> Nowthen, I want to *encourage* people to join GIMPS, even
> if they have a slow outdated computer, just so more people can
> learn some math, have some fun and perhaps spread the meme
> that computing is cool.
>
> I am employed at a really big company, and I am trying
> to push thru the bureaucracy there to run GIMPS on ALLLL
> the computers, 24-7-52. That in itself is a huge job, but it
> is a huge prize, all those idle CPUs. Ive been working on
> this for almost a year now, and slow progress is being made.
> Ive been offered a few machines, but I want em ALL! spike
I'm glad you're doing it the "right" way, compared to the way I did it. :-)
On that note, you might check out the current edition of Science News where
it mentions GIMPS and yes, mentions me. Never mind that Ivars Peterson got
some facts wrong (I was never actually arrested, and US WEST, the FBI and
the US attorneys have lately been backing off on the claim that NTPrime
caused any "slowdown" of the computers), it's still interesting.
http://www.sciencenews.org/20000304/bob1.asp
Aaron
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