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I've running BTC Guild and Deepbit as a backup miner currently, and I haven't had any lost time with this setup.  Simply run another instance of your miner with a -f larger than the -f (if you use one) for your main miner.

I would suggest avoiding Paypal with BTC transaction at all costs.  I've heard of quite a few accounts being closed because paypal is not fond of bitcoins.

You can buy them on MtGox or TradeHill...

I was wondering why I wasn't able to post in other boards..

It would be nice if you inserted a link to this very topic where the reply link "should" be on other boards, so that people aren't wondering why they can't post there.

I haven't used TradeHill, but it looks like they take a much bigger cut at least with instant buying and selling...
TradeHill Buy: 20.12
TradeHill Sell: 17.64
MtGox Buy: 17.51
MtGox Sell: 17.50

$2.48 vs. $0.01 difference, seems like a obvious choice.  You should take note that MtGox takes a 0.65% fee, so to actually buy 1 BTC it would be $17.62 and to sell 1 BTC it would be $17.39.  So in reality the difference between MtGox's buy and sell is currently $0.23 vs TradeHill's $2.48.  I'd recommend MtGox with Dwolla.  Dwolla is simply enough to use and add a bank account to.

I started mining ~2 weeks ago with 5830's x 2.