0.17 BTC / day using what hardware? or did you buy hashing power and thats it?
so if its not profitable why all these guys have those mining rigs? xD
i currently have 6th/s online...2 th/s hosted for bout 260/mth...I just choose to mine whether or not i make a profit on the coin..i pay the power bill with my hard earned money and save coin in hopes of one day bitcoin takes off and i'm rich

a poor man can dream can't he? hehe and i get to help the network n try and decentralize it abit...but i fear KNC and big other mega farms will centralize it and it'll all come crashing down

oh well...i got my profit outta btc so this is all play money i guess...could go either way...won't hurt me none