Are you going to get the $4680 unit that can only crunch 600GH/S when the difficulties went up yesterday?

At least it's a good news that the product they made stand up to the spec stated in March of 2013!  How many BTC are you making a day from this unit?

We have finally got our hands on a Butterfly Labs ASIC miner.  As most of you know, production release dates have been a enormous problem for BFL.  The miner we are testing was ordered in March 2013, it was received October 31st 2013. As you can imagine, the wait time essentially nullified any chance of making a quick return on investment.  With ASICs flooding the market, the mining difficulty is pacing with the production numbers.  Want to make a good return on your mining investment?  Get "fast hashing" hardware quickly. 

Unboxing the unit was also an ear opening experience, as I could hear screws rattling & sliding around inside the case.  Loose metal objects floating around powered electronics can be an expensive mistake.  Fearing it may fry the electronic inside, I removed the offending screws, and proceeded to put the unit back together.  I then remembered that BFL had to change their original design of the Single & Little Single ASIC units.  They had to double the case size, to accommodate the 30 & 60GH/s boards.  The resulting internal case design & assembly appeared to be rushed into production.

He's got my vote:

http://www.vegasnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Andrew-Dice-Clay-at-TAO-red-carpe-570t.jpg

Of all people.... Russell Brand?
What's the matter, couldn't find a bigger douche?

Another thing.

No one is going to show the bitcoin community love as long as greedy hoarders are the face of it. That needs to change, and everyone will make an episode about bitcoin.

No one wants to tell everyone watching TV to go talk to a bunch of assholes (the current bitcoin community).

His best investment would be to endorse this currency in the main stream media. This would be more than enough for now.

this is relevant i think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STUU3M4U3Y

Going back to the basic math and history tenants of my post--the reason behind their bankruptcy, and why they'll be bankrupt again. And again. And again.

Not to mention no civilization in known history has ever permanently solved its financial woes by raising taxes. If you're having financial woes, it's likely because you're bleeding out due to unwise spending, counting the chickens before the eggs have hatched.

Typically in civilizations, continually increasing the financial burden of the people leads to one of two conclusions: The eventual complete dissolving of the civilization, or civil war/emigration.

Once converted, Russell can get his friend on board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en9yNEkU5kU

Well said. Now, I don't know about open letters, but have you sent it to him? Or do you just send him that link.

Dear Russell:

I just finished watching your interview with Jeremy Paxman, aside from Mr. Paxman being a trite individual, it was fantastic exchange of new ideas vs. old.  I'm sure you were expecting Sinead O'Conner, or Miley Cyrus to write you this open-air missive.  Alas, I'm going to underwhelm you, because my fame and fortune are nonexistent.  So, here it is, you get me, Michael, writing you in hopes to get your attention to some important issues, in which are pertinent to your revolutionary interview.

As you summarized in your interview, people that have any sense, realize that voting changes nothing. Voting is an occupation for the disillusioned, the elderly, and hopeful tyrants.  We all know that voting for a new master every four years, still doesn't make you free.  Even still, the capacity to vote on people's fundamental human rights is the antithesis of freedom.  Yet, this is the paradigm we live under, and are born into.  In the United States there are approximately 240,000,000 people who are of voting age.  In the 2012 elections, the total votes cast was approximately 130,000,000.  That's a deficit of 110,000,000 people.  It ends up around 65,000,000 people elect a supposed "leader" for the remaining 310,000,000.  Of those voting, only a small percentage actually know what & how the government works.  Although, they parrot the talking points like good citizens, as their smug partisan destroy lives.