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I read the FAQ on google's site, but still don't understand... is this measuring what queries are searched near each other? In other words, if someone searches bitcoin, then does another search for iso open, the correlation is increased? Or is this history of searching, so most people who searched for bitcoin at one time also searched for iso open at one time? Or something else?
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Wow.. $0.40 / kWh is quite expensive. At this rate even the not-so-cheaper nvidia cards (like mine) will fail.
Yeah that is just plain rip-off! Whatever country has such high electricity costs seriously needs to invest in more capacity and to increase competition among the providers. Blame all the environmentalists... apparently, generating sufficient energy for your populace is considered a bad thing in California now. |
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Well I'm just glad to hear it's not being abandoned as-is as a half-finished website. I am glad that you created it in the first place, as it is certainly better than nothing, and I enjoy the projectwonderful-like ad services. Just keep up the good work then.  |
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Should be fixed. I am in the middle of switching web hosts.
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How did you get yours so cheap? Friend that owed you money?  No, guess I got lucky on CL. It's not an XFX, but it's a 5870 nonetheless. I wouldn't expect such a huge variation in price between brands! |
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Well, it's easy to change it from BTC into USD via a trade, but is it the best route to go as far as withdrawing that USD into one's bank account?
Right now, I'm mining 50/50. I keep 50%, and use 50% to help pay for the hardware I purchased. It's working well so far withdrawing through Virwox/SL, but I'm all for an easier/cheaper solution. Going the Virwox/SL route, I end up paying about 5% in fees on average. Of course, it's not exact since I go through another exchange, which may be under or overvalued compared to MtGox, but it does the trick.
Going the MtGox route though, all I see are two fees: The 0.65% fee for making a trade from BTC to USD, and the $0.25 fee from dwolla to receive money into my account. Are there any other fees I am not considering?
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Yeah, the only places you can find them in stock still are $180 - $190. Kind of makes me wish I didn't sell that extra I had a couple weeks back. Good deal though! I would definitely be picking these up if I wanted to run more cards right now. |
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Good lord, $255 already? I bought mine used for $180 + a Seasonic 550w PSU to run it thrown in for free... wow.
Are you accepting bitcoins for payment? Or... why are you posting it here?
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I see a new all-time high of 9.33
That's over 9000 10ths of a cent!
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Time for a new service provider!
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All of the bids on everyone's site, or just your own?
Just my own. I'm more curious about the number of bids everyone else's websites are getting, and at what rate. I want to be sure I price my own site(s) competitively, and use the best/highest paying ad format. Without these metrics, it's kind of leaving publishers out in the dark. |
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You can see the bids by creating an ad of the appropriate dimensions, and initiating the bidding process. Before confirmation, you will be shown the other bids.
Lame. I would hope the owner of the site could chime in as to why he decided to set it up this way, rather than display the current bids up front. Transparency is a good thing, and the site that he is emulating (project wonderful) shows all the current bids in any search or browse function you use. |
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Actually the most reliable theory I found about that in 94 was sort of:
«Because you were fooled, you tend to stick up with those who were fooled along with you. This comes from the fear of face the mocking of others.
Therefore, once fooled the first time those guys evolved to an even more fanatic and closed way of follow Camping's religion in order to stick with their group of fools.»
It's not that uncommon to see this sort of behavior on 419 scam victims, as some tend to fall into the "scammer rehash" later on.
Interesting... probably very true. |
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First things first, I really love the idea. But I want to know if anyone is having any success with this. I just started running this on one site that has about 200 online users. What can I expect in terms of returns? it feels like the hash rates are so small that it wouldn't make a difference even with thousands of users online.
Thanks,
Mamad
It won't. 1000 users at 1khps is 1mhps. It would take 270,000 online users, 24/7, to generate the same mhps that a 5850 does, stock. |
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Atlas, my apologies. I was assuming you were talking about an environment with no regulatory systems or laws at all.
Yes, with just the FDA removed, there likely wouldn't be too much trouble. There'd still be incidents of people dying from drugs that weren't tested properly, but most companies would do proper testing to ensure their reputation stays clean.
As with most regulatory bodies, there is a certain point of diminishing returns. You can only regulate so many accidents out of a given industry, and any further regulation is hugely expensive for very little benefit. I do not believe it is worth it to spend millions of dollars to save one person's life. Many people believe that every person's life is priceless, but that simply isn't true when you look at the economics of it. We put prices on people's lives every day, and unfortunately, the amount we spend on saving some random person's life through regulation can far exceed the amount we actually value their life at.
Random tangent, but I thought it deserved saying.
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No, it's not safe. Your ground potential will be different between the two machines and you will likely eventually burn one or the other out in some fashion.
Same AC source, same earth, if they're both from the same phase supply. This is no different to having a server with 2 PSUs, which they do. BUT, you have to be certain that the home is properly grounded and wired. If it's not, you could definitely have different potential between two plugs. I've seen some funny stuff on older home wiring... like, ground wires that don't actually ground to anything. Though I suppose if both PSUs are connected to the same outlet, you're probably fine. |
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Have you had any kind of security audit performed on the site to see where vulnerabilities might exist? It would be pretty terrible if someone was able to use sql injection or something similar to gain access of people's accounts and steal their bitcoins.
If the project is properly secured, I will likely switch over.
I and a friend with experience in PHP and yes, we have secured it against sql-injections. Passwords are very strongly hashed and even if you get your hands on the database you wont be able to steal any bitcoins. ewal: Hmm, sounds like a better idea, Ill add that in the to-do list. What about defense against CSRF attacks? That is the other major security concern I can think of right now... Also, I'd like to see HTTPS eventually, but understand that it costs money for a certificate, so you might not want to do it until the pool gets larger. I'll still support the pool even without HTTPS. |
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Sure, it'll fall apart eventually. But then they'll just change names, change packaging, and do it all over again. Meanwhile, dozens, hundreds, thousands of people die because their products aren't being properly tested.
You already see the same thing happening with electronics. No-name brands come out, and the only thing preventing them from copying the exact look of the "real thing" is copyright and import laws in the US. Usually, these electronics are cheaply made, and the consumer doesn't really find out until after they purchase it and begin to use it. You see these cheap knock-offs on eBay all the time, and if they weren't illegal in the US because of government regulations, you'd probably see them on store shelves too.
Take that same "business model" to food or drugs, and you've got real trouble. As long as it looks ok from the outside, people will buy it and consume it. Heck, without any sort of regulations or government in place, one company could copy another company's logo and packaging to the pixel, to where not even the store that is stocking it can tell the difference. Not only would this evil company be riding on the reputation of the company they copied, and probably drive them into the ground, but the people who would suffer would be the people who consumed the product. The evil company would simple rinse & repeat with a new already-reputable company once the previous company was sufficiently defiled.
Sorry, but I don't see a completely unregulated society working.
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For those of us who are not sure what BitcoinDays Destroy means... what is the value of knowing these numbers?
Basically, the system is currently creating about 6.3 Million Bitcoin days every day. In layman's terms, that means that each day that goes by, the 6.3 Million bitcoins could have been hoarded for another day. If a hoarder cashes in some of their "stash", then they "destroy" Bitcoin Days. Destruction of BitCoin Days is a healthy thing. It is a measure of circulation. To date, there have been approximately 27.3 Billion Bitcoin days created. And about 2.2% of those have been destroyed. This figure has been rising steadily. (See my post that I linked to, above). Since this is RISING, this means that more and more bitcoins are being circulated - a very good thing for the future prospects of Bitcoins. If you are a speculator, you'd be wise to keep an eye on that "cumulative Bitcoin Days Destroyed" figure. If it begins going down, that means that less bitcoins are being circulated, and more are being hoarded. That's the sign of a bubble forming. (This may be hard to believe, but we're not in a bubble now - the cumulative bitcoin days destroyed is increasing, meaning there's more spending and less hoarding than there has been in the past! This is a VERY good sign for the long-term viability of Bitcoins.) If cumulative Bitcoin Days Destroyed begins to go down, that's an indication that people are "over-hoarding". Interesting metric - thanks for the explanation! |
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