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
DOC            KING



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