On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 11:19:03AM -0500, George Woltman wrote: > It is highly unlikely that someone poached this exponent. It is not near > a milestone and the exponent is not of any particular significance. > > Most likely, either 1) you got a recycled exponent and the result was > belatedly reported, or 2) someone operating manually and/or not > understanding how GIMPS works tested the exponent, or 3) the server > glitched and handed it out twice, or even 4) the first time tester might > have tested it again for reasons unknown, or 5) some reason I haven't > thought of.
George, Thanks for the update. So what do you suggest I do now? I've got 13 days left on the exponent. Should I continue with what's now a triple-check, or just move on to my next exponent? Walt _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
