> George Woltman wrote:
>If the first and second tests were done by the same user, then my program
>prompts me as to whether I really want to accept this result. I usually
>accept the double-check for the following reasons:
> 1) It is not uncommon for top producers to get assigned a
> double-check where they did the first test.
> 2) It is not uncommon for folks to "screw up" the setup in
> multi-machine environments. A process called "ghosting"(?)
> results in the prime95 directory being copied from a central
> server. Now each machine has the same worktodo.ini file.
> Some users make the same mistake manually setting up
> multiple machines initially.
But in this case the program doesn't use a different shift count, does it?
It could also be that the p and q files are also copyed to another machine
and if there already is an error in those files the residues still match.
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