One reason for dates getting reset might be the upgrade from v17, they were
partially done, but restarted due to the v17 bug.
Yvan Dutil wrote:
> At 07:40 AM 6/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >Sheesh, well it has been a rough past week... :-) Call it "testing the
> >waters". I'm good at that. To my knowledge, the issue of poaching numbers
> >has never been discussed (on the list anyway), so at least we got to talk
> >about it. We now know that some people are a bit bothered by numbers that
> >will take 2 years to finish, and some people could care less. What we do
> >with that knowledge is to find a happy balance, I guess. Let's see if the
> >"ever trustworthy" Scott and George have any comments on the matter...maybe
> >something along the lines of the automated emails sent to the REALLY slow
> >(over a year for one number) computers.
>
> That was exactly my first suggestion: send an email to those who have not
> show up in the last year and ask them if they are still working on them.
> Personnaly, I will 'poaches' those number only if they their progression is
> a way behind the tail of the distribution.
>
> By the way, I order to share the negative reaction with Aaron, I checked again
> for the snail (a snail is a calculation with an to go date larger than 365).
> Last time I did it (29 sept 98) there was 80 snails, now there is 135.
> However,
> since we check about twice the number of exponent than we were checking at
> that
> time, this should be consider as a progress. This is 0.3% of the overall
> assingment.
>
> Alos of the 80 'snails' of the last year, only 20 survive up to now the others
> have be checked by someone else. In those survivor, only 7 are expected to
> survive
> another four months. There is also four silent runner in this list. One
> weird
> bahavior: 5292757. Which as appear to have been resetted recently by its
> 'owner'
> to an duration as long as the initial one! Maybe it is the imfamous NSA which
> try to hide their own prime :)
>
> Surviving 'snail'
>
> prime fact current days
> exponent bits iteration run / to go / exp date updated date
> assigned account ID computer ID
> -------- -- ---- --------- ----------------- ---------------
> --------------- -------------- ------------
> 4369949 61 393215 476.5 15.1 75.1 14-Jun-99 11:53 23-Feb-98
> 02:21 madpoo cosy2k-1
> 4465127 61 458752 473.2 14.2 74.2 13-Jun-99 19:01 26-Feb-98
> 09:23 madpoo cdry2k-2
> 4580201 61 405780 481.5 15.1 75.1 13-Jun-99 17:11 18-Feb-98
> 01:42 madpoo cosy2k-4
> 4664917 60 424.3 349.6 409.6 11-Jul-98 05:09 16-Apr-98
> 07:26 markb P-90
> 4771433 61 48.5 9.5 64.5 12-Jun-99 03:37 27-Apr-99
> 03:45 sgrupp ocap
> 4774129 61 49.3 -11.3 48.7 26-Apr-99
> 06:03 Ri auweia
> 4787599 61 376.9 661.1 721.1 02-Jun-98
> 16:42 andres
> 4833901 61 404.9 404.1 464.1 05-May-98
> 16:35 andrewf tom1
> 4933207 61 427.8 -55.0 5.0 24-Jan-99 12:49 12-Apr-98
> 18:53 kampela kampela
> 5016679 61 388.5 380.5 440.5 22-May-98
> 02:09 redwine
> 5103829 61 2292622 396.0 127.7 17.7 05-Apr-99 07:13 14-May-98
> 14:27 Vesa
> 5292757 62 71.5 -55.5 4.5 04-Apr-99
> 01:16 S06537
> 5293451 62 310590 28.8 1775 57.0 10-Jun-99 15:50 16-May-99
> 20:38 DOC KING
> 5362403 62 1725634 345.6 399.3 72.3 26-May-99 20:27 04-Jul-98
> 00:30 tp68spa
> 5635247 62 17.3 6.7 66.7 28-May-99
> 06:15 glcross
> 5834261 62 64.3 -2.5 37.5 25-Apr-99 02:04 11-Apr-99
> 07:54 kosh jobb_2
> 5920043 62 2490367 60.3 -13.0 47.0 13-May-99 13:25 15-Apr-99
> 06:29 kevinrosenberg Ferret
> 5963843 62 3407872 33.7 12.4 72.4 08-Jun-99 23:29 11-May-99
> 22:11 GScharf SAI
> 5977801 62 2196233 264.3 373.2 84.2 10-Jun-99 18:12 23-Sep-98
> 08:21 S02408
> 5996143 62 17.3 42.7 102.7 28-May-99
> 06:17 glcross
>
> Situation in September 1998
>
> 4369949 60 218.7 480.8 98-May-22 12:13 98-Feb-23
> 02:21 Walkabout BamBam
> 4465127 60 215.4 568.6 98-Feb-26
> 09:23 koma magek072
> 4580201 60 223.7 826.6 98-Feb-25 09:06 98-Feb-18
> 01:42 MIT rhansen2
> 4664917 60 166.5 607.4 98-Jul-11 04:09 98-Apr-16
> 06:26 markb P-90
> 4771433 61 169.7 835.3 98-Apr-13
> 01:30 x69-irc2 IRC-USER
> 4774129 61 196608 64.4 506.2 98-Aug-10 22:41 98-Jul-27
> 07:45 josephg
> 4787599 61 119.1 918.9 98-Jun-02
> 15:42 andres
> 4833901 61 147.1 661.9 98-May-05
> 15:35 andrewf tom1
> 4933207 61 170.0 385.0 98-Sep-29 17:41 98-Apr-12
> 17:53 kampela kampela
> 5016679 61 130.7 638.3 98-May-22
> 01:09 redwine
> 5103829 61 138.3 592.6 98-Sep-17 07:41 98-May-14
> 11:27 Vesa romu
> 5292757 62 561206 125.8 574.5 98-Aug-16 06:05 98-May-26
> 23:36 watcher ircwarez
> 5293451 62 98361 111.9 1557.2 98-Aug-27 23:13 98-Jun-09
> 20:38 DOC KING
> 5362403 62 210610 87.9 423.1 98-Sep-14 21:17 98-Jul-03
> 21:30 tp68spa
> 5635247 * 55 1 24.8 1416.7 98-Sep-29 10:52 98-Sep-04
> 22:05 king
> 5834261 62 177615 38.9 644.0 98-Sep-21 17:37 98-Aug-21
> 19:47 rfulton
> 5920043 62 66993 26.9 2161.4 98-Sep-14 04:45 98-Sep-02
> 19:50 CHAUVET HOME
> 5963843 62 7.9 852.1 98-Sep-21
> 19:47 timesau se486-50
> 5977801 62 6.5 462.5 98-Sep-23
> 05:21 S02408
> 5996143 * 52 3.9 663.1 98-Sep-25
> 21:32 jhuck frontx
>
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