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legendary
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January 15, 2013, 01:51:58 PM
LOL keep waiting for your pre-orders you tards!
I'll gladly keep quietly waiting for my pre-order like the tard I am if you'll stop posting dozens of times a day in the BFL theads like the douchebag troll you've proven yourself to be.
legendary
Activity: 952
Merit: 1000
January 15, 2013, 01:49:37 PM
Quote from: BFL_Josh
So the first shipment will be 10,000 - 12,000 chips worth.
Sounds like refunds are adding up. First it was 20k, then up to 100k chips. Now it's down to only 10k chips.
Can you link that quote?

I think you're getting confused, tho. They had ordered 100k chips from the fab. Only 20k of those would be available in the first round of shipments, and then the other 80k would come later. Idk about that 12k number tho, maybe it was how much will actually be shipping to customers?
legendary
Activity: 2492
Merit: 1473
LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
January 15, 2013, 01:46:50 PM
They did - it was in the first set of pictures they released showcasing the PCB.

Pictures:  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

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We made the decision to go with QFN in December. I can't really talk about our development process itself, but we have gone through extensive design and testing phases... at one point in early December we decided to look at a worst case scenario if the chips were in a really hot environment (you can see the bubbled chip in one of the pictures, I think someone pointed it out.).
That makes no sense. Those photos were released in October and the worst-case scenario testing supposedly wasn't until December.
Perhaps Josh can clarify, but I took his statement to mean they did their own self-testing as soon as they received the chips (which caused the bulging), then passed the design along for simulated testing in December.  I think he misworded it, so that's my read "as he meant to say it".

Then they would have known then that there will be severe delays untill they get the design ready.
Any date after them knowing they had a design flaw would be bogus untill they had a working design in their hands.
Only after testing the new package could they give the go ahead for mass production.

They didn't think it would result in a severe delay to start - they thought they could redesign the PCB layout to prevent the overheating.  So, no, I don't think it's safe to say that they would have known that there would be severe delays - they thought they could quick-fix it, and announced the next release date accordingly.  Once they figured out that the quick fix wouldn't work, they passed it along to a design firm, who confirmed their initial findings, at which point they decided to go with flip-chip.

EDIT:  It's kind of like they kept announcing best-case scenario dates after each setback.  So after the first setback, they attempted to redesign the PCB and said it would be ready mid-November.  When that didn't work, they did more tinkering and sent it off to a design firm in December, saying it would be ready mid-December (the PCB's wouldn't take long to produce once they had a design that worked).  That still didn't work, so they changed to flip-chip saying that it would be ready mid January.  The ASIC designers were taking longer than usual to switch over to flip-chip because of the style of payment (only paid upon receipt of working device), so now they aren't ready until the end of January.

So by using your logic...this last update and timeline is a BEST CASE SCENARIO.

LOL keep waiting for your pre-orders you tards!
legendary
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Merit: 1193
January 15, 2013, 01:44:19 PM
Quote from: BFL_Josh
So the first shipment will be 10,000 - 12,000 chips worth.

Sounds like refunds are adding up. First it was 20k, then up to 100k chips. Now it's down to only 10k chips.
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
January 15, 2013, 01:39:20 PM
Companies don't like to show off their failures, so they would (understandably) want to be light on details.
Not if they burn other peoples money!
Bingo!

That is why there is secrecy. Nothing being said right now is a secret to an engineer with experience.

Only the absolute dumbest people would believe that BS line.

[My joke of an imagination is written below:)
(BFL Engineer: OH SHIT!
Josh: What?
BFL Engineer: Our plastic covered ASIC just blew up with a puff of smoke!
Josh: Wait, what? Why did that happen?
BFL Engineer: Apparently plastic does not conduct as much heat as silicon?
Josh: No Shit sherlock. Ahh SHIT.... Now I have to go make some shit up and downplay this.
BFL Engineer: No wait, don't tell them anything. Our competition might find out about plastic not being a good choice we made when overclocking our chips from 40GH to 60GH. How could I possibly have known that? SHIT, do you think bASIC and Avalon and ASICMINER possibly know that?!
Josh: No man, they have too little experience in physics. I will just have to write up a delay, but I don't know what to say...
BFL Engineer: Well Shit, tell them something! Clock buffer! It was the Clock Buffer. (thats also bad...he whispers silently to himself)
Josh: What is a clock buffer?
BFL Engineer: Hold on let me get my text book. Here it is....etc.
Josh: Okay, don't worry about it, I will (re)spin this shit so we can ship in the next three months. They are too stupid to know that any retard knows this stuff. Our customers are the best!
BFL Engineer/Josh: Laugh about it over a cold bear next to a burnt and smokey ASIC.)

+1.5TH/s

ROFL! Funniest shit ever! Sounds pretty close to what happened behind closed doors. Love the ending! Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
January 15, 2013, 11:45:01 AM
They did - it was in the first set of pictures they released showcasing the PCB.

Pictures:  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

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We made the decision to go with QFN in December. I can't really talk about our development process itself, but we have gone through extensive design and testing phases... at one point in early December we decided to look at a worst case scenario if the chips were in a really hot environment (you can see the bubbled chip in one of the pictures, I think someone pointed it out.).
That makes no sense. Those photos were released in October and the worst-case scenario testing supposedly wasn't until December.
Perhaps Josh can clarify, but I took his statement to mean they did their own self-testing as soon as they received the chips (which caused the bulging), then passed the design along for simulated testing in December.  I think he misworded it, so that's my read "as he meant to say it".

Then they would have known then that there will be severe delays untill they get the design ready.
Any date after them knowing they had a design flaw would be bogus untill they had a working design in their hands.
Only after testing the new package could they give the go ahead for mass production.

They didn't think it would result in a severe delay to start - they thought they could redesign the PCB layout to prevent the overheating.  So, no, I don't think it's safe to say that they would have known that there would be severe delays - they thought they could quick-fix it, and announced the next release date accordingly.  Once they figured out that the quick fix wouldn't work, they passed it along to a design firm, who confirmed their initial findings, at which point they decided to go with flip-chip.

EDIT:  It's kind of like they kept announcing best-case scenario dates after each setback.  So after the first setback, they attempted to redesign the PCB and said it would be ready mid-November.  When that didn't work, they did more tinkering and sent it off to a design firm in December, saying it would be ready mid-December (the PCB's wouldn't take long to produce once they had a design that worked).  That still didn't work, so they changed to flip-chip saying that it would be ready mid January.  The ASIC designers were taking longer than usual to switch over to flip-chip because of the style of payment (only paid upon receipt of working device), so now they aren't ready until the end of January.
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
January 15, 2013, 11:40:40 AM
They did - it was in the first set of pictures they released showcasing the PCB.

Pictures:  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

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We made the decision to go with QFN in December. I can't really talk about our development process itself, but we have gone through extensive design and testing phases... at one point in early December we decided to look at a worst case scenario if the chips were in a really hot environment (you can see the bubbled chip in one of the pictures, I think someone pointed it out.).
That makes no sense. Those photos were released in October and the worst-case scenario testing supposedly wasn't until December.
Perhaps Josh can clarify, but I took his statement to mean they did their own self-testing as soon as they received the chips (which caused the bulging), then passed the design along for simulated testing in December.  I think he misworded it, so that's my read "as he meant to say it".

Then they would have known then that there will be severe delays untill they get the design ready.
Any date after them knowing they had a design flaw would be bogus untill they had a working design in their hands.
Only after testing the new package could they give the go ahead for mass production.
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
January 15, 2013, 11:35:20 AM
They did - it was in the first set of pictures they released showcasing the PCB.

Pictures:  http://bitcoinmagazine.com/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/

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We made the decision to go with QFN in December. I can't really talk about our development process itself, but we have gone through extensive design and testing phases... at one point in early December we decided to look at a worst case scenario if the chips were in a really hot environment (you can see the bubbled chip in one of the pictures, I think someone pointed it out.).
That makes no sense. Those photos were released in October and the worst-case scenario testing supposedly wasn't until December.
Perhaps Josh can clarify, but I took his statement to mean they did their own self-testing as soon as they received the chips (which caused the bulging), then passed the design along for simulated testing in December.  I think he misworded it, so that's my read "as he meant to say it".
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1003
January 15, 2013, 11:20:28 AM
I still want him to videotape a discussion with his lawyer for our enjoyment.
That would be awesome... Imagine something like this:http://youtu.be/NmFo-LKHGY0 (poof it's gone)
He clould use this to make a case: http://youtu.be/clKi92j6eLE (chewbaka defense)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-1pmmajr2Q
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 500
January 15, 2013, 10:55:13 AM
I still want him to videotape a discussion with his lawyer for our enjoyment.
That would be awesome... Imagine something like this:http://youtu.be/NmFo-LKHGY0 (poof it's gone)
He clould use this to make a case: http://youtu.be/clKi92j6eLE (chewbaka defense)
hero member
Activity: 952
Merit: 1009
January 15, 2013, 10:46:04 AM
I still want him to videotape a discussion with his lawyer for our enjoyment.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 500
January 15, 2013, 10:36:59 AM
BFL never saw even one bitcoin from a customer.
This is fully under BFL control and how do they setup their account with Bitpay.

BFL creates an invoice for a price in USD
This statement does not correspond to actual situation:




Are you saying that, when buying online using a credit card, I am not paying in USD, but in "digits"? Because I need to type in my credit card number.

The product was clearly priced in USD. You didn't pay in bitcoins, you paid through bitcoin network - much like Visa network.

We tried , we failed !
Stahp Feeding the Troll....
Nah he's just greedy Wink
hero member
Activity: 756
Merit: 501
There is more to Bitcoin than bitcoins.
January 15, 2013, 10:25:21 AM
BFL never saw even one bitcoin from a customer.
This is fully under BFL control and how do they setup their account with Bitpay.

BFL creates an invoice for a price in USD
This statement does not correspond to actual situation:




Are you saying that, when buying online using a credit card, I am not paying in USD, but in "digits"? Because I need to type in my credit card number.

The product was clearly priced in USD. You didn't pay in bitcoins, you paid through bitcoin network - much like Visa network.
sr. member
Activity: 322
Merit: 250
January 15, 2013, 10:23:29 AM
Companies don't like to show off their failures, so they would (understandably) want to be light on details.
Not if they burn other peoples money!
Bingo!

That is why there is secrecy. Nothing being said right now is a secret to an engineer with experience.

Only the absolute dumbest people would believe that BS line.

[My joke of an imagination is written below:)
(BFL Engineer: OH SHIT!
Josh: What?
BFL Engineer: Our plastic covered ASIC just blew up with a puff of smoke!
Josh: Wait, what? Why did that happen?
BFL Engineer: Apparently plastic does not conduct as much heat as silicon?
Josh: No Shit sherlock. Ahh SHIT.... Now I have to go make some shit up and downplay this.
BFL Engineer: No wait, don't tell them anything. Our competition might find out about plastic not being a good choice we made when overclocking out chips from 40GH to 60GH. How could I possibly have known that? SHIT, do you think bASIC and Avalon and ASICMINER possibly know that?!
Josh: No man, they have too little experience in physics. I will just have to write up a delay, but I don't know what to say...
BFL Engineer: Well Shit, tell them something! Clock buffer! It was the Clock Buffer. (that also bad...he whispers silently to himself)
Josh: What is a clock buffer?
BFL Engineer: Hold on let me get my text book. Here it is....etc.
Josh: Okay, don't worry about it, I will spin this shit so we can ship in the next three months. They are too stupid to know that any retard knows this stuff. Our customers are the best!
BFL Engineer/Josh: Laugh about it over a cold bear next to a burnt and smokey ASIC.)


That gave me a real lol.   nice.
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1003
January 15, 2013, 10:21:59 AM
What is the connection between QFN / FCBGA and Clock Buffers?
I thought they had problems with Clock Buffers.
Shhh!!!!
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1003
January 15, 2013, 10:19:24 AM
Companies don't like to show off their failures, so they would (understandably) want to be light on details.
Not if they burn other peoples money!
Bingo!

That is why there is secrecy. Nothing being said right now is a secret to an engineer with experience.

Only the absolute dumbest people would believe that BS line.

[My joke of an imagination is written below:)
(BFL Engineer: OH SHIT!
Josh: What?
BFL Engineer: Our plastic covered ASIC just blew up with a puff of smoke!
Josh: Wait, what? Why did that happen?
BFL Engineer: Apparently plastic does not conduct as much heat as silicon?
Josh: No Shit sherlock. Ahh SHIT.... Now I have to go make some shit up and downplay this.
BFL Engineer: No wait, don't tell them anything. Our competition might find out about plastic not being a good choice we made when overclocking our chips from 40GH to 60GH. How could I possibly have known that? SHIT, do you think bASIC and Avalon and ASICMINER possibly know that?!
Josh: No man, they have too little experience in physics. I will just have to write up a delay, but I don't know what to say...
BFL Engineer: Well Shit, tell them something! Clock buffer! It was the Clock Buffer. (thats also bad...he whispers silently to himself)
Josh: What is a clock buffer?
BFL Engineer: Hold on let me get my text book. Here it is....etc.
Josh: Okay, don't worry about it, I will (re)spin this shit so we can ship in the next three months. They are too stupid to know that any retard knows this stuff. Our customers are the best!
BFL Engineer/Josh: Laugh about it over a cold bear next to a burnt and smokey ASIC.)
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1003
January 15, 2013, 10:09:35 AM
First they (BFL) stated they were perfectly ready to ship (or so they thought) in October 2012.

It's quite embarrassing for a company when they think they're ready to ship, but then realise that they have INSERT_MAJOR_ISSUE and INSERT_MINOR_ISSUE and have to delay. Companies don't like to show off their failures, so they would (understandably) want to be light on details.
Wow.

Translated: "Downplay absolutely everything. When customers ask, make a fake sounding release that is light on details and even gives the customer the wrong impression so you can keep working on it for the next 2.5 months."

This is said by a self described BFL apologist (Nathan). So the question comes to mind, why is he so accepting of this type of scenario?


If they have active competitors, they want to be very light on details so that their competitors can't learn from their mistakes.
Baloney.

There worry is more about their customers than the competition. Look Nathan, I know you like the koolaid but stop proverbially drinking what comes out of Joshs' jar at the BFL afterparty.

There was almost nothing been released by BFL that any normal engineer does not already know.

BFL is using a shitload of "spin" and you are gobbling it up big time. They _say_ they are worried about the competition, as of yet they have _not released_ anything that would be considered useful. They are absolutely playing up _a mind game_ and banking on the stupidity of some to believe it.

Even now, they are still holding on to secrets. So _that right there_ gives you a broad indication that they are bullshitting everyone on this forum. Josh has stated that they believe bASIC is gone and Avalon is committed (which means they cannot change anything nor use any of that information strategically.)

What they are doing is paying _lip service_ to the dumb who don't know jack. The guise is that we are releasing information now that the competition is committed...)oh but we aren't releasing stuff that they could actually use).

This is a staple of the gullible. (Not realizing this point!)



Therefore, any announcement you see will rarely be the full story; perhaps just INSERT_MINOR_ISSUE.

Apparent inconsistencies between announcements are likely in this situation.


OUch, the BFL apologist actually realizes there was an inconsistency. I see a crack in a facade. Josh, quickly apply crazy glue® before any more realizations break out....
full member
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January 15, 2013, 08:30:12 AM
What is the connection between QFN / FCBGA and Clock Buffers?
I thought they had problems with Clock Buffers.
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
January 15, 2013, 08:13:15 AM
Once again, it's not the ASIC chips themselves that have the problem... it's the surrounding components.  The maximum temperature we saw (in simulations) in the QFN package was 95C with a max of 121C.  However, the MCU and a few other components had a ~100C maximum temp.  With 8 of these units, the heat simply builds up under the QFN plastic and sheds into the ground plane, transferring all that heat throughout the entire 92mmx92mm board.  So at least 20w or 30w of heat is being dissipated on a 92mm board that has very poor thermal dissipation properties.  

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BFL's made a poor strategic choice here - they're in a market that calls for the "marginally adequate products" and they are creating something else entirely.

Possibly... but I think it's more likely that we'd be right back here in several months with people calling us all sorts of names for forcing an upgrade cycle on them again and calling us greedy assholes for forcing people to upgrade so we can grab more cash.  Instead, we chose to provide a product that will be viable for a long time, far longer than any other product.  You'll still be mining with our first gen product well into the third or fourth gen Avalon, if they ever make it that far.


Dude, you haven't even got a product on the market and here you are making promises again.
LOL at pulling more stuff out of your ass, how much space is in there anyway?
legendary
Activity: 3431
Merit: 1233
January 15, 2013, 08:12:38 AM

You by yourself violated rule 2 "not to be greedy"

Smiley
Explain? I paid X amount of bticoins and want that SAME amount refunded. How am I greedy?
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