Are there any 'alternative' coins that are still useful for CPU mining?

Reason I ask is I have 8x HP servers each with 6x quad core CPUs in them and 24GB RAM.  I also have an office where power is 'free'. (to me at least!)

I know CPU mining for bitcoin is a waste of time, but is there anything useful I could do with this kit which I could later exchange for BTC?

My boxes run Windoze.  I just RDP to them if I want to see what's going on, but generally unless I spot a problem in the stats (I use Slush's pool) then there is no need.

I tried to get BAMT going and, despite being very proficient with Linux, couldn't even get the USB key to build properly.  Much as it pains me to say it, GUIminer on Windows 'just works'.

Yeah, 100% at 9am this morning.  Now got 7 negatives against me from users that signed up today with 0 feedback themselves.

I've had that, it often happens.  But now I'm getting people cancelling then leaving negative feedback.  Wasn't sure if it was a common thing or if it's another trader getting upset and trying to push me out.

Anyone else seen a massive influx of spammers/scammers on localbitcoins today?

I've had half a dozen new users (signed up today with no feedback) start trades, immediately cancel, and then leave bad feedback for me.

Now one of them has initiated a trade and said he's sent money which has caused the BTC to be escrowed from my account.  However I've not given him my payment details so no way he could have have sent payment but the coins remain in escrow.

Is it just me or is everyone getting this at the moment?

Chris

Well we have to make 5 posts before being allowed on the forum proper so I thought an introduction was a good place to start.

I'm relatively new to this whole BTC thing, but have been doing some trading mainly on localbitcoins for a couple of months.  Luckily I had taken a break just before the big crash of a few weeks ago so I didn't get hit, although I could have made a lot of profit if I'd timed it a bit better, but then again couldn't we all.

Also got a couple of miners running on Slush's pool.  Currently 6 x 5870's in two machines getting just over 2GHashes/sec.  I'm gambling on this whole Butterfly labs thing being a scam and investing in second hand GPUs - let's hope it's right!

So that's me.  What about you, fellow newbies?

Chris