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1521  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: ANTMINER S4 Discussion and Support Thread on: October 29, 2014, 06:46:11 AM
Has anyone reported issues with running these on North American 120V residential circuits ? Contemplating picking up a Batch 3 if it comes out. Seems steady improvements are being made to the S4.
1522  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Butterflylabs Huge SCAM on: October 28, 2014, 02:34:29 AM
http://ia802308.us.archive.org/32/items/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531.110.0.pdf

ORDER
The Court is aware of the growing lack of civility and professionalism among the parties
in this case and, therefore, puts the parties on notice of several options available to it if such
conduct continues. Through its inherent power to maintain respect and decorum, the Court is
granted the flexibility to equitably tailor a sanction that appropriately fits any misconduct. See
Plaintiffs’ Baycol Steering Comm. v. Bayer Corp., 419 F.3d 794, 802 (8th Cir. 2005)
(recognizing inherent power to sanction after notice and opportunity to be heard). Available
sanctions include a lecture from the Court, a monetary penalty, a recommendation by the Court
to the appropriate bar association that the attorney be subject to disciplinary action, or a public
reprimand directly by the Court and made available on the Court’s website.1
 See, e.g., Local Rule 83.6 (discussing attorney discipline). More extreme sanctions include disbarment or
contempt findings.

The Court recognizes that this is a contentious and vigorously disputed lawsuit. But the
Court expects the parties to treat each other, the Temporary Receiver (which is appointed by, and
serves as, an officer of the Court), and the Court with professionalism and respect. Name
calling, veiled suggestions, ad hominem attacks, and unfounded accusations directed at opposing
counsel, the Temporary Receiver, or the Court will not be tolerated and potentially subjects a
party to the above sanctions.

The parties, the Temporary Receiver, and the Court have a lot of work to accomplish in a
little amount of time. The Court will not allow harassing and unbecoming conduct to distract
from the orderly administration of this lawsuit. If it continues to observe inappropriate behavior,
the Court will not hesitate to schedule a show cause hearing to address the offending conduct.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Also, request for the lawyers to get paid is being opposed.

PLAINTIFF’S SUGGESTIONS IN OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION OF
KENNYHERTZ PERRY FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

http://ia802308.us.archive.org/32/items/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531.111.0.pdf

PLAINTIFF’S SUGGESTIONS IN OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION OF POLSINELLI
PC FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

http://ia802308.us.archive.org/32/items/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531.112.0.pdf

Here, Defendants admit to at least $4 million in refunds requested but not yet paid.1
Should the FTC prevail, the amount of refunds could exceed that amount by an order of
magnitude, $50 million.2 Yet, frozen funds amount to only approximately $10.1 million3 –
barely 20% of the potential refund liability. Of that amount, up to approximately $1.1 million
has already been earmarked to pay interim operating costs.4 Allowing additional releases of
frozen funds to pay attorney’s fees only reduces the already modest refunds that Defendants’
consumer victims could expect to receive. Equity demands that these scarce funds be used for
the victimized consumers, not lawyers.

1523  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: UNOfficial AMT Thread round 3: The Uncensored version. on: October 27, 2014, 06:28:26 AM
This needs to be posted to /r/cringe on Reddit...
1524  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: *** GHash.IO mining pool official page *** on: October 26, 2014, 12:31:39 PM
I'm finding all the ghash servers incredibly unstable at the moment Sad Anyone else able to verify us1, uk1, and nl1 are all wonky for the past ~8 hours or so ?
1525  Other / Off-topic / Re: How you drink your coffee? on: October 26, 2014, 06:07:19 AM
Black.
1526  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: October 25, 2014, 10:19:19 PM
they knew that ASIC mining would kill off scrypt coins and anyone who bought an scrypt ASIC would regret it. Legal or not is a different issue....
... I wonder if this ultimately means scrypt based stuff dies off altogether and Bitcoin becomes stronger for it ...
1527  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: UNOfficial AMT Thread round 3: The Uncensored version. on: October 25, 2014, 09:40:29 PM
Haha. From the latest bullshit AMT thread.

1528  Other / Off-topic / Re: Iphone or Samsung on: October 25, 2014, 08:24:12 PM
I work with and personally own both. Rotate between an iPhone 5s, Samsung S5, Galaxy Note 3, and another Samsung device strictly for development.

Personally, prefer using the iPhone as my "mission critical" primary device, and use my Samsungs as a backup/dev/work/tinkering device.

Prefer web browsing on my Note 3 for to the larger display, using the pen for finer navigation.
1529  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Butterflylabs Huge SCAM on: October 25, 2014, 07:55:30 PM
Meta: Have "American Greed" playing on the TV in the background while working, and had an amusing thought of "I can't wait to see an episode done about Butterfly Labs..."
1530  Other / Off-topic / Re: The BTCTalk Legendary Thread on: October 25, 2014, 07:25:23 AM
1531  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Butterflylabs Huge SCAM on: October 25, 2014, 06:18:18 AM
http://ia802308.us.archive.org/32/items/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531/gov.uscourts.mowd.117531.109.0.pdf

PLAINTIFF’S REPLY SUGGESTIONS OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF


TL;DR: "Where it matters, Defendants still have not solved any of their problems."

EDIT: Notable excerpts

"Once Defendants manufactured Bitcoin mining machines using what were essentially interest-free loans from consumers, their first actions were not to benefit their long-suffering customers, but to pad their own bottom line."

"Given Defendants’ repeated law violations and questionable practices, Defendants cannot expect the Court simply to take their word for it that they have abandoned their illegal conduct for good."

"They should not get a fourth chance (or a fifth chance, in the case of one of the defendants) that would be funded with money that rightfully belongs to consumers"

"Mr. Zerlan admitted that Defendants mined Bitcoins with customer equipment"

"The continuance of illegal conduct obviates the need for the Commission to demonstrate a likelihood of future violations."

"Defendants’ corporate culture undermines the credibility of their claims that they will operate lawfully in the future."

"the illegal conduct here did not occur in isolation or as a result of mere oversight, but as a result of a business model designed to extract and retain money from consumers for as long as possible"

"Rather than exhibiting contrition, Defendants continued taking pre-orders despite their inability to fulfill existing orders and spent corporate funds on foam pitchforks emblazoned with the phrase, “Y U No Ship, BFL Is Late!” to mock their own customers."

"Defendant Vleisides, under the guise of corporate housing, lives in a home renovated, owned, and paid for by Butterfly Labs, and therefore consumers"

"Defendants are not providing refunds as represented, and, neither providing refunds nor mollifying customers with giveaways cures deception"

1532  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Butterflylabs Huge SCAM on: October 25, 2014, 02:16:58 AM
Besides he obviously was just doing what the boss told him.
WW II war criminals said the same thing.
1533  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: *** GHash.IO mining pool official page *** on: October 25, 2014, 01:10:29 AM
*grumbles about auto-payout still being hosed*
1534  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Butterflylabs Huge SCAM on: October 24, 2014, 09:32:17 PM
I believe the previous post is right in cryptically stating " LOL ", I will say that BFL is on its death throws if that is their best they can do as a MOTION TO DISMISS
1535  Other / Off-topic / Re: IS UFO or ALIENS are real ? on: October 24, 2014, 01:46:34 PM
Not sure about UFO's, but know many of the southern border states are overrun with aliens...
1536  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: ANTMINER S3 Discussion and Support Thread. on: October 24, 2014, 07:18:14 AM
Just upgraded one of my miners, and get the following error at the top of the miner configuration tab.

1537  Economy / Computer hardware / Re: WTS ANTMINERS S3+ FREE SHIPPING on: October 24, 2014, 06:47:19 AM
I am looking to sell my Antminers S3+.
Which batch are they from ? Possibly interested in picking up two for shipping to TX.
1538  Other / Off-topic / Re: Bought a new expensive car - wife wants to drive it on: October 23, 2014, 09:17:30 PM
The way I figure it, my wife owns 50% of my "fun" car. If she want's to drive it, I trust her enough to, and will ungrudgingly deal with whatever improbable outcome that results. Same way I would understand her allowing me to drive her "fun" car if I desired.
1539  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: October 23, 2014, 08:27:10 PM
I for one cannot wait until their "BFL moment", when the whole thing comes crashing down and these assholes get whats coming.  And it is coming. 
Some very good legal professionals are already after them, and the numbers are multiplying.  Pretending they are exempt from the law will only work for these dip-shits for so long. 
It can't happen soon enough Sad
1540  Economy / Computer hardware / Re: [WTS] 6 x ASICMiner Cubes (BE100 30GH/s) - USA Only on: October 23, 2014, 08:21:55 PM
Just wondering where you are located and what the power draw on these are?
Dallas, TX.

~200W at normal clocks.
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