Well I haven't received any type of notification like this and they don't post it up on their Twitter feed.

Where did you receive this information from?

Thanks

They probably did a ton of work to get those cities aboard but they could have been putting that into getting websites to use darker designs for a pledged amount of time and gotten more energy savings out of it.

CRT monitors, which until a few years ago were the predominant models among PC users, consume more power when a computer screen is white. To confirm this, Schindler measured the energy output of an 18-inch (45.7-centimeter) CRT monitor and found it used 102 watts when the screen was white but only 79 watts when the display was black.

This is not the case, however, with LCD monitors, which have no phosphors and represent the lion's share of every new monitored purchased in the developed world, including those used by laptops. Instead, LCD displays rely on an array of thin-tube fluorescent bulbs that provide a constant source of light to create a white screen. To make it black, LCDs rely on a diffuser to block this light. As a result, LCDs use more energy than CRTs to display a black screen. Measuring a 17-inch (43-centimeter) LCD monitor, Schindler found that white required 22.6 watts, while black came in a tad higher at 23.2 watts. With a 20-inch (50.8-centimeter) LCD, black required 6 percent more energy than white.

I don't know if I'm off topic, but I read somewhere (can't remember the article) that approximately the number of possible private keys is similar to the numer of atoms in the universe, and running a computer capable of cracking a private key would require the energy produced by a star...obviously there is always luck, but seems unlikely

Can someone possibly explain why I can no longer mine on Slush's pool, is this error related to the DDOS? Im using GUIMiner with these flags ( -v -w 256 -f 40 ) on my HD7970. I get the below then it just hangs, I can mine my backup fine but since earlier today I cannot mine slush.

2013-06-20 00:55:23: Listener for "Smerks Slush" started
2013-06-20 00:55:25: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:25, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (Tahiti)
2013-06-20 00:55:25: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:25, checking for stratum...
2013-06-20 00:55:25: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:25, no response to getwork, using as stratum
2013-06-20 00:55:25: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:25,  No JSON object could be decoded
2013-06-20 00:55:35: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:35, Failed to subscribe
2013-06-20 00:55:37: Listener for "Smerks Slush": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 20/06/2013 00:55:37, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

Is there any tricks to cut down the Video Driver from crashing. Besides lower GPU Mhz.
I am asking because I have 3 machines identical in all ways brand new win7 installs 64bit, Sapphire 7870xt cards.
I can run 2 no issues at 1200Mhz GPU mining 525 mh/s while the 3rd one the video driver seems to crash above 1145Mhz after several hours.
The 2 at 1200 run at 71C and 76C while the driver crashing one runs at 75C.

I bought a kit that came with whatever blue coolant, works just fine.  Watercooling a 5870 and 5830 with it with a dual 120mm radiator, keeps them about 40 or so, depending on my ambient heat.  I used 1/2" OD 3/8" ID primoflex tubing with the regular fittings, no compression.

I used a kill coil.  Way less fuss than having to worry about oil or drops of whatever.  Just stick it in the reservoir and call it a day.

Hi,

I'm asking that everyone please point your rigs, laptops, desktops, here for as long as possible:

http://gld.cryptocoinmine.com/

This coin needs a little assistance. If we can get over this hump, the coin will be profitable very soon.
 
For more information: http://www.gldtalk.org/index.php?topic=8.0

Thanks,
Greg.

Does combination of aluminium and copper parts make trouble? E.g. copper water blocks and some automotive aluminium radiator?

Thanks.

i have a couple of rigs on xp  i cant rember how i did it thow i will have a look and let you know

Ok I've got some newb questions maybe u can help me with.  I have a simple Dell Pentium 4 Windows XP Home Edition pc. I don't game expect for xbox and ps3 and things like that so this is all new to me. 

GPU's i get the basics that it is stronger then a cpu but I confused by all the add ons and want to know what the basic setup for someone like me would be.  For someone like me how do I get started mining?  Do I have to by all these different components or do I just need to rig a video card to my pc to get started and is a GPU another name for a video card?

Sorry if this is really basic and newbish but I just don't get what my first to should be and what I can expect will happen once it's taken.  And and all help is very much appreciated. 

So, I have a rig with 2 6850's in it. I have Windows 8 64bit, I have Catalyst 12.8 installed and the 2.6 SDK installed. When I open up catalyst and go to overdrive, only one card is showing up. I have both cards plugged into monitors. I am missing something here?