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1  Economy / Goods / Re: [For Sale] WoW Cataclysm retail CD key on: July 07, 2012, 06:19:17 PM
free bump for good seller Smiley
2  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: CHEAP WORLD OF WARCRAFT ACCOUNTS! <US> on: July 06, 2012, 10:20:26 AM
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Botting kills games because it violates the design of the game and breaks the economy.
Wow has an "economy"?  Shocked I played it some time ago and saying that it has an economy is a bit exagerated  Cheesy

Any game with a auction house and some form of currency has an economic element behind it. This is why Blizzard is creating a major gold sink called the Black Market Auction House. There are some players now with millions of gold. If you just allowed bots all day it would cause mass inflation of gold and items such as ore, herbs, and leather in WoW for example. Thereby driving down the price on the AH for those items since the people botting them can sell them next to nothing since they didn't have to personally put in the time to farm those items and making those professions worthless to the players who don't bot. So yes, WoW does have an economy.
3  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: CHEAP WORLD OF WARCRAFT ACCOUNTS! <US> on: July 06, 2012, 03:31:25 AM
I have no problem with your prices nor that you are selling WoW accounts. However, as an active WoW player I do have a huge problem with you suggesting that these accounts may be used for botting. Botting kills games because it violates the design of the game and breaks the economy. Just the fact that you mention botting in the same post as account selling makes one wonder if the accounts have been obtained legally (not disputing whether they are or not). I love to play WoW and refuse to watch the game/economy be further disrupted by botters.

There was just no reason to even mention botting in the post. Anyways, good luck on your sale.
4  Other / Off-topic / Re: Mini Rigs in the wild! on: June 21, 2012, 02:17:37 AM
Super Jelly! Lol. Nice setup buddy.
5  Other / Off-topic / Re: Butterfly Labs ASIC Gear Potential on: June 21, 2012, 01:37:32 AM
Sex Robots will be the end of Marriage/Valentines Day....

NOOOO Bitlane! You've never watched propaganda video. Civilization as we know it would end!


Sorry for being off topic had to though Cheesy


Futurama: I Dated A Robot!

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/48647/detail/
6  Other / Off-topic / Re: Butterfly Labs ASIC Gear Potential on: June 21, 2012, 01:24:54 AM
Every disruptive technology (even within another disruptive eco-sphere like bitcoin) is usually declared as "the end of < insert previous tech >, dooming the < insert current status quo >". Assuming for one moment that BFL's claims are true, all we're witnessing here is the steady march of progress.

Radio/records were going to doom live performances.

Video recorders were going to be the end of TV/Movies.

FPGA is going to be the end of bitcoin.

See the pattern? Technology adoption evolves in ways that we can't easily predict, to the benefit of everyone.

Lets say everyone rushes and buys, produces a metric crap-ton of coins, prices oscillate wildly - hell, even get down to the $2 level -- this won't end bitcoin. I'd say that a lot of people would come out of the woodwork to grab some more. (yet *another* chance for all the disenfranchised 'I only heard about bitcoin a few months ago' people.) No? It happened late last November 2011. This isn't the end, in fact, as some have noted - it will turn the already powerful hashing network into an even more formidable force.

I understand the concerns of %51+ hash-attack, etc., but we've been at those crossroads before, and we haven't seen abuse. I don't personally have the funds to pursue this technology, but I have no problem with the increase of collective hashing power, as I see it strengthening the network overall.


Someone needs to do a ASIC killed the GPU Star remake of Video Killed the Radio Star.

That would be an epic music video. Anyone have an reddit clout? I'm sure someone on there would do it. +1
7  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: WoW Account level 85 Druid and Priest for sale - 20 BTC on: June 20, 2012, 06:24:08 AM
Fair enough Smiley Just thought I'd mention it. I'd curl up into a little ball and cry if my account ever got banned. lol. Goodluck on your sale.
8  Other / Off-topic / Re: Butterfly Labs ASIC Gear Potential on: June 20, 2012, 06:09:08 AM
I'm not sure about the BFL claims. However, this just seems like the natural progression of this experiment we call Bitcoin. As the network and technology improve/expand you will have whole companies setup to designing/manufacturing/maintaining Bitcoin related hardware/services. Already starting to see companies receive additional funding. CPU's and GPU's made a great starting point for the network because they are readily available off-the-shelf components and fairly cheap as well. As the idea was tested and it started to grow people started looking at optimizing the efficiency of mining. Then came along FPGA's and now BFL has introduced the next step. A custom processor/hardware platform solely designed for Bitcoin mining. This would allow it to achieve maximum efficiency and processing power because it is a specialized device ie. you don't have to make design compromises to suit another application like you do with CPU's, GPU's and a lesser extent FPGA's.  

This doesn't mean I don't hold some reservations about BFL's claims. The prices seems low for such great hardware (on paper) but as some other forum members pointed out they could be trying to  corner the market. It's not uncommon (PS2, PS3, Xbox, etc). They could also charge for firmware/software upgrades to further improve the mining efficiency of the units along with technical support for their hardware. I remember working for a company that sold hardware at cost but charged an obscene amount for the software (lots of mathematics/algorithms for optimal efficiency). Anytime a new market emerges it's best to get in early and big or risk being pushed to the way side.

Edit: So after a bit of reading in the FPGA section this thread sums up what I'm talking about and more. Good fundemental ASIC talk about pros/cons of ASIC mining and how it will effect the Bitcoin now and the future. Title is misleading.

ASIC = The end of decentralized mining
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=87303.0
9  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: WoW Account level 85 Druid and Priest for sale - 20 BTC on: June 20, 2012, 05:26:13 AM
Goodluck mate. I would caution about posting direct links to your account on a public forum. Account selling is a permanent ban if you are caught. However, WoW accounts usually have a massive amount of time/resources invested into the characters. Thought about selling my character but 11k+ achievement points and 40+ feats of strength is hard to give up...it's seriously a part of you.
10  Other / CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware / Re: Radeon 7950 for around $300 at Newegg, there is a $20 Mail in Rebate to be fille on: June 19, 2012, 05:12:27 AM
Now out of stock! Great deal while it lasted though. Thanks for posting.
11  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: [WTS] Origin Account with Battefield 3 Limited Edition on: June 17, 2012, 01:26:48 AM
Then buy from them. Some people only have Bitcoins to spend. As far as EA's ToS they can suck it. I'm reselling something I bought legally and own. I'll do whatever I want with it. Just like reselling a used video game. I've done everything possible to prove this is a legit account including letting a well respected member of the forums access the account and verify it.

Maybe someone else will appreciate my offer and try to offer a reasonable price. I will not respond anymore to you Tyler on this post.
12  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: [WTS] Origin Account with Battefield 3 Limited Edition on: June 15, 2012, 11:03:15 PM
@Tyler72. No way. I'd rather keep it then give away a game that sells new for $37USD than for $3USD. That's not even a reasonable offer.
13  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: [WTS] Origin Account with Battefield 3 Limited Edition on: June 14, 2012, 06:22:04 AM
Sell pending.
14  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: [WTS] Origin Account with Battefield 3 Limited Edition on: June 14, 2012, 03:30:26 AM
*Bump
15  Other / CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware / Re: Special 7950 boards unlocked to 7970 rating on: June 12, 2012, 09:15:15 PM
In the 1980's you could open up certain computers and literally flip a toggle switch to double the
RAM size (256k to 512k). However, the stores sold the ones with 512k RAM for a premium even
though they were identical.

Aren't there certain Core i3 processors you can buy an "upgrade code" for?

Yep, looks like they did.

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/intel-introduces-software-upgrade-for-some-core-i3-pentium-chips-20110815/
16  Other / CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware / Re: Special 7950 boards unlocked to 7970 rating on: June 12, 2012, 09:06:04 PM
This isn't all that uncommon. Only recently (5years or so) have firmware/program options have
given us the ability to try to unlock the card further. It's all about binning. Some pieces of silicon
are better than others which is why you have different tiers of performance.

In the 1980's you could open up certain computers and literally flip a toggle switch to double the
RAM size (256k to 512k). However, the stores sold the ones with 512k RAM for a premium even
though they were identical.
17  Economy / Invites & Accounts / Re: [WTS] Origin Account with Battefield 3 Limited Edition on: June 12, 2012, 09:40:19 AM
PM sent foggyb.
18  Economy / Marketplace / Re: List of honest traders. on: June 11, 2012, 07:31:48 PM
+1 Awalt541 - Great seller, quick and communication was excellent.
19  Economy / Digital goods / Re: Diablo III Retail cd key on: June 11, 2012, 07:31:06 PM
Key received. Thanks Awalt541! Great seller, quick and communication was excellent.
20  Economy / Digital goods / Re: Diablo III Retail cd key on: June 11, 2012, 06:41:49 AM
PM Sent Cheesy I can't wait to wail on some demons  Grin
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