aand eligius after 15 mins gaved me long poll IO error..
GUIminer kas slush pool also. i add miners username, its pasword, and i getno JSON object could be decoded. IO errors - 1, tolerance - 2
when i go read how to join slush, they say what is stratum
what is threshold?
what is namecoin?
OK, longpole IO error means some how you lost connection to their pool's longpole server, look on their site in case you missed some setting for long poles. Usually long poles is for long waits between asking for and giving back data/results of hashing.
There are a few JSON object encoders out there, make sure you have the recomended software for it... if the error was in the last 48 hours, Slush's pool is still experiencing either the full DDos attack or the aftermath of one and the Stratum server ( as oposed to get work ) is not responding and could have sent corrupt JSON data.
Stratum is a weird beast where work is sent as chunks to workers so the worker holds a pile of work and does not have to ask each time for work to hash. It lowers how much you access the server directly to say ' nope on that, give me more data to hash ' and make it ' group x to x+summin, nada, give me a bunch more '
Threshold is one thing i haven't figured out yet....
Namecoin is a convoluted IP naming system that is tied to a value of an IP name. If you can not host names where you are on a 24/7 running system ( like me, I gota shut the pc off at night ) it's not worth it, however, if you have access to a server that can, it can be a copper mine ( lower than silver or gold, but still make money )
hope this rant helps someone out
