System Advice--What do you recommend I try? on: October 26, 2012, 08:39:53 PM
If I go with the msi I needs a new case for it though.  I have it in an antec armor but its about done it was pretty beat up when I got it and I almost think the back-plate is no longer square on it which drives me nuts. Also all the pcie are right next to each other which means risers-only for 4way anyway.  I am not too worried about headaches with crossfire, (I had a 7990 and decided to trade it off) I plan on having at least one redundant system.  I probably will just end up with 3 gaming systems total.

As to the minecraft Saintdevil--sounds fun.  I'd love to have a "house" to invite my friends over to, but I don't think I can commit to maintaining a server for it.  My friend had one all set up at his parents, (so they could play lol) but his stuff got stolen so he took the server down to use as a desktop and we don't have that anymore.

I see, I have amd cards mining but always bought nvidia for gaming, just better piece of mind with drivers.
I have been building computer for long times, but not as much with amd gpus.

That sucks, what there is to steal from minecraft  Shocked

151  Other / Off-topic / Re: Video Game System Advice--What do you recommend I try? on: October 26, 2012, 08:21:10 PM
Honestly crossfire can bring a lot of headaches when trying to game on it.  If you want something that "just works", pick the best processor, the best SINGLE card, and then upgrade only if and when you are dissatisfied with the performance.  There are very few games out that need more than a 6950 (which looks to be the best card in your bunch) even running at max visual settings.  Just my opinion.  Wink

Also, if we're plugging for Minecraft servers, play.minecraftcc.com is a good one.  Wink  Also accepts Bitcoins for donations!

Is setting up crossfire is much more complicated than doing SLI?
152  Other / Off-topic / Re: The Singularity on: October 26, 2012, 08:19:11 PM

Are you saying that still doesn't happen? Because it does.

Take a look at this article: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Psychopath-Makeover/135160/

No, I am not saying it doesn't. I agree it exists, but we've come a long way and I hope/think that in future human intelligence will increase and hopefully start thinking about future and how to make it work, and not just temporary solutions for now days.
153  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: BTC price going down on: October 26, 2012, 08:16:02 PM
There have been big spikes and very big drops. I agree with the idea it's because of ASIC.

I dream of the point when you don't have to worry about the price of bitcoin anymore because you could buy almost all products and services with it. But now it's blah..still gotta pay for rent, food and utilities  Undecided
154  Other / Off-topic / Re: Video Game System Advice--What do you recommend I try? on: October 26, 2012, 08:13:12 PM
I would take msi mobo with 1090t + 4x 5870s.

I love to play minecraft with high textures, but that requires a lot of memory on gpu.
If you are interested to play minecraft, I have a friend hosting a server. (minecraft.drought-tech.com) It's not really that populated though Wink
155  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: motherboard not enough bandwidth? on: October 26, 2012, 07:59:38 PM
Are you running them in crossfire?
156  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: 2-3 weeks to go until the first unboxing of a BFL ASIC?? MAYBE? on: October 26, 2012, 07:54:20 PM
You are right, not many ppl know how to compile, I am a Windows user and I love Linux. And many more of linux users know how to compile, or maybe it just seems that way.
I'll admit, I do not know how to compile software in Windows. Linux? Sure! And I'm not talking about Gentoo's Portage, either (which is my personal flavor of choice. PITA, but I love it).
I compiled once or twice in Linux. I wouldn't even want to try to do it in Windows, would seem to be more complicated.
157  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: 2-3 weeks to go until the first unboxing of a BFL ASIC?? MAYBE? on: October 26, 2012, 05:10:37 PM
I have downloaded the newer version of cgminer and nothing has been detected.

http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/aaf0e47ea389718f250505bd64a8be3470c43997

http://free.agnitum.com triggers as well. WinXP DEP triggers too.

You can always compile the program on your own, or keep wallet off mining machine.

You mean those few % of users who know how to do it, and why should they do it?

I rest my case - it's all fine. Your wallets are safe. Cya!  Cheesy

I am prob running different antivirus, but as much as I love the simplicity and overclocking possibilities of cgminer, it always freezes on me so I wasn't really able to run it.

You are right, not many ppl know how to compile, I am a Windows user and I love Linux. And many more of linux users know how to compile, or maybe it just seems that way.
158  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: 2-3 weeks to go until the first unboxing of a BFL ASIC?? MAYBE? on: October 26, 2012, 03:54:59 PM
I had cgminer for a long time, the old version I downloaded. Never brought up an antivirus when I ran it.
Recently though after antivirus upgrade it started pointing out that cgminer has a trojan. I have a serious belief that someone on the big business market doesn't want you to run it.
I have downloaded the newer version of cgminer and nothing has been detected.
You can always compile the program on your own, or keep wallet off mining machine.
159  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Crossing borders: with a lot of money? on: October 26, 2012, 03:37:11 PM
I have bank accounts in two different countries.  I can either wire money between accounts, or use my ATM card to withdraw money from one country and deposit it in another.

I am also considering setting up Bitcoin exchange accounts in both countries...

There are banks that offer no fees for withdrawing money nationwide, for example Ally.
Many places accepts visa or MasterCard and some of their credit cards do not charge you a foreign transaction fee.
With mobile technologies, possibilities are endless.
160  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Why is bitcoin going for more than $20 on eBay? on: October 26, 2012, 03:33:00 PM

I tried that, made screenshot of submitted wallet, transaction, my wallet and it didn't work. They told me the buyers account got stolen and even if they receive goods they reserve the right to get their money back.
I was like  Shocked

Isn't the customer required to return the merchandise?

13.3 How much coverage do I get with PayPal Buyer Protection?
Items purchased on eBay:
If you see the PayPal Buyer Protection message "Pay with PayPal and full purchase price is covered", and if PayPal finds in your favor on your Claim, PayPal will reimburse you for the full purchase price of the item and original shipping costs – with no cap on coverage. PayPal will not reimburse you for the return shipping costs that you incur to return a Significantly Not as Described item to the seller or other party PayPal specifies. If the seller presents evidence that they delivered the goods to your address, PayPal may find in favor of the seller even if you did not receive the goods.

Yeah, but I think they are talking about physical goods. I mean could take them to court and prove wrong because I do have proof, but it's not worth over $15.
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