Brilliant to see the creations people can come up with. All in one single topic.

@liamwli: try Inkscape. It's really easy to learn all the controls and it's vector as the OP requested. And don't be afraid that it won't work out. Look at the fantastic work I've started with. LOL

Tahoda

I do know what was wrong. The blocks weren't completely symmetrical yet. Fixed that and...made some variations. Both on blocks and texts.

http://i.imgur.com/JCVN7.png

Tahoda

Yep, it was a very quick sketch. Just to see if this was the correct path to follow. Good that we are, at last, synchronized on design strategy.

edit: ok, couldn't resist some quick changes...

http://i.imgur.com/eC0j3.png

- slight re-alignment of the bitcoin blocks;
- made text somewhat smaller in length and positioned it a bit neater with the bitcoin blocks;
- made the blue stock exchange graph [or the path which connects the bitcoiners - you may choose] a bit more soft colored by adding a gradient.

Tahoda

If I may make a suggestion for software if you don't have Fireworks, try Inkscape (Google for it). It's open source, it's vector based and has much support for vector file formats.

Oh yes, someone told me that the flag was definitely out. See the above messages...

Tahoda

Yep, check back here very often. I think it's because new folks coming in, bringing new ideas. Also newcomers post their first questions here. And I hate those forum threads with no answers you often find when using Google. I scan those questions and when I'm able to answer them -or have the possibility to get them going- I try to do so.

Tahoda

http://i.imgur.com/wyOyS.png

 

Tahoda

ow...

Thanks for the update. That almost destroys my concept.

No matter. I've already started to make repairs.

Let's see, I wanted to keep the web-bit in the .fi and the flag thing. Ah yes, and the drop shadow for the depth. Let's take that as a start en build from there...

http://i.imgur.com/394ln.png

Tahoda

OK, that's a nice game. I'll play it!  

Here's my contribution to your quest.

So what's been going on in my head to get to this?
Well, I've started with your national flag which is white with a blue cross in it. The logo is to be used purely for a Finnish site so a bit of Finnish nationality was in order here. I went on splitting the "Bit" part and the "tiraha" part to emphasize the Bitcoin meaning somewhat more from the Finnish word for money. And I wanted to emphasize the internet and you provided the missing link yourself, the .fi part.

So roughly something like this. But then blue. And the vertical text 90 degrees rotated...You get the point.  
   B
   I
Bittiraha.fi
   i
   r
   a
   h
   a
   .
   f
   i

So what I've ended up with
But just crossing two times the words in blue was a bit too simple. And Bitcoiners are smart people. And that should be emphasized too.   So my conclusion was to ditch everything and only leave the two lowercase T's in the middle to indicate that something special was going on there.

See it as data compression. Data can be omitted because a smart algorithm knows what should go in there. Something like that.

But I' m going off topic here.

The line on top and at the bottom of those lowercase T's are the i's from The Bit and the tiraha words emphasizing the Finnish cross between Bit(coins) and money somewhat more. That left me with the top left logo.

Nice but still missing something. The name then, to help the newbies a little maybe? So that went into the top i. That's middle right.

OK, let's play a little with different styles of this concept. So skewing it a bit. Top right. Laying it out somewhat flat making it fly a little more. Nice. Could be Bitcoins flying around in Finland. That's middle left B.T.W. Doing a light shadow and a slightly different position giving it more depth. Always good to tell your visitors that you site has many facets. Worthy of a in-depth look hm? That's bottom right.

And the odd one out, the corporate banking look. Original logo with a border system.

So here it is. Have fun!

http://i.imgur.com/4U3Ok.png

Tahoda

And received! Thanks!

Tahoda

Ok, and my address is in my sig too.

Cheers!

I can already see a tech-corner and a "wallstreet" camp emerging...

Tahoda

Ok, start with the basics.

Do you have the latest drivers installed?

Is it the 7970 which is really causing the problems or does the mining application have - let's say- problems connection to the mining pool? Could be that the card is just patiently waiting for data.

Stil not much info to go on. General advise would be to analyze the output of the mining application and the graphics card monitoring applications. Do you see messages? Google them. Or post them here...

Tahoda

Read about it and got hooked on the technology. Read through many threads on this site and finally registered. I have a small mining setup here, not for the big wins but just for seeing it work. Marvelous.

Maybe they require a bit more information...

Does your mining app tell you what the 7970's temperature is? (gcminer does)

Is your PSU powerful enough to handle the 7970?

Tahoda

Can't believe that there isn't a bios option.

But won't it work from Windows itself? Having the plug in the fast card first, then switch the primary display to the weaker card and then plugging the monitor into the weaker card?

Tahoda

Welcome!

I find the anonymity element the best part of it. People tend to forget how important this word actually is.

The interesting element is the contradiction -or what seems as a contradiction- between the anonymity of the recipients and those same recipients building a trust relationships with each other.

This is what the system has to prove IMHO.

Tahoda

No business. Just knowledge.

Web:
-.Net (C#)
  - Web applications
  - Web services
  - Windows Forms applications
-Sql Server (management and T-SQL)
-PHP
-MySql
-Javascript (including jquery)
-CSS

Desktop apps:
- Lazarus/Freepascal (open source Delphi completely cross platform and capable of compiling x64!)
- Delphi (only Windows...)

Over 10 years experience as a developer

Offering consultancy in the above.

Tahoda

Good for you sir!

Tahoda

-sigh- yep, a online waiting room...there is a first for everything I guess...

Ah well, I just keep waiting a bitcoin more... :-)

Tahoda

Yep, I'm new to this stuff too. I'm already mining. Not for large profits, just to learn the system. I'm mining on a HD4600 @ 10.5Mh/s... :-)

Some BTC is however always welcome...

Tahoda