Interesting catch PG.
Thanks, smoothie!
Apologies for reposting this, but desire the following to be above the fold.
When is the 1 year anniversary for the first announcement of BFL ASICs?
Ain't this special! You never guess what I discovered while seeking to answer your question, revealed at the end of the following quote. Unless another confirmed date is presented, I'm guessing May 27, 2012.
We're scared
full custom ASIC is great!!!!! You would invest probably more than whole BTC worth then if you would go with say 45-nm!!!! You are serious player I think this is the time, when security of SHA256 for block-chain generation should be .... IMPROVED But let's go step by step First deliver mini-rigs with nice performance and cost, then ASIC, then do buy-in, and then everything would be secure, under NDA of course Or 
? Will you start again taking money for future product with "variable" performance ? 
Let me first say that I deeply respect the work you've done. I really mean that. It's spectacular and we're deeply impressed. So believe me when I say that we take no pleasure in undermining your plans.
As you know, you've only announced yourself within the last week or so while we've been working on our full product range in public view for 10 months. The SC product plan and it's timing has been illustrated on our product lineup page that full time.
We started out under attack from similar comments like yours above... it's deja vu. I think your first post was met with similar sarcasm. That's just how it is. You've got to take your lumps in the public forum. Even the good Ngzhang once publicly accused us of being a scam product. In sum, we've seen all this before and we're past it. We've since shipped a quantity of product into the field that would surprise most people. So if you want to cast doubt, go right ahead. Honestly, we expect nothing less.
I would hope that at some point the hostility becomes unnecessary.
Best regards,
BFL
Now, for what I discovered, but first a couple more quotes to drive the point home.
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Re: Hi, my name is Sonny Vleisides
September 21, 2012, 02:13:37 PM #86
Thank you all for your comments... both positive and negative. I see many of our competitors in this thread pushing their agenda which isn't surprising but still, there are some very reasonable posts with deserving questions. Overall, I appreciate the public's reason for concern and I will return and provide answers.
September 21, 2012, 02:13:37 PM #86
Thank you all for your comments... both positive and negative. I see many of our competitors in this thread pushing their agenda which isn't surprising but still, there are some very reasonable posts with deserving questions. Overall, I appreciate the public's reason for concern and I will return and provide answers.
The following quote was edited to only show an example of the writing style, but opted to highlight one interesting tidbit.
Q. Are you going to stop being such a jerk on the forums to some people?
A. Maybe. It depends. Actually, yes. As a pool operator and an independent individual I have far more latitude and freedom to express my displeasure with some of the more intense stupidity that can be encountered on the internet. As a representative of a company, I am, unfortunately, a bit more constrained from explaining to various people exactly why they are idiots. As such, I will likely be ignoring a lot of the more of the ludicrous posts than I have before. To those of you who enjoyed reading my rants, I am sorry that they will be far fewer and betweener.
When is the Jalapeno getting FCC approval?
Maybe two weeks? We are waiting for the test lab to issue the test report.
With the bump in power requirements on the MR and the new screen, we had to make changes, although the new screen is already certified. We are doing all the devices at once, since they all share the same board.
I quoted posts by users BFL, BFL_Sonny, Inaba (Josh) and BFL_Josh. What's the common denominator with them all? The majority of the time they all put an extra space when starting a new sentence.
I'll leave it to others to show/prove that the writing styles of BFL and Josh are similar.
I just thought of one more before I was about to post this: http://redstarmining.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html
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Reply from BFL about our purchase
I just got a reply from BFL -
On 5 March 2012 18:27, BFLabs <sonny@butterflylabs.com> wrote:
Hi Matthew,
Please excuse the delay in confirming your order. We have been focusing on production over new customer inquiry and are just now catching up. Your PayPal payment has been received in full and your BitForce SHA256 Single is secure. Your date of purchase is 02/24/2012. I will keep you informed as to the expected delivery date of your order.
Thanks again for your interest in our product.
Kind regards,
Sonny K
I just got a reply from BFL -
On 5 March 2012 18:27, BFLabs <sonny@butterflylabs.com> wrote:
Hi Matthew,
Please excuse the delay in confirming your order. We have been focusing on production over new customer inquiry and are just now catching up. Your PayPal payment has been received in full and your BitForce SHA256 Single is secure. Your date of purchase is 02/24/2012. I will keep you informed as to the expected delivery date of your order.
Thanks again for your interest in our product.
Kind regards,
Sonny K
Note the extra space at the beginning of the sentence(s).
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Hi *****,
We have begun shipping of the product. However, the lead time on new orders is 4-6 weeks from the date of purchase. Now that we're underway with production, this could be much faster but it's best to assume 4-6 weeks when making a purchase decision.
Kind regards,
Sonny K
BF Labs Inc.
We have begun shipping of the product. However, the lead time on new orders is 4-6 weeks from the date of purchase. Now that we're underway with production, this could be much faster but it's best to assume 4-6 weeks when making a purchase decision.
Kind regards,
Sonny K
BF Labs Inc.