Also, apparently, there are issues with leaving your ssd without any power for prolonged periods of time.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/solid-state-disks-lose-data-if-left-without-power-for-just-a-few-days/

But, if it is cheaper to buy x amount of Monero than possibly recovering x amount of Monero....

die sauzsages begot many typologies y topologies

Q: What's yellow, linear, normed, and complete? A: A Bananach space.

+nowwe'reLinkedIn+

Don't waste your money on that. If they ever really wanted to add XMR, they would have done it by now. Almost one year ago cryptsy admins were assuring me the addition of XMR to their site would be only a few weeks away.

Either they are incompetent or monero is just a too honest coin for them.

after this happens, shell is dead and needs to be restarted.

should i recompile from master?

Real life events and discussions will take a major role in explaining Monero and bringing it one step further.
Having some persons, especially long-standing Bitcoiners, underlying the importance of Monero in real life is completely different than just promoting it online. Because they really put their name and reputation into it, which doesn't really happen online where everybody can support shitcoins at no personal cost. (Somehow mitigated if you're writing online with your real name, but still not at the same level as real-life commitment).

That is the reason why in Bitcoin conferences, workshops, meetups or personal meetings, you won't see trusted and knowledgeable people vouch for (or even just talk about) "AmberCoin", "NakamotoDark", "OmniCoin" or "PopularCoin". I don't invent the names BTW, they're from the cryptsy top 5 voting list! Though you'll see plenty of people supporting this crap online, at no personal cost.

In the next days will start a series of real-life Monero meetups across Europe. I personally think it is likely to trigger a sparkle of "good quality" interest, from people really understanding what's at stake here, and not just buying an altcoin for the fun or the mere price speculation.

Imminent for the past year

With the conferences in Europe coming up, I hope that anyone who attends takes some notes/pictures.
I would love to see what is being discussed and with who at these events. Maybe next summer I will be able to attend something like that in Europe.

I am thinking about starting a Bitcoin/Monero club at my University next semester with a few of my friends. I think getting young individuals who understand the concerns of the spying from NSA types, and also the generation who are always connected to the internet are an audience that we want to target.

LOL, Woops. I'm sure it has been on their radar for months anyway.

LOL, this made me laugh! 

I am currently downloading the blockchain on mac, but once thats done, if i follow the below... will it work?

git clone https://github.com/tewinget/bitmonero.git bitmonero-db
cd bitmonero-db
git checkout blockchain
make release
cd build/release/bin
./blockchain_converter