Take a look:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestfunds/index.html

Some of the top funds holding billions in assets have a fee of <1%. Other top funds (mid-cap) hold far less than "billions" ... more like in the 100s of millions.

If we look at conventional Mutual Funds, a 5% management fee would be killer. In fact 2% is really a lot, and 1% or less is really desirable for assets that are held long.

Let's use TAT's example of high dividends of 0.036/week for 2 years.

For AM-PT
Earned 0.036/week * 52 wks/yr * 2 yrs = 3.744
Original cost = 2.5 BTC
Profit = 3.744 - 2.5 = 1.244

For TAT
Earned (95% * 0.036/week) * 52 wks/kr * 2 yrs = 3.5568
Original cost = 2.45 BTC
Profit = 3.5568 - 2.45 = 1.1068

Difference = 0.1372 BTC (or $16 in today's rate)

Whether 0.1372 BTC is a lot for you depends on your own judgment, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But if you had 10 shares, or 100 shares, you can multiply that out and see we would now be talking about $167 to $1674 difference!

I know this is an old thread, but does anyone have a better link for the DLL file required in the OP's first post. I believe it is atipdlxx.dll

When I used the link, all I get is a lot of spam windows from iLivid and Flash Video Downloader and crap.

The duration of each round varies based on luck. Sometimes we are unlucky and it takes 4 hours to finish a block. Other times, it takes 2 minutes.

As an extreme example, let's say your hash rate is very slow, so that it takes you 3 minutes to submit one share. Well, if the pool is lucky and finds a block in 2 minutes, you wouldn't even have submitted your one share yet. Therefore, pool says you did 0 work, and so you get 0 payout. On the other hand, someone has a very fast hash rate, and so in those 2 minutes they submitted 100 shares. Then they will obviously be paid for that work.

At Slush, NMC merge mining only supported on getwork, not stratum. So use getwork server if you want to merge mine.

Everyone can say what they want about the weird blocks, bad luck, late/missing payments, etc. But the one thing that worries me is the noticeable absence of Slush. Not only personally (seriously I do hope he's ok), but also for the pool's well-being.

Goody! Can you also add payout notification via email as well? 

Thanks for making my point. Apple is a GREAT example. Price of BTC/USD currently is about $122, down from its peak of $266 a month ago. For ASICMINER, mining bitcoins is like selling iPhones... "cash flow" since you call it that. The new ideas for AM are selling hardware (USB Blockeruptor, blades, maybe Gen2 hardware) but again this is speculation, just like trying to guess what Apple will come out with next.

How much will Apple's stock rise? How good will iPhone 6 be, and will people like it? Investing in ASICMINER is no different. There are some knowables, but also a lot of speculation. Ultimately, the price of a stock is dependent on how much people are willing to pay for it:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99497.5460

Looks like CampBX (bulbul investments) just became FINCEN registered. The CEO has an MBA for god's sake, I should hope he knows what he's doin!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=163978.msg2199736#msg2199736

Try PM's Keyer at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=15102 and ask him about CampBX's status with FINCEN regulations. Actually, I think they just registered with FINCEN this week:

MSB Registration Number: 31000026967575
Registration Type: Initial Registration
Legal Name: Bulbul Investments LLC
DBA Name:
Street Address: 13010 Morris Rd, Bldg 1 Suite #600
City: Alpharetta
State: GEORGIA
Zip: 30004
MSB Activities:
Check casher (Including traveler's and money orders), Money transmitter, Other, Seller of money orders
States of MSB Activities:
Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia,
Federated States Of Micronesia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Palau, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, US, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
All States & Territories & Foreign Flag: All States/Territories
Number of Branches:
Authorized Signature Date: 05/15/2013
Received Date: 05/16/2013

Not sure if pool is/was under attack, but again website, API, and stratum server were all down. Network hashrate down to 3-4 TH/s due to all the disconnected miners.

Pool down? Cannot access website (other than CloudFlare), cannot access API, and miner cannot access stratum server.

Just bought some, I hope items are in stock and I get them fast!
Oh, and the Pop Rocks too lol!

I'm selling an AMD NeverSettle Reloaded Bioshock Infinite Crysis 3 Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon promo code. This code will allow you to download Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 3, and Farcry3 Blood Dragon from Steam, UPlay, and EA Origin. It is an online code only, and you will have to download the software! There are no CD/DVD included.

You can choose to have me mail the card containing the code to you, or I can simply email you with the code. Let me know your preference! You can PM me here and I'll accept 0.2 BTC for it.

Proxy is only required for miner clients that don't support stratum. CGMiner supports stratum for scrypt, so just use that.

Yep, and consider disassembling the GPU's heatsink/fan, cleaning everything, and reapplying thermal paste (TIM) on it. I've read lots of instances when the manufacturer does a crappy job making these interfaces, and temps drop after end users reapply the TIM.

Note: usually this will void your warranty!

I tell my Bitcoins I appreciate them every day! My Litecoins on the other hand ... 

Just trying to be objective and helpful here. But I guess you could:
(a) invest in better cooling for your GPUs so you don't have to cool them down
(b) or move to a different pool with a different scoring method so your cooling periods do not adversely affect you.

For option (b), frankly most pools implement scoring methods to discourage pool hoppers. Now you may not be hopping on purpose, but you are disconnecting at various times to cool down your GPUs which will be viewed as the same thing. You might consider a strict PPS pool for that reason, but they charge high fees for a reason: it's risky for the pool and they could go out of business.

Other way to think about it, at Slush's if you "cool down" at the beginning of a round, then restart near the end, you'll submit less shares but still get full rewards as recent work is weighted more than old work. So at the end, in the LONG RUN, you even out!