Hello there,

I'm a bitcoin n00b but a very experienced software developer. I've installed the poclbm libraries and application as detailed here:
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12360

I am now mining at about 6 MHashes but have some questions. Maybe they can be answered here, or I can post my questions in the original thread if I am whitelisted.

My question is: How do I know when I generate bitcoins? Will the balance in my Bitcoin client magically go up? Also, what's a probable pay out wait time for a computer such as mine doing 6 MHashes? A month? 6 months? I know it's random, but a likely ballpark.

Thank you!