This is indeed a good reason for doing it that way. A similar situation
arises when setting up a new client. One time I set one up on a machine
without a permanent connection; it was assigned an LL test that would take
about a month and immediately started P-1 factoring. A few days later I
checked on it and it had found a factor and was sitting there with nothing
to do! Now I always make sure a new setup has at least two eponents queued
up. Even a machine with a permanent connection will be unable to request new
work if the server is down.
Steve Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: Hoogendoorn, Sander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: RE: Mersenne: Like missing baby's first step
>This is done to make sure your computer has always some work queued up in
>case a factor is found and your computer is not online or the primenet
>server is unavailable. In this situation there is more time to get a new
>exponent after the factor is found.
>
>Sander
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