I actually just found out about Bitcoins last night on reddit, and after reading about it obsessively for a few hours, decided I wanted to get involved. I really like the ideology, and really hope things go well (excited/curious/afraid of what governmental reaction will be). Got my first GPU up and mining already too 
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(this is my first post)(excuse my language but) you motherfucking fast motherfucker
I've still not got round to setting up a GPU miner.Haha, it was easier than I was expected, I joined a pool.
It is known fact that bitcoin economy, difficulty and exchange rate to fiat is growing exponentially for almost a year now. The only question here is how long will it last. If The Internet itself, Facebook etc.. is a guide than it can go on like this for quite some time.
I feel like it's definitely going to go up and up at least for a short while-- but there's always the possiblity of a crash, one that the bitcoin might not survive. I'm pretty confident that even if the bitcoin currency itself goes under, eventually a stronger version of the same idea would take it's place and succeed. It's just got too much going for it to ever just fade away.