Thanks guys. Hope to contribute to the community somehow! 

If you're UK-based, i'd recommend using http://speedybitcoin.co.uk. It's invite-only though so you'll have to drop them an e-mail, but I tested it with a small amount today and it was almost instant.

Valid point.

So erm... hi. I've been lurking around the boards for a while and following the bitcoin scene fairly closely for around a year now.I'm a freelance software developer, about to graduate from university after studying Computer Science. Looking forward to getting involved with the community and possibly some BitCoin related projects!

~ Skixo

My nVidia card sucks for mining. I get roughly 24mhp/s.

Personally, I don't think it really makes sense to build / buy something that will essentially 'kill' regular mining. Was BitCoin even designed for coins to be mined by specialist hardware?!? People buying ASIC's are wasting their money IMO. It wont be long before mining difficultly outweighs the use of an ASIC -- whilst completely killing regular rig mining.

Have you read the NEWBIE thread?!?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0

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