How does one file their claim?  I have an order in for upgraded BabyJet that I would like to get something back on.  I have already gone through the refund process at Hashfast, is there a bankruptcy specific filing that I now need to make?

That photoshopped mine image had me tripping there for a few.  Literally started thinking about how much 'dust' was going to be an issue...lmao  Well done!

Wouldn't it be fascinating if some 2nd or 3rd world nation did ultimately take the lead on something like this?  I suspect very quickly Mexico's economy would start improving drastically but I suspect there is far too much government corruption to allow anything like a truly decentralized currency to replace the Mexican Peso anytime soon.  Here's to hoping I'm wrong (again)

Boy.  That's kind of a messed up first meeting.  Apologies but it's good that you realize that in his own sort of awkward way he was probably trying to pay you a compliment.  Thing you have to realize about most of us bitcoiners is that for the most part we are a fairly socially awkward and at times inept crew (especially in the presence of attractive women or any female for that matter).  Hopefully this won't discourage you from visiting other bitcoin meetups, I promise there are some really nice fellas involved with BTC too

The only problem here of course is that cryptx's current way of doing things has worked out great for one party so far...  Cryptx himself.  After a proven history of overcharging on electric and hosting/admin fee's.  Followed up by some extremely poor 'reinvestment' decisions (back when reinvestment was still part of the equation on sha project) which obviously don't affect his hosting and electric fee's at all and poor communication the end result is clear.  CryptX and team are the only winners on this venture :/

Have to agree with this gentleman.  Reddcoin seem's to have quite a bit going for it.  Also interested in seeing what happens with the price once POSv kick's in

Had considered picking up a few of these bad boys but putting that idea on 'ice' after having read the last few pages of this thread.

Was going to go ahead and pick up a few of these while waiting for wallet update.  Wasn't aware of the fact that Pesa wallet is offline pending the upgrade from dev. as well.  I suppose that makes perfect sense now that I give it some thought

I sure do love the Keiser report but I gotta say his coin is just crappy!  No real vendor support and doesn't appear to be any real development taking place.  Really surprising considering who it's named after.  I would think he would be cracking the proverbial whip of innovation for the coin named in his honor.  Starting to think ole Maxy boy isn't really invested in his own coin at all.  He may be a bitcoin millionaire but apparently he isn't even a maxcoin hundredaire! :/

If your in the states sometimes you can find some pretty good deals for cheap systems on Goodwill auctions.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/listings/listbycat.asp?catid=7

Care to expand on the for the most part part?

Not turned off.  Fasbit posted an update on July 19th:

"Ticker    FAS - Fasbit - Instant Mining
Date    19 Jul 09:21
FAS - Updates
I have been out of touch for the last 60 days due to work travel.  I'm back on top of everything and playing catch up.

1. Look for the Dividends to pick up pace.  I purchased and added 2 ANT Miners out of pocket to help compensate for any performance issues that might be attributed to lack of management on my side.  Both Ant miners are up and running and already making an impact.
2. We have 2.25 BTC in hardware reserve.  I will be spending that before the end of the Month.  Look for this to also pick up the results.  I am doing the research now to get the "best bang for the buck."
3. I still have a smal percentage of our miners off line due to overheating of my lease space.  I have moved most of the excess heat makers to my personal residence to help spread the heat out.  This issue should be 100 resolved in less than a week and this will also help boost the results.  I have upgraded electrical and AC to help absorb the influx.
./fasbit"

*fasbit, if your reading this it sure would be nice to hear you got those other gridseed's running.  Also, any chance of posting the public address for each of the 3 listings so we can essentially determine frequency/amount of dividend payouts?

For US-based brick and mortar businesses it makes 0 sense not to start accepting bitcoin via Coinbase or BitPay.

Yup.  Know a couple of people that are sweating the fact that these types of changes are even being discussed at any level.  Pretty funny the parallels between massive mining operations and the central banks they where meant to conquer.

Sheeoout.  I'll even go out on a limb here and say bitcoin never even hit's a million.

I believe some of them will yes.  Particularly the more forward-thinking libertarian types but bitcoin price will indeed continue to drop as more large vendors come online if the majority of those vendors just instantly cash out (which most will I suspect for a time).

Basically China hoardes gold because it's a no lose situation for them.  Being one of the largest holders of USD debt as well as one of the largest stockpilers of gold put's them in a unique position to ultimately make a play on the USD as world reserve currency.  Just imagine Russian based oil sold for some Chinese denominated coin backed by actual gold?!  Stormy sea's on the horizon for our little Island of consumption I'm thinking.

Try to do bitcoin transactions with individuals you don't kinow/trust in public, well-lit places.  Preferably with decent video surveillance going on.  I.E.  Shopping mall, high end restaurant, etc.

Personally I love both btc-e and bitstamp but I went ahead and cast my vote for Cryptsy since I also use them and it appears as though they could use some votes.

Certainly appears as though ReddCoin (RDD) is certainly making a run for the money.  Serious community support with the coin as well.  I picked up a few days back and am quite happy with the direction the coin seems to be taking.