As a side note, can you point out where I have manipulated the truth?
I'd be more than happy to answer your question, just not in Tom's thread.
No, but BFL as an entity is limiting it's contact with Bitcointalk. I'm speaking merely as myself and as a pool operator. On the rare occasions BFL intends to interact with this community, I will post as BFL_Josh.
You interact on behalf of BFL every day while posting as "Inaba". Take for instance the following lie:
"We" obvously means you are speaking for BFL. Since the website clearly states "Payments made for pre-orders of ASIC based products now under development should be considered non-refundable", "at any time" is false because you can refuse to refund an order for any reason you like.
Now this one's a whopper:
But heck, I'm a generous guy, lets cut that in half just for giggles! 405w for 54 GH/s. Welcome back GPU's!
405 w @ 54 GH/s = GPUs? You're off by 2 orders of magnitude!
I did not decline the bet.
Is the bet on? Nope? You declined the bet.
Power usage is *everything* when it comes to ASIC.
No, actually, when you start mining and how much you pay for hardware are crucial elements in profitability.
I know, for my part, I would not want a device that runs at 200w at 60 GH/s - it would never see a positive ROI. Even at 150w, your ROI would be measured in years, not months.
Since you don't know what the exchange rate will be, or what the difficulty will be, you cannot state it would never see positive ROI. Neither can you state at 150w it would take years.
Let me just end with one more:
I'm not trolling, I'm a customer asking a legitimate question.
That's just the last few pages of your posts.
