haha yeahhh it's not that smart to go drop a ton of money on equipment if you don't have free elec...

BUUUUUT

I did do something with questionable ethics and i honestly don't care, but i'll do anything in the name of "science" and experimentation

Go to Frys Electronics, buy the equipment you need to mine for some serous time, mine for 28 days and return your equipment for full price, minus the intrest you accrued on your CC.

BOOM instant profit, no investment other than elec and intrest.  That'll get you your first high end video card...

at least that's how i did it...

but i already had an amazing mobo and 1200 W psu sitting around....

not a suggestion but just a way to get things done...

rules are there to protect the people who don't understand when to bend them...

I like this idea, and even better if you could make the micro do it all over USB and then also be about the size of a credit card with a USB plug that would be ideal.

I'd love to help with this, but wouldn't know where to start when it comes with an open source idea like this... I'd need more help on the organizing side than the actual "doing side"....

Hey guys, I've been mining now for about 2 months when i read about the article in forbes.  Electrical Engineer by degree, and Software engineer/entrepreneur by trade.  I've made a couple associates that work for ISPs and the likes and have studied monetary theory so bitcoin is an awesome experiment to see what and how a currency really forms and operates from the ground up.  Really digging it.  I'm also looking at FPGA SHA256 designs when i'm bored.  I've read alot of fpgaminer's posts and really like what he has to say.