Very impressive stuff, very clever implementation, hat off!
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PronounciationIPA: /bɪtkɔɪn/ NounBitcoin ( plural Bitcoins) 1. the first decentralized crypto-currency +1! :-)
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I would never have bothered to donate to them if I needed to send a check or pay by credit card, but with Bitcoin I've donated to many organizations that would never have gotten a penny from me otherwise.
Exactly the same for me: I just donated something too :-) Support the FSF and the EFF!
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I've used this script with my Sapphire 6950 2GB and it works. Wouldn't do it if you don't have one of the original 2 GB cards, though.
Grinder, thanks very much for the script, that's really great. The problem is just I discovered that my 6950 that has 1GB only of ram is not able to unlock shaders, nor it is possible to flash a different rom Thanks anyway, it was much appreciated
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Why is windows needed? Just use aticonfig. There's no need to flash anything for most cards out there. I understand a flash is needed to unlock all the shaders of some cards, like the HD9650.
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Italian translation completed and online.
If someone wants to tip me I'll be delighted :-D
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Root privileges are needed only for the installation I think that a non-root user could create a chroot system to install and use it anyway, so I suppose this is not a valid concern.
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tender 1) v. to present to another person an unconditional offer to enter into a contract. 2) to present payment to another. 3) n. delivery, except that the recipient has the choice not to accept the tender. However, the act of tender completes the responsibility of the person making the tender.
So, does bitcoin satisfies that definition? I would think yes, isn't?
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I wrote to the specified address and this is their response: Dear Dusty We are not able to support the new Bitcoin ISO 4217 currency code, based on the following:
1. The currency code is not linked to any country code. 2. The currency code is considered a 'private currency' and not used for tender in any country. 3. There will be no international payments denominated in Bitcoin therefore an ISO currency code for the Bitcoin is not applicable. 4. The Institution responsible for the Bitcoin does not appear to be recognized internationally or have any official status. Neither Reuters or Bloomberg provides market data related to its use.
I would like to discuss each point to understand if this is debatable (I think it is). For example: 1) Is it really necessary? For example: did the Euro have a iso code before being linked to any country code? Is "the world" a country where BTC can be linked? 2) Is that a legal tender they refer to? What defines "tender" otherwise? 3) it seems to me that every bitcoin transaction can be international by definition, and we have plenty of examples for that 4) that would be certainly very hard, but should that really be necessary?
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I'm using Sapphire HD6950 with custom shader unlocked, using MSI afterburn latest version. Since I've no windows machine around I would like to know if there is a way to unlock my Sapphire HD6950 under linux. Anybody has hints?
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I'm writing ThinkGeek. I really hope they accept. I think all of us should ask thinkgeek about that
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Awesome video from Papola, really great job!
BTW: Hayek was for free competition of the currency on the market, I think he would be very interested in Bitcoin ;-)
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Well done. However, this makes me realize how short is the english language, really. You really seem to struggle to have your text fit in the time frame of the video. Yes, it was my first dubbing and I'm certainly not a pro, and the dubbing was heavily edited to make it fit. Italian is surely less concise than English, but I find also the English version a bit too fast. Bitcoin is so radically different than every other currency that it's very difficult to grasp that concept in such a handful of seconds for the average (or not) guy, in my opinion. I don't follow all the threads but it seemed that another version of the video is at work, and that would be wonderful :-)
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I did the Italian translation: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin . I repost it just because it has been asked: while I would surely enjoy a bounty I'm already well happy to have been useful in some practical way!
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I made the Italian version of this great video, available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUJqb33Sd8It is dubbed, not simply subbed, that helps a lot the peple watching it, even if I find that it "runs" too fast, I would have preferred to describe things more slowly thus giving people more time to grasp all those new concepts. Ideally it would be great to have it dubbed in all major languages Can it be added to the italian part of the wiki or some important starting point? Thanks
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I found the thread very interesting and I hope that it will go on. But maybe due to the limitation on my knowledge of the subject or my limits in the understanding of the English language I humbly ask to elaborate this sentence because I can't get its meaning: with $5k, one could profit substantially on the exchanges from the "inside information" one has that the attack is going to be mounted and publicized Thanks in advance!
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I think that it will be very difficult that large firms could listen to just one casual customer, we should focus all together to someone that we can see fit. I propose last.fm: being an internet radio and thus selling a "virtual good", using bitcoin for payment could be more interesting and viable for them than for others. I wrote them on the subject: anybody care to make the same?
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[...] From now on, I'll be even more suspicious about any source code Gavin will publish.
Excellent comment. I agree most with the source code statement because that is what happened to PGP under NAI in 2001. Published bitcoin code will require more rigorous review but that is always the case with open-source crypto code. That's not enough: you should also remember to compile the code for yourself and not use precompiled binaries from Gavin because he could slip something different there ;-)
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Once I have a decent amount of bitcoins in my account, I will start asking my vendors to accept them as payment. I think that will really help get things started! That would be really great! Thanks
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I'm unable to find any mention of Bitcoins on your site, or in the list of supported values. How may I place an order using BTCs?
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