I emit my own photons    And I bask in their glory.

Come on, I thought you all were smart 

I actually just posted a thread in 'services' seeing if anyone wants to cut their electric bill by 60% to run their rig at my place 

0-7872-8698-2

I have 1 calculus book called "Calculus and Mathematical Reasoning for Social and Life Sciences"

Ch.1  Review of Algebra
Ch.2  Graphs
Ch.3  Problem Solving and Logical Reasoning
Ch.4  Units
Ch.5  Ideas behind Calculus
Ch.6  Straight Lines and Linearity (Parametic equations, linear functions, linear interpolation and extrapolation, etc.)
Ch.7  Logarithms and Exponentials
Ch.8  Derivatives
Ch.9 Integration
Ch.10  Review of first 9 chapters
Ch.11  Word Problems (Graphical problems)
Ch.12  Further Calculus (Sine Waves, The Product Rule, Maxima and Minima, Orders of Smallness, Exponentially growing and damped oscillations, etc.)
Ch.13 Differential Equations
Ch.14 Pollution of the marine environment By Roger Nisbet (a model of animal growth, feeding and growth, effects of toxicants, model implications)
Ch.15 Multi-variable Calculus
Ch.16 How to study Matth and Science
Ch.17 Exams
Ch.18 Tables

I rent out a room in a house (3-4 other people do the same....I say 3-4 cause one just moved out and one will be moving in).  Landlord pays all utilities.   My assumption is the house is already paid off and he's totally banking on renting out the place, so the utility factor doesn't matter.

I have free electricity 

Hello.  On the off-chance that someone in the Midwest (especially Chicago area) would like to take advantage of the fact that I have all utilities paid, I am offering you the chance to move your rig into my place to take advantage of this awesomeness.  Show me a current electric bill from 1 month of mining, and I will let you mine at my place for 40% of your bill.  So, if your bill was $500, I will charge you $200 to mine at my place.  

Thoughts?

I actually had a lady friend over the other day who was quite interested in seeing my Bitcoin setup, and an ex-girlfriend wanted me to take her out to dinner with my Bitcoin profits.

2 weeks of Bitcoin trading (on average) will buy me a puppy.  Money will get you laid.  1 Bitcoin can buy many condoms.  I also mine for g-spots, and I guarantee I'm in way better shape than you.

Your argument is fallacious because comparing the difference between electric bills doesn't account for the value of Bitcoins generated during that time.   If the value of Bitcoins generated during that time is > than 'greengold' earnings, then you're sacrificing profit.  Not only that, but I don't see how you 'earn' anything by not spending money on electricity.  That's like saying I 'earned" $5 today cause I haven't bought my pack of cigs yet.

Edit:  Smoking and mining are equally addicting.
Edit 2:  Value of Bitcoins generated will always be > 'greengold' earnings unless you're a moron.

Hello,

I'm a graduate student and I have a couple thousand bucks worth of textbooks.  Is there a market for that on here?  I studied at UC Santa Barbara, North Central College (private college in Illinois), and am currently attending a graduate social work program in Chicago.

I have tons of books ranging many subjects...Many psychology and social work books, Biology, calculus for social sciences, statistics, philosophy, religious history, Buddhism, American history, environmental studies, etc.

Is anyone interested in these?  I'm gauging interest.

Edit:


The Policy Based Profession:  An Introduction to Social Work Policy Analysis for Social Workers  978-0-2-0548592-5
Community Psychology 2nd Ed.    978-0-495-03965-5
Generalist Social Work Practice:  A Strengths-Based Problem Solving Approach   978-0-205-51682-7
Living Hinduisms  0-534-52011-1
Indian Religions   0-8147-52011-1
Cognition 6th Ed.   0-470-03978-7   I particularly find this one fascinating.
Race and Ethnic Relations:  American and Global Perspectives  978-0-495-50430-8
Foundations of Social Work Practice   978-0-87101-374-3
Overshoot - The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change   0-252-00988-6
The American Promise:  A History of the United States   0-312-40358-5
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism  1-55939-026-3
The Art of Public Speaking   978-0-07-322865-5
Uppers, Downers, and All-Arounders  0-926544-27-6
Geography:  A Global Synthesis    0-582-32030-5
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences   0-534-60246-0
Cognitive-Behavioral Methods for Social Workers  0-205-42379-5
Applied Social Research  978-0-8400-3205-8
Going Local   978-0-415-34780-8
From Irenaceus to Grotius:  A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought   0-8026-4290-7
Understanding Religion in a Global Society   0-534-55995-6
America:  Religions and Religion   (Sticker covering ISBN #)
Human Behavior in the Social Environment   978-0-415-80311-3
Understanding Children's Development   0-631-22823-3
Psychology   0-534-56742-6
Tonal Harmony:  Introduction to 20th Century Music  978-0-07-255260-8
Evolutionary Psychology:  The New Science of the Mind     0-205-37071-3
Biology 7th Ed.    0-8053-7146-X

Word.  Thanks for lookin' out.

So, excuse me if I'm having a mental lapse at the moment but...assuming no jackpot and no fees.....

If 4 people coordinated together and alone for 4 different 6-round ponzi games....couldn't all win, always?

For example, a 1 BTC deposit with 15% ROI...

1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 payout  --> pot = 1 BTC      
2.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 payout --> pot = .85 BTC   1.) paid
3.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 payout --> pot = .7 BTC     2.) paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 payout --> pot = .65 BTC   3.)paid
1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .5 BTC                4.) paid
2.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .35 BTC              1.) paid
3.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .2 BTC                2.)paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .05 BTC              3.)paid
1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = 1.10 BTC
2.) Deposit 1 BTC -->   1.15 --> pot = .95 BTC              4.)paid
3.) Deposit 1 BTC -->   1.15 --> pot = .8 BTC                1.)paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .65 BTC              2.)paid
1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .5 BTC                3.) paid
2.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .35 BTC              4.) paid
3.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .2  BTC              1.)  paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .05  BTC             2.)  paid
1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = 1.05 BTC  
2.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .90  BTC             3.)  paid
3.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .75  BTC             4.)  paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC  --> 1.15 --> pot = .6 BTC               1.)  paid
1.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .45 BTC             2.)  paid
2.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .3  BTC              3.)  paid
3.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = .15  BTC            4.)  paid
4.)  Deposit 1 BTC -->  1.15 --> pot = 0                       1.)  paid

Player 1   = 6 deposits and win 6.9 BTC
player 2 = 6 deposits and win 5.75 BTC
player 3 = 6 deposits and win 5.75 BTC
player 4 = 6 deposits and win 5.75 BTC

Game 2, player 2 starts and wins 6.9 BTC, all others win 5.75
Game 3, player 3 starts and wins 6.9 BTC, all others win 5.75
Game 4, player 4 starts and wins 6.9 BTC, all others win 5.75

4 game deposit for all 4 players = 24 BTC  but all win 24.15 BTC

Now this seems like a ridiculous amount of work and coordination, but scaled up, who knows....for example, a starting deposit = 100 BTC  where everyone would walk away with 15 BTC by the end

Why, and how, does this work?  Am I missing something?  Why do the total winnings end up to be more than the initial deposits, and where does the ROI come from?

bump

It's not old news for those who were scammed by skyliner and didn't get compensated.

Edit:  Is Jake also Zem?

Theymos, can you shed some light on whether or not Jake is skyliner? 

If you aren't actually skyliner, it's pretty disturbing that you would try to cast additional blame on him (the fact that skyliner is a scammer all on his own is irrelevant).

Uh...wtf?

Early bird gets the worm 

This one could go for a while 

Yeh yeh yeh let's do it!