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No.

Damn... 

Hah! What makes you think I'd want to spend my own money on international airfares to benefit BFL?

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[Puppet]

I dont know if joelkatz knows anything about mining/hardware, but if he does he has my vote.
Dust is a good choice too I think.

[os2sam]

My next choice is Steve Gibson.  No idea what his Bitcointalk alias is, if he even has one.
Sam

[psilan]

I've resold units to people here on the forums & think I've developed a decent reputation, but that's for the community to decide.

You also sold your sig space to them .

So y-dog?

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sunbreak

If i am informed correctly, sunbreak does not have a stake in this one way or the other, he would be a good impartial judge.  He is also very knowledgeable in the area.

edit:  or me

Sure, I'll go ... and it's true ... I do not own any fpga's or have anything invested in asic's nor did I invest any money with pirate for that matter.

As for credentials;

I personally run a 57 ghash/sec gpu only mining cluster on 110x6950's and 24x5970's on 24 machines with no AC and using only 20kW.
I'm the author of strippedminer the 187mb netboot mining distro.
I originally wrote all the --auto-fan --auto-gpu code that is in cgminer as an external script and independently sponsored the ADL implementation in cgminer by conman).
I also was the one suffered lengthy testing with conman to reveal proper methods to restart stalled gpu's in cgminer.
I identified and diagnosed the lack of dns caching and http connection reuse in cgminer which conman reimplemented as a curl ring buffer saving all of our routers

Well that's enough, I've done lots of stuff in the community ... and I would love to get a chance to put bfl to the test.

I'd be happy for sunbreak and abracadabra to go.

After that... anyone but Jesus.

[Mobius]

Anyone who has been compensated by BFL or is already a public proponent should be excluded, let's keep this an unbiased site visit.

[Luke-Jr]

Anyone who has been compensated by BFL or is already a public proponent should be excluded, let's keep this an unbiased site visit.

I agree. I think gmaxwell would be a good choice, if he's interested.

[Mobius]

Anyone who has been compensated by BFL or is already a public proponent should be excluded, let's keep this an unbiased site visit.

I agree. I think gmaxwell would be a good choice, if he's interested.

I don't, the developers/maintainers of bitcoin should remain neutral on all hardware issues and eliminate any possible conflict of interest. 

[psilan]

I like sunbreak now.

[ice_chill]

I wonder what difference it makes who visits ? as long as we get videos of ASICs performing, and pictures of the assembling line, then that's all the proof we need.

[Isokivi]

I personally would like to see one long-term bitcoin developer in the people you fly over, for example jojkaart.

DrHaribo is one name I can think of, not a developer asfar as I know, but a dedicated pool op.

[edit] I realise I nominated two europeans, but are you really that tight on funds when it comes to your credibility ?

[Graet]

 wow, just found the thread - should delve further into some of these threads lol
being impartial I'd love to go
but being realistic I cant pony up the airfare - although if there are samples to bring home could be worth the trip? (joke)

I have known Sunbreak and abracadabra  for some time, I have found them both to be trustworthy and honest and would be happy to have either or both go.

I will be more then happy to take a day or two off work and write an article for http://www.btcmu.info about the trip. Would some pictures be ok?

Is a trusted Ozcoin staff member getting a good info site going - worth considering

there are many others around Bitcoin that would also be suitable
Interesting idea
cheers
Graet

[yochdog]

I'd like to go, but I'm pretty sure I'm not that well known.

I'll nominate yochdog. He's a miner, seems pretty well known, has BFL FPGAs, and has traded tens of thousands of dollars with forum members including a few thousand with me. I'd trust his report.

I would be willing to make the trip if BFL will have me. 

[abracadabra]

also,  I'd be flying out of ORD   so ticket would be cheap.

i have a degree in EE and yes, I'd bring more than one camera that could take pics and video

[Jezzz]

me me me me 

+1

[CubedRoot]

I would go, I live in TN and can fly out of ATL.  I would be willing to post my findings here, as well as on the many blogs I post to. 

I have been an on again off again cheerleader for BFL.  I supported them when they first came out, even though I skipped out on buying FPGA technology because I was saving my BTC for ASICs.  I am now an early pre-order customer for a few Jalapeno's and a Single.  I have been critical of BFL and Inaba as of late with this "new" information coming out, but I am still optimistically skeptical they will deliver on their November release. I still want to see them succeed, and I would give an unbiased view of the company.

I also have a strong background in the IS/IT industry, and have been a Red Hat, and AIX sysadmin for several years. I have a BSBA in Management information systems and have a pretty good business acumen that I use for my own consulting firm.

[jjiimm_64]

I like sunbreak now.

that is at least 4 for sunbreak

Sunbreak is a good choice!

[BitcoinINV]

It should be someone with no stake in BFL for a non tainted view.

[Fjordbit]

yochdog also has 4 (crazyates, Xfinity nomorecoin, and myself). Five if you include psilan's, but yochdog is still a few posts shy of 1337 posts and it seemed like the comment was more for humor.

[SLok]

I'd like to go, but I'm pretty sure I'm not that well known.

I'll nominate yochdog. He's a miner, seems pretty well known, has BFL FPGAs, and has traded tens of thousands of dollars with forum members including a few thousand with me. I'd trust his report.

I would be willing to make the trip if BFL will have me. 

I vote for yochdog and sunbreak.