Okay, Josh, I believe it was you, who had proven that initial (first generation) BFL’s product was real and the whole operation took off because of it. (Please do correct me if i’m wrong) While it does seems ‘unfair’ that after donning staff’s mantle you no longer enjoy the same trust, why can’t you consider doing the same with the current generation using another ‘trusted’ community member/pool operator? Why was not it done properly in London, where you had allegedly had a working prototype? Please do not just go ‘free strategic information’ again, there are plenty of ways around it, and all what such a demo could do (provided at least key info is true and you are not unreasonably late with your product) is not only to confirm your market share but also gain you plenty of new customers.
Who would that be? Did you bother to read the kind of bullshit that was slung about even after I verified and posted my findings? There's simply no point, it doesn't matter what's produced... I mean, check this shit out:
INABA and BFL both stated that butterfly labs make custom chips...
yet........ its not a custom chip designed by BFL
it's a altera atratix3 EP3SL150F780 FPGA.
so goodluck BFL talking yourselves out of your websites quote for last 11 months:
quote: Butterfly Labs manufactures a line of high speed encryption processors for use in research, telecommunication and security applications.
if you cannot design a custom chip and need to import it at FPGA level. then designing a ASIC chip will be even harder to produce.
would love to see their dust free lab where they make their chips..
We are literally almost a year into shipping FPGA products, with thousands, THOUSANDS of these in the field and idiots like Franky1 still don't believe they exist. They, quite literally, make up the stuff like you see in that quote out of thin air and try to pass it off as reality. How the hell is it possible to compete with people who are completely disconnected from reality? It's impossible... there is no amount of proof that will satisfy this forum. None. Thousands of shipped units and people still don't believe, there is simply nothing more that can be done.
We never claimed to demo or have an ASIC unit in London. I have no idea where that got started, but it wasn't us.
Inaba, even if you think this forum is "unbecoming of a venue for public discourse" you are still here speaking on behalf of BFL.
I'm not speaking on behalf of BFL. I never said I was speaking on behalf of BFL. If I were speaking on behalf of BFL, I would post with BFL_Josh. As it is, I'm speaking on behalf of reality and common sense. It's in very short supply here at Bitcointalk central.
Your lack of professionalism alone is enough to make me not want to ever do business with BFL.
But add to that the news about the convicted scammer in charge... and his delay in responding to concerns... well Jesus!
How could you ever think people would 'not' be upset, especially given the recent history of scams in Bitcoin land???
Fair enough, buy a competing product. I'm sorry that I don't hold your hand and whisper sweet nothings in your ear. I am so very sorry that I'm not the kind of customer service person who caters to every unreasonable whim you might have. I am super duper extra sorry that I am not the COO who will tell you anything you want to hear just to keep you as a customer. Really, I am. But the fact is, I am blunt and to the point. If someone is being an idiot, I will tell them they are being an idiot. If they ask why, I will be glad to explain why they are being an idiot. The problem is, this forum is full of every kind of idiot under the sun, so my work week is rather long. I don't get paid to do this, so sometimes I take a break. I do it because it's something I enjoy doing, when it ceases to be enjoyable, I stop. So go ahead and cry me a river about how I hurt your feelings with my harsh words that bruised your little ego... then, by all means, build a bridge and get the fuck over it.
The entitlement of some of the members of this forum is nothing short of astounding. The information some of you think you deserve is utterly ludicrous... the fact of the matter is, if this market is so easy and it's so obvious how to proceed, I ask you this: Why aren't you doing it? Why aren't you rich? Why are you
here, asking
me or
BFL questions instead of developing your own product and marketing it? In fact, if it's so easy and obvious, why do you need to know the answers? You should already know them!
What's totally awesome about Bitcointalk, though, is the fact that every time I think people have demonstrated that they have reached some sort of plateau of ridiculouslness; Just when it appears that the mother fucking
Mount Olympus of Batshit Crazy has been conquered, the BitcoinTalk flag planted firmly in its peak, one of you fucking idiots manages to come along and shine a bright, white hot burning spotlight of incredulity on the fact that we are only in the foothills of Crazytown and the
Peak of Insanity & Entitlement still looms far above. It's truly breathtaking in a sick sort of way.
God damn, I love you idiots sometimes. You give me hope that if I ever have a child and they are so retarded as to be a veritable vegetable, I can still point at the cute little veggie and say "Well, at least you're smarter than most of the people on Bitcointalk." And it will give me comfort.
*EDIT* 2700'th post, fucking awesome!
