Hi Nico,
At 11:05 AM 10/13/98 CEST, Nico Sterk wrote:
>I would like to create a new really competitive team for GIMPS all
>across the Internet.
You are more than welcome to do so. Perhaps the mailing list is
a good place to see if there is interest in forming a variety of
teams that a new (or existing) user could join.
>Therefore I need to bring in new members using
>the GIMPS mailing list,
I don't generally hand out the email addresses.
> news group (which ones?), persuading friends etc.
If there is interest, perhaps Scott could create a web page containing
team names, user ids, and passwords.
>Is it fair to put my own name as the name of the whole team,
Probably not. You will get more recruits by combining people with
a common affiliation. Such as "Team Europe", "Team MIT", "Team Linux",
"Team Cat Lovers", etc. I don't think many will join a "Team Nico Sterk".
>or should I rather discriminate
>my private contribution in the computer ID?
An excellent way to track your personal contribution to the team total.
>Please, do you have suggestions for making this reality,
See if there is much interest in your idea by reading the followup
posts to this mailing list. See if Scott Kurowski weighs in with
any potential problems. If there is interest, gather suggestions for
team names (maybe by private email, maybe take a vote). If Scott
cannot maintain a web page of team names, create your own web page
and we'll link to it.
>and what's more do you have ideas
>for a good userID, password and Name?
Keep the userID and password short and sweet. Keep the name descriptive.
The three must be made available on a web page.
>The password should be spread
>across Internet among all members of the team to use it. As for as I
>know, the only "confidential" thing to be protected through a password
>is the current account status report.
I don't think there is anything confidential to protect. The only danger
I see is malicious unreserving of exponents. I, as a Team USA miscreant,
go to Scott's web pages and unreserve all of Team Europe's exponents...
Regards,
George
