At 08:44 PM 5/12/2001 +0000, Brian J. Beesley wrote:
I don't like the idea, for the reason Nathan indicates - it smacks of
>"elitism".
>
>A better "fix" would be to patch PrimeNet so that it can assign an
>exponent for two LL test runs simultaneously. (Whichever finishes
>first becomes the "LL test", the other is the double-check).
But that also seems elitist. If you've got a 1.0 GHz system and the other
person has a 1.2GHz system, you're relegated to the double check because
your system is a little slower. The other way the "elite" would be the
ones who have completed at least 1 exponent. I think of that more as
"productive" or "reliable" than elite.
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