On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:28:52 +0200 (CEST), Henrik Olsen wrote:
>On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Lem Novantotto wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 05:37:06 -0400, in Mersenne_mailing_list you
>> wrote:
>> >Is all your hard work(and subsequent credit) lost? No, although the server
>> >has already re-assigned them to another account it will still accept the
>> >results and properly credit your account for the completed work.
>> Hi!
>> I think it would be nice to post the mersenne numbers you're still
>> working to, and that have been reassigned, so, hopefully, the new
>> tester can read them and stop his testing. Otherwise HE is going to
>> loose time and credit.
>Since first and double checks are credited equally(as far as I know),
>both should get credited with the same amount of work except for counting
>tests.
>Time spent on a doublecheck is only wasted if it's turned into a
>triplecheck and all three results agree.
>
Yes, but they are testing in the 10-million-digit range, so it is not
only a question of time and credit. I think it would be just fair to
inform the new testers that they are doing in fact just a doublecheck
and let them decide if they want to continue under these circumstances
or take another 'fresh' exponent.
Siegmar
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