from 2600-Australia cu Bjoern -----Original Message----- From: KevinL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [2600-AU] distributed.net, Mersenne.org This makes me laugh - the'profile' of a program finding prime numbers would presumably be similar to the 'profile' of a program cracking crypto. What are they using your machine for again - and who's "they" exactly? ;) ('profile' in dits because I'm not quite sure how you'd profile a program of that sort in any useful way - but the concept remains) KL (When does paranoia stop being healthy?) >>> "Bjoern Hoffmann" wrote > Sime wrote: > > > For those who don't know: like SETI@Home but you can use your CPU's idle > > time for different 'projects' and be able to win prizes and stuff. > > much better and much more sophisticated: www.mersenne.org, looking for great primes ... > > cu > Bjoern > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The name of this list is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note: Comments to this mailing list are owned by the poster > KevinL --------------------------------------------------------------------- The name of this list is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: Comments to this mailing list are owned by the poster _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.exu.ilstu.edu/mersenne/faq-mers.txt
