Guys we were all newbies at some point, nothing wrong with that
opentoe is no newbie. Has been around quite a while now.
I'm a complete Newbie to mining. Take it from the horse's mouth, trust me.
Hey as long as you know that you don't know something, its easy enough to learn. Read up on how difficulty works. This site is very helpful in understanding the relationship to network hash rate and difficulty (as well as predicting the level and time of the next difficulty adjustment):