Hi all, > Is that what we want - an elitist organization which SEGREGATES > those participants to whom we do not attribute "sufficient calibre" certainly, NO. > Is that what we want - an elitist organization which SEGREGATES > those participants to whom we do not attribute "sufficient calibre" ? certainly, NO. >Changing prime95/primenet to only recycle smallest-500 > double-checks and smallest-500 first-time tests to PII-300 or better > machines might address the concerns of both camps. > I don't think distinguishing between long-time and new users makes > sense... You are right, and not. I think, the assignement should be based upon something I called few weeks ago a RPTM = "Reasonable performing, trusted maschine". I have a P200MMX here, which does one 10million+ assignement every three months. this may be much better, than a new user 1GHZ athlon, doing a fancy 3D screensaver all the time. we all probably want only differenciate between maschines, that do deliver the result sooner or later and those, that simply timeout because of no activity at all. I think, that reserving the lowest ~500 LL or DC numbers to maschines, that seem to run reliable and reasonable fast, is a good idea; a new user will most probably get a 12million+ number anyway. and I think, it would be a very easy thing for the server, to give out numbers below a certain threshold (because they have been recycled), if the asking maschine has already reported at least one result. no, this is not elitary thinking; I just want to see everything below 6972593 ( and also below 9.000.000 and other milestones ) done in a reasonable time; has no to be next month. best regards tom ehlert _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
