Sturle Sunde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I use almost only relatively slow computers. More than 100 of them. If
>they are only 1/5 as fast as what some people think is apropiate, it means
>that they can do 100 tests in the same time as an appropiate machine does
>5. While a very few people think I should stop using those computers for
>testing, I'm no 23 on the GIMPS (not Primenet) top-100 list. (I can't
>find this Mr. "Go Away Loosers With Slow Computers" there, but he is
>probably working under some pseudonym.)
The problem I have with slow computers is that I cannot afford to run
them. A 40MHz 486 uses about 20 Watts, a 400MHz AMDK6 about 40 Watts.
However if you have your own hydroelectric power supply, or if someone
else is paying the electricity bill, the situation is different.
--
Tony
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