Well, here's my first go. Hourly rate shown, updated every 15 minutes.

Can you quack like a duck too?

Well, it's just a crappy deal caused by BFL. The cancellers don't get the benefit of having a working product and don't get the benefit of having held the bitcoins while the price went up... how many times? Meanwhile, BFL themselves didn't see any benefit since they no-doubt turned the BFL into fiat to pay for whatever it is they are doing (giving them the benefit of the doubt on being honest). The only people who benefited from the deal were external parties who bought and held the BTC that were cashed out (Hmm. That's me).

I'm not happy, however. I found out properly about bitcoin back in September and would likely have jumped on some mid-range GPU mining. Except the ASICS that were going to arrive in the next couple of weeks were going to make it pointless. So I got screwed by BFL and I'm not even a customer. FUD merchants they are.

Howso?

I just spent a small number of bitcoins this past week. In no way was that influenced by what anyone else was doing. All that matters to me is what I can do with the bitcoins that I am holding.

Like you say, there are people with a lot of fiat money in the current system. Sure, I wish I had some more myself but that's not really my biggest concern. What tends to affect me more is those people (often the same people admitedly) that have maneuvered themselves to help themselves to the fruit of my labor either by attaching themselves to it directly via taxation or indirectly via inflation. I don't really hold up much hope of Bitcoin being a solution to taxation but it's great against inflation and I consider that the more insidious problem.

See, when I see people say that, I have to ask "Where is the problem"? And I have to wonder if it isn't just a manifestation of jealousy. It doesn't actually mean that there's anything wrong or problematic with the bitcoin protocol itself, it's just a "where's mine" response.

As a non-early-adopter myself, I have to admit that I am somewhat envious but I have to give kudos to those with the vision to jump on early.

Personally, I'm less concerned with those that make out like bandits at the beginning compared to those who, with the current monetary systems, continue to make out like bandits ad-infinitum.

Does anything out there for Android use the JSON stuff from HHTT or is it just out there for us to make use of as we see fit?

Might as well have "Chronicles of Narnia" as your history books.

If they were working well, they wouldn't need funds extorted from the taxpayer to keep going.

Backplane plate arrived this morning too. Though I'm not sure if I'm ready to put the tower back upright yet. I need to work out some proper support for that ridiculous heatsink on my old card and better attaching the case fan I currently have leaning up against it That open-air shelve thing is looking more attractive all the time.

Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink. Good Luck.

I think it's important to remember that holding PM for the event of a catastrophe is a precaution, not an investment. If something happens to make PMs tokens of trade, other parts of your life and investments are going to be in pretty bad shape. (I know there are those that are going "all in" for a catastrophe but I regard that as an affliction rather than a plan and in the case that such a situation comes to be, there's a fairly good chance most of us will be dead)

Inflation...

That makes sense. Though it's not the case in the first picture. Does that second one really have 5 graphics card slots?

One thing I'm wondering about is whether it would be possible to use multiple channels from one slot to run multiple cards. I know people have cut down x4 cards to fit in x1 slots (The card just uses the one channel automatically. Part of the spec apparently). Could you split a x4 slot out to 4 cards? I'm thinking maybe not but who knows? Not really worth worrying about GPU mining much anymore though I guess.

Nah, I believe that it's just that the speculators are still stripping the shelves bare (and getting into the supply lines before the shelves too). The store that had the 7.62x39 had plenty of it and lots of other handgun ammo too. No 22 though. But the box I'm talking about I have in-hand. I was wandering around Walmart and there were three boxes on the shelf. I only took one so as not to be greedy (though I go back and forth on whether I should have grabbed the lot but I feel pretty reasonable about my decision). However, I already have some 22 and I want a silver dollar so I figure that might be a fair trade (and amusing to put up on armslist too).

There'll be a place like that in the s-curve (and probably a few along the way too )

I have one. Email them to me and I'll print them for you.

To a physicist or mathematician, it can be. Its a proportionality thing.

This guy is legit. Bought a card from him, turned up two days later. Would buy again, A+++ and other such Ebay type things.

I can't really contribute much at this time but if there was a pre-order page, I'd jump on (providing the price is reasonable).

Just wondering though, what is the purpose of these vs just a regular case? Maintenance? Just cheaper if you are running a dozen rigs (cases are pretty cheap). I wouldn't mind doing one for the cool factor but I'd like to factor a few design decisions in there.