Block! by gmb

with ~30Ths

That one was also pretty awse coz it's not completely full (63 second network block) but I watched the payout for 479844 go out
about 1 minute 41 seconds before the block was found and bang, a block with the payout in it, and it didn't even waste any block space at all (not even free space)

Possibly dumb question about block finding... I've been mining in Kano for about a month now, watching this message board like a hawk and learning a lot along the way.
I am looking forward to getting on the Acclaim Board some day. How does one "find" a block... is it the miner who solves the last calculation or fills the last space in a given block? I can clearly see the big miners with PH power find more blocks. With just ~17 TH to my name, will I ever "find" one... is this a factor of luck? Am I even using the right terminology?
OK that was actually 3 questions.
Thanks in advance!