Re: Mersenne: double checking

1998-11-18 Thread George Woltman
Hi Bryan, At 03:45 AM 11/18/98 -0500, Bryan Fullerton wrote: I've noticed that when I manually request exponents from the Primenet web page the lines to be inserted into worktodo.ini all start with Test=, but when the util gets double checking exponents itself the lines start with DoubleCheck=.

Mersenne: MacLucasUNIX v4.4

1998-11-18 Thread Scott Kurowski
Hi everyone, FYI, PrimeNet's manual testing checkin web page supports MacLucasUNIX v4.4 formatted results, as well as MacLucas v1.4. http://entropia.com/ips/manualtests.html Regards, scott

Mersenne: Extra terrestrial life

1998-11-18 Thread Pete
I heard that a group astronomers intend to use a similar technique to GIMPS to analyse radio wave data received from outer space to check for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Currently only 100 computers are involved but they intend to recruit as many as possible (via the internet) if initial

Re: Mersenne: Extra terrestrial life

1998-11-18 Thread Wayne Sheppard
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