> "College lets you do a lot more than that
Let me guess, thats an euphemism for "getting laid".
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Let me guess, thats an euphemism for "getting laid".
I barely use Dwolla now. Coinbase (YC S12) has replaced it for me.
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Aaron Swartz
We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Aaron Swartz. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Aaron’s family, friends, and everyone who loved, knew, and admired him. He was a truly gifted person who made important contributions to the development of the internet and the web from which we all benefit.
We have had inquiries about JSTOR’s view of this sad event given the charges against Aaron and the trial scheduled for April. The case is one that we ourselves had regretted being drawn into from the outset, since JSTOR’s mission is to foster widespread access to the world’s body of scholarly knowledge. At the same time, as one of the largest archives of scholarly literature in the world, we must be careful stewards of the information entrusted to us by the owners and creators of that content. To that end, Aaron returned the data he had in his possession and JSTOR settled any civil claims we might have had against him in June 2011.
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service and a member of the internet community. We will continue to work to distribute the content under our care as widely as possible while balancing the interests of researchers, students, libraries, and publishers as we pursue our commitment to the long-term preservation of this important scholarly literature.
We join those who are mourning this tragic loss.
I know - no one is happy about this
and I have a confession to make.
I have been dumping my blood sweat and tears into making this happen and perhaps I was in over my head
I thought I could put this together like I did with the ModMiner Quad obviously it was not and I was in WAY over my head
I fixed the post up from last night - so at least now its has a big of legibility
yes I had a few drinks before I posted that post (last night) - I was fucking heart broken, some of you look at my like im a fucking scammer and it kills me - I helped start some of the infrastructure Bitcoin runs on today, and have set many Bitcoin firsts and this idea couldent be farsest from the truth. Look at what ive done for Bitcoin over the last 3 years, I live and breath bitcoin and I love it.
Unfortunately this project was way over my head and I thought I can handle this the same way I handled-ed the ModMiner Quad project, obviously I was sorely wrong and I am so sorry I could not bring this project to market in a timely manner
But I swear to you and I give you my word I never meant to lie to you or tried to give anyone bad advice. I am sorry about my drunken (now fixed ) post from last night - I had a few drinks before that post because after receiving the bad news (about March) - this was the only way I knew how to deal with it. I am selling my share in BTCFPGA and it is now going to be owned by a asian company that is 100% sure of a March Delivery. if you are not interested in doing business with this company please feel free to filll out a refund request and we will refund your money is full. There is plenty enough money to make all of these refunds and I have been a pillar of this community for years, so please no panic. Anyone that wants a refund - they will receive one today. Please I ask you to please accept my apologize - if you can wait until March you will receive a superior ASIC mining device, if you lost your trust in me and my company than I dont blame you at all. But please understand I tried the best at the best of my ability and I can't take any of this anymore. I am not the right man for this job. Your new ASIAN benefactors will be online soon to greet you all and see where were are at and hopefully they can calm some of your nerves. They have the equipment to do most of these processes in house. They dont have to relay on sub contractors and deal with all these little problems that pop up in that process. They can fab pbcs, pick parts, soldering machines, the whole nine yards. You will be much happier with this company and with my out of the picture. Expect contact from them soon.
As for me im going to back to my web hosting business and my computer repair shop and live the simple life for awhile, enjoy time with my kids and please accept my apologies for not being the person you needed - the person who you needed to make his happen.
I will continue to sell modminer quads on http://btcfpga.com or mining and hobbyist uses on the side, and im going to try and live a happy life, I am sorry I let you down I really am and I hope the Asians took good care of you.
we are not going to scam anyone - if you request a refund you will receive it right away - if your willing to wait until March you will probably receive a better product than if you stick with me, thats just the reality of the situation.
sincerely with blood sweat and tears, Tom
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It was the opposite for me. I've been using it for some time and stopped due to the constant crashing.
Each new update I had hoped the stability would improve, but it seems they're for new features only the new models could flawlessly run. Alas, I gave up a month ago. It's sitting in my pile of netbooks.
They've been delayed for months, and it seems this month will be the month they ship.
Use most of the time? IntelliJ Idea.
Compared with Namecheap renewals, .com on OpenSRS ($11.03) is actually a couple cents cheaper than a renewal + WhoisGuard on Namecheap ($10.69 + $2.88).
The primary reason I went with them was because they're a domain provider for resellers; they leave all the shenanigans of domain registrations up to you. They don't interfere with your operations unless they're legally obligated to do so. Also, you don't have to be a "reseller" to sign up.
I don't want to sound like I'm being paid to endorse them, but it's been a month so far and I like it.
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Also there's internet.bs. I'm not sure how they are but a friend suggested them to me. They have an API too and are 2 dollars cheaper than OpenSRS.
I think we've all misunderstood. They actually aren't reporting service disruptions, but rather their revenue having having "performance issues" with all the SLA crediting they'll have to do.
Edit: I am wrong, not everyone hates PHP.
The latter is a waste of time.
Little is known of the specifics in the Bitcoin-related Linode security incident. This was all that was released: http://status.linode.com/2012/03/manager-security-incident.h...
With me, as long as it works, I don't care.
> The Micro instance (1.7 GB of memory) is great for lower throughput applications and web sites.
I assume its a typo. Otherwise, fenomenal news!
All of them look like potential startup names, hehe.
There are 2 kinds of DDoS attacks I know of (there are more but they're similar): bandwidth exhaustion and computer resource exhaustion.
Bandwidth exhaustion DDoS mitigation is difficult, because it requires you to have a fat inbound pipe to let all the bogus traffic through. Fat pipes are _expensive_, there are few hosting providers that allow you to have a dedicated line more than 1 Gbps.
Supposedly their Business plan ($200/month) protects against this, and their free plans protect much smaller amounts of traffic.
You can prevent against some common resource exhaustion attacks (SYN floods) by having a proper firewall setup.
CloudFlare has been known to let the attack traffic route to your server if it's big enough.
DDoS protection is expensive. Unless it is economically feasible for you to pay for the protection, most sites don't have it until they're a high target.
I can't remember, but he asked for an insane amount of Bitcoins (800 I think, ~$8400) which wasn't even remotely close to our operating costs.
No way I would pay, our site was down 2 days but we moved to Heroku afterwards. No problems since, it probably scared him away.
YMMV with bigger botnets.
1) Send email to <large_site_here>, asking for a large ransom, preferably in Bitcoins.
2) If <large_site_here> does not pay, fire your packet cannons at them.
3) Rinse and repeat.