Hi,
At 08:40 PM 3/1/00 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
Hmm. Microprocessor Reports has released some interesting tidbits about the
new Williamette processor which will probably be the Pentium-4... This is
the chip Intel recently demonstrated running at 1.5GHz.
Intel has info on this processor at
Hi,
I'll likely be moving to a cable modem soon and intend to install a
machine to act as a firewall, likely a Linux box. Since it will be
sitting there all day doing nothing other than screening stuff between my
LAN and the 'Net, I thought I'd run mprime (if Linux) on it. Of course,
all of
On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 02:01:24PM -0500, St. Dee wrote:
Am I creating any security risks by running mprime on the firewall box?
You shouldn't, since mprime doesn't deal with server sockets (only the
occasional HTTP traffic to PrimeNet) at all. The only problem I can think
of, is that it eats a
On 2 Mar 00, at 14:01, St. Dee wrote:
I'll likely be moving to a cable modem soon and intend to install a
machine to act as a firewall, likely a Linux box.
linux is a Good Move ... ceratinly, in its default state, it's at
least as secure (when used as a firewall) as anything emanating from
Something I've been wondering about since entering this project -
How much are the people who are trying to find a 10 million digit prime
contributing to the search? They stand less than a tenth the ordinary
chance per unit time, and any prime they find will take at least four or
five years
On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 01:40:55PM -0500, George Woltman wrote:
The new SIMD2 instructions have the potential of doubling throughput.
But why would Intel market these instructions as `multimedia' instructions?
Surely no normal MM tasks would need double precision. Of course, I
shouldn't complain
Nathan Russell asked: How much are the people who are trying to
find a 10 million digit prime contributing to the search?
Any machine that is running GIMPS is contributing to mapping
the great universal math-space. If one is factoring, double checking,
finding a slew of Mersenne composites (I
Nathan asked: How much are the people who are trying to find a
10 million digit prime contributing to the search?
Now that you asked, I have been pondering this point. The
payoff structure offered by the EFF has in some ways been
a hindrance to GIMPS as well as a motivator. It is aesthetically
On the other hand, the existence of the EFF prize is a useful
tool in convincing companies to run GIMPS, for most IT
managers are quick to remind you that this *is* a business,
and it is here to make money. (Then you hope that same
IT manager hasnt the sophistication to calculate the actual
odds
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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 19:49:36 -0800
Nathan Russell asked: How much are the people who are trying to
find a 10 million digit prime contributing to the search?
Any
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