Of course I meant "worth" as in "current cash-out value." The OP was suggesting mining only when the cash-out value is high enough, but that could only even possibly work if they cash out IMMEDIATELY upon getting any amount of coin. Otherwise, they risk holding on to their funbux based on the assumption that they can cash them out at X amount, and then X suddenly drops well below their "we shouldn't have been mining" threshold, which is incidentally calculated in USD because that's what the power company et al. takes, having no interest whatsoever in a highly volatile, deflationary currency.

Bitcoin is, quite literally, a ponzi scheme. The only way to win is not to play.

Or you could instead use your powers for good and destroy the entire thing.

Until the imminent pop, at which point all those bitcoins you were hanging on to because they were going up uP UP! are now worth squat, and there's still a giant power bill to pay.

See now, that's actually MORE plausible.

Haha, yes, I've seen the videos. "Watch me buy gas with bitcoins!" *transfers bitcoins to friend, waits 20 minutes, friend buys gas with USD*

Way to intentionally mis-read an analogy regardless of the obvious context, I guess? Where should we send your award?

You don't triage a patient who's bleeding out by stopping the heart just because you can't keep up with the blood loss.

I don't even know what that means! We need laws outlawing this sort of thing, NOW.

Apparently I'm all out of mod points, but you deserve 'em anyhow.

No, you flat out dismissed it simply because it hasn't happened yet. If people flat out dismissed interesting new developments--as you did, in your own words--just because they were in the very earliest stages, then the Apollo missions never would have happened because they were as insignificant as an extra speck of dust on your desk.

Getting things like this done requires people getting excited about it before it happens.

You're right, we shouldn't give a shit about anything until it's already said and done.

Interestingly, Coulton made some changes to the lyrics of the song itself, and those changes were used in the show. For instance, the line "Johnny C is in trouble" is in the Glee "rendition."

The great thing is that, at least in some states (AK for instance) by refusing to allow the officer to search your car, you're giving him reason to impound it as evidence so it can be searched at their leisure and without your presence. Fun, eh?

Also, submitter apparently doesn't have a shoulder to pinch the phone to his ear with.

Ahh you missed it. Near.