Bill Rea writes: >it does appear to some people that credit wasn't being >given which has led people to quit GIMPS for lack of appreciation of >their contribtions. I still can't quite figure out when the updates are >being done, but my guess is that those using the manual checkout/in >pages are only being credited after a database synchronization. This doesn't jibe with my experience - ever since I started visiting the top2.htm page a couple months ago (at which time I was only a few places away from you, as I recall), my results have been getting credit no later than a week after I submit them. The CPU-years credited appear to be appropriate to the size of the number that was tested, as well, although the "P90 CPU year" seems closer to what one expects of a PII, not a simple Pentium. The number of exponents I'm credited for is also remaining right in step with my posting of manual test results. >Early in February I was credited with 50 exponents tested, even though >I've finished 10 more since then, the figure on >http://www.mersenne.org/top2.htm hasn't changed and I've dropped 30 >places. Since you and I seem to be experiencing different things, it seems the update utility George uses may not be working properly. Aaron Blosser noted an anomoly w.r.to his account in a recent post. The only anomaly I can add to this list is that the identical account "MechEngrGATech" appears in two distinct places, currently 364 and 491. The spelling of the name is identical, so it doesn't appear to be due to a slight difference in spelling or capitalization. My main worry isn't so much the top producers pages as the possibility that some results aren't appearing there because they never were properly received or logged by the PrimeNet server (In which case George would never get them for his top producers updates, either.) I suggest you send a list of your most recent 10 results or so to Scott, and ask him to verify that they were received by PrimeNet. If yes, then the problem lies somewhere between PrimeNet and George's top producers pages. I do agree with you that for many manual testers, the top2.htm page is the only place they can see their work being credited, and it is important that such actually occurs. -Ernst _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
