I found this interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/krugman-the-antisocial-network.html

It seems like Krugman doesn't understand why gold (and Bitcoin) has value. He correctly states that the value of gold coins, when they were widely used, came from the expectation that other people would accept them as payment, but he doesn't seem to understand WHY people would accept gold coins as payment. He simply doesn't understand that something can be money without fiat or some utility, e.g. jewelery and teeth fillings. This man is a moron!

Må si jeg koste meg skikkelig da jeg leste om Winklevoss'ene. Utrolig fascinerende typer...

Hi,
perhaps one of you gents can clarify something for me. I was wondering about how it's possible for a transaction to get "stuck" if you don't include a fee. How does this work exactly? will the transaction not be part of a block if you don't include a fee? If it's part of a block, then surely it will be mined, since there's a reward for solving each block? Please help me understand...

Thanks, this is the kind of info I was looking for. However, I don't really care about profitability... really! I'm just doing this for fun. And I need the PC to be usable for more than just mining. But do you know if 3 GPUs will physically fit in this cabinet/motherboard combo? I guess that's kind of difficult to answer unless you have this motherboard yourself, or is experienced in building computers...

But how about the motherboard/power supply combo? Can i handle 3 x 7970s? How about 3 x 7990s? Is there room in the cabinet? If it's over specced, that's not really an issue, it's not exclusively for mining...

Gents,
anyone shut down their rigs for earth hour? 

But seriously, if any hardware geeks out there want to help out a n00b, here's the spec of the pretty much the cheapest starting point of a mining rig I could manage to put together:

Cabinet:        Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Power:          XFX ProSeries XXX Edition 850W PSU
Processor:     Intel® Core i3-3220 Processor
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65, Socket-1155
Memory:       Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9
GPU:            Sapphire Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5
HD:              Crucial m4 SSD 2.5" 128GB

This is a package deal, since I'm too lazy to do the research needed to put together a system from scratch.

The motherboard supposedly supports 3 GPUs. Can I stuff 3 x 7970s in there just like that? (I chose the biggest power supply I could).

I've done my homework wrt. profitability, ASICs etc. so I know I'm not going to get rich here. I just want to be part of the Bitcoin community, contributing to solving blocks and keep the system healthy.

So, does these components make sense?