Aaron Blosser wrote:
>
> > <<Why not? A P90 adds 1 P90 CPU year per year (give or take).
> > Not everyone
> > can afford a PIII/550.>>
> >
> > I hope they're at least running P166s by now. What's the average
> > machine a
> > GIMPSter runs, assuming that the average machine runs 24 hours a day? I
> > remember it being P181 a while ago, I think.
>
> Of course the last time we got into this (poaching thread) we learned that
> there are people out there who insist on running first time LL tests on
> P-60's and what not. :-(
>
I really get annoyed with remarks like this. I don't think I commented
on the last go around on this subject, but since it popped up again I
feel I must this time.
I have been doing this a lot longer than you have been Aaron, and I am
using a P90, and a P233. For someone to tell me that I CAN'T process
first LL tests and have a chance, (slim as it may be), to find the next
largest prime is total B.S. I am not high on the rankings, because some
of the LL tests were before we had prime net and because I have "only"
two "slower" machines. (They are MY machines and not some corporation's
or university's machines, that I have loaded the software on and am
getting credit for.)
So what if my processor is 20% some percent of the speed of someone
elses? It means he and I are getting 120% more done than he can, by
himself.
GIMPS is a cooperative effort, and frowning on people with shower
machines is not friendly, and not in the spirit of GIMPS. We should be
encouraging people to join the effort to find the next largest prime,
and not discouraging them based on their processor type.
Kip
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