do you connect only 1 or more usb miners?
this problem happens if you connect a 2nd miner on a different usb hub.
if i connect it on same hub, it works.

maybe your usb hub dont have enugh power?

and go into device manager and select another comport, dont use com1 as maybe it already is used by onboard comport of your pc.

Goes hunting for those pics xd

BTC-e have just switched on their OKPAY service again for a few days, to allow people to move their cash into their exchange, before they switch off the service for another 2 months.

We are seeing all the various financial services throughout the world getting their cogs spun up to make the movement of fiat to a bitcoin exchange so difficult that without already having your cash in the exchange, you can't take advantage of any movements in value.  If you do want to move your fiat into bitcoins the whole process is taking longer and longer - last time it took me 2 weeks.

I don't expect US users to note how difficult it is for the rest of the world, but at this rate its going to be impossible to get enough bitcoins / altcoins into the mainstream to gain enough traction to make any success happen.

Anyone else having this problem, or am I just looking in the wrong place? - BTW, I really don't like MTGox, I don't trust them, and to only use that service to get your bitcoins seems to defeat to object of having them!

Really? this is kinda insane if true, he is already dealing with so much and people must be bombarding him with PMs and emails etc how can he possibly handle all this and not have someone to take care of that part of a busines

So, number of coins yet to be mined per share is:
2.5 btc if we maintain 10%
6.25 btc if we maintain 25%
12.50 btc if we hit 50%
25 btc if we somehow hit 100%

+ profit from hardware and technology
+ transaction fees
+ namecoin sales

I also believe that data center with cheap power will be worth something eventually.

The amount of BTC already mined has nothing to do with the value of ASICMINER. It only determines the supply of BTC that could possibly be spent to buy shares. The value of ASICMINER is in how much BTC can still be earned, which is less than 11 million BTC.