Please Help! Bitcoin Mining Won't Connect Worker

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I've just started mining for Bitcoin, and I followed all of the steps from a couple of sources.

However, when I enter in the data to get my miner to start mining, it says "Connection Problems" or it's in a constant state of "Connecting...".

For my Bitcoin Wallet, I use Bitcoin Core.

For my pool, I'm using Slush's pool.

For my mining software, I use GUIMiner.

Here's what I see on my GUIMiner worker:

http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/Bitcoin%20Mining%20Snapshot_zpsiueffe9b.png


Is it that I'm using an older version of GUIMiner? It is from 2012, but that's the one I saw available.

If not, is it the Host? There's an option for "Slush's Pool" as opposed to "Other". However, "Slush's Pool" doesn't seem to work, and one workaround I read online was to use "Other" and manually enter the host info.

Or, is the Host name and/or Port info wrong?

Otherwise, is it the name / password? Based on the naming convention on the Slush's Pool website, I simply copy and pasted the name they say to use, so I believe that's correct. The password they say to use is any arbitrary text.

Thanks in advance!

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You are trying to mine with ancient software that only mines on CPU or GPU and a computer without mining hardware attached. The ancient software does not speak the current mining protocol and non ASIC hardware cannot meaningfully mine bitcoin. Please read bitcoin mining 101:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1944976.0
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