On 12 Sep 00, at 1:25, Robert Deininger wrote:
> 4. The "duplicates only" tend to be the bigger, more recent exponents.
... in the range (exponents over 6 million) where we don't yet expect to
have had double-checking assignments?
>
> 5. The duplicates were reported by various programs - mostly the
> WT, WU, WV, and WW series of programs. I guess that means that
> manual check-ins are NOT responsible for the duplications.
I wonder whether there was an incident on the PrimeNet server where a
batch of results collected from the network was accidentally
processed twice. If so the resulting duplication may be detectable at
the server log file.
Note that, for various reasons, some of us who _are_ running double-
checks on large exponents - using George's programs - tend to be
reporting results manually direct to George, avoiding even the
PrimeNet manual testing page since we are often working in zones that
the PrimeNet server appears to be unaware of.
Regards
Brian Beesley
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