When I want a crypto-neutral reference point, I think in fiat, so, your second option is my intention.  I neglected to say 'in purchasing power terms'.  I'm not there yet.  That's a ratio I selected on the basis of my current estimates of  risk/reward, but as MRO demonstrates more maturity and/or I learn to better anticipate its moves, I would probably raise the MRO fraction.   In an ideal world, given the priority I place on privacy, if the purchasing power of each were stable, I would probably reverse that ratio, putting 89% of my crypto purchasing power in MRO, and 11% in BTC, or something on that order.

I am an aggressive risk-taker.  I'm trying not to be crazy stupid, however.  Just crazy is fine.

The slumming comment kinda hurt.  I'm definitely communicating badly, if that's the vibe.  Sorry.  Will try harder.  I think it is a rare privilege to be able to participate in these conversations.  Well, the trolls are a bummer.

I'm pool mining with the most recent version of simpleminer, and no matter which pool I use, the rate of my submitted shares start out good, but then after 3 minutes, a share is being submitted only every 60-90 seconds.

Has anyone else experienced this? My system is Xubuntu 14.04.

Is cpuminer better? If so, there are several different cpuminers available. Which one should I get for pool purposes?

You should find that the difficulty of the shares your submitting is also increasing.  Perhaps simpleminer isn't showing that, but it's very likely the case.

Ah. That is a reasonable explanation. It goes through many "Getting next job..."  "Job didn't change" cycles before it submits a share. As long as that's to be expected, then ok.

Can anyone recommend a particular version of cpuminer?

Also crashes Firefox 29 on Ubuntu.

Drk already go da moon
Will the MRO too?

We need a working multi-plateform GUI wallet soon. any ETA on it yet?

Which Crypto Note coin would you recommend me to buy and why, please? Thanks.

add pause at the end

And see what it says.