I am sure it cools fine with gaming, desktop use etc. But I doubt it be able to mine at 100% gpu usage and not need additional cooling. At least thats if you dont mind running you card into the ground at 90-100 degrees

I get uncomfortable if any of my cards get much above 70 and I like to keep them in the 60s

Thanks for everyone that has responded so far, most of your businesses are posted at CoinConnect.org and we are growing. Thanks for your support!

I have a special project going on right now. I can't go much into detail right now - all I can say is it will be the FIRST TIME anyone has done anything like this in the history of Bitcoin. I am looking for Bitcoin Business owners who want to partner with me on this. If you are interested in getting a boat load of traffic to your site, raise awareness for Bitcoin and be a part of something big! Please PM ME, I need a couple of Bitcoin Business Partners who are serious about generating income, web site traffic, and interest in Bitcoin. Hope to hear from you!

please elaborate on how ron paul wants to make it harder for people to rob me? I do not mind paying social security and medicare taxes because my mother is disabled after working her entire life and my grandmother is retired after working for 40 years. Both on social security, and I believe both of them deserve health insurance despite the fact that the only insurance they can afford is the kind they buy from the government (medicare)

I keep mentioning ron paul because he was the representative who submitted this lame duck bill.

Bitcoin is a global alternative currency that is useful in ways that traditional currencies are not and I do not see it as direct competitor to the Dollar or any other world currency.

and for the record I love my country and I do not support extremism in any shape or form.

It's obvious you have your own agenda and thats cool, I respect that but One fact you can't deny is that this bill will not pass.

+1

If you do not believe in democracy at all then why do you live in our country?

have you actually read this bill?

the bill was to allow open competition for the united states reserve. Anyone can just start printing up their own money and using it. its madness and it would never work.

I use Bitcoin and I love it. I have been mining it before it got big, and I have used it to buy everything from computer hardware to domain names, but Bitcoin will never be the major currency of the USA and If you think that, or the only reason you are using Bitcoin is to (your own words) "undermine the countries currency" we are complete opposites. I think you can love Bitcoin and still be patriotic and Love the USA.

Fundamentalists like Ron Paul say things that sound great, but in reality if someone like Ron Paul or Sarah Palin comes into power you better be independently wealthy or your going to be completely screwed.

don't get me wrong, I am not defending it at all. What I am saying is passing this wacky extremist bill is not going to do anything good for our economy, and I would bet you my entire Bitcoin wallet that it never does.

I really do not understand that comment. Can you elaborate please?


I agree with you for the most part. our money (as in the "U.S. Federal Reserve Notes" which I am a U.S. citizen so thats why I referred to it as our money.) has value in the world economy because the USA is historically the strongest financial system ever. Our money is quite literally backed by our power and our economics and introducing government sanctioned competition would as you put it "Expose the reality". basically Our money is worth what it is because we say it is.

This "Free competition in currency act" will never pass.

Although it would be good for Bitcoin in some ways, it is a preposterous idea that would never work.

U.S. Federal Reserve Notes are backed more on our economics than on anything else, and if our government allows other "Free competition" it would basically make our money worthless. Our money is worth what it is because it is our money, and it does not take a genius to see that this kind of thing is really not in our country's best interest. Ron Paul only mentioned Bitcoin because it fits into his fundamentalist agenda. He is an extremist and although his small group of supporters are really loud and good at making themselves look big, when it comes down to it, they are a small group who carry little votes.

actually you can get the estimated next difficulty by going here:

http://blockexplorer.com/q/estimate

and anyone who follows the Bitcoin world closely can get a pretty good idea that difficulty has stabilized and wont go up again dramatically unless the values spike up really high again.

steal from others? Are you serious?

I am very saddened by your response. We are human beings not animals, its not survival of the fittest and if you were in that situation you would be thinking differently.

If someone profits so greatly from our country, they start their own business and work there way up and become a millionaire or billionaire, they should not contribute something back to the country that helped make them who they are?

but it's ok for billion dollar a year corporations to destroy the earth, pay less taxes than some mother of 4 who works at walmart and get richer and richer off the backs of hard working lower / middle class Americans.

but if you get sick screw you right? go die right?

We are human beings, our country was founded by Christians. If we ever get to the point where we will refuse to show the love of Christ and refuse to take care of the disabled, and the old I will move.

The notion that you would rather let someone die than pay taxes to have health care for those who cant afford it is absolutely disgusting and revolting.

I also am finding this hard to believe that this is really DiabloD3d, it does not make sense, that he would issue a statement of this magnitude in this way.

This would be a major incident and it wouldn't be reported in such a short and easy way like this.

I would believe that his forum account is hacked. The hackers that did the CosbyCoin hack probably set this up in order to have some more of their fun down the road.

But I accept it, because I believe Bitcoin is about freedom. Thank you for everyones posts I really appreciate all the great input.

Time for me to run talk to you gents later

thank you phinnaeus
isnt it great? as I am making my great point about the evils of the Newbie system some worm walks in and makes me think the newbie system should be stronger

I appreciate your feedback, but just FYI, I did not go through the newbie system that is a fairly new thing, but I am glad you brought that up. My problem is with the Bitcoin forums being presented/perceived as the heart of the Bitcoin world, because with the newbie system from that point of view looks like we are making people earn their way into the Bitcoin world which should not be so. As my friends have already pointed out above - we need to change this perception, the Bitcoin forums are not Bitcoin and it is perfectly acceptable to make people earn their way into a forum, but the unfortunate truth is the forums are seen by many as the heart and soul of Bitcoin.

thank you for that comment, this is the kind of stuff that needs to be talked about.
It got your attention didn't it?
I understand what your saying. However it's pretty obvious due to many reasons Bitcoin is stuck in a rut right now and I believe this is the perfect time to seize the moment and rise above all of this.

thank you so much to everyone that responded.
Immanuel I am not insulting your newbie system, I understand why it's in place and its like a lesser of two evils type of thing to me, Im not criticizing you for it at all. I really respect the mods and admins of this forum.

and to johnj: I think anyone can do something to benefit bitcoin, even if you have to post a comment on facebook, or twitter, or even tell everyone you know. Heck if anyone wants to benefit Bitcoin but does not know what to do send them my way. I run two Bitcoin related websites, which are both free sites with the sole purpose of spreading Bitcoin to the outside world, and I need help generating content and doing all kinds of stuff.



I must say if anyone ever writes a book about Bitcoin this should be the foreword: !!! thanks for this evoorhees
this was awesome!


very well said. To everyone else its nice to hear from others what I have already been thinking.  I think the most apt statement that I have heard from many of you is the Bitcoin forums are not Bitcoin. That is an excellent point, but one we really have to think about. Some how these forums became the name and face of Bitcoin and we really need to rise above just these forums in order to move forward. It's hard to put a label on what this has become but the forums have become the lifeblood of the Bitcoin community and although this is the launching pad we have somehow found ourselves defined as well as limited by it. Look at that thread someone started "What did you do while the forums where down" Its pathetic almost to think how small this amazing scene really is - that one forum has so much impact on so many people. I read somewhere that there are 400k users on this forum. Wow. In any case I thank you all for your input it really got me thinking and put a smile on my face.

hehehe

Getting out the riff raff is a term, meaning getting out undesirable people.

For instance in poker, someone will Bet a high bet to "Get out the riff raff" or cause the undesirable players to fold their hands.

and I really do not want to quote individuals right now, I am trying to have a less confrontational day right now. Please disregard me from this point in the conversation I really never meant to try and attack you and put down your idea. I realized I was using your thread to express my own agenda (bitcoins agenda) and it did not have much to do with you particularly so I moved it

good luck

+1!

I agree completely, and it is very refreshing to hear this type of talk. Thank you.