[GTALUG] Bitcoin Blockchain Crypto Surface

[Tim Tisdall]

Sorry..  I was just so completely confused (and still am) as to how
everything related.  I didn't mean to insult.

On 2 August 2017 at 10:39, Russell <rreiter91 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On August 2, 2017 10:20:15 AM EDT, Tim Tisdall <tisdall at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Uh...  ...  did you just have a stroke?  Or is EMACS Pinky, Itanium and
> >Bitcoin Cash all related in some way I'm not aware of?
> >
> >On 2 August 2017 at 10:03, Russell <rreiter91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On August 2, 2017 9:17:21 AM EDT, Tim Tisdall <tisdall at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >> >It's "up to" 8MB.  The first block was about 2MB and the rest have
> >been
> >> >much much smaller:  https://cash.coin.dance/blocks#blockDetails
> >> >
> >> >On 2 August 2017 at 09:11, Russell via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Now ... Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping
> >> >>
> >> >> Things just got tougher for little miners.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40800270
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Russell
> >> >> Sent by K-9 Mail
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> >> >>
> >>
> >> Just wait a while. It will take time for EMACS pinky to set in.
> >>
> >> Kitson was recently announced to be the last of Itanium hardware, it
> >looks
> >> like the blockchain world is sizing up as a battle of the cuda cores.
> >>
> >> https://www.google.ca/amp/www.pcworld.com/article/3169623/
> >> components-processors/intel-ships-latest-itanium-chip-
> >> called-kittson-but-grim-future-looms.amp.html
> >>
> >> I wonder if you would call Itanium an EPIC fail or just a bump in the
> >VLIW
> >> hiway?
> >> --
> >> Russell
> >> Sent by K-9 Mail
> >>
>
> No I didn't have a stroke and yes they are all related in a way you are
> not aware of. Thats pretty obvious.
>
> This is a social list with technical commentary related to Linux. Mine
> were all sociatal comments regarding the evolution of computing tools and
> concurrency in technical environments with hardware which is running a
> linux kernel.
>
> Can't you just ask the question without the insulting rhetoric? It makes
> for a nicer environment.
> --
> Russell
> Sent by K-9 Mail
>
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