>This frankly makes me wonder how much longer there will be a place in
>GIMPS for slower machines. I'm not saying that's a bad thing - after
>all, 486s and original pentiums were the workforce when GIMPS began,
>and I wouldn't feel comfortable with the amount of opportunity for
>error involved in using one for GIMPS now.
I have been working on this project for about five years now. My first two
years with a 486DX266, and now with a Cyrix 266. My computer works fine
for now, and I do not need any more power (and I lack 2k-3k to invest in
video games) I have worked on trial factoring, and have received little
credit on the LL testing page. I hate to think that my faithfulness and
determination on this project will be overshadowed by passer-by's with
hotrodded gaming machines. Isn't this project about the power of numbers
rather than the strength of one? Lets face it, RC5 type projects are just
guess-my-number with a big number, and SETI is just looking for the
nonexistant. I always saw this project as a promotion of better
programming and a way to raise awareness of fun in mathamatics. I just
hope it does not become a ruler for peoples' computing <ahem> masculinity
while bumping the people who put it where it is.
Brian
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