Please elaborate if you could, bitpop.

Thanks for the update.

I have been in the machining industry for 15 + years, while I would say I have only been a machinist for 9-10. I am currently a floor manager / mill programer and have full access to the shop after hours and on weekends. I am willing to take on some basic work, but there has to be a some fine print:

 I am a mill guy, for what ever reason my life's work has been more influenced on mill work. I do have turning experience, but unless it is fairly simple manual work I wouldn't want to look at your project if it required turning.

You need to be able to provide a decent dimensional drawing. It doesn't have to be a cad file! Hand drawn is fine as long as it is efficient. I am willing to spend a fair amount of time, free of charge, reviewing it and pointing out problems and/or suggesting changes for cost effectiveness.

While I am able to handle large and complex parts I would prefer to stay within a 12" x 12" envelope and only 3 axis. If you want anything larger, or require 4th axis work you must provide a detailed CAD drawing and we can talk.

Escrow is required. All communications will be provided to said escrow service. I am not responsible if your design doesn't work and or my suggestions for cost effectiveness seems to be at fault. An agreement will be met before any work is done.

(Suggestions will only be standardizing call outs to basic dimensional standards and stock availability.)
(File formats accepted are .igs .step .dxf .dwg)

If you use Solid Works please be sure there is an actual solid (parasolid) in your file if you want to submit a .sldprt  otherwise, please save as...

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Okay, thanks. So it is all relative.

Every time the difficulty goes up, every pool finds less blocks per hour. How do the pools alter the luck statistic to reflect the current difficulty? Maybe I am thinking about this wrong, but I would assume there would have to be a shift also or luck would plummet ever time the diff changed. Do all pools use their own system to base luck off of or is there a standard?

I need to retract my bid before this ends. So sorry, I hope someone has a fair shot still.

 

1@.75

I have never seen this happen before. Is this a bogus block? Could some one please elaborate.   

Thanks.

https://blockchain.info/block-index/445874/0000000000000003844d0b773b4c76d6b299c47c8a164efe040832c377c2d52e

seems like a big issue if all these numbers are correct.  Some are getting heavy/double paid and some are getting far less.  This did happen a day or so ago and after conf it was fixed. Time will tell.

Same here,

21027    2013-12-02 23:04:34    5:49:17    1993521951    44587    0.00000631    272726    25.00902152    86 confirmations left

Mind sending some of that this way aurel?

Honestly I don't think it is going anywhere if people are looking for a cash cow. Instead of thinking about USD, demand it for a currency locally. BTC is a market. In the end if no one accepts it as a currency it is worthless. Where can you spend that coin in your area?

FFS, calm down. Your coin isn't lost. Once it hits your wallet what are you going to do with it?

Fair enough.

Does it take more than 10 shifts to get your max earnings? I was at first concerned. I only earned only a fraction during my trial run is why I ask. Also, if you don't mind me asking, don't you have right at 50% of the total mining power atm? Or is that just some smoke post that I read, I know everything you read isn't fact. Like I said I am still new, but shouldn't hashpower be somewhat evenly divided? I haven't really read in to it to much. What do you think a fair run trying your pool out would be? My hardware is only getting older by the second so I wasn't to keen on a whole lot of trial and error. That's why I stated how much time I did put in, just what I had experienced. I know I am kind of running off on to something else, sorry about that.

I have only tried two pools. Slush's and BTCGuild. I only tried BTCGuild for about 24 hours and while they both have different "earning" systems, I make much more at slush's pool even though blocks are found much, much less often.  I am a noob so don't quote me on anything, it is just my personal experience. I think the massive amount of hashing power left me in the back at BTC Guild. I am sure someone on here could give a much better referral to either pool.

Edit to add: The interface over at BTC Guild is pretty damn nice.

I noticed Blockchain.info went down for a while earlier also. Not sure if it is related or not. We have got a few confirmations though.


Those two are on par for me.

I would assume it would work like the real world... you have to earn it and it is harder to get than it is to lose. You have to start somewhere, why not with your project.

My goal is to mine and learn. I know it is doubtful to get a ROI, but my USB block erupter paid for itself in a few months with the recent boom so I bought a Jala. I find it fun to log daily earnings, value and making notes every day. I also get to be apart of it all even though, atm, I don't really know a whole lot about it. I have learned a lot in the short while I have been here, and everyday there is more. I am not here to get rich, I am here to be a part of what could be a revolution and take it for a ride no matter what direction it goes.

Today is making up for the last few. Loving it!

I have googled a lot, read a lot, maybe I am just a simpleton.  Thanks for the constructive criticism.