Greetings and salutations,

Big thanks to all of you. After making that post I got in contact with a friend who had done some crypto mining in the past, and together we got my PC running a litecoin miner temporarily. Then I had a better idea then started this forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1095124.0) and now it's my current pursuit. So once again, thanks for the replies and good luck in all your mining adventures. 

Greetings and salutations,

Thanks for all the replies, I didn't expect so many thoughtful and redundant replies, though redundancy is a great thing IMO. To answer any possible questions, this question is a means to an end. The ,hopeful, end is a cloud mining service run by myself, and a good friend of mine. After poking around and reading (link to the sticky post about reigniting public interest in BTC goes here), soul searching, and a few days doing nothing a playing video games. I believe that cloud mining services are the best way to reignite public interest in BTC. As cloud mining would be an easy way for the average person to attempt mining, since there would be little start-up costs, no increase in personal utility bills, and no purchasing specialized hardware, but I digress. As for actual information about my service, there really isn't any yet. Currently it's an idea that might not even happen, as with many ideas. Speaking for the future though, we will most likely attempt to crowd-fund this project, but past that we have no plans. Though this forum will certainly be the first to receive word, should any of this come to fruition.           

Greetings and salutations,

From what I understand in this corner of the internet, a majority of bitcoin miners and frequenters think that cloud mining services are a scam, and are not to be trusted. My question to you, the bitcoin loyal masses, is "what could a cloud mining service do to make them seem more legitimate in your eyes?"

Greetings and Salutations,

I've been doing quite a bit of reading, and have decided to give bitcoin mining a shot. Primarily as a way to put my computer to work when I'm away, and make me some money. Yes, I am aware that its not the greatest, most efficient way of bitcoin mining, I just dont have the cash to spare on a dedicated rig. Anyway, with all my reading I've gotten a little confused and bamboozled, the only thing I know for sure is that I need mining software, I'm starting with easy miner, and a bitcoin wallet, starting with multibitHD. I'm new to bitcoin, but not computers, and would greatly appreciate some help with starting this process with definite information, and I would prefer a video to a wall of text, if possible.

EDIT: " it was possible to mine with your computer CPU or high speed video processor card. Today that's no longer possible. " - bitcoinmining.com, Sorry answered my own question