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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (103800)11/27/2013 9:08:37 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218385
 
the said territory is now successfully tee-ed up as disputed
now we mark time to resolution
w/r to the oysters, yes, vancouver partner and friends downed 48 at a sitting
in response, i shall do my share in hong kong tomorrow, shipped in from france and ireland



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (103800)11/28/2013 1:28:17 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218385
 
Not bad but you can get a good Italian wine for less.

levieuxpin.ca

If you're in Van you have many choices but why not go to the best.

rosewoodhotels.com

This place is always good.

hapaizakaya.com



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (103800)11/28/2013 11:56:17 PM
From: TobagoJack1 Recommendation

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  Respond to of 218385
 
hilarious realtime visual of leakage of fiat money into fiat bit coin money

very funny 'for whom the bell tolls' ringing is also wonderful

fiatleak.com

there is no reason why bit coin cannot break through the 5 digit mark by next week



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (103800)11/29/2013 12:04:57 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218385
 
hong kong shall not be left behind in so far as mining is concerned, and i am wondering when and not if options and futures and swaps and other hypothecating derivatives premised on bit coin would dawn

theregister.co.uk

Hong Kong Bitcoin miners pour datacentre in a FISH TANK The economic impact of cybercrime

A Hong Kong Bitcoin mining company has hit upon an unusual design for its new datacentre, immersing its server blades in metre-high glass tanks of bubbling cooling liquid.

The discovery was made by Bitcell’s Xiaogang Cao, who was invited into mining biz Asicminer’s Kwai Chung facility in the New Territories a few days ago to take a look round (via Hong Wrong).

What he discovered apparently looked like something out of a bad sci-fi film, with rows and rows of blades sitting quietly in 3M cooling liquid, and switchers hanging above.

Each rack contained three sealed glass tanks, with each tank having its own copper pipes connected to a small cooling system. The cooling system, which sits on the roof, was hauled into place by crane back in August when the project began, he said.



The immersion cooling technique was used for this particular datacentre to enable greater blade density – each tank can apparently hold 92 blades at present with each 200cc of cooling liquid affording 4kw of all-important “mining power”.

With time of the essence – after all there are only 21 million Bitcoins to be mined before production must halt – the whole place was up and running in just a couple of months.

To speed things up and keep costs down, Asicminer used standard off-the-shelf equipment including racks and valves, and a simple iPhone app to monitor room temperature, liquid conduit entrance temperature and outlet temperature – all of which were below 37 degrees, according to Cao.

With the air con switched off the datacentre was “quieter than a library”, he added.

It might not be right for everyone, but this quick-to-deploy system can apparently be replicated quite easily anywhere in the world with decent results, in hot or cold climates.

Now all Asicminer has to do is go git that thar’ virtual gold. ®

The economic impact of cybercrime