I need to finish GUI for NMC support, then I'll also start giving away all those mined blocks (already over 100 NMC block mined during my tests) back to pool users to spread Namecoins between people.
Btw first merged mined block ever was #148744 (BTC) == #19274 (NMC)
Here is the solution:
slush has tested merged mining with his pool...
rising up of the "missing" 100 blocks...
he will spread NMC between his miners...