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 of hours a day.
I estimate that a P90 would take ~50 days to test an exponent in the 5mill
range. If the computer was on only 6 hours a day, the time would be 200
days. If the computer was testing only 1 hour a day, the time would be 1200
days.
If someone wants to take a year to test one exponent, I say let him. This
is all about participation. It's kinda hard to call it a race when there is
no finish line.
I did scan the status report to see how long some exponents have been out.
Listed below are the 78 exponents that have been assigned for at least 100
days and have over 100 days to go. (I apologize in advance for the
formatting. This is copied straight from the status report)
The strange thing is that most of these numbers have been updated in Sept.
This means that they are being worked on, just at a very slow rate.
exponent bits iteration run / to go date updated date assigned
account ID computer ID
4787599 61 118.8 919.2 98-Jun-02 15:42
andres
4771433 61 169.4 835.6 98-Apr-13 01:30
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
4580201 60 223.4 826.9 98-Feb-25 09:06 98-Feb-18 01:42
MIT rhansen2
3819227 * 55 125.1 774.2 98-May-29 16:26 98-May-27 08:38
S00164
4833901 61 146.8 662.2 98-May-05 15:35
andrewf tom1
4490263 60 211.0 639.0 98-Mar-02 11:19
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
5016679 61 130.4 638.6 98-May-22 01:09
redwine
4481579 * 55 212.5 635.5 98-Feb-28 22:49
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
5292451 62 2295752 127.1 616.0 98-Sep-03 12:04 98-May-25 08:24
ET_
4664917 60 166.2 607.7 98-Jul-11 04:09 98-Apr-16 06:26
markb P-90
5103829 61 138.0 592.9 98-Sep-17 07:41 98-May-14 11:27
Vesa romu
5292757 62 561206 125.5 574.8 98-Aug-16 06:05 98-May-26 23:36
watcher ircwarez
4465127 60 215.1 568.9 98-Feb-26 09:23
koma magek072
4369949 60 218.4 481.1 98-May-22 12:13 98-Feb-23 02:21
Walkabout BamBam
4671439 * 60 114.6 404.4 98-Jun-06 19:31
jkummu NT
3726259 60 208.6 385.4 98-Mar-04 20:47
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
3719333 60 213.1 379.9 98-Feb-28 08:37
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
4926563 61 181.5 360.5 98-Mar-31 22:58
cornell betty
4876867 61 156.0 355.3 98-Jul-09 18:20 98-Apr-26 10:46
S01449
4864151 * 56 157.9 321.1 98-Apr-24 12:39
elngld
4933207 61 169.7 318.4 98-Aug-24 20:34 98-Apr-12 17:53
kampela kampela
5297587 62 828030 101.6 316.8 98-Sep-21 06:16 98-Jun-19 19:54
thogland DECPC4133
4759927 61 1179647 184.9 307.3 98-Sep-15 19:03 98-Mar-28 13:49
snapiri Datura
4876111 61 156.2 306.8 98-Apr-26 06:59
ayam
5313883 62 658643 110.4 290.2 98-Jul-12 16:29 98-Jun-11 00:35 _
4864591 61 117.9 289.1 98-Jun-03 12:18
S01801
5348797 62 443373 107.5 273.9 98-Aug-18 08:31 98-Jun-13 23:45
roots PII400
3939373 60 1836969 187.2 271.7 98-Sep-24 03:33 98-Mar-26 05:51
Qad Qad
4773707 61 184.3 263.0 98-Sep-29 10:04 98-Mar-29 04:56
rinvelt godzillia
4300291 *D 55 192.0 230.3 98-Mar-21 18:45 98-Mar-21 11:03
emaag
3640697 60 863408 173.5 218.1 98-Aug-01 14:32 98-Apr-08 23:37
CDF
3973811 60 172.4 215.5 98-Jun-02 22:23 98-Apr-10 00:16
RogersAndSons nguyen200
5123693 61 114.5 211.5 98-Jun-06 22:55
mavjj
5085809 61 262143 115.5 205.5 98-Jul-04 21:55 98-Jun-05 22:27
Hyperborea
4777063 61 183.5 197.6 98-Sep-10 01:13 98-Mar-29 22:00
Tom7 lemmyn
4417723 60 196.1 176.0 98-Sep-01 11:06 98-Mar-17 08:09
PrimeSearcher
4868041 61 157.5 169.5 98-Apr-24 22:01
rhesa
5118779 61 1534626 103.5 169.4 98-Sep-27 19:31 98-Jun-17 23:01
S01832
4730483 61 204.7 159.2 98-Mar-13 16:04 98-Mar-08 18:06
S01116
4472753 60 181.9 155.0 98-Sep-28 11:01 98-Mar-31 12:31
troja jaca
4473863 60 213.9 154.2 98-Sep-14 15:35 98-Feb-27 13:27
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
3929267 D 60 111.7 15368 98-Jun-09 17:24
DavidWeir
4991359 61 115.9 150.0 98-Sep-09 11:41 98-Jun-05 12:35
Phantomas hugomuell
5390353 62 2162688 125.3 145.7 98-Sep-28 04:26 98-May-27 03:39
S01497 W95
5261869 62 1507328 128.7 140.0 98-Sep-16 11:04 98-May-23 17:53
S01411
4986353 61 155.2 139.5 98-Sep-07 22:34 98-Apr-27 05:56
T.T.I. turtle
5289901 62 1081959 102.7 138.5 98-Sep-13 22:10 98-Jun-18 17:43
love_fest Archimedes
5263441 62 786432 105.8 138.2 98-Sep-24 16:32 98-Jun-15 14:53
jasper Cathy
3721849 60 296.0 136.7 97-Dec-08 04:17 97-Dec-07 11:21
boon
4303657 60 191.3 133.0 98-Jun-02 11:28 98-Mar-22 04:09
spinkham
4872613 61 156.7 130.5 98-Jun-15 23:22 98-Apr-25 18:24
rhesa
4587179 60 221.9 130.2 98-Sep-05 16:57 98-Feb-19 13:40
S00879
2917643 D 59 3080 230.6 129.0 98-Sep-28 11:15 98-Feb-10 20:28
S00834
4655657 60 170.8 120.7 98-Sep-27 02:47 98-Apr-11 16:01
pryse garfield
5175517 * 55 113.8 120.2 98-Jun-07 16:13 98-Jun-07 15:35
bradd
5097923 61 114.8 119.1 98-Sep-20 13:55 98-Jun-06 16:01
S01480
3384221 60 214.9 117.9 98-Sep-29 07:59 98-Feb-26 13:46
PE
3750883 60 210.2 115.8 98-Jul-23 05:04 98-Mar-03 05:13
x69-irc2 IRC-USER
4436351 60 1712256 195.7 115.3 98-Sep-13 18:14 98-Mar-17 18:10
mum portege
5148287 61 135.7 115.3 98-May-16 17:13
S01610
5301053 62 101.5 115.0 98-Sep-28 11:19 98-Jun-19 23:26
bsman redrum
4957363 61 152.3 112.3 98-Jul-08 17:02 98-Apr-30 02:57
EO OfficeCorner
3564983 60 315.6 111.1 98-Sep-15 14:07 97-Nov-17 19:46
schroeder Anna
5379131 62 108.5 111.0 98-Aug-31 09:55 98-Jun-13 00:10
kehiii KEHCWS22
5263789 62 345287 112.9 110.4 98-Sep-25 19:31 98-Jun-08 12:48
RU
5417057 62 1647724 107.4 110.3 98-Sep-19 19:12 98-Jun-14 02:09
forward
5290633 62 1049258 102.7 109.4 98-Sep-08 20:16 98-Jun-18 19:07
snert snert
4427077 60 227.5 108.5 98-Apr-21 22:25 98-Feb-13 21:55
Hudak
5148973 61 135.7 108.3 98-Sep-01 18:50 98-May-16 19:16
Peider
4335229 60 223.7 103.4 98-Feb-17 19:37 98-Feb-17 19:18
edphat
5460583 62 2440672 122.0 102.1 98-Sep-06 12:39 98-May-30 12:09
Menele Ziggy
4736839 61 198.9 102.1 98-Mar-14 14:24 2
1
4762361 61 147.9 101.9 98-Sep-21 07:54 98-May-04 13:27
ET_ Orione
5306461 62 2621440 110.5 101.8 98-Sep-28 06:00 98-Jun-10 22:25
miim Coldtype
4787719 61 1681752 124.1 101.3 98-Sep-28 17:58 98-May-28 09:14
JC PCA
4340839 60 187.0 100.6 98-Sep-11 02:32 98-Mar-26 11:30
jhereg os2
5484469 *D 52 111.7 3506 98-Jun-09 17:35
DavidWeir
5293451 62 98361 111.6 1557 98-Aug-27 23:13 98-Jun-09 20:38
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