"Brian J. Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to suggest:
[...]
>(b) an extra form is added to the PrimeNet Manual Exponent page, so
>that progress reports can be supplied manually on behalf of clients
>which can't do it automatically. (Don't even need to give a
>completion date really - just to say "I'm still alive" & keep the
>exponent reserved for another "expiry period" - but should have an
>optional field for estimated completion date, if known)
This is a very good idea. I am runnnig MacGIMPS on my PowerMac G3/233 and
that particular LL client has no server support yet. I would find it rather
unpleasant if someone snatched the exponent that was assigned to me because
s/he assumed that it was abandoned. After all, the fun part of GIMPS (to
me) is the knowledge that "I am testing exponent x that has been assigned
to me and to noone else".
JP
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