def updateStatus(self, force=False):
        #only update if last update was more than a second ago
        dt = time() - self.lastUpdate
        if force or dt > self.UPDATE_TIME:
            rate = self.rate if (not self.miner.idle) else 0
            type = " [" + str(self.connectionType) + "]" if self.connectionType is not None else ''
            status = (
                "[" + formatNumber(rate) + "hash/sec] "
                "[" + str(self.accepted) + " Accepted] "
                "[" + str(self.invalid) + " Rejected]" + type)
            self.say(status)
            self.lastUpdate = time()
            # begin phstats extra lines
            statfile = file('/dev/shm/phstats', 'w')
            statfile.write(formatNumber(rate) + " " + str(self.accepted) + " " + str(self.invalid))
            statfile.close()
            # end phstats extra lines