Yup.  I'm currently running 2.3.1-2 on my 6770 (using diablo kernel) very happily and stably.  I'll need  a really good reason to upgrade again but I don't foresee ever needing to.

BTW how'd you get your 6770 cranked up to 1005?  I'm currently running 960/300 and  I've been unable to run higher reliably.

If you underclock the memory (not needed for BTC hashing) it greatly reduces the temperature.  You'll have to do some research and then experiment yourself.  For instance my card's stock clocks are 850 MHz GPU and 1200MHz memory.  I currently run 960/300 and my temp is around 70-75C.  By reducing the RAM speed you can run higher GPU speeds for the same or lower temperature.

You definitely don't want to run at 85C for any length of time.  At least aim for less than 80C.

Also, is your 6950 plugged into your motherboard or in an external rack?  If it's on your motherboard, leave your PC's case open.  This *greatly* improves airflow and reduces temperature.  This is what I do.  I leave the side panel off my PC all the time now.

Try other miners too.  Like you I started out with guiminer.  I eventually moved to cgminer because it gives such good regulated control over temperature, over/underclocking, undervolting, etc.

By experimenting with different kernels and clock/volt settings I was able to get my 6770 up to the max hash rates I was seeing around the web.

OK.  This now a pony thread. 

An anonymous network for shipping physical items is theoretically possible, and could be organized like Tor.

1) When you buy something you give the seller an encrypted version of your address that s/he cannot read.
2) The seller ships the package to a reshipper who has the ability to decrypt your address.
3) The reshipper then ships your package through normal channels like UPS.

The main benefit of this system is if the seller is busted for some reason, your name/address are not compromised.

An obvious weakness of this system is if the reshipper is compromised.  A way around this is to have multiple reshippers with layers of encryption and each reshipper peels off only one layer to see which reshipper to send it next (or to you).

You the buyer could even encrypt the entire reshipping route to follow.  The seller would then ship the package to the reshipper you specify when s/he decrypts the address.

The main weakness of this whole deal is the "exit node" i.e. reshippers that can see your real physical address so it can be shipped conventionally to you.

I'll get Agents Mulder and Scully right on it.

BTC will continue to be viewed as yet another quirk of Libertarians and other kooks as long as sheeple continue to have confidence in their fiat currencies.

BTC will take off when people start buying goods and services directly without converting to fiat currencies or even worrying what the exchange rate is.  This will only happen in the aftermath of a major financial crisis worse that the one in 2008.

Just seems odd they added signing to the GUI but not verify.

I was wondering this myself.  The sign operation isn't much use without a verify.

I can assure you there are no deities involved, just people.

Oh I dunno.  Because they don't last that long?

These arguments are silly.  This is like people selling trading systems.  Everyone criticizes them saying, "Well if your system were really profitable you wouldn't be selling it."

Oanda lets you set your leverage, though obviously you can't trade BTC there.

Yup I hate working with 12ga; it's amazing how much easier 14ga is to work with.  Unfortunately I ran out of 14ga years ago but have plenty of 12ga left and I'm too cheap a sumbitch to buy more. 

It really doesn't matter.  Leverage only affects how much of your margin is used when you open a position.

Position sizing is most important.  Your max loss on each trade needs to be known up front, say 1% of NAV.  You stop loss is set based on whatever technicals you use.  The position size is set according to what your max loss would be if the stop loss were hit.

Leverage has no effect on the position sizing I described.  It only affects how many positions you can put on at the same time.

Isn't this one of the things the Book of Revelations mentions being a sign of the "End Times?" 

Basically for the last 24 hours.

Or the USG has been anticipating this and is seeking to smother it in the cradle.  (BTW I don't think they're that good at planning.)

It's reasonable to assume that if any alternate currency were to really become popular it would get the negative attention of TPTB.  Think about it: one day the USG starts to notice an unexplainable drop in revenue.  They start digging to find out the cause of this anomaly and find a growing underground economy with a non-USD currency.

For crypto currencies, agencies with lots of computing power would become heavily involved in the effort to try to disrupt or destroy it.

It's what would happen if BTC really became mainstream.

Read "A Lodging of Wayfaring Men" for your answer.

Seems OK.

I noticed my payout per block is suddenly half of what it was but the pool's hash rate just doubled too.