Lowering of frequency with auto avalon is a result of it trying to maintain a certain temperature as well, yes?

What would be the conclusion if a particular machine hashes at over 80, but slowly declines to the mid 70s lowering frequency? Lack of adequate cooling?

What?

Go to the doc, get a lot of "legal drugs", come back zombie ! You won't have to feel sadness or happiness, just the bliss of neutrality as they med you up!

This is sarcasm in case anyone is dense.

I do not personally use it (I prefer btct.co), however it appears to be legit as far as a platform from what I understand. Many utilize it. But recourse? My best advice is to only invest what you can afford to lose - there likely is no recourse for such a scenario. I take it back, the best advice is to research what you are investing into.

Yes, in a respect the "biggest hasher wins", but that is what pools are for - to combine minor miners who can't solo with larger miners who also can't solo (or can, but choose pool mining).

However, no "one" controls the minting. It is in the protocol. It can't be changed, unless a large consensus is reached by users to switch to a new protocol of sorts.

For the first ~4 years, 50 BTC per block. Ah the glory days. Late last year, the halving occurred, lowering the amount to 25 BTC per block. In approximately 2016, we will halve again to 12.5 BTC per block.. until there are no more coins being minted.

To answer the obvious and subsequent question - when you send BTC and a transfer fee is taken out, this is added to the current block payout.

So say the next block provides 25 BTC, say I was the only one to send a transaction that block and added a .005 btc miner fee, that would be included in the reward for that block. The actual payout would be the default 25 BTC + any transaction fees (in this case, payout would be 25.005 to a pool or anyone who found the block). In the future, transaction fees should be fairly lucrative, as more people begin to utilize BTC, by the time the block reward is zero, transaction fees should be incentive to secure the network.

Sure, copy past that list and PM me, I'll be able to check sometime in the next few days.

From a game named "Prototype", it was a joke.

On that I would agree.

Who are you responding to?

Sounds good to me. Let's let the justice system do it's work instead of engaging is Stasi like behavior. Or no?

And perhaps that is arguable. If that's all they were doing. Instead they take kids to jail by selling them drugs, allowing the seller to sell, or selling them themselves. Alternatively, they are on the other side of the coin - buying "illegal" substances. I'm sorry - but why exactly can you possess or distribute these substances if Joe Sixpack doesn't pass GO and hangs out in a cell for doing the same innate action.

Don't buy it. That isn't American, as far as I am concerned. Governmental agencies should not be allowed to engage in crime or facilitate it. However the type of lackluster response most people give (oh, hard murder.. oh just a "terrorist", or just a "druggie") allows them to more easily facilitate much larger crimes (PRISM? Gun Runner..? List goes on indefinitely) over time. The mentality of "it's for the bad guys" HAS to go.

OP - you should study more about the depression. Some things to look in to - 15 years earlier, the establishment of the Federal Reserve, bubbles popping..  You may find that the reason our economy suffers from constant boom and bust is, perhaps, because of an entity doing market work. Forcing markets into certain conditions only lasts for so long. Eventually the market will correct. And it did. And has many times, but it is difficult for the market to function in non free market conditions.

Yes, I agree, Bitcoin's deflationary standard will appear much more in line with logic once you observe the massive failure of many fiat paper standards in the coming years.

What is the decay date on ammunition? How long would you want to maintain it in storage prior to an ill effect resulting? If it is as long as I expect it may be, I could have quite a bit of ammunition for you fellows. It was removed from our store when we closed it, so I have quite a lot.

Also, I'd love to acquire a rifle.

It has some result. The market is created by individuals. Individuals make decisions (sometimes) based on data they are exposed to or search for. If individuals were to come here, it is entirely plausible (and in fact, IMO, occurring all the time) they would read statements by various forum members, reputable or not and make market decisions on that, therefore having a result on the market. 

No?

Great news, I know the feeling!

Welcome to Bitcointalk! I'd say enjoy the rabbit hole, but if you've been lurking a long time, you're already at least peeking your head down there. :p

Feel free to ask any questions or PM me. I'm greatly interested in helping new people interested in mining if you need help setting up or configuring.  This is the sort of help I received en mass when I first came here over a year ago. I like to think I can try to pass that on - when I came to this community, it was welcoming, accepting, and a learning center! So any time someone is looking to learn about entry or BTC, I can't help but smile and want to aid.

No, that duty is upon Americans to halt unethical behavior within government.

What if their "policy" changed? And the "policy" included a plethora of things that you felt infringed by. Would it just be protocol or "policy" then..?

The bottom line is that crimes should not be committed in order to catch criminals. It is a fundamental failure of how a justice system should work as far as I am concerned.

A+! I agree, these are important aspects of this community for me.

What appears to be the problem?

Mining serves two purposes - one to "mint" or generate a new block of coins every ten minutes (the "mining" doesn't do this, mining the blocks allows the minting to occur) in order to distribute the coin to the network or the "wild". This is a reward for the miner, as he is also securing the network by adding hashpower and seeking coins. Some people do mine only for the purpose of further decentralization and not for profit. The more miners, or hashers, the less likely a 51% attack on the network, so not only does it generate coin, but secures the network in a very important and critical fashion.

If you have any more specific questions, I'd be glad to attempt to answer them or point you to the right resources.

Really?

So, it's just dandy for FBI to say, bag up and sell drugs as long as they're catching someone? Is there not some cognitive dissonance going on here?

This is just the FBI. In one year. The US Governmental authority figures, such as the FBI and LEOs, commit countless crimes every year, there is no justice in this system, it is perverted.