'96 Taurus w/V6. Revving engine while in neutral does not result in "linear" increase in RPM, instead resulting in "hiccups." It'll rev a bit, then "hiccups" (combustion rate appears to slow dramatically for ~1-2 seconds) and RPM decreases significantly before heading up again. It's done this since purchase, and I'm unable to tell if performance while driving is affected (flooring it while in drive does not seem to replicate issue). Asked for diagnosis at nearby auto shop in middle of nowhere, received unauthorized tune-up for 1/4 the car's worth which did not resolve issue.

Is this actually an issue or is this normal behavior?

Prices lowered. Have 8 SimCity codes being shipped (including 4 being replaced).

Looking to squeeze a little extra out of box. All CPUs in boxes come with iGPUs. Trying to get them hashing, too. Having issue with CGMiner 3.1 not detecting the APU. Error: Command line options set a device that doesn't exist

Checked around Internet, found a few others with same issue, but no solution given. Any ideas?

(while here - also having issue with 270s constantly spitting out hardware errors no matter how much RAM is on the motherboard if intensity is set >13. Any ideas there would be appreciated, too. Thinking I should try downgrading drivers -- currently using latest beta drivers. Recommended driver?)

Guessing you mean cgminer, unless your looking for child porn coins. Idunno which mining algorithm they use.

Your hashrate isn't far off of what's to be expected from that card. What's the intensity set at?

ETA: Also keep in mind you probably have your display hooked up to that card, further decreasing its hashrate.

Recently, you've been allowed to move threads. No need to make new ones. The option for it is in the lower-left of the forum screen (IIRC).

Are your coins showing in blockchain.info?

This is true for a lot of places in the US, and maybe elsewhere. It's a retarded system. You should check in with your electricity provider to see how they handle "excess consumption."

As mentioned before, 35A off one line is probably not doable (without expensive, likely invasive upgrades to house's wiring). 17.5A off two lines is more plausible, though it's still borderline dangerous if your lines are rated for 20A, which is quite likely for house wiring. You'll probably want to run it off three different lines. You should check your circuit breaker, first to see what they're rated at, and also to see which lines go where (you'll have to shut them off one-by-one and have someone checking which outlets shut off). After, you want to check the physical lines (it's usually printed all over them in big, black text) to make sure they're rated significantly above what you want to run on them, especially if it's an older house.

To be truly safe, you should probably thoroughly check the wiring and outlets to make sure they're in good condition. Finally, if you use a lot of electricity (electric dryer, multiple refrigeration units, electric heat or A/C, TVs and game consoles running, trash disposal, etc), you should try to guesstimate the maximum current consumption of your house in a "worst-case scenario" (having someone turn on a bunch of high-use appliances while you look at the power meter to make guesstimates would be reasonable), then add 35A to it to make sure you won't be tripping the main breaker, which your significant other would probably be quite annoyed by.

Maybe. Graphics cards in the past couple years generally exhaust "used" air out the back of the case instead of spitting the hot air right out from where the fan's positioned (which was a horrible solution since a lot of that air ended up swirling around inside the case). Best bet is usually to position external fan (if even necessary, which I doubt with a two-card setup) either toward the front of a case or away from the back of the case, depending on how the case is designed (with regards to fan orientation). Though not as effective as when graphics cards exhausted hot air straight out from the fan, it's generally still a good idea to open up the siding of the case if it's in a low-traffic area, and an open case is usually still your best bet for cool cards outside of liquid cooling. (modular hard plastic shelving is a very effective, cheap solution -- main PC has been running on modular shelving for over two years with no issue)

Running air conditioners for miners is insane. Fans are unnecessary assuming you have a couple case fans (or no case) and the graphics card isn't poorly-designed. You can ignore Internet costs since bandwidth consumption is insignificant and I'd guess you'd have an ISP even without miners.

I'm projecting $288/mo in electricity costs for 3MH/s, but miners have replaced electric heating units (since it can be better-directed, it's cheaper than propane out here), effectively negating those costs, too. They are effectively free to run until mid-Spring, when cost will be that $288/mo in exchange for what's currently worth ~$952 in BTC (through Scrypt->BTC autoexchange pool). I'm bullish on BTC (and many altcoins, fwiw), so I'm actually projecting the current BTC income (which is raised since BTC price is low) to be worth >$2000/mo by the time I cash out, so I'm looking at this as a steep discount for "DIY BTC."

The cards are under three-year warranty, so the only real concern is having moisture damage colder parts of motherboards (which is a quick $50 to replace, assuming it doesn't also damage the CPU, then another $45). It was never an issue when BTC mining with GPUs using outside air, but still a concern.

Whoever owns rights to that photo of the Casascius coin stash must be loaded. It's practically the Bitcoin logo in journalism... probably pretty confusing to the uninitiated when they go on to invariably say Bitcoins only exist online.

This could've been done by anyone, nobody claimed responsibility, and a soft ban on bitcoins is hardly the Chinese government's most extreme act of oppression. MSM outlets would do well to stop pushing speculation and instead try rebuilding credibility with actual news.

Thanks. Will have it finished tonight.

There's a pretty convincing theory going around: Satoshi is a time-traveler who lived (lives? will live?) in a time where a Bitcoin-like system (possibly Bitcoin itself) is widespread. He "traveled" (is it actually "traveling" to "move" in time?) to a few years ago so he could own an exceptionally large number of bitcoins and sell a tiny amount in his current time. He alternately may have seen our time as being critical in mass surveillance and lack of freedom to transact, coming to our time to prevent utter domination by some type of oppressive whatever.

Unfortunately, I've forgotten too much of the plot to Discipline to know how similar they are. I know it has supernatural powers... chess... a handjob for drugs... .... Did he time-travel? The villain time-traveled, right?

Satoshi may also be an alien looking to observe what humans will do with this and how fast, to determine whether or not we're worth enslaving.

Prices (in BTC) lowered again. Added image links for current price in OP since dynamic images no longer work on forum.

According to my knowledge of tanks from movies, if you throw a grenade in the "gun shaft," the entire tank will explode, with the shrapnel killing all enemies in the engagement. Soon after, a white guy with recent battle wounds and a bitchin' name like Max Hardstaff sticks a US flag atop the tank's remains as patriotic music plays. All of the now-liberated dirty brown folk come out of their rubble-homes and cheer for the Americans while a bald eagle flies overhead.

Also - if enough Tibetan monks light themselves on fire, it seems to give members of Chinese resistance groups supernatural brain powers. They can stand in front of tanks and put up some kind of forcefield which stops them. I don't think it works if they're the aggressors, but I don't know.

Fixed. Sorry about that & thanks for the heads-up.

If waiting for payment, may be worthwhile to double-check proofreading queue. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=294947.msg3551277#msg3551277

Somehow, I managed to forget a PSU (guessing I ordered it and missed an "insufficient quantity" notice), four Origin codes from Newegg came already-used, and all the new cards seem to have an issue with cgminer's intensity>13 bug even with 16GB of RAM in one instance.  (to Q: Scrypt, but not LTC) Everything's about settled. Bothering Newegg one last time, need to figure out why a 5850 has been hashing at 16kh/s after being paired with a 270, there's a card running @ 100*C for no apparent reason (rest are 70-80*), then some family time. Maybe 6h more, then I'll put in ~4h of proofreading. Should get through a couple transcripts, then I'll be back to ~2/day after that until queue's cleared again -- should be clear again by Christmas.

Neither Puntland (which I think very recently severed ties with the federal government) nor Somaliland are internationally recognized as legitimate governments. They have the status of someone claiming their backyard as the New Federal Republic of Awesomistan. You'd have to buy Puntland or Somaliland from Somalia, then bribe the warlords.

No. Other countries would have to recognize an island full of eccentric weirdos as a legitimate nation, which they won't do.

If enough of Cyprus were purchased and the government controlled, it's possible. IIRC, the international community's more sympathetic toward the Greek side.

ozco.in guy's awesome (but they have low amount of hashpower). Eligius and BitMinter are decent, too. BTCGuild is good, but worryingly large. Eclipse seems to prune old accounts and pocket the coins - probably ought to stay away.

Coinbase is okay (everyone around for more than a year has at least one horror story about an exchange which's screwed them). I've heard good things about them from new people. Relative to other exchanges, they're reasonably reputable. You should never keep all your coins on an exchange, though (unless it's an amount you don't mind losing)...

Sorry for the new burst of slowness, again. Should be all set up tomorrow night. Still putting new miners together, rest of parts come in today.

Raised prices due to BTC dip. (I partially pay dev in USD)