So, after getting my Badcoin wallet and miner setup, how long does it take before you see that you've mined a coin? Does it show up in the wallet? I've mined for an hour and did a search for my Badcoin address on the Badcoin block explorer but didn't see anything. It's an Intel I5.
That depends on which pool you are using to mine since they can all have their own payout parameters and timing.
If you are using
https://badcoin.cryptocoinpools.com, they recently changed their pay schedule because too many people mining there were mining directly to an exchange deposit address. This caused a lot of grief on the part of the shared exchange wallet, and probably made some withdrawals tricky. To combat this they changed the min payout to 1000 BAD, and are working on an update for a payout of smaller balances when left over a day or so, like if you stop mining. That way nothing is lost.