dacoinminster:
I read your original post on paranoia. Although you wrote it a few years ago it is wonderful. I am the head of information security for a major facility and I wish I could ingrain some of your thoughts in my user community! Very well done, sir (or madam).
I've been messing with computers, programming, information security and such since the last 70's. I've just recently gotten into the crypto world after casually following bitcoin for the past few years (and I wish I'd started mining it back a few years ago!). I turned my macbook pro into an impromptu miner (CPU) and picked up a few litecoin and dogecoin. I got worried about my CPU temps peaking out at 100 C, especially since this is my primary tool for my hobby of publishing children's iOS software, which I 've been doing since the iPhone was released. I did buy four bitcoin at $220 USD in November 2013 and am pleased at myself given the current price.
So, off to the local store I headed, bought the cheapest windows tower I could find, a beefed up power supply, a high end video card and now I'm at 400 kHz, headed to 1Mhs hopefully when my next card comes in and I'm hooked!
Trying to learn as much as I can about this field, and realizing I may be profiting in the process (but not counting on that).
Looking forward to learning and having fun!
Daniel
I read your original post on paranoia. Although you wrote it a few years ago it is wonderful. I am the head of information security for a major facility and I wish I could ingrain some of your thoughts in my user community! Very well done, sir (or madam).
I've been messing with computers, programming, information security and such since the last 70's. I've just recently gotten into the crypto world after casually following bitcoin for the past few years (and I wish I'd started mining it back a few years ago!). I turned my macbook pro into an impromptu miner (CPU) and picked up a few litecoin and dogecoin. I got worried about my CPU temps peaking out at 100 C, especially since this is my primary tool for my hobby of publishing children's iOS software, which I 've been doing since the iPhone was released. I did buy four bitcoin at $220 USD in November 2013 and am pleased at myself given the current price.
So, off to the local store I headed, bought the cheapest windows tower I could find, a beefed up power supply, a high end video card and now I'm at 400 kHz, headed to 1Mhs hopefully when my next card comes in and I'm hooked!
Trying to learn as much as I can about this field, and realizing I may be profiting in the process (but not counting on that).
Looking forward to learning and having fun!
Daniel