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thomas_s
on 25/01/2020, 02:30:00 UTC
http://imgur.com/6kuGicz

Version 1.1 of the AntRack, has ~36 ants on it. Still not 100% happy with the airflow and cabling, but its getting closer.

Now you know why I'm bucking for a refund from a purchase I made  Grin
You are aware these aren't his but other customers units.
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Re: [SALE] MAKE YOUR OWN WEBSITE - SCRIPT SELECTION
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thomas_s
on 07/03/2015, 00:41:37 UTC
Do you have permission to sell these scripts?
Bitshop doesn't allow you to resell their code, so I'd think he doesn't have the rights to sell any of them.

I see, took the necessary action.

I bought and paid for it therefore it's mine and I can do what I wish.
http://bitfreak.info/bitshop/index.php?page=terms

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No Warranty

Unless otherwise stated, software on this website is provided without any warranty. The scripts and code offered on this website are not guaranteed to be error free or without defects. The buyer shall be solely liable for any damage, defect or loss incurred as a result of operating the software and undertake the risks contained in running the software offered by this website.

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By using this website and purchasing software from it, you agree that you will only use the software purchased according to the corresponding license and that you will not violate or infringe any copyrights, intellectual property laws, patents and/or trademarks. You also may not share software keys with others. Clients found infringing these terms will have all their license(s) fully revoked.
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Re: [WTS] JOB LOT SP-TECH MINERS ~20TH/s (UK ONLY)
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thomas_s
on 06/03/2015, 04:46:46 UTC
I like what you did with the SP20s and PSUs and the window.
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Re: [SALE] MAKE YOUR OWN WEBSITE - SCRIPT SELECTION
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thomas_s
on 05/03/2015, 03:55:05 UTC
Do you have permission to sell these scripts?
Bitshop doesn't allow you to resell their code, so I'd think he doesn't have the rights to sell any of them.
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Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs
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thomas_s
on 28/02/2015, 17:29:42 UTC
Just as important as the electricity  rates  is the  access to technology.

With the  big boys  investing  millions into chips  at .3 to .1 efficiency  to mine for  themselves they  have no incentive  to  sell to retail  or other competitors.

actually they may believe what you just wrote.  but they will crash the price of btc if they don't keep small guys in the game.

why invest in holding btc if only 3 to 4  places control the supply?

unlike diamonds which have real use other then bling, drill bits come to mind

 btc is purely  a cash substitute.  I can't see an investor wanting to hold 100,000 coins in the way an investor holds shares of APPLE (any company) if the mining is centralized to 3-5 companies.

I also still see miners in the home as space heaters.  I am not sure why

DeLonghi has not merged or started a joint venture with btc in mind

http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-EW7707CM-Safeheat-ComforTemp-Oil-Filled/dp/B000TGDGLU/ref=sr_1_1?

I totally agree. If you just buy BTC and then Bitfury would want to crush KnC or vice versa by dropping the price, thereby crushing the value of my BTC 'investment', then it would be stupid to have such investment in the first place.

For mass consumption, space heaters is one possibility, second is, perhaps, routers. Everyone uses a router. Why not add low power hashing chip(s) to it?
Third-refrigerator. It releases a bit of heat already, so why not a bit more while hashing.
I wouldn't add any to a refrigerator, those things already eat up tons of power
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Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs
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thomas_s
on 26/02/2015, 20:11:38 UTC
So my SP10 just arrived (ordered from Ebay) and so far it's made me decide not to buy anything from the website again. The case is banged up to hell to the point that the power supply wouldn't even slide out. The unit was not well protected even in the cardboard box... So does anyone have any tips for opening up an sp10? I'm going to take the casing and see if I can bend the dents out.
The boxes aren't really meant for double/multiple shipping times. After the first shipment the box usually gets banged up a little but not much, but it weakens the packaging enough for the next shipment to just fall apart. If it came by pallet originally you get 1 extra shipment out of it usually. I wouldn't buy a SP10 in original packaging I would want it / make sure its wrapped in bubble wrap and potentially a new box.
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Re: [WTB] Girl Scout Cookies
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thomas_s
on 10/02/2015, 16:33:20 UTC
Hahaha, anybody know the game Bitcoin Billionaire?
It's for iOS (and Android maybe? Never looked), a game a là Cookie Clicker, but with bitcoins.
I bring this up because of the girl scout cookies, you can buy those as a powerup in game (it taps for you).

Just thought that was funny.

Small world, huh?

http://bitcoinist.net/bitcoin-billionaire-exclusive-interview/

Cool! Never saw that interview. What do you mean by "small world", though? Is there something I missed?

I'm a small senior in highschool and we got iPads this year... Its really fun to see how different apps spread like wildfire between people. This game was popular at one point...
You should go thank the tech department, I had to set up iPads when I worked for the highschool I used to go to. 150+ per class is not the most fun thing to be doing.
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Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs
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thomas_s
on 30/01/2015, 03:26:35 UTC
after a power cut, my sp30 wont mine.

2 sp20s and 4 s2 ants are all ok, the sp30 powers up  but no yellow/green led

ive tried half a dozen sd recoveries with my 'old' recovery sd - that worked on sp30 & sp20 previously - no joy

half a dozen with a newly formatted/fresh sd card - no joy at all

the power supplies leds are lit green

...

We have the same problem but with a SP31
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Re: Is minersource.net legit
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thomas_s
on 29/01/2015, 22:19:23 UTC
I placed one order with them and had no problem, so I decided to place a second larger order and when it did not ship when promised, I asked for a refund and at first was told they could not process the refund due to their credit card processor reviewing all transactions. They offered to send me a company check but that sounded very fishy to me so I refused and called my credit card company and disputed the charge. I emailed Minersource, informing them I had disputed the charge and all of a sudden they processed the refund.

Very shady, I won't do business with them again. I was lucky and wont push my luck.
I remember yours it took me five failed attempts and a 30 minute phone call to Shopify to get your refund processed. I even provided you with the failed authorization numbers in your tickets.

You also didn't create a dispute with your credit card company, your order never showed a dispute pending.
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Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs
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thomas_s
on 29/01/2015, 19:57:09 UTC
Have you ever considered in forming an alliance like OPEC to limit the hash rate race?  Wink  I just saw Bitfury said that their cloud service would only add hardware based on demand, is this a trend towards more cloud based service?
It's funny to read it from mega self miner.
No, it's illegal.

How is that illegal?  Smiley It is just a consensus (if it ever can be reached). Even pools can be allied together to protect against a faulty fork in 2013, and against potential 51% attack if it ever happens

Imagine a vendor that have leading semi-conductor process 10nm, he can limit his production scale at a certain level so that the network hash rate increase slowly. He then could start a cloud mining service and sell the hash power at market rate, which leaves him large margin to deal with market volatility. I think that is what Bitfury means




In the USA there is an antitrust law preventing companies from joining together to set / fix prices and supply. Its to promote fair competition for the consumers.
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Re: Philipma1957's attempt to rate current Manufacturers of Asic for home mining.
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thomas_s
on 29/01/2015, 19:26:10 UTC
I voted when poll was here, so did the data transferred to google or we shall vote there again?
Google poll requires login with google credentials, not btctalk-this is kind of defeats the purpose.
yeah  if you do not have a gmail account you can't vote there.

Surveymonkey is free for the first 100 responses and doesn't need a login. You'll also be able to limit people to voting by 1 per computer, IP etc in case there is any abuse.
I have one that only requires a webserver to run / take responses.

I've even made some questions but stopped seeing as there was a google form, if SP would like what I've done so far / to see it I would be happy to show them / give it to them.

Its a bit more detailed. If they send me a PM / email I'll show it to them and make changes if they request and finish it =)
It's Philip thread, he runs the show.


 I am looking to back off here. As I am a little dog.  I would like us to try to create a decent survey So thomas_s  shoot me a pm  and one to sp-tech. I will look at it. We can brainstorm it a bit. Since this is more of a joint effort. It will at least be some kind of effort to make a fair clear cut survey.
I can't actively run a manufacturer survey.
Usually with research surveys / market research surveys the manufacturers only part in is to have some input on the questions / what they are looking to accomplish and the final report / stats of the results. The running, main creation and tabulation of results are done by an outside company.
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Re: Philipma1957's attempt to rate current Manufacturers of Asic for home mining.
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thomas_s
on 29/01/2015, 17:32:17 UTC
I voted when poll was here, so did the data transferred to google or we shall vote there again?
Google poll requires login with google credentials, not btctalk-this is kind of defeats the purpose.
yeah  if you do not have a gmail account you can't vote there.

Surveymonkey is free for the first 100 responses and doesn't need a login. You'll also be able to limit people to voting by 1 per computer, IP etc in case there is any abuse.
I have one that only requires a webserver to run / take responses.

I've even made some questions but stopped seeing as there was a google form, if SP would like what I've done so far / to see it I would be happy to show them / give it to them.

Its a bit more detailed. If they send me a PM / email I'll show it to them and make changes if they request and finish it =)
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Re: Philipma1957's attempt to rate current Manufacturers of Asic for home mining.
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thomas_s
on 29/01/2015, 16:17:43 UTC
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Re: How to tell the difference between S3 and S3+
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thomas_s
on 28/01/2015, 05:07:28 UTC
Does anyone know how to tell the difference between an S3 and a S3+ ? Some of mine just say "S3" and others say "TP-Link TL-WR743N/ND v2" as the model?

Thanks

There should be a little plate on one of the sides that says S3 or S3+ with a Bitmain logo
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Re: Philipma1957's attempt to rate current Manufacturers of Asic for home mining.
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thomas_s
on 27/01/2015, 22:24:12 UTC
Some questions I feel are missing:

- Which manufacturer sells the most profitable hardware (historically)?
- Which manufacturer sells hardware best designed for the home?
- Which manufacturer ships on time the most?
2nd two are ok first one is not. The reason for it is simple profit is determined by the person who has the equipment, how they purchased, when they purchased, how much it costs in power.

For that one I would still say SP, SP has been more profitable on equipment than any of the other companies (baring if you had one of the first few BFL products), Bitmain has sold equipment and before the units even shipped dropped the price by a decent amount, their reaction was literally a shrug like o well.

Second question is a bit better, still personal preference tho, I don't really mind any noise that is constant as long as it doesn't change frequently I could care less at noise level, exposed PCB's are not something I'd like lying around my house.

Third question, very favorable towards Bitmain, if I'm not mistaken they have missed a shipping deadline once or twice before, but then again they ship from farms.

Putting a why did you select this answer is a good way to actually judge the meanings of the answers.

Something like,
1) Which manufacturer sells hardware best designed for the home?
1a) Why did you make that selection

2) Which manufacturer sells hardware best designed for a data center?
2a) Why....

Using only multiple choice causes a problem where every question can be "sided" towards one person / company, if you've ever participated in research surveys you should know that most of the questions are scale based or put in your own text / explanation. (I've both made / calculated the results and participated in these)
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Re: Philipma1957's attempt to rate current Manufacturers of Asic for home mining.
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thomas_s
on 27/01/2015, 22:09:42 UTC
Next question: Which manufacturer is located closest to Israel?

I support you making another manufacturers trustworthiness thread, but seriously those are bad questions. It's painfully obvious that this was SP-tech's idea idea because all the questions pander to their strengths.
What questions would you ask?

To me those questions are ones that anyone would ask when looking at a manufacturer and wanting to make a decision on who to purchase from. But it could be expanded a bit more in detail.

I'd be happy to put one together if provided some of the questions(open ended, multiple choice, scale rating etc). Open ended questions tend to get much better results than from closed / multiple choice selections.

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Re: Epilog FiberMark 20w Engraving Laser [24x12 Printing Area]
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thomas_s
on 20/01/2015, 02:11:20 UTC
This is sold.
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Re: How to monitor a 36 pcs SP20 Farm ?
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thomas_s
on 19/01/2015, 22:27:09 UTC
Haven't used this in a while but developer is very into it and has even optimized it for SP products I believe or at least made some adjustments.
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Re: 5 kW solar energy what I should buy
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thomas_s
on 19/01/2015, 18:33:44 UTC
Thanks for replies is that technobit.eu site trustworthy? Did any of you make trade with them in advance?
Still waiting on a ton of boards, that should have been delivered a long time ago.
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Re: Need a Reliable PSU
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thomas_s
on 17/01/2015, 18:32:01 UTC
The Dell 750W server PSU's are very good.

http://minersource.net/products/dell-750w-psu-slash-adapter

If you were interested in a break out board instead of soldered, send an email to support@minersource.net