Btw: Funny how the discussion rolls on, while the guy who opened this thread seems to have disappeared....
He vanished right around the time everyone realized that not only were we owed the 200+ BTC that were held back, but also the 400+ BTC or more that he was paid for mining when he was not contributing.
That or his so called "mining partners" told him to shut the hell up before he got them banned from all the major pools.