I wouldn't.
Last time I checked on the SETI@home project (is that what they are calling
it?) it didn't seem as fun as GIMPS.
Large Downloads - Apparently you have to download large datasets (several
megs?) to search. The datasets consist of radio signal recordings from
outer space. A 7 digit
-Original Message-
From: Paul Derbyshire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Mersenne: C++ Compilers
At 08:02 AM 11/16/98 -0800, you wrote:
I've been using Microsoft's Visual C++...
YUCK! Ugh, bleah.
This subject comes up once every couple of months.
There are seveal reasons why they can have years left to test exponents.
The time to complete calculation could be wrong. It might have the wrong
CPU speed which would throw off the calculation. Or maybe they only run
thier computer a couple
But the
policy shouldn't apply to Aaron's situation. He worked for the company. He
had permission from someone. He used an admin password that was given to
him.
I think that if the Prime Server hadn't run out of exponents back in May(?),
US West would have never known about it. Aaron would still be
