firebert

Looking to get back into the regionals, but would like to find a way to supplement my income the first year. Something I could do while sitting reserve would be great. I'm no above simple data entry. I remember hearing a while back about guys putting info into electronic logbooks for high-time guys wanting to get out of paper logbooks.

Any ideas?

El Pilot

If you got some income saved up maybe set up a couple of coffee/expresso vending machines near your base. While your on duty these machines will generate some cash flow. Collect and service them on your days off. Any type of work you can do from your laptop; ebay, craigslist, web design, programming, real estate, aviation store/blog, etc...

UASIT

I mine bitcoins.

Lindy

Sarcasm or serious?

UASIT

I'm serious.
I'm a technology addict with plenty of time and money (no kids, no wife, no life except indulging in my hobbies...).

My rig and its system configuration:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7216.2280

UASIT

if you're not into building stuff...
https://products.butterflylabs.com/

Also, the regulatory body for digital assets like bitcoins

DATA : Digital Asset Transfer Authority

Its fun stuff...Really a very cool community...Hamilton would be proud of what we will do to the financial world..

mspano85

I've been mining bitcoin since 2011. I have since moved on to litecoin since my rigs don't work as well with bitcoin due to the asic systems. I have ordered a bunch of asic systems, but the company has yet to ship them to me. That was over a year ago I ordered them. I won't say how much I have in worth of bitcoin, but I can tell you that many who got in early are multi millionaires.

Litecoin is an interesting alternative. Its value towards bitcoin has consistently increased. Some analysts think litecoin could potentially surpass bitcoin. One being the transactions are much faster. Another being that litecoin is very memory intensive because the algorithm uses script. That prevents peoples hardware they invested in from being replaced by things like asic systems.

Just remember, with every investment, there are huge amounts of risk. Please read heavily before you get into it. A lot of people expect huge returns, and unfortunately, it fluctuates like crazy. There is also always the chance that the government makes digital currency illegal and starts cracking down on it. The people making a lot of money are not paying taxes, but once you delve into the world, you'll truly understand what this new economy stands for, and why many of us are not trading them in for US dollars or Euro, or other paper monies.

Good luck. Feel free to pm me with any questions.

mspano85

I have thirty 60GH/s rigs I ordered over the course of 12 months to 6 months ago from Butterfly Labs and I still have not received them. I know some of them are in production, but I just want to warn potential investors in their product that they could be waiting a very long time for a quite expensive system.

mspano85

That is an awesome setup. I have pretty much upgraded all my cards to 7950s. I'm impressed you have 6 cards on one board. I am able to manage 5x7950s to each of my boards but I'm limited by my PSUs (Corsair 1200w.) I used to run 4x on each board and then I started fooling with 5x and it's been working good. So the extra boards I had leftover after I consolidated my cards I just added new cards to. The issues I'm having are 1) The VisionTek 7950s I can not get hashing above 610Kh/s, and my Gigabyte 7950s, which I can get hashing around 650-670Kh/s each, have been going dead quick. One caught on fire which is unheard of. I'm glad I was there when it happened. At least they are all under warranty. My VisionTeks are lifetime.

savall

Wish I understood all the Bitcoin stuff. Apparently there is some decent profit to be made if you know what you're doing.

I will suggest learning a bit of graphic design/web design as it is something you can do with just a laptop even between flights / on commutes etc.