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Quote from: Schrankwand on May 12, 2013, 10:18:28 AM

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never invite a cop into your home. someone may have left even a small bag of drugs at your place somewhere you don't know about, the cop may find it.

Fascinating idea. But let's just say this didn't happen and I would probably invite friends over here that carry a badge. Probably the better solution.

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fuck cops!

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Quote from: daemondazz on May 29, 2013, 11:38:32 PM

Would love to know where people are getting electricity for 15c/kwhr or even 10c/kwhr, here in Adelaide I'm paying closer to 30c/kwhr and during peak usage (eg, hottest days during summer) it can be >50c/kwhr!

Yeah it's ridiculous how much it varies. In Seattle, WA my mother-in-law gets a discounted rate under $0.05 USD per KWH. They used over 6500 KWH last month since they have an electric heaters (not gas).

1000 miles to the south in Southern California I have Southern California Edison and their prices are pretty much the highest in the US. I'm usually at Tier 2/3 border so I pay either $0.29 or $0.35 per KWH using just 300 KWH on average. If I mine or even use AC a little bit I go to Tier 5 which costs $0.46 per KWH - this happens at just 500 KWH, so obviously my GPU farm isn't at home.

Leave it to California to stifle technology with their green BS. With all their mouthing off about clean solar the state produces much less power than WA state's hydroelectric capacity. That's why Dalkore is setting up an ASIC farm at $0.02/KWH - that's as close to free as it gets I imagine.

dear god that is alot. im in LA 1st tier around .15 cents.

I wasn't kidding about my cop story as well! Shocked

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Quote from: daemondazz on May 29, 2013, 11:38:32 PM

Would love to know where people are getting electricity for 15c/kwhr or even 10c/kwhr, here in Adelaide I'm paying closer to 30c/kwhr and during peak usage (eg, hottest days during summer) it can be >50c/kwhr!

Yeah it's ridiculous how much it varies. In Seattle, WA my mother-in-law gets a discounted rate under $0.05 USD per KWH. They used over 6500 KWH last month since they have an electric heaters (not gas).

1000 miles to the south in Southern California I have Southern California Edison and their prices are pretty much the highest in the US. I'm usually at Tier 2/3 border so I pay either $0.29 or $0.35 per KWH using just 300 KWH on average. If I mine or even use AC a little bit I go to Tier 5 which costs $0.46 per KWH - this happens at just 500 KWH, so obviously my GPU farm isn't at home.

Leave it to California to stifle technology with their green BS. With all their mouthing off about clean solar the state produces much less power than WA state's hydroelectric capacity. That's why Dalkore is setting up an ASIC farm at $0.02/KWH - that's as close to free as it gets I imagine.

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Quote from: daemondazz on May 29, 2013, 11:38:32 PM

Would love to know where people are getting electricity for 15c/kwhr or even 10c/kwhr, here in Adelaide I'm paying closer to 30c/kwhr and during peak usage (eg, hottest days during summer) it can be >50c/kwhr!

0.08$/kWh here in Quebec/Canada. Cheesy

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Would love to know where people are getting electricity for 15c/kwhr or even 10c/kwhr, here in Adelaide I'm paying closer to 30c/kwhr and during peak usage (eg, hottest days during summer) it can be >50c/kwhr!

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electricity gets more expensive day by day

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I wish I had 5GH in April.. your system should be good till the end of the year!

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Wow your spending a lot of money on electricity.

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Quote from: Kinetic915 on May 29, 2013, 02:45:09 PM

Quote from: Schrankwand on May 12, 2013, 08:29:13 AM

Quote from: ewitte on May 12, 2013, 08:05:33 AM

Quote from: DrG on May 11, 2013, 11:30:03 PM

If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running Shocked

$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)

You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...

I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity Cheesy

Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish

Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"

I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."

my neighbor had some rigs going, the cops came in full swat gear with sub machine guns and a battering ram..... theres some tax payer money wasted.

They launced a nuke at my friends house... sigh.

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Quote from: Schrankwand on May 12, 2013, 08:29:13 AM

Quote from: ewitte on May 12, 2013, 08:05:33 AM

Quote from: DrG on May 11, 2013, 11:30:03 PM

If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running Shocked

$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)

You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...

I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity Cheesy

Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish

Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"

I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."

my neighbor had some rigs going, the cops came in full swat gear with sub machine guns and a battering ram..... theres some tax payer money wasted.

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Quote from: Schrankwand on May 12, 2013, 08:29:13 AM

Quote from: ewitte on May 12, 2013, 08:05:33 AM

Quote from: DrG on May 11, 2013, 11:30:03 PM

If I mined with 5GH/s at my house in the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia, SCE would run me $720/month before AC costs. Considering it was 90F today and will be 95F tomorrow, it would probably be $1k with AC running Shocked

$170 is damn cheaper than most everything (except free)

You may get the police busting down the door expecting you to have been growing something inside the house...

I've got a total of 1 card may bump up to 2 at home the rest are at work where I don't pay for electricity Cheesy

Without mining I used to hit $300-350 in the summer of Texas prices. After installing the 21SEER AC last year it never went over $150 ish

Has anyone actually ever INVITED the police to his mining rig saying "Hey, I noticed some of my friends got busted out of bed for their electricity bills and so on, could I invite an officer to my place for some coffee so we don't waste valuable government money on me NOT growing marihuana?"

I have actually thought about doing that one day. If my elec bills would climb to a level that might be considered dangerous, I would walk over there and tell them "Hey, I know that police raids tend do happen at 5.30, and to prevent someone busting my door in while i am sleeping, would you want to have some coffee at my place after your shift to see that you don't have to raid me? I would love to see your time rather used on someone that hurts our country."

they'll show up, probably shoot someone's dog, arrest you for something else, and taze/beat someone in the process....not really kidding...

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Depends on how much your income from mining is.
For 5GH/s it's not too high, also consider other companies they might be cheaper.

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In Hong Kong we actually get a "rebate" each quarter against our electricity bill.
So the way I look at it , the government pays me to mine.

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At first i was afraid to look inside this thread.
It is my first month mining 24/7 and i have yet to receive the bill.

But the numbers from the OP looks kinda cheap.

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what is this "brake pedal" you speak of?

Quote from: Schrankwand on May 24, 2013, 05:36:19 AM

I am thinking of throwing my CPU power that is unused to folding. Does Folding nowadays allow GPU usage`?

yes, cpu and GPU are usable. nividia is to folding as AMD is to mining though.

http://folding.stanford.edu/ for a looksee

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Quote from: Schrankwand on May 23, 2013, 02:26:57 PM

Quote from: Operatr on May 23, 2013, 11:57:57 AM

I can't imagine the cops face when busting in on what they think might be the pot bust of the year only to find a miner and his giant computer Grin

To be honest, if someone asked me what i was doing with this, I would probably say "Search for Aliens, did you ever hear about the SETI project? And of course have my main computer ready running Folding@home or SETI@home Cheesy

Im not sure if I should go with SETI oder Folding here... the SETI thing sounds a little more nuts. The other thing on the other hand is something people won'T comprehend. "You are folding proteins? What the f* Huh

!"

According to the FSA if you are mining you are emitting currency and therefore should be regulated .... Ha ha ha ! But yes they would have grounds, especially if you are smoking pot and mining at the same time...

I just started mining again, it was getting too cold in my office!!

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Quote from: papaminer on May 22, 2013, 02:47:49 PM

this cop busting/raid thing is getting me a bit worried...

Sad

We have an ex cop working for us that quit because it was too dangerous. I've got him really interested in all my pc equipment sitting on my desk at the office lol.

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Quote from: stslimited on May 24, 2013, 05:25:12 AM

Quote from: Schrankwand on May 23, 2013, 02:26:57 PM

Quote from: Operatr on May 23, 2013, 11:57:57 AM

I can't imagine the cops face when busting in on what they think might be the pot bust of the year only to find a miner and his giant computer Grin

To be honest, if someone asked me what i was doing with this, I would probably say "Search for Aliens, did you ever hear about the SETI project? And of course have my main computer ready running Folding@home or SETI@home Cheesy

Im not sure if I should go with SETI oder Folding here... the SETI thing sounds a little more nuts. The other thing on the other hand is something people won'T comprehend. "You are folding proteins? What the f* Huh

!"

when I was shopping for parts at Home Depot, a nice girl working there was helping me get my random list of parts. I told her I was protein folding and explained how that worked

I will probably continue to do that, and sound quite a bit more altruistic than reality

I am thinking of throwing my CPU power that is unused to folding. Does Folding nowadays allow GPU usage`?

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Quote from: Schrankwand on May 23, 2013, 02:26:57 PM

Quote from: Operatr on May 23, 2013, 11:57:57 AM

I can't imagine the cops face when busting in on what they think might be the pot bust of the year only to find a miner and his giant computer Grin

To be honest, if someone asked me what i was doing with this, I would probably say "Search for Aliens, did you ever hear about the SETI project? And of course have my main computer ready running Folding@home or SETI@home Cheesy

Im not sure if I should go with SETI oder Folding here... the SETI thing sounds a little more nuts. The other thing on the other hand is something people won'T comprehend. "You are folding proteins? What the f* Huh

!"

when I was shopping for parts at Home Depot, a nice girl working there was helping me get my random list of parts. I told her I was protein folding and explained how that worked

I will probably continue to do that, and sound quite a bit more altruistic than reality

Schrankwand

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Quote from: Operatr on May 23, 2013, 11:57:57 AM

I can't imagine the cops face when busting in on what they think might be the pot bust of the year only to find a miner and his giant computer Grin

To be honest, if someone asked me what i was doing with this, I would probably say "Search for Aliens, did you ever hear about the SETI project? And of course have my main computer ready running Folding@home or SETI@home Cheesy

Im not sure if I should go with SETI oder Folding here... the SETI thing sounds a little more nuts. The other thing on the other hand is something people won'T comprehend. "You are folding proteins? What the f* Huh

!"

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