Blades are inefficient and restart very frequently when mining against a remote getwork server.
Can't say I've seen that myself.
Pointing to the eligius getwork server is a useless exercise, but if you are into wasting time I suppose that's your choice...
It's not. As I said, getting the guy pointing to the correct server is only the first step of getting him mining efficiently.
What he's trying to do is drive a car on a lake. My suggestion is getting him off water and on to dry land. THEN we worry about getting him on the road and going quickly.
Did you coin the term "armchair miner"?
Seems I did.