I don't think you can copy the contents of poclbm_py2exe_20120205 to guiminer...

Try this: extract poclbm_py2exe_20120205.7z using 7zip to c:\poclbm_py2exe_20120205\
then create a text file in c:\poclbm_py2exe_20120205\
paste this example in it:

start /D"c:\poclbm_py2exe_20120205" poclbm.exe  MartyChubbs:password@mmpool.bitparking.com:15098 -d0 -v -w128
start /D"c:\poclbm_py2exe_20120205" poclbm.exe  MartyChubbs:password@mmpool.bitparking.com:15098 -d1 -v -w128
start /D"c:\poclbm_py2exe_20120205" poclbm.exe  MartyChubbs:password@mmpool.bitparking.com:15098 -d2 -v -w128

and save it as "mine.bat" not mine.bat.txt

double click mine.bat to start mining

I get the following errors in my logfile with the latest version (I use Windows XP):

man I cant believe how expensive the 5850 is now...

My wife says much of the same things about my websites. She actually has a degree in the field and does contract web design work for some pretty large companies, so I should probably listen to what she says, but I long ago declared that my little hobbies, like making simple, non-scripted websites, would be my own project and I would screw them up as I see fit! That said, you do have some very legitimate design critiques. 

Hmmm, interesting suggestion. Red and green are very common casino colors and the contrast highlights important or exciting information. Does it not work well as you see it? Feedback like this is always welcome. What offset colors would you suggest?

BTC Poker Room

http://btcpokerroom.com

...the online gambling industry — which was, by the way, pumping billions of dollars into a struggling U.S. economy. ...

...Some would argue that Bitcoin is nothing more than an unregulated, private fiat currency — backed by nothing. I would argue much differently. Fiat currencies have, to this point, always been issued by monopolistic, bureaucratic governments. Even when those currencies were backed by gold — a policy that all but the rarest governments abolished decades ago — the supplies of such currencies were still subject to the whimsical decisions of only a few. More often than not, the currencies represented mounds of debt, and destructive monetary policies that kept up the illusory trend of growing asset prices through mild inflation.

... as the demand for Bitcoins increases, it will appreciate in value — making it a more realistic and accurate deflationary currency. In other words, Bitcoin is finite, and as demand grows, so will its value. And because it is decentralized, this means every Bitcoin is worth exactly what two interested parties agree upon, at the time of the exchange. The currency is owned only by the person who possesses it — there is no bureaucratic third-party government participating in the transaction by manipulating the supply. And what that means is that every single Bitcoin is backed by the assets and/or debt of every single participant in the market. That does not sound like a fiat currency to me.

Unless you get a really cheap deal or you plan on using the video card for things other than mining (games), it's probably not the best idea to be buying hardware right now.  If you've got money to burn and you want to speculate, go for it.  Even if the current difficulty stayed the same (and it will likely keep going up), it's going to take quite a while to pay off *any* card at the current conversion rate.