Quote from: sgbullion on May 21, 2013, 07:29:29 PM

Quote from: vs3 on May 21, 2013, 07:25:49 PM

Quote from: sgbullion on May 21, 2013, 07:14:44 PM

Lets just say not much higher than a cpu, not doing for coins right now doing to learn how it works and if it is worth the effort. understanding the beast before I try to feed it. it's around 50. I dont quit during the block and mine the whole time, I've had over a hundred shares one moment ( yes I know very low) and have a very small payout (.000078489)ish and then the next time I have 54 shares and a lower score and end up with .0002345.. only differences are that the first block took longer and I had a huge score and the second block only took like a half hour and a much smaller score.

You need to understand a bit more about how Slush's pool works and you (and many other) get confused with the PPS (pay-per-share) concept. Slush's pool is not a PPS one.

The detailed description of how it works is on the pool's home page - look for a text in big yellow letters that says "How does bitcoin pool work?".

In essence each share gets a "score". The score is highest at the round end, and earlier shares get lower scores. The older the share the lower the score. And that progression is not linear but exponential, so score goes down to almost zero very quickly. From observations I think the cut-off is about an hour - for shares older than an hour you get absolutely no score.

For a slow miner like you that may result in a noticeable variance - sometimes your last share could be just seconds before the end (and will get a high score), sometimes it could be a minute before the end (and will get a lower score). On some very short rounds you may not even have time to submit a single share.

no need to insult me, not everyone is as brilliant as you are and I read that before I posted. And the score changes everything so your answer made no sense to me other than basically saying "shut up you iddiot an just accept what you get" so could someone just explain it to me in english or am I just to assume that stupid people like me should not do this. sheesh... Angry

You read way too much into his answer. His answer is the correct answer. It may be too technical, but it is what it is. What he is trying to say is that because of the way Slush's pool works, your payouts can vary tremendously, especially with a slow miner.

I really didn't see him insulting you in his post, it looked to me like he was legitimately trying to help.