Brian, you misunderstand my point. I was not even slightly thinking of
retrieving the full account listing - only my own.
I have only 13 machines fired up right now and intend to have 25 by Jan1.
I would prefer the listing by machine. I'm sure the guys with 20,30 or 40
or more machines would find it easier to manage too.
The reason for having it in 'Days To Go' order is that one could then keep
an eye on the machines that are about to complete and make sure that they
do. Admittedly, this is primarily to move up the performers table but
that's what I'm here for! I need all my machines at max efficiency.
The current report is fine but with 4 or 5 tasks listed for each machine it
would just be nice to have it restructured.
How's the UK - I was born and raised in London guv (Off subject - sorry)
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian J Beesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Steve Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: Mersenne: Status Reports
> The status reports are a great way of keeping track of each machine's
work.
> Currently the reports are arranged in exponent order. I think it would be
> preferable, at least by the people with more than 10 PCs to arrange the
> list by machine 'name'.
>
> My second choice would be 'days to go' with the shortest time period at
the
> top.
I take it you mean the "current assignments" and "exponents
cleared" reports.
I can see why you would like this. However, you can get your own
personal data from the server, without downloading everyone else's
data, by calling up your personal account page.
"Days to go" sequencing of the "current assignments" report would
be of interest, some of the time, depending on what you're
interested in at the time.
I've no objection to providing reports in alternative sequencing,
provided the original sequncing (by exponent) is still available, at
least as an option.
However, the full "current assignments" report is very large - means
we have lots of participants, but takes a long time to download - I'd
prefer to have it in pieces, I'd suggest seperating out factoring
assignments, LL tests and double checks into seperate reports.
