Compute4Cash: it's a trap or not?

garyinhere · Feb 16, 2011

People forget so easily Easy

A Cheese Danish · Feb 16, 2011

garyinhere said:
Do you even care what these wu's are doing? You could be helping some shady shit here and you don't know.

Check out my post (#2).

_JP_ · Feb 16, 2011

A Cheese Danish said:
Check out my post (#2).

Still could be anything else. They just said something to calm us down. What is said in their site doesn't explain it at all.

garyinhere said:
People forget so easily Easy
http://img.techpowerup.org/110216/51.jpg

I don't get it.

garyinhere · Feb 16, 2011

_JP_ said:
I don't get it.

dude got burned from A2Zparts online and that's their addy

Bo$$ · Feb 16, 2011

generally is opencl faster on Nvidia cards or ATI cards?

20mmrain · Feb 16, 2011

I looks like it would be a phishing site too me...horribly made.... if it's real awesome! But I doubt it. Why would anyone offer this....when stuff like this is usually done for free and out of niceness?

_JP_ · Feb 16, 2011

This is for the greedy within you.

Also, nobody would support the financial sector without something in return, right? After all, it is a market.

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

i pay $0.14 per kilowatt hour. a 5970 on full stress takes 425 watts. That is .425 kilowatts per hour. so that close to $0.06 per hour it would cost to fold non-stop. that means it costs $1.44 in energy costs per day for me! (some of you may pay a little less or a little more)

they say a 5970 will do around 2 WU per hour so that mean $0.40 per hour ($0.20 per WU) they pay you run the program non-stop. that is $9.60 per day they would pay out somebody.

so it is pretty clear you are losing out. $1.40 in energy costs - $9.60 = $8.20 a day in profit

it could work but you remember it is maxxed at $600 a year.

garyinhere · Feb 16, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
i pay $0.14 per kilowatt hour. a 5970 on full stress takes 425 watts. That is .425 kilowatts per hour. so that close to $0.60 per hour it would cost to fold non-stop. that means it costs $14.40 in energy costs per day!

they say a 5970 will do around 2 WU per hour so that mean $0.40 per hour ($0.20 per WU) they pay you run the program non-stop. that is $9.60 per day they would pay out somebody.

so it is pretty clear you are losing out. $14.40 in energy costs - $9.60 = -$4.80 a day

you might as well fold or crunch for a cause.

I live with your parents so i don't see the "cost of doing" only the reward of internettings :rockout:

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

garyinhere said:
I live with my parents so i don't see the "cost of doing" only the reward of internettings

and that is the only way this would work out for you. but if you live with your parents you are either to young to have a paypal account or to old that the money will not make any real difference in your life. :roll:

garyinhere · Feb 16, 2011

see edit post #34

sneekypeet · Feb 16, 2011

shit...Id take $600 bucks right now!

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

garyinhere said:
see edit post #34

bwuahahahahahaha

PVTCaboose1337 · Feb 16, 2011

This looks really, really dumb. Regardless, someone get to the required 50 WU's to cashout so we can see if this is legit. From the looks of it, it is not. I'll stick to folding!

garyinhere · Feb 16, 2011

pvtCaboose needs to put up a graph on this

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

sneekypeet said:
shit...Id take $600 bucks right now!

not if it means shelling out $900 in electricity... :slap:

sneekypeet · Feb 16, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
not if it means shelling out $900 in electricity...

I just meant it may not change my life, and not everyone can do math for both ends, they see the $600 and jump in with both feet

Point of my comment was just that I already pay it(F@H)

Gimme my $600 please :roll:

theonedub · Feb 16, 2011

If your rent has utilities included you are volunteered to try this out for us

AphexDreamer · Feb 16, 2011

Found this This

sneekypeet · Feb 16, 2011

theonedub said:
If your rent has utilities included you are volunteered to try this out for us

another great idea to make actual profit!!!

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

AphexDreamer said:
Found this This

from the link

"Compute4Cash does not wish share more information but they assure that you will not get any trouble with the law by using this tool."

yea, just take their word for it :laugh:

sneekypeet said:
I just meant it may not change my life, and not everyone can do math for both ends, they see the $600 and jump in with both feet

Point of my comment was just that I already pay it(F@H) Gimme my $600 please

wouldnt it make more sense to not fold at all or do this stupid program and save $900 ?

sneekypeet said:
another great idea to make actual profit!!!

yea but i doubt the landlord will keep the agreement if the utilities bill spikes 100%

theonedub · Feb 16, 2011

Easy Rhino said:
yea but i doubt the landlord will keep the agreement if the utilities bill spikes 100%

Signed lease agreement can say otherwise?

Only one way to find out. Have a flashlight, blanket, hand crank radio, and canned foods on hand if the lights go out :laugh:

Easy Rhino · Feb 16, 2011

theonedub said:
Signed lease agreement can say otherwise? Only one way to find out.

well, sure if your landlord is an idiot (not saying most aren't). but if you check the fine print you will see the landlord reserves the right to alter the agreement at anytime and if you don't sign the new agreement then you have to leave.

LDNL · Feb 16, 2011

Bo$$ · Feb 16, 2011

LDNL said:

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Compute4Cash: it's a trap or not?

garyinhere

A Cheese Danish

_JP_

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_JP_

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