> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:53:36 EST
> From: "Nathan Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: The recent popularity of Factoring
>
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> I don't honestly know what to say... The real reason some of us might be
> annoyed is that there are machines out there, such as 486's and low
> Pentiums, that cannot deal with the current 10 M LL tests, or even, in the
> case of the 486s and some K-6s, the 5-6 M doublechecks. Fortunately, I do
> not have such a machine, however those who do would be understandibly, if
> maybe not rightly, annoyed that someone with large numbers of fast machines
> that can easily do LL work has chosen to not only do factoring, but to cache
> an amount of factoring work that would normally take GIMPS as a whole months
> to finish. Regards, Nathan Russell
While I do no use the undocumented FactorOverride feature, I do have 300+
factoring assignments assigned to my TempleU-DI account. All of these machines
are 400 MHz Dell OptiPlex GX1's with the low profile cases from hell. This
terrible design forces me to factor due to the fact that LL tests make the video
flicker terribly. Please do no be annoyed at those of us "with large numbers of
fast machines" doing factoring work, the only other alternative is a pretty
screen saver.
-Marc
Marc Getty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.temple.edu/dentistry/di/
Department of Dental Informatics, Temple University School of Dentistry
Phone: 215-707-8192 Fax: 215-707-2208 New Building Room 3C05
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