Think you need to use --intensity 10,10,10 But seems like you were tired when doing this .

If you start it up with a batch-file, you can use // to put in comments etc. This makes it easier to find a good setting based on previous tries.
All lines starting with // will be ignored.

Would look something like this:

----mining.bat------

//Original setup
//cgminer -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u [my worker id] -p {my worker wd] --shaders 1024 --intensity 17,17,17 --worksize 256,256,256 -g 1


//Test setup based on ramblings from some random interweb guy
 cgminer -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u [my worker id] -p [my worker pwd] --intensity 10,10,10

Ok, think I understand cgminer a bit better, but can't get it to connect to stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333, says "no live pool" and gpus do not start.

My command line is:
cgminer -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u [my worker id] -p {my worker wd] --shaders 1024 --intensity 17,17,17 --worksize 256,256,256 -g 1

I tried the same command line except with --scrypt flag and connection to LTC pool, all gpus fired up and pumping 275 KH/s each.

And, must considerate that an major corporation have a big crew an resources to solve the trouble and Slush is working alone

I get 140 Mhash\s is there a way to get more?

IMHO, the biggest opportunity for scamming is the large scale DDoS attacks on the exchanges we've been seeing lately. I believe these to be orchestrated events by organized groups with access to large resources and are using BTC as a pure speculative market. Think of organized crime and investment banks. They engage in the DDoS attacks in an effort to manipulate the market and get their orders executed. I would imagine the savvy algorithmic traders and hedge funds are engaged in these practices as well.

The way to stop it is for the BTC network to get even more distributed and even more liquid (needs to be used for more transactions and not simply as a store of fiat currency value, but a value store in and of itself)

Everytime I think I understand Bitcoin, things get fuzzy.

First, Bitcoins are not unique items, you cannot identify one Bitcoin from another, in fact that statement almost makes no sense.  Bitcoins are values that are assigned to addresses.  The addresses are unique and each address has a currently Bitcoin value and transactions transfer values between addresses.

Secondly,  it seems the whole system works because all the participants agree to play by the same rules.  What prevents a rule change if everyone agrees to it.  Changing how many bitcoins are given to miners, how much the difficulty changes, etc.  they are arbitrary.  What if a majority agree to a rule change?

Lastly, I read about Bitcoin theft.  If I have a wallet of addresses that is backed up.  A virus penetrates the wallet and transfers all my Bitcoins to some other address.  Since I have the original addresses, I can see where they went.  If I clearly demonstrate the above to the Bitcoin community, what's preventing the Bitcoin community from disallowing any transactions from any address that received my stolen coins?  Yes it would be difficult to convince everyone but is it theoretically possible?