Oh Man... (Face in palms). You need to do some reading.
You probably didn't notice the changes in income before because the jumps in diff were a lot smaller than normal the last was 20.86%.
Go here
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficultyAug 19 2014 23,844,670,039 20.86% 170,686,797 GH/s
Aug 08 2014 19,729,645,941 5.30% 141,230,307 GH/s
Jul 25 2014 18,736,441,558 8.08% 134,120,673 GH/s
Jul 12 2014 17,336,316,979 3.08% 124,098,191 GH/s
Thanks for taking the time. I was thinking we had a big jump prior to the 23,844 jump. My bad (I have been reading by the way). Dan
This seems to be a common problem with the latest bunch of people who bought mining hardware. Too many have no idea what they're doing, have done next to zero research, and expect to just get rich overnight.
Some of the emails, posts, PMs, and support requests I've seen along these lines have been pretty ridiculous. I seriously should make a hall of shame for such things.
Example: Some guy bought a 5Gh/s miner for like $100 not long ago and was expecting something like 100% ROI *per day* and was trying to claim that I was stealing his profits somehow...
If you are referring to me wizkid057, you are completely mistaken and completely out of line. I have been doing nothing but acquiring information for the last 2 months. Everyone must start somewhere.
Thanks for taking the time to explain it lightfoot and baddw!!
-Dan