George Woltman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I sent this a few days ago, but it seems to have gotten lost...
>
> In my new benchmarking page I'd like to create a form that
> takes CPU type, CPU speed, and exponent and returns the estimated
> number of days to complete the exponent. I hope this will help newcomers
> understand how much effort is required before joining GIMPS.
> Can this be done in Javascript (both MSIE and Netscape)? Can
> it be done on the client side (i.e without a "Submit" button and CGI)?
> If so, would someone care to volunteer to write the necessary script
> using three or four lines from the http://www.mersenne.org/bench.htm
> table and I'll fill in the rest?
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
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One short question, I might be able to figure it out myself, but it's
late, and I'm lazy right now, but how is the estimated time calculated?
for example for a
P-II 400 on a 7.73M to 9.02M exponent the timing is 0.252
How would the days be calculated?
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